Auston Habershaw
@aahabershaw.bsky.social
Science Fiction/Fantasy author and English professor; shorts in Analog, F&SF, BCS, and elsewhere. Author of The Saga of the Redeemed and If Wishes Were Retail and also Faceless Galaxy; website aahabershaw.com
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[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
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🎵House with chicken feet
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November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The best damned local newspaper in Boston, by far.
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
No kidding.
I am constantly appalled at anyone who voted for Trump for *any reason.* I cannot ever accept their moral objections over anything, ever.
I am constantly appalled at anyone who voted for Trump for *any reason.* I cannot ever accept their moral objections over anything, ever.
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
No kidding.
I am constantly appalled at anyone who voted for Trump for *any reason.* I cannot ever accept their moral objections over anything, ever.
I am constantly appalled at anyone who voted for Trump for *any reason.* I cannot ever accept their moral objections over anything, ever.
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Don’t really have time for the “no one’s doing anything on climate, we’re doomed” people to now pivot to “we’ve gone from 3.6C to 2.6, still doomed.” You do not declare a war over because you haven’t won after the first handful of battles. That is called “surrendering”
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Don’t really have time for the “no one’s doing anything on climate, we’re doomed” people to now pivot to “we’ve gone from 3.6C to 2.6, still doomed.” You do not declare a war over because you haven’t won after the first handful of battles. That is called “surrendering”
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
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now I'm reminded of the guy who they named Cincinnati after who was twice appointed to be dictator of Rome during wars and both times ended the crisis in like 2 weeks and immediately resigned his dictatorship to go back to his farm and follow his true passion of growing cabbages
busted: meditations of marcus aurelius
new hotness: cato the elder's cabbage-based binge drinking methods
new hotness: cato the elder's cabbage-based binge drinking methods
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
now I'm reminded of the guy who they named Cincinnati after who was twice appointed to be dictator of Rome during wars and both times ended the crisis in like 2 weeks and immediately resigned his dictatorship to go back to his farm and follow his true passion of growing cabbages
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As said elsewhere: it turns out the only thing unrealistic about a Bond villain is that there'd be a James Bond trying to stop them.
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
As said elsewhere: it turns out the only thing unrealistic about a Bond villain is that there'd be a James Bond trying to stop them.
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To: famous person
From: conspirator
Subject: re: conspiracy
sorry my admin assistant just quit (millennials! cmon) and I don’t know how to open that kind of file could you fedex the evidence just like looking at it thnx
From: conspirator
Subject: re: conspiracy
sorry my admin assistant just quit (millennials! cmon) and I don’t know how to open that kind of file could you fedex the evidence just like looking at it thnx
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
To: famous person
From: conspirator
Subject: re: conspiracy
sorry my admin assistant just quit (millennials! cmon) and I don’t know how to open that kind of file could you fedex the evidence just like looking at it thnx
From: conspirator
Subject: re: conspiracy
sorry my admin assistant just quit (millennials! cmon) and I don’t know how to open that kind of file could you fedex the evidence just like looking at it thnx
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"To: captains of industry
From: jeff epstein, new york financier
hey guys, just wanted to make an electronic record of you knowing about and participating in my horrible crimes, tx"
"RE:re:Re future blackmail material
you got it Jeff! luv u man"
From: jeff epstein, new york financier
hey guys, just wanted to make an electronic record of you knowing about and participating in my horrible crimes, tx"
"RE:re:Re future blackmail material
you got it Jeff! luv u man"
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"To: captains of industry
From: jeff epstein, new york financier
hey guys, just wanted to make an electronic record of you knowing about and participating in my horrible crimes, tx"
"RE:re:Re future blackmail material
you got it Jeff! luv u man"
From: jeff epstein, new york financier
hey guys, just wanted to make an electronic record of you knowing about and participating in my horrible crimes, tx"
"RE:re:Re future blackmail material
you got it Jeff! luv u man"
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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It’s a strange situation when we’ve established the POTUS is a criminal, we’re just trying to find a crime his party wouldn’t be okay with.
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It’s a strange situation when we’ve established the POTUS is a criminal, we’re just trying to find a crime his party wouldn’t be okay with.
This is so pervasive for me, it is in danger of becoming my personality.
I’m so tired of bad people getting away with doing bad things.
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is so pervasive for me, it is in danger of becoming my personality.
The Muppets have entered the chat...
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Muppets have entered the chat...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
From a past life: www.amazon.com/dp/B074CFMP5M
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Also me, under a pen name: www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCNLWLJ
Adrian Cervantes
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November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Also me, under a pen name: www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCNLWLJ
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Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
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So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
This is how I feel about the Epstein files.
I doubt their release (even assuming it actually happens in any way that matters) will make one whit of difference.
The GOP are fascists. They don't fucking care.
I doubt their release (even assuming it actually happens in any way that matters) will make one whit of difference.
The GOP are fascists. They don't fucking care.
We’re playing this game where everyone knows Trump knew but Republicans are like “Betcha can’t prove it, though!” And then we have to go find direct evidence.
He knew, you know he know, they know he knew, he knows he knew. Everyone knows. They just don’t think they have to care unless it’s proven.
He knew, you know he know, they know he knew, he knows he knew. Everyone knows. They just don’t think they have to care unless it’s proven.
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This is how I feel about the Epstein files.
I doubt their release (even assuming it actually happens in any way that matters) will make one whit of difference.
The GOP are fascists. They don't fucking care.
I doubt their release (even assuming it actually happens in any way that matters) will make one whit of difference.
The GOP are fascists. They don't fucking care.
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Me: why do the villains in Pokémon always insist they are after world peace or something but are actually all just racist thieves?
Me (5 seconds later): oh, they're us. The villains are us. Right.
Me (5 seconds later): oh, they're us. The villains are us. Right.
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Me: why do the villains in Pokémon always insist they are after world peace or something but are actually all just racist thieves?
Me (5 seconds later): oh, they're us. The villains are us. Right.
Me (5 seconds later): oh, they're us. The villains are us. Right.