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Ari Blank
@djrefugium.bsky.social
Dj for Ghost House goth night, nerd, eccentric do-gooder owned by cats.
January 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Just so we are abundantly clear on where we stand on the subject; we are a safe space. 🦇🖤
January 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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NEW: Republican Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) has drafted a constitutional amendment aimed at allowing Donald Trump to serve a third term as president.

Ogles is proposing the U.S. Constitution be changed to accommodate Trump.

In November, Trump joked about seeking a third term to House…
January 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Happily getting ready for my friends' goth/industrial night, Church Noir. Makeup TBD.
January 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
So many about-faces and double standards on all levels, from personal to global. It makes my head spin. I react with disgust. What other response could there be?
January 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Pleased to have received the mysterious novel Dhoula Bel, finally in print from Italys Occult Press! Grazie!
December 19, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."

Thomas Mann
December 19, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Very much enjoying the Ghost Story for Christmas series on Britbox. It's based on the spooky stories of M R James and others. Excellent folk horror.
December 4, 2024 at 6:27 AM
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Some sites that do good "year end" lists for goth/industrial/synthpop/ebm (some or all):

@amodelofcontrol.bsky.social
@synthentral.bsky.social
@idieyoudie.bsky.social
@regenmag.bsky.social

Add others!

And remember Klack's EP this year. ;)
klack.bandcamp.com/album/modern...

Stream it too!
Modern Production, by klack
7 track album
klack.bandcamp.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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This paper is fascinating. A three-year field experiement in which a 1000 low income Americans get $1000 a month. The tl;dr conclusion is that it basically has zero effect on their political views or participation.

www.nber.org/papers/w33214
The Causal Effects of Income on Political Attitudes and Behavior: A Randomized Field Experiment
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 2, 2024 at 7:09 PM
End stage capitalism, meet irony:
November 26, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Slowly pushing past bad energy into good new energy. Evolution, revolution.
November 24, 2024 at 7:42 AM
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We're below the iceberg with some very fine friends, fiends, and mysterious creatures beyond the reach of light. 🤘
"Gothberg 2.0" by Regina George/DeadDeathrocker. Iceberg of goth bands. Pinned for my own future reference. 📌

If you want an editable text copy, here's a link for you: www.imagetotext.info

#goth #gothmusic
November 19, 2024 at 4:46 AM
At Lottie and Zulas Cafe the morning after Trst and Light Asylum
November 18, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Watching A Page Of Madness, a pretty incredible Japanese surrealist film from 1921. Highly recommend.
November 16, 2024 at 5:50 AM