boscotron
@boscotron.bsky.social
you may know me from the #bpal and/or tori amos sections of the internet (but you probably don't know me).
it's always aid and abet abortion, free Palestine, fuck mask bans, and stay alive another week.
ask me about my #sotd
she/her
it's always aid and abet abortion, free Palestine, fuck mask bans, and stay alive another week.
ask me about my #sotd
she/her
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@boscotron.bsky.social
· Jun 19
My cat's name is Pizza, and ever since I read this post I've been going around the house muttering "he is the emperor. show some respect."
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On "The Yellow Wall-paper" and other works, phantom limbs, arsenic poisoning, and other ingestations vajra.me/2025/11/11/c...
Creeping by Daylight
On the Yellow Wall-paper, Deváté srdce, and arsenic poisoning.
vajra.me
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
On "The Yellow Wall-paper" and other works, phantom limbs, arsenic poisoning, and other ingestations vajra.me/2025/11/11/c...
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An anonymous donor just offered to match up to $1,000 to my fundraiser in support of health benefits for @scarleteen.com's staff and an as-needed health fund for volunteers, which means your $1 is worth $2! Anyone want to join in with ANOTHER match to turn that into $3?
Scarleteen Staff and Volunteer Healthcare Fund
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www.classy.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
An anonymous donor just offered to match up to $1,000 to my fundraiser in support of health benefits for @scarleteen.com's staff and an as-needed health fund for volunteers, which means your $1 is worth $2! Anyone want to join in with ANOTHER match to turn that into $3?
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an old Kate Bush drawing from 2021
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
an old Kate Bush drawing from 2021
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"I can’t think of any other American novel that traces the AIDS pandemic to the early months of the COVID pandemic w/as much heart, humor, & radical style" Thanks to @iamlisako.bsky.social for a stunning intro to this excerpt @electricliterature.com, thank you💞 electricliterature.com/terry-dactyl...
Ecstasy Is Temporary but Being Fabulous Is Forever - Electric Literature
An excerpt from TERRY DACTYL by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, recommended by Lisa Ko
electricliterature.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"I can’t think of any other American novel that traces the AIDS pandemic to the early months of the COVID pandemic w/as much heart, humor, & radical style" Thanks to @iamlisako.bsky.social for a stunning intro to this excerpt @electricliterature.com, thank you💞 electricliterature.com/terry-dactyl...
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Enter to win a copy of #WhenTreesTestify!!
"How the Word Is Passed meets Braiding Sweetgrass in a cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery, shared through the stories of long-lived trees."
Enter to win a copy of @berondam.bsky.social's "When Trees Testify" from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
Enter to win a copy of @berondam.bsky.social's "When Trees Testify" from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Enter to win a copy of #WhenTreesTestify!!
Tried to search for a fairy tale based on cabbage cravings bc I forgot rapunzel's mom craved the ramps
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Tried to search for a fairy tale based on cabbage cravings bc I forgot rapunzel's mom craved the ramps
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THE EVERLASTING by Alix Harrow (2025)
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
THE EVERLASTING by Alix Harrow (2025)
Blood Moon (2025) - dragon’s blood resin, black clove, thunderous black musk, scorched 7-year aged patchouli, tabac absolute, and crushed pomegranate.
#BPAL #SOTD
#BPAL #SOTD
Blood Moon 2025 Perfume Oil – Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
blackphoenixalchemylab.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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It’s absolutely terrific.
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It’s absolutely terrific.
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We're hosting "Writing and Resistance" a workshop and conversation with KIESE LAYMON, ROBERT JONES, JR. and DEESHA PHILYAW on Dec. 14! All proceeds will go to the Sameer Project. Join us!
Register:
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
Register:
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're hosting "Writing and Resistance" a workshop and conversation with KIESE LAYMON, ROBERT JONES, JR. and DEESHA PHILYAW on Dec. 14! All proceeds will go to the Sameer Project. Join us!
Register:
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
Register:
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
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New postcard print from Monica Trinidad! justseeds.org/product/soli...
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New postcard print from Monica Trinidad! justseeds.org/product/soli...
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There is something really wrong with people who need workers to be not just competent, but slavishly fake-happy. "Slavishly" used on purpose, bc that's where this grotesquerie comes from.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There is something really wrong with people who need workers to be not just competent, but slavishly fake-happy. "Slavishly" used on purpose, bc that's where this grotesquerie comes from.
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I wrote for @slate.com about a legendary (and violent) Tennessee sheriff who more likely than not murdered his wife and the people who want to keep him on a pedestal.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Her Husband Claimed She Was Murdered by the Mob. Hollywood Made a Hit Film About It. The Truth Was Far Darker.
A mythical sheriff, a murder—and a Tennessee town that wants none of it.
slate.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I wrote for @slate.com about a legendary (and violent) Tennessee sheriff who more likely than not murdered his wife and the people who want to keep him on a pedestal.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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The liminal time is coming.
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The liminal time is coming.
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wow!! a trillionaire! every reaction i am having is definitely within both legal and community guidelines!!
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
wow!! a trillionaire! every reaction i am having is definitely within both legal and community guidelines!!
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All the time. ALL the time.
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
All the time. ALL the time.
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So now we need to throw a hot dog and a taco at a cop to see if we can get legal precedent for the ‘what is a sandwich’ question
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
So now we need to throw a hot dog and a taco at a cop to see if we can get legal precedent for the ‘what is a sandwich’ question
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I was acting as a union member and concerned employee when I questioned Stan Duncan, well within my legal rights.
I don't love pointing to my identity, but the company saying that I was behaving "aggressively" when I was calmly asking questions feels like a clear transphobic dog whistle.
I don't love pointing to my identity, but the company saying that I was behaving "aggressively" when I was calmly asking questions feels like a clear transphobic dog whistle.
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I was acting as a union member and concerned employee when I questioned Stan Duncan, well within my legal rights.
I don't love pointing to my identity, but the company saying that I was behaving "aggressively" when I was calmly asking questions feels like a clear transphobic dog whistle.
I don't love pointing to my identity, but the company saying that I was behaving "aggressively" when I was calmly asking questions feels like a clear transphobic dog whistle.
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More important to me than my identity, I am also the Vice President of the NewsGuild of New York, and targeting me with a blatantly retaliatory termination like this feels like an egregious shot against our union and against media workers as a whole.
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
More important to me than my identity, I am also the Vice President of the NewsGuild of New York, and targeting me with a blatantly retaliatory termination like this feels like an egregious shot against our union and against media workers as a whole.
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I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
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Delighted to be in such great company!!💥🌟⚡💫
Thankful for books in general, but especially our authors and these recent/forthcoming titles.
@alexhigley.bsky.social @mbsycamore.bsky.social @tomcomitta.bsky.social
@alexhigley.bsky.social @mbsycamore.bsky.social @tomcomitta.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Delighted to be in such great company!!💥🌟⚡💫
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I carved this stamp yesterday after singing this song in my head all day! The video is kinda going viral (for me, at least) on instagram and I hope Mamdani sees it!
#linocut #diy #stampcarving #mamdani
#linocut #diy #stampcarving #mamdani
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I carved this stamp yesterday after singing this song in my head all day! The video is kinda going viral (for me, at least) on instagram and I hope Mamdani sees it!
#linocut #diy #stampcarving #mamdani
#linocut #diy #stampcarving #mamdani
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someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
Alarming criminalization of green card holder based on "Antifa Materials" - another attempt to silence dissent and target people critical of this administration
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES