I try to remember that while they were fighting the ban on gender affirming care for minors here, one of the (trans) lawyers did a thread reminding folks that they're really good at making this feel like an overwhelming groundswell, but it is one clown car of debunked experts on a road trip.

I know Noughts and Crosses from the @ianrankin1.bsky.social novel.

Sigourney Weaver is really The Space Sci-Fi Queen.

We cannibals must help these Christians.

Look, you install something like this you’d better expect some spectral shenanigans.

To be clear: this entire “we’ve got to run more pro-lifers” insanity is because literally a week ago polling showed that Democrats would prefer politicians like AOC and Mamdani over Jefferies and Schumer by, let me emphasize this, a 20 point fucking margin. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

This looks sufficiently pulpy in vibe.

the reason you don't engage in a data-driven argument with fascists is that it legitimises the idea that if the data went the other way their core argument would be acceptable it is not and should be rejected wholesale from first principles

My daughter has discovered she can tell how the Eagles are doing just by walking down the street. Never change, Philly.

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It's particularly the case among the Americans who are paid to decide which news is important, and who despite everything still can't bring themselves to accurately describe the fact that the president is serially murdering people and our systems are unable to stop him

Did he coordinate his cover-up with her dress on purpose?

Rewatching The Expanse, and while I remember how much Naomi annoyed the fuck out of me in S4, I had also forgotten how annoying she was in the first season.

Ah, I can tell the neighborhood skunk is around.

A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48. Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.

No particular reason

Seriously if we trust an algorithm that tags posts based on keywords without context, we'll end up wasting time explaining jokes to Ai moderators. This is just a series of domino's that fall when Nazis get their fee fees hurt. WE SHOULD NOT CODDLE FACISTS. Discourse happens, block and move on.

Bluesky is a wonderful place that has flourished in large part because of its artists and intolerance towards facists/Nazis. The Updated policy currently going into effect Oct 15 could fuck that up and we should be very vocal about it. Here are some specific things to mention in feedback (THREAD)

Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.

We are a lot more than just books.

i understand that there are a lot of people out there doing journalism but there's no way im paying the Trans People Shouldn't Exist society to read it. sorry. go on ghost

Given that the @pirates.com had flags at half-mast still on Friday, (and I cannot believe these words are leaving my mouth) good on the Steelers.

Physical media stores still being everywhere. EVERYWHERE.

My GenX gripe: because music is so accessible these days, most people's experience with it is trivial and throwaway. Which devalues it as an art form, from both "music is life" and "musicians need to eat too" perspectives.

for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world

Some of my black cat paintings from previous autumn seasons!✨

I keep telling you all, we’re manifesting outcomes here.

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I’d like to believe this pairing was deliberate.

Okay, yup, Chalamet does a heck of a job in A Complete Unknown. Also watching behind the scenes stuff and apparently everyone calls him “Timmy” and it just keeps throwing me.

lol don't move to mastadon. as unhelpful as some bluesky decisions are, they are just like a normal ass company not owned by an oligarch trying to cover their asses, and as such are the perfect size to be pressured by users

Oh FUCK no. You voted for Trump this time around, we do not need your fucking ass and we’ll be better off without it, because you absolutely cannot be trusted to do the right thing when it stops being convenient to your interests.

My god, yes. This exactly. The goal is to activate those who are not paying attention. Not to persuade the far right minority. Schumer and Jeffries pretending all is normal is terrible because it prevents activating those who are not paying attentio.

What’s the most dangerous bit of a sword?

What makes you think I don’t have three in there already?

Dark Tower feels like it’s cheating so… Insomnia, Needful Things, and Revival. Today, at least.

Yeah that’s fucking cursed.

Aim for the knees.

Disney adults canceling subscriptions, vacations, etc really are making the Harry Potter adults that threw a fit over a $60 video game look like huge bitches

Especially the celebrities that are still working with Rowling

Checked this out of the local library system and I might just have to go get me a copy. Solid bit of noir and also NYC history-adjacent.

It is Hookland. There is no ‘spooky season’. Spooky is the county’s default setting because it is the English gothic, the English strange. The weird is not a costume to be warn only once a year.

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🗃️ The Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, and so many modern atrocities began the same way. Sorting entire groups of people into camps is complex, and hard. It will ALWAYS turn into chaos because evil people are also incompetent. Historians aren't wrong if they say this is how it always goes.

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

More pop music needs a brass section.

Well the triple jab has well and truly kicked my ass. Going to park on the sofa and then not move except to swap out discs in the Blu-ray.

I will day this, the Disney Adults have proven themselves much more ready to meet this moment than any Harry Potter Adult has.

Clearly Eminem should wear his hair longer more often.