happy full mamdani moon!!!!!!!!!! jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/on-the-ful...

This morning, I'm enjoying a little democratic socialism with a slice of schadenfreude as a treat.

The akugyo (悪魚) has the head and arms of a woman and breathes fire, a malevolent Japanese mermaid who ensnares the ships of sailors in rocks and then breaks the ship, devouring them. Japanese lords have tried to take her down, and failed. #WyrdWednesday 🖼: Sabnock_

'Grotesque and delusional': Francesca Albanese hits back at Israeli envoy after he called her a 'witch' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/israeli-un-envoy-calls-francesca-albanese-witch

Good morning. Let's continue with our "cats with wings" Halloween series.

Wrote about the occult power of (un)dead cats and more feline arcana over on my little Substack 🐈‍⬛🪦

A ceasefire will not last if Palestinians don’t have a State. Join me and sign this global petition to demand the United States recognize Palestinian Statehood and vote to make it so. Wherever you are in the world, sign & boost! Can we get 1M signatures? SIGN HERE: bit.ly/4nEUKjT

The Sameer Project is a donations based aid initiative, led by four Palestinians in the diaspora, working to supply an emergency reponse and funding to the displaced families in Gaza. Please donate if you can afford.

Dare you to listen to No More Tears without crying rn 💔

Cats are and always have been cyberpunks

I've been banging this drum for years now, I know, but Zohran's Big Night is a clear illustration of the power of giving people a vision of the future that boldly contradicts the rhetoric of Republican fearmongers. Not just "disagrees on policies," but actively paints a different image of the world.

On this day in 1978, the rainbow flag first flew as a symbol of pride. It was raised at San Francisco Gay Freedom Day.

These ICE protests aren't just protests. They are direct actions, with strategy behind them calculated to protect our neighbors and loved ones from kidnapping and torture. Activists are debating and experimenting with and fine-tuning tactics with the goal of disrupting and delaying ICE trafficking.

the decision to "be safe" is no longer yours to make. the state has decided to make us unsafe. but you can make informed choices, take calculated risks, and you can decide to be powerful.

Literally SCREAMING that @kristenkorvette.bsky.social is reading my book!! *Witches, Sluts, Feminists* was so powerful for me. It’s the first place I read other queer and trans witches articulating that queerness, transness, and Other-ness can be a source of power. ❤️‍🔥

Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible. We have always been here.

No better way to kick off Pride Month than by diving into the Queer Divine 🔮 @thewordwitch.bsky.social

Re: resisting fascism: Find ways to practice non-compliance in your life so that when you need to defy them, it’s not a totally foreign feeling.

"Despite not being known for their collective organisational skills, or giving a stuff about humans, the felines' historical use is an "important part of social history", the project archivist explains." @catsofyore.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Best feeling is when you meow at a random cat and they meow back and walk over to get pets

Just finished the exquisitely devastating Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social. Weasel Plume stole my heart, but Taz and Cordelia managed to claw their way in after. What most reviews won’t tell you is that this one’s for the cat lovers, too.

Happy #Walpurgisnacht! If you’ve ever wondered what the role of cats was at the witches’ sabbath, I got you 🐈‍⬛ felinearcana.substack.com/p/walpurgisn...

Anyang Museum in Henan Province finished restoration on a local tomb mural depicting a black and white cat (note the bell collar!). Belonging to official Zhao Yigong, the tomb was completed in 829 CE; it's thought to be the earliest Chinese tomb mural of a domestic cat. #caturday

“witches got due process”

Exactly how I been picturing them:

my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

Next book, courtesy of my #LocalLibrary #booksky #queersky Witch Hunt by @kristenkorvette.bsky.social has made me yearn even more for a chance to visit Scotland, for the history and for my roots, along with the other towns she wrote about. A beautifully and respectfully written book

Disability is not a moral failing. It’s not a punishment. It’s simply part of being human. If you live long enough, you will likely experience some kind of disability. It’s one of the only minority groups you can join at any time. Stop treating us as less than & help us combat ableism!

Next book, courtesy of my #locallibrary The Reformatory was incredible, for those who haven’t read it yet. Very powerful writing by @tananarivedue.bsky.social @kristenkorvette.bsky.social

More has been made available, if you missed the first batch, including A4 pieces of tartan! #WitchSky #SkyStorians

On this day in year 1692 the first witchcraft examinations began in Salem Village (today the town of Danvers). Today we remember the three innocent women imprisoned on this day, the first (but certainly not the last) scapegoats of the Salem witch hunt.

Feeling some type of way that the little book I wrote 8 years ago for a tiny indie publisher is somehow out in Türkiye today 🇹🇷 #witchesslutsfeminists liverayayinevi.com/urun/cadilar...

For as much as witchcraft is ancient and may be called a condition of humanity, so is the impulse to persecute. Every hanged and drowned witch spirit speaks to us not only of archaic barbarity against the marginalised, but as an ever modern warning of being othered. - Dr. Helen Wade, Woden College

It’s a good day to break out The Exorcist’s Shield. Can’t wait to put this stunning St. Benedict’s cross by @swordandscythe.bsky.social to work 🙏

🌈📚 Keeping it Queer ✊ 📖 Becoming Dangerous - Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels by @katiewest.bsky.social & Jasmine Elliott Foreword by @kristenkorvette.bsky.social Bookshop Affiliate Link: bookshop.org/a/100590/978... Library: search.worldcat.org #queerbooks #lgbtqia #booksky

Get into this mewsletter by the talented and arcane @kristenkorvette.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/felinear...

reading each new fetal personhood bill of the year like

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