Cass
@fancassticfiction.bsky.social
West Virginian teacher by day; concert-going, cat-loving metalhead every time else
August 2022 was a big month for me. I became a Ghost fan and broke down some heavy stuff. A year (and a master's thesis) later, I'm at the Reimperatour. Two years after that, the Skeletour. So here's to August and the band that made it important.
#thebandghost
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#thebandghost
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Suffering from the Lord
An Autoethnography on Religious Trauma and Coping with the Metal Band, Ghost
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August 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
August 2022 was a big month for me. I became a Ghost fan and broke down some heavy stuff. A year (and a master's thesis) later, I'm at the Reimperatour. Two years after that, the Skeletour. So here's to August and the band that made it important.
#thebandghost
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#thebandghost
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Ah yes...the horrors persist, but so does my need to create bracelets. #thebandghost
February 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Ah yes...the horrors persist, but so does my need to create bracelets. #thebandghost
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me after ending a man’s band, podcast, & social media career bc he’s evil 🫶
February 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
me after ending a man’s band, podcast, & social media career bc he’s evil 🫶
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“They came here illegally!” I don’t care. I have never cared. Borders are invisible lines in the sand made up by colonizers centuries ago. Idgaf. Open the doors & let all the immigrants in. The planet was here before us & should be welcoming & free for EVERYONE.
February 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“They came here illegally!” I don’t care. I have never cared. Borders are invisible lines in the sand made up by colonizers centuries ago. Idgaf. Open the doors & let all the immigrants in. The planet was here before us & should be welcoming & free for EVERYONE.
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An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
February 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
So, my students get a word of the day where the goal is to find a way to use it in class... today's word is courtesy of @arrowsinaction.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So, my students get a word of the day where the goal is to find a way to use it in class... today's word is courtesy of @arrowsinaction.bsky.social
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It’s wild to have two cats and have one of them be just so much more dumb.
January 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It’s wild to have two cats and have one of them be just so much more dumb.
I am making potato soup... from scratch. Do I have a recipe? No.
Have I made it before? No. Am I going poorly off vibes? Yes. Will it turn out? I hope so.
Have I made it before? No. Am I going poorly off vibes? Yes. Will it turn out? I hope so.
January 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I am making potato soup... from scratch. Do I have a recipe? No.
Have I made it before? No. Am I going poorly off vibes? Yes. Will it turn out? I hope so.
Have I made it before? No. Am I going poorly off vibes? Yes. Will it turn out? I hope so.
This whole thread!
For the next 4 years, honestly, the most effective thing we can do is bring attention to the inefficiency and robbery of this administration.
It’s pretty obvious at this point that appealing to the humanity of conservatives isn’t going to work.
It’s pretty obvious at this point that appealing to the humanity of conservatives isn’t going to work.
January 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This whole thread!
Listen I'll complain about the fact that it's below zero here in a second but for now... they get snuggly when it's cold out.
January 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Listen I'll complain about the fact that it's below zero here in a second but for now... they get snuggly when it's cold out.
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I really hope everyone understands what is going on with Elon and Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is one of our last remaining bastions of evidence-based consensus reality.
The MAGA narrative is fundamentally threatened by evidence-based fact, and Wikipedia is a repository of evidence-based fact.
Wikipedia is one of our last remaining bastions of evidence-based consensus reality.
The MAGA narrative is fundamentally threatened by evidence-based fact, and Wikipedia is a repository of evidence-based fact.
This is ABSOLUTELY factual! Musk’s gesture WAS compared to a Nazi salute or a fascist salute. Musk DID deny any meaning behind the gesture. Musk’s argument appears to be with reality.
January 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I really hope everyone understands what is going on with Elon and Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is one of our last remaining bastions of evidence-based consensus reality.
The MAGA narrative is fundamentally threatened by evidence-based fact, and Wikipedia is a repository of evidence-based fact.
Wikipedia is one of our last remaining bastions of evidence-based consensus reality.
The MAGA narrative is fundamentally threatened by evidence-based fact, and Wikipedia is a repository of evidence-based fact.
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Trans rights are human rights.
January 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trans rights are human rights.
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One of my very first offerings
#sleeptoken #vessel #vesselsleeptoken #sleeptokenvessel #sleeptokenband
#sleeptoken #vessel #vesselsleeptoken #sleeptokenvessel #sleeptokenband
January 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
One of my very first offerings
#sleeptoken #vessel #vesselsleeptoken #sleeptokenvessel #sleeptokenband
#sleeptoken #vessel #vesselsleeptoken #sleeptokenvessel #sleeptokenband
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If Christianity is to survive, it will be through women, POC and queer people. White male leaders have failed to carry the torch for 1500 years now. Your reign of terror from the pulpit is over.
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If Christianity is to survive, it will be through women, POC and queer people. White male leaders have failed to carry the torch for 1500 years now. Your reign of terror from the pulpit is over.
My grandfather fought fascists. He didn't work with them.
It is time to look to the future.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
The challenges that face America are many and great.
The Senate must respond with resolve, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the working and middle class of this country.
January 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
My grandfather fought fascists. He didn't work with them.
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I tried this at 7:00am EST and got the same results. Hashtags for Libertarian and Jillstein are censored as well.
January 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I tried this at 7:00am EST and got the same results. Hashtags for Libertarian and Jillstein are censored as well.
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If you support a rapist then we can only assume that you’re a rapist, too.
Them’s the rules.
Them’s the rules.
January 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
If you support a rapist then we can only assume that you’re a rapist, too.
Them’s the rules.
Them’s the rules.
January 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
How have I spent my day in my attempts to cope with the existential dread? Like this.
January 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
How have I spent my day in my attempts to cope with the existential dread? Like this.
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When you look at it from this angle, this is an all time bad own-goal for the Dems. They were played so well by Bibi they played themselves.
Just so we’re all clear:
-Dems bend over backwards to Netanyahu’s every whim carrying through with financing a genocide, Bibi wants Trump to win and it costs Dems the election.
-At the request of Netanyahu, the Tiktok Ban bill is Revived under a Dem President, closer tying it to Biden moreso
-Dems bend over backwards to Netanyahu’s every whim carrying through with financing a genocide, Bibi wants Trump to win and it costs Dems the election.
-At the request of Netanyahu, the Tiktok Ban bill is Revived under a Dem President, closer tying it to Biden moreso
January 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
When you look at it from this angle, this is an all time bad own-goal for the Dems. They were played so well by Bibi they played themselves.
Tiktok changed the course of my life when it showed me #thebandghost. Then it changed it again with #sleeptoken. I going to need to find a new way to get my world rocked.
January 19, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Tiktok changed the course of my life when it showed me #thebandghost. Then it changed it again with #sleeptoken. I going to need to find a new way to get my world rocked.
Now that I'm out of my hostage situation (TikTok), I'm realizing... I'm a bit lost.
Like, what am I supposed to do? Actually talk to people?
Like, what am I supposed to do? Actually talk to people?
January 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Now that I'm out of my hostage situation (TikTok), I'm realizing... I'm a bit lost.
Like, what am I supposed to do? Actually talk to people?
Like, what am I supposed to do? Actually talk to people?
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Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?
January 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?