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Finding Radical Queer Pride in ‘Tetsuo: The Iron Man’ (1989)
What if I told you Tetsuo: The Iron Man is one of the most evocative examples of “queer awakening” ever put on screen? Okay, that’s a tad hyperbolic, and such queer assertions about beloved media are ...
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Is Tetsuo: The Iron Man one of the greatest representations of queer awakening? @horrorpress.bsky.social let me make the case for Pride Month! Join me in appreciating this oddball cult horror classic that holds cathartic potential for anyone who has contended with expectations of others.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Smile 3 (2026)
Directed by Parker Finn. 🩸
Directed by Parker Finn. 🩸
"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.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Smile 3 (2026)
Directed by Parker Finn. 🩸
Directed by Parker Finn. 🩸
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Bovino is a huge dork who posts like a tryhard uncle who forces drinks on his siblings’ underage kids in a desperate attempt to look cool. Just mind-boggling that this loser is responsible for so much pain around here.
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Bovino is a huge dork who posts like a tryhard uncle who forces drinks on his siblings’ underage kids in a desperate attempt to look cool. Just mind-boggling that this loser is responsible for so much pain around here.
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This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Like clockwork, Frazer dons his "serious comic company" cosplay a week ahead of Though Bubble with new posts to #RedCabinComics socials that don't address why 75% of #TFTQ Kickstarter backers still don't have books they paid for in 2020 — 160 of which he lied about shipping in 2022/23.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Like clockwork, Frazer dons his "serious comic company" cosplay a week ahead of Though Bubble with new posts to #RedCabinComics socials that don't address why 75% of #TFTQ Kickstarter backers still don't have books they paid for in 2020 — 160 of which he lied about shipping in 2022/23.
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I am really trying to get people to understand how much what is happening to our children in Chicago with regard to ICE abductions is like school shootings/gun violence: the random and massive exposure to this particular violence will imprint on a generation and no privilege can fully shield you.
This was horrific to watch. Agents entering a daycare, wrestling with and abducting a teacher in front of small screaming children. I just… what the fuck are we doing here.
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I am really trying to get people to understand how much what is happening to our children in Chicago with regard to ICE abductions is like school shootings/gun violence: the random and massive exposure to this particular violence will imprint on a generation and no privilege can fully shield you.
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
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“Leaders not Tweeters” is the rebrand America needs.
October 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“Leaders not Tweeters” is the rebrand America needs.
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I know that there are people outside Chicago who are paying attention and seeing these videos but there are no words for how it feels when the videos show everyday places in your neighborhood, places that are part of your routine. The sense of violation is profound.
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I know that there are people outside Chicago who are paying attention and seeing these videos but there are no words for how it feels when the videos show everyday places in your neighborhood, places that are part of your routine. The sense of violation is profound.
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The phrase "trans activist" is goofy because like 95% of the time it's used it refers to a trans person simply existing.
Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.
Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird
Media: trans activist criticizes media
Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.
Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird
Media: trans activist criticizes media
October 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The phrase "trans activist" is goofy because like 95% of the time it's used it refers to a trans person simply existing.
Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.
Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird
Media: trans activist criticizes media
Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.
Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird
Media: trans activist criticizes media
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“[T]he broader aim of all this agitprop is far uglier. Trump has employed a form of state propaganda that may be unrivaled by any presidency in modern memory, and these MAGA influencers are generating material for that vile effort.”
This MAGA propaganda is deeply sinister. Stephen Miller has been lying about Portland/Chicago relentlessly. It's core to his project: He's trying to establish quasi-absolute power for Trump to simply invent pretexts by fiat to justify whatever abuses he launches. 5/
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October 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“[T]he broader aim of all this agitprop is far uglier. Trump has employed a form of state propaganda that may be unrivaled by any presidency in modern memory, and these MAGA influencers are generating material for that vile effort.”
Will Frazer Brown of Red Cabin Comics break 27 months of silence on #TFTQ Kickstarter pledge fulfillment tomorrow to commemorate 5 years since 814 backers paid him £37k to produce a comic book that still doesn't exist? (See Alt Text for more context.) www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
October 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Will Frazer Brown of Red Cabin Comics break 27 months of silence on #TFTQ Kickstarter pledge fulfillment tomorrow to commemorate 5 years since 814 backers paid him £37k to produce a comic book that still doesn't exist? (See Alt Text for more context.) www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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“don’t be bigoted towards AI.”
your AI data centers are poisoning Black communities as we speak, please get some fucking perspective. jesus christ
your AI data centers are poisoning Black communities as we speak, please get some fucking perspective. jesus christ
October 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
“don’t be bigoted towards AI.”
your AI data centers are poisoning Black communities as we speak, please get some fucking perspective. jesus christ
your AI data centers are poisoning Black communities as we speak, please get some fucking perspective. jesus christ
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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
Friday can't come soon enough! holyvisions.net
October 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Friday can't come soon enough! holyvisions.net
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Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
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Remember how scary it was for the 36 hours where it felt like the Right could explode into violence as a repercussion of an assassination? That's what our trans brothers & sisters feel like every fucking day
We have to protect them at all costs. They are our line in the sand; not a bargaining chip.
We have to protect them at all costs. They are our line in the sand; not a bargaining chip.
September 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Remember how scary it was for the 36 hours where it felt like the Right could explode into violence as a repercussion of an assassination? That's what our trans brothers & sisters feel like every fucking day
We have to protect them at all costs. They are our line in the sand; not a bargaining chip.
We have to protect them at all costs. They are our line in the sand; not a bargaining chip.
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- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
Cleaning a cottage cheese spill from a shag rug has convinced me someone is out there answering Frazer Brown's weird little prayers.
Ain't going to stop me from asking what he really did with the #TFTQ Kickstarter money though. (Coming up on 3 years of fulfillment lies and still no picture proof.)
Ain't going to stop me from asking what he really did with the #TFTQ Kickstarter money though. (Coming up on 3 years of fulfillment lies and still no picture proof.)
September 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Cleaning a cottage cheese spill from a shag rug has convinced me someone is out there answering Frazer Brown's weird little prayers.
Ain't going to stop me from asking what he really did with the #TFTQ Kickstarter money though. (Coming up on 3 years of fulfillment lies and still no picture proof.)
Ain't going to stop me from asking what he really did with the #TFTQ Kickstarter money though. (Coming up on 3 years of fulfillment lies and still no picture proof.)
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Hey horror community, we need to have a talk... It's time to collectively drop the use of "spook" and "spooky". Here's why. Article by @sharai.bsky.social #horrorsky
Remove Spook From Your Vocabulary Today
It’s officially Halloween season, and a great time to remind everyone that the word “spook” is a slur. Like many words and phrases in the English language, racists did what they do best and ruined it....
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September 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Hey horror community, we need to have a talk... It's time to collectively drop the use of "spook" and "spooky". Here's why. Article by @sharai.bsky.social #horrorsky
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A paragraph from this MIT study, which I read with my own two eyes, and you should, too.
![One of the most prominent effects of using AI in writing is the shift in how students engage
with the material. Generative AI can generate content on demand, offering students quick
drafts based on minimal input. While this can be beneficial in terms of saving time and
offering inspiration, it also impacts students' ability to retain and recall information, a key
aspect of learning. When students rely on AI to produce lengthy or complex essays, they
may bypass the process of synthesizing information from memory, which can hinder their
understanding and retention of the material. For instance, while ChatGPT significantly
improved short-term task performance, such as essay scores, it did not lead to significant
differences in knowledge gain or transfer [55]. This suggests that while AI tools can
enhance productivity, they may also promote a form of "metacognitive laziness," where
students offload cognitive and metacognitive responsibilities to the AI, potentially hindering
their ability to self-regulate and engage deeply with the learning material [55]. AI tools that
generate essays without prompting students to reflect or revise can make it easier for
students to avoid the intellectual effort required to internalize key concepts, which is crucial
for long-term learning and knowledge transfer [55]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e36u5s7ohhidia4x5e4nwdd4/bafkreigu3ksvv7ogskqwqw6wwjmbhdwj4pgltdm5rf4hlupww7fwbfyhga@jpeg)
August 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A paragraph from this MIT study, which I read with my own two eyes, and you should, too.
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“Thanks to your generosity this book is a reality” are words that should haunt Frazer Brown to his dying day. #tftq
It’s August 26th and may I wish everyone a happy 5th anniversary of the launch of the Tales From The Quarantine kickstarter! Here’s to another 5 years!🎉
August 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
“Thanks to your generosity this book is a reality” are words that should haunt Frazer Brown to his dying day. #tftq