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Chris Hepler @theotherhepler.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, I heard "Caliban" was etymylogically related to "Caribbean" and it's not an accident he's described as "a thing of darkness." As in, Prospero and Miranda are of a more, uh, colonial hue.

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Keith Edwards @kedwards.bsky.social · 10h

Groucho Marx’s next door neighbor was Alice Cooper. Groucho suffered terrible insomnia so Alice would go over with a six pack of beer and listen to him tell stories and they’d drink til Groucho fell asleep.

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grumdholt.bsky.social @grumdholt.bsky.social · 10h

HP Lovecraft might have eaten Cheez-Its

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 10h

Here's your daily dose of weirdness for today!

Altered Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.

First panel. Calvin's dad says, "what story would you like to read tonight? Anything except..."

Calvin: "The Voynich Manuscript?"

Second panel. Calvin's dad, exasperated: "No! No Voynich Manuscript tonight!"

Calvin: "I want the Voynich Manuscript !"

Third panel. Calvin's sad: "Look, you know how the story goes! You've memorized the whole thing! It's completely unreadable!"

Calvin: "I want mysterious glyphs and symbols!"

Fourth panel. Calvin: "Wow! The story was different thatvtime!"

Hobbes: indecipherable squiggles

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15h

Notice how they’re now calling everyone else an “insurrectionist.” Pure projection.

A screenshot of an X.com post by House Homeland Security Committee (@HouseHomelandSecCo) stating, "We're drawing a blank, let us get back to you," with an image of a crowd storming a government building, featuring individuals in red caps and carrying flags. Below, a reply from @Acyn
, Acyn, posted 5 hours earlier, quotes Stephen Miller asking, "when in our history have we tolerated unlawful, riotous assemblies around government buildings," accompanied by a video thumbnail of Miller speaking on a news program, labeled "OANN 0:13" with text identifying him as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 17h

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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Chris Hepler @theotherhepler.bsky.social · 14h

Lord, give me the confidence of a mediocre white shark.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16h

Shark fact:

Most "great" white sharks are actually mediocre. They're just extremely confident.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

Love to go to work at my job at the antifa headquarters, where I hold the position of Senior Bouncehouse Attendant

Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 2d

Last week Jesse Watters spoke to man named Eric who claimed he was formerly a member of antifa. Two years ago Watters interviewed Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member. Some folks thought the men looked similar. This is a side by side comparison. 🤷‍♀️

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 20h

There's a lot of stupid shit happening in the world but we still decided to start a small press. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

Homeward Books: The home for books without a home

Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

www.kickstarter.com

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 1d

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Nigel Auchterlounie @n-auchterlounie.bsky.social · 1d

"IT ABSOLUTELY WILL STOP!!!"

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

You know what was weird last week? I didn’t see anyone fired for quoting words actually spoken by Jane Goodall.

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Chris Hepler @theotherhepler.bsky.social · 1d

a little girl is hugging a blue monster from monsters inc

ALT: a little girl is hugging a blue monster from monsters inc

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 1d

TIL that Sumerian, that wonderful language, had the word "ah-du-ga," which is the spittle spewed by a wicked magician while uttering an evil spell.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1d

I guess we should have taken "The South will rise again" both literally and seriously.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Chris Hepler @theotherhepler.bsky.social · 1d

I once threw into a screenplay that slasher films are less horror than they are Darwinist fantasy. The final girl is the one clever and tough enough to survive, as opposed to the throwaway characters who society cannot protect because that’s just an illusion of safety.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Fortunately once SCOTUS says courts can't stop Trump from sending Texans to kill Oregonians the Democratic leadership will have some strong points about kitchen table issues

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 2d

Remember guys, it’s only fascism if it comes from the fascist region of France, what we have here is sparkling authoritarianism (also Tom if you don’t think smart people aren’t already curbing what they say publicly I regret to inform you you aren’t in the group chat)

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

If we were living under fascism, none of you would be here daring to post things. You'd be erasing your social media accounts and keeping your head down; you'd know that peacocking your faux-bravery on a network would expose you to being disappeared.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.

shane @mouthfulofcavities.bsky.social · 3d

the regime is zip tying toddlers and ripping them away from their mothers unclothed... calling it fascism upsets this neo-con.

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Chris Hepler @theotherhepler.bsky.social · 2d

Fellas, is it gay to have a lot of sex with a woman? Like, if you make it so you can regularly fuck her, isn't that kind of... effeminate?

I swear, these advice guys' mating strategy is to make all the other men dumber so they look good by comparison.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

“What’s the Deal with Airplane Food?”

“Kids These Days, Boy, I Don’t Know.”

“America in Crisis: A Lack of Turn Signals on the Beltway”

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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Chris Hepler @theotherhepler.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not an expert, but I don't think that's an image of a bottlenosed dolphin.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 2d

Feels like a situation where -- and look, I'm just spitballing here -- the media could take some reporters and cameras to various parts of Portland and report what they see rather than just do stenography for someone with a long history trying to game the system with lies and exaggeration.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

The protests are on one block. Nothing is burning down. His justification for sending in troops is all based on lies.

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