After Octavian
@afteroctavian.bsky.social
Sintesa. Bibliophile. Lieder Enthusiast. Operavore. Balletomane. Gourmand. Oenophile. Eavesdropper Extraordinaire. She/Her They/Them
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Hey, yo. Joyce Carol Oates is dragging tech boys by their hair over on that weirdo app.
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Hey, yo. Joyce Carol Oates is dragging tech boys by their hair over on that weirdo app.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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RIP Tatsuya Nakadai - one of the all time greats of world cinema variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai - one of the all time greats of world cinema variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Listening to Strauss's Arabella from the Met. Excellent cast with Rachel Willis-Sørensen particularly impressive in her role debut. But I have to wonder if there is another opera more stacked with deeply annoying characters? Matteo, Waldner, Zdenka (until the final act), and that damn Fiakermilli!
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Listening to Strauss's Arabella from the Met. Excellent cast with Rachel Willis-Sørensen particularly impressive in her role debut. But I have to wonder if there is another opera more stacked with deeply annoying characters? Matteo, Waldner, Zdenka (until the final act), and that damn Fiakermilli!
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Hello Monday.
🖼️ Woman with Swan, Maggie Taylor.
🖼️ Woman with Swan, Maggie Taylor.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Hello Monday.
🖼️ Woman with Swan, Maggie Taylor.
🖼️ Woman with Swan, Maggie Taylor.
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I would really love a reason to just not be furious all of the time.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I would really love a reason to just not be furious all of the time.
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If you don't want the #Dems to cave & allow ACA health insurance costs to explode you can contact your US Senator here: senate.gov/senators/sen...
& your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati...
Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.
& your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati...
Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.
U.S. Senate
senate.gov
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If you don't want the #Dems to cave & allow ACA health insurance costs to explode you can contact your US Senator here: senate.gov/senators/sen...
& your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati...
Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.
& your US House Rep here: house.gov/representati...
Please register your concerns directly! It does matter, as did your 10/4 vote.
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History is our record of what happened in the past and how we interpret it. Erasing Black people or any group from history is evil.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
History is our record of what happened in the past and how we interpret it. Erasing Black people or any group from history is evil.
"...whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving." Umm, what the ever-living fuck? How is this in any way relevant to their "job" (such as it is)?
NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"...whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving." Umm, what the ever-living fuck? How is this in any way relevant to their "job" (such as it is)?
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I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
Planted 4 varieties of radish (in little seedling/germinating trays), some spinach, arugula, and lacinato kale. Also started pruning the pomegranate as I removed the some of the last of its fruit. Wondering whether to finally give up on the sad root-bound little ficus we inherited with the house.
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Planted 4 varieties of radish (in little seedling/germinating trays), some spinach, arugula, and lacinato kale. Also started pruning the pomegranate as I removed the some of the last of its fruit. Wondering whether to finally give up on the sad root-bound little ficus we inherited with the house.
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So we're doing phrenology again, I see. The adage that every AI "innovation" is a grift continues to be true.
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
So we're doing phrenology again, I see. The adage that every AI "innovation" is a grift continues to be true.
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Conservative feminism is a contradiction in terms, there will be no further discussion
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Conservative feminism is a contradiction in terms, there will be no further discussion
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Godzilla has appeared in 47 movies, yet his acting has never improved.
November 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Godzilla has appeared in 47 movies, yet his acting has never improved.
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He caught us hurrying through the chill green shadows like adulterers. The river was opening and closing its stone lips. The river was pressing Seurat to its lips.
- Anne Carson, "On Chromoluminism"
- Anne Carson, "On Chromoluminism"
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
He caught us hurrying through the chill green shadows like adulterers. The river was opening and closing its stone lips. The river was pressing Seurat to its lips.
- Anne Carson, "On Chromoluminism"
- Anne Carson, "On Chromoluminism"
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Last month the superb Sphinx Virtuosi opened their concert with a lush arrangement for 18 strings of "La Bella Cubana" by José White Lafitte (1836-1918).
Later found this nostalgia-tinged version by El Trio Cubano, recorded (unbelievably) over 100 years ago
Later found this nostalgia-tinged version by El Trio Cubano, recorded (unbelievably) over 100 years ago
LA BELLA CUBANA ( de Jose White Laffite) by EL TRIO CUBANO ( 1924)
YouTube video by albertdiner
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November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Last month the superb Sphinx Virtuosi opened their concert with a lush arrangement for 18 strings of "La Bella Cubana" by José White Lafitte (1836-1918).
Later found this nostalgia-tinged version by El Trio Cubano, recorded (unbelievably) over 100 years ago
Later found this nostalgia-tinged version by El Trio Cubano, recorded (unbelievably) over 100 years ago
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This may interest some of you:
The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930.
www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...
The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930.
www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This may interest some of you:
The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930.
www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...
The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930.
www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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A democratic sweep was the perfect way to honor Dick Cheney's death. Well done, everyone. See you tomorrow.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A democratic sweep was the perfect way to honor Dick Cheney's death. Well done, everyone. See you tomorrow.
Just unfollowed someone who gave Jame's 'Turn of the Screw' one star on Good Reads. This isn't someone I've followed long and, although, they're an author, they're not someone I've read or am likely to read so sheer tone-deaf ignorance is enough to get me to say "au revoir" and move on.
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Just unfollowed someone who gave Jame's 'Turn of the Screw' one star on Good Reads. This isn't someone I've followed long and, although, they're an author, they're not someone I've read or am likely to read so sheer tone-deaf ignorance is enough to get me to say "au revoir" and move on.
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The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
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It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
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it’s weird to see people be like “poor Usha” as if she is a guiltless victim with no agency, like she is a grown ass woman who chose and continues to choose to be with a horrible man
idk why we always need to infantilize the grown ass women married to horrible men
idk why we always need to infantilize the grown ass women married to horrible men
November 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
it’s weird to see people be like “poor Usha” as if she is a guiltless victim with no agency, like she is a grown ass woman who chose and continues to choose to be with a horrible man
idk why we always need to infantilize the grown ass women married to horrible men
idk why we always need to infantilize the grown ass women married to horrible men
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It's Halloween, Flanders' witches are joyously cackling while dancing to strange, wild music in the woods.
Our project has just reached 80% funding! Thank you so much! 🖤🌙🖤
kck.st/492NqKt
Our project has just reached 80% funding! Thank you so much! 🖤🌙🖤
kck.st/492NqKt
The Witch's Child and other Dark Tales from Old Flanders
An illustrated short story collection inspired by witch folklore from Flanders
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October 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It's Halloween, Flanders' witches are joyously cackling while dancing to strange, wild music in the woods.
Our project has just reached 80% funding! Thank you so much! 🖤🌙🖤
kck.st/492NqKt
Our project has just reached 80% funding! Thank you so much! 🖤🌙🖤
kck.st/492NqKt
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Exclusive: Zeteo’s Prem Thakker goes on the campaign trail with Zohran Mamdani on this final weekend, to talk Islamophobia, New York’s pigeons, Halloween costumes, whether he has any regrets, and more.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Exclusive: Zeteo’s Prem Thakker goes on the campaign trail with Zohran Mamdani on this final weekend, to talk Islamophobia, New York’s pigeons, Halloween costumes, whether he has any regrets, and more.
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