Eric O. Scott
@ericoscott.bsky.social
Raised by Witches. Mostly writes about Paganism. Union thug, technically a doctor, editor at The Wild Hunt: https://wildhunt.org
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Eric O. Scott
@ericoscott.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hey there, I’m Eric O. Scott. I grew up in a Wiccan coven and have been writing about contemporary Paganism for most of my adult life. I’m the weekend editor at @thewildhunt.bsky.social and my novella, The Lives of the Apostates, was published by Moon Books. I’m also a union organizer in Illinois.
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🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Sex workers at Pahrump brothel are unionizing, alleging unfair contracts and conditions - The Nevada Independent
In the last week, the brothel has fired three workers who challenged a new contract that they say is unfair. Lawyers have filed an injunction with the federal labor board.
thenevadaindependent.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:33 AM
🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
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Yeah so that NYT piece about DJT as a pagan king is ripe for a multitude of takedowns. Here's one of them.
Editorial: Pagan Is Not a Synonym for Barbarism - Editorial, News, Opinion, Paganism, Perspectives, Religion, The Wild Hunt, U.S., Witchcraft
Witchcraft & Pagan News - "When contemporary commentators describe authoritarian politics as 'pagan,'" writes Manny Moreno, "they risk reinforcing an exclusionary narrative: that Christianity civilize...
wildhunt.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Yeah so that NYT piece about DJT as a pagan king is ripe for a multitude of takedowns. Here's one of them.
In college I met a girl who wanted to watch my weekly D&D game so she could write a paper analyzing the discourse of role-playing gamers.
Reader, I married her.
Reader, I married her.
February 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM
In college I met a girl who wanted to watch my weekly D&D game so she could write a paper analyzing the discourse of role-playing gamers.
Reader, I married her.
Reader, I married her.
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If you live in North America, you can purchase my book 'Pan: the Great God's Modern Return' and many other titles on sale in The Great Chicago Sale from @uchicagopress.bsky.social! Use the code SALE2026 at checkout.
Pan
From ancient myth to contemporary art and literature, a beguiling look at the many incarnations of the mischievous—and culturally immortal—god Pan, now in paperback. Pan—he of the cloven hoof and lu...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM
If you live in North America, you can purchase my book 'Pan: the Great God's Modern Return' and many other titles on sale in The Great Chicago Sale from @uchicagopress.bsky.social! Use the code SALE2026 at checkout.
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I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
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"It's ok that the president raped children because the stock market is booming" is so far beyond evil that it's hard to comprehend. This woman is an actual demon.
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 5:33 PM
"It's ok that the president raped children because the stock market is booming" is so far beyond evil that it's hard to comprehend. This woman is an actual demon.
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Sigh. Another ultra-simplistic reading of the Melian Dialogue which treats it in isolation rather than considering its place in the larger narrative and what the reader would have known about what happens next.
Can somebody with expertise in ancient history do a take down of this utter nonsense from the @nytimes.com? Yes ancient Judaism does humanise the oppressed, but so did other ancient societies. @bretdevereaux.bsky.social @fakehistoryhunter.net
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
Opinion | Donald Trump, Pagan King
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Sigh. Another ultra-simplistic reading of the Melian Dialogue which treats it in isolation rather than considering its place in the larger narrative and what the reader would have known about what happens next.
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You brought a whole plate of fried chicken to class and had everyone peal off the skin and rip off the meat and snap the bones to look at the marrow
You pointed to the marrow and said "this is Odysseus"
You pointed to the marrow and said "this is Odysseus"
February 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
You brought a whole plate of fried chicken to class and had everyone peal off the skin and rip off the meat and snap the bones to look at the marrow
You pointed to the marrow and said "this is Odysseus"
You pointed to the marrow and said "this is Odysseus"
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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Eddie Kingston
(warning: extreme violence)
(warning: extreme violence)
February 10, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Eddie Kingston
(warning: extreme violence)
(warning: extreme violence)
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I didn't know what I was getting into with this one. ‘I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness’ by Irene Solà is a haunting novel about cursed women in the Catalan mountains.
My review: https://cosettepaneque.com/i-gave-you-eyes-and-you-looked-toward-darkness/
#WitchSky #books
My review: https://cosettepaneque.com/i-gave-you-eyes-and-you-looked-toward-darkness/
#WitchSky #books
‘I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness’
Book review of Irene Solà's I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness, a graphic magical realist novel about cursed women, folklore and death in Catalonia.
cosettepaneque.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I didn't know what I was getting into with this one. ‘I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness’ by Irene Solà is a haunting novel about cursed women in the Catalan mountains.
My review: https://cosettepaneque.com/i-gave-you-eyes-and-you-looked-toward-darkness/
#WitchSky #books
My review: https://cosettepaneque.com/i-gave-you-eyes-and-you-looked-toward-darkness/
#WitchSky #books
My union brother Will has an article in Matter News about why we need to treat the press as public infrastructure:
matternews.org/voices/opini...
matternews.org/voices/opini...
Opinion: When unionization isn’t enough – Matter News
Collective bargaining can protect journalists from arbitrary firings, stagnating wages, and unsafe or exploitative working conditions. But a union contract cannot fix a broken funding model.
matternews.org
February 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
My union brother Will has an article in Matter News about why we need to treat the press as public infrastructure:
matternews.org/voices/opini...
matternews.org/voices/opini...
I beat Metroid Dread. Mostly out of spite. At least the final boss, while still very hard, was fun.
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I beat Metroid Dread. Mostly out of spite. At least the final boss, while still very hard, was fun.
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NBA, NFL, MLB, & NHL players make around 50% of total league revenues. WNBA players make 9%. Their demand for 30%, still a bargain, has been rebuffed by owners, who offered 15%.
As Harold Meyerson writes, sports unions have always struggled for a fair share of the enormous profits they generate.
As Harold Meyerson writes, sports unions have always struggled for a fair share of the enormous profits they generate.
Baselines and Picket Lines - The American Prospect
Superstar athletes are close to American royalty, but they still have to fight like other workers for fair pay.
prospect.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM
NBA, NFL, MLB, & NHL players make around 50% of total league revenues. WNBA players make 9%. Their demand for 30%, still a bargain, has been rebuffed by owners, who offered 15%.
As Harold Meyerson writes, sports unions have always struggled for a fair share of the enormous profits they generate.
As Harold Meyerson writes, sports unions have always struggled for a fair share of the enormous profits they generate.
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BREAKING: 74 Courtesans working at a legal brothel in Nevada are unionizing with @cwaunion.bsky.social.
February 10, 2026 at 1:46 AM
BREAKING: 74 Courtesans working at a legal brothel in Nevada are unionizing with @cwaunion.bsky.social.
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this is one of the more ridiculous things I've read today, and I've read some really ridiculous shit.
Scoop: The US labor board is giving up oversight over Elon Musk's SpaceX, and abandoning its yearslong case over the firing of engineers behind an open letter that criticized Musk www.bloomberg.com/news/article... NLRB prosecutors now say NMB, not NLRB, has jurisdiction over SpaceX
US Labor Board Gives Up Oversight of SpaceX in Victory for Musk
Agency drops yearslong case over firing of Musk critics.
www.bloomberg.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
this is one of the more ridiculous things I've read today, and I've read some really ridiculous shit.
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Congrats to our union kin who transformed the Super Bowl field into a world-class stage!
February 9, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Congrats to our union kin who transformed the Super Bowl field into a world-class stage!
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My theory that AI maximalists don’t know how to use a computer remains undefeated so far
February 8, 2026 at 9:46 PM
My theory that AI maximalists don’t know how to use a computer remains undefeated so far
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Nothing has changed here.
So you might ask - how will we know when things have changed? For me it’s all the kids back in school.
So you might ask - how will we know when things have changed? For me it’s all the kids back in school.
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Nothing has changed here.
So you might ask - how will we know when things have changed? For me it’s all the kids back in school.
So you might ask - how will we know when things have changed? For me it’s all the kids back in school.
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Together, we raised over $600,000 for @translifeline.org this year. From the bottom of my heart, I'm so grateful. We have come together to say to our trans friends and family that they are loved and that they are not alone.
Trans rights are human rights.
When we gather together, we can make Magic.
Trans rights are human rights.
When we gather together, we can make Magic.
February 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Together, we raised over $600,000 for @translifeline.org this year. From the bottom of my heart, I'm so grateful. We have come together to say to our trans friends and family that they are loved and that they are not alone.
Trans rights are human rights.
When we gather together, we can make Magic.
Trans rights are human rights.
When we gather together, we can make Magic.
If it wasn’t for bad takes, I wouldn’t have no takes at all
February 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
If it wasn’t for bad takes, I wouldn’t have no takes at all
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crickets from the free speech crowd, of course
FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
crickets from the free speech crowd, of course