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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

It's the first Monday in October which means the Supreme Court is back in session. Here's my preview of all the cruelty and evil they will visit upon us this term.
My *cover story* in @thenation.com :)

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Supreme Court v. Democracy

The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

www.thenation.com

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Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social · 11h

I did not do well on this! 1 correct out of 3.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 1d

Hey all, I'm trying to get a baseline for how good people are at detecting whether fiction is AI-generated or human-written (most of the research on this is for nonfiction and my hypothesis is we're better with fiction).

If you have time, give it a try?

jlp-experiment.github.io/ai-detection...

AI vs Human Fiction Detection Test

jlp-experiment.github.io

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Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social · 12h

The film I talked about yesterday is actually “Nightshift” (one word; 1981) — Robina Rose is the director. Not to be confused with, say, “Night Shift” from Ron Howard (1982). It’s on the Criterion Channel’s current lineup: www.criterionchannel.com/nightshift

Nightshift - The Criterion Channel

Directed by Robina Rose • 1981 • United Kingdom Starring Jordan, Anne Rees-Mogg, Mitch D A gorgeously photographed work of surreal, somnambulant cinema, Robina Rose’s singular snapshot of London’s ea...

www.criterionchannel.com

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Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social · 13h

Ah, right! Thanks for the link, too.

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Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social · 13h

Yes, she is one of the guests!

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Elisa Serling Davis @elisa515.bsky.social · 16h

Note that the film's title is one word "Nightshift"--not one of the two other films named with a space that came out that same year.

www.criterionchannel.com/nightshift

Nightshift - The Criterion Channel

Directed by Robina Rose • 1981 • United Kingdom Starring Jordan, Anne Rees-Mogg, Mitch D A gorgeously photographed work of surreal, somnambulant cinema, Robina Rose’s singular snapshot of London’s ea...

www.criterionchannel.com

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Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social · 17h

I should add that this rediscovered film is now playing on the @criterion.bsky.social Channel!

Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social · 1d

Four stills from Robina Rose’s rare gem (now fully restored) “Night Shift” (1981), which follows an almost unrecognizable Jordan (of the Bromley Contingent) over the course of a single surreal evening as a night receptionist at a hotel for magicians, musicians, grande dames & lost souls.

“Drop a penny in the slot,” reads the well-worn sign affixed to this antique music box.

Grainy closeup of a ghostly young woman sitting at a receptionist’s desk with a red phone.

Woman outstretched on a wool couch. Her arms are crossed over her chest and her eyes are closed.

Front foyer of a hotel with a glass door reading, “the Portobello hotel.”

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Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social · 1d

Four stills from Robina Rose’s rare gem (now fully restored) “Night Shift” (1981), which follows an almost unrecognizable Jordan (of the Bromley Contingent) over the course of a single surreal evening as a night receptionist at a hotel for magicians, musicians, grande dames & lost souls.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 1d

Please buy my woolcat, snoutcat, and hoofcat friends some hay if you can. 🥰

Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social · 1d

Do you have $8 to spare for our hay drive? donorbox.org/mmfs-2025-ha...

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WPRI 12 @wpri12.bsky.social · 2d

Congress of the Birds is accustomed to unusual calls, but this arrival may be one of their rarest patients to date. How local avian rehabilitators are helping this young Atlantic puffin: https://www.wpri.com/dont-miss/ri-bird-sanctuary-caring-for-rare-atlantic-puffin/

R.I. bird sanctuary caring for rare Atlantic puffin

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Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social · 2d

This was a little too spicy, even for me! Might retool this a bit for next time, just to dial back the spice level. I think some sizzled garlic would be a good addition, too.

Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social · 2d

Probiotic lunch today. Cold kimchi noodles with julienned cucumber and scallions.

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Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social · 5d

My photo has weird shadows in it but really this is just a very normal banana bread recipe! Just baked in a circular pan rather than a loaf pan and with some banana slices on top.

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The Kristin Hersh Archives @thekharchives.bsky.social · 7d

Continuing with the 40th anniversary of the "Doghouse Cassette", here's @throwingmuses.bsky.social gracing the cover of The Noise, October 1985 issue, just as the tape was being released. Interview by Polly Campbell with pictures by Conrad Sanderson. #TMDoghouse40

THE KRISTIN HERSH ARCHIVES

Throwing Muses. Gracing the cover of The Noise, issue #42 (October 1985), photographed by Conrad Sanderson and interviewed by Polly Campbell. Thanks to Michael Aguilar, who sent the scans many years....

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

Gov. Pritzker has said all the right things, but now he needs to act and get these state troopers out of there.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

A protester with a mobility aid (cane) was sitting in the road. Illinois state troopers dragged them to the grass and arrested them.

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 5d

Dean of the UC Berkeley Law School has seen the Trump Administration’s “compact” for universities to receive preferable consideration for federal funding and says it amounts to First Amendment violations in blistering op-ed — www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Tiny Global Productions @tinyglobalmusic.bsky.social · 5d

And also: Today is BANDCAMP FRIDAY! The perfect day to support independent artists and labels 💥

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Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social · 5d

I guess I bake when stressed now?

Banana bread with inset pieces of banana. Recipe from “Good Things” by Samin Nosrat (although I omitted the topping).

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d

Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports

Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned.

Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the situation said.

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Andrew Digby @digs.bsky.social · 6d

Sad to report that we've lost another #kakapo, and a particularly significant one. Solstice was the last kākāpō rediscovered, found on Rakiura in 1997. She died on the weekend as a result of complications from the #disease cloacitis. There are now 237 kākāpō left. #conservation #parrots #birds

An adult female kākāpō in an underground nest next to three eggs. Credit: Andrew Digby

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Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social · 6d

Here’s your Apocalyptic Existential Crisis Cake, 2025!

good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · Oct 2

it's my daughter's birthday and I ordered her a monster cake from Carvel and this is the picture on the website and this is the picture of it in real life. please note: this is not a complaint. if this had been the picture on the website i would have paid more

photograph of a round cake covered in chocolate crunchies with ice cream cone horns, eyes, a wide pink smile, little arms and a belly indicating a friendly little monster guy

photograph of the actual cake through a carvel box, the guy looks fuuuuucked upppppp. he looks surprised and disgusted

Andrea Feldman @visaforviolet.bsky.social · 6d

My ability to keep up with the sheer amount of horrific shit happening is waning. I just donated to PBS in an attempt to feel less panicked about, well, everything. (It’s not working, mind you.)

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Tomb Heintjes @hogansalley.bsky.social · 6d

Charles M. Schulz’s “Peanuts”—the most successful comic strip ever, and arguably the most influential—first appeared 75 years ago. Here’s the first week of strips (1/4):

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Sunrise Movement @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social · 6d

There's no path to meaningful climate action that doesn't run through confronting authoritarianism.

The coming months will be history-altering. We must act like it. Here’s what that looks like 🧵

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