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The bright spotlight of truth shines upon the seedy underbelly of the Gnomes (1976) eBay marketplace. Screaming with you in solidarity ✊

The Haunted Bookshop @bookshopghost.bsky.social · 2d

I think I'm going to scream.

Multiple for-sale listings on eBay etc. that claim their copy of Gnomes is signed by artist Rien Poortvliet on the title page and by the author at the end of the introduction.

THAT'S HOW THE BOOK WAS PRINTED.

Do not pay $200+ for a book that wasn't actually signed 🫠

February 15, 2026 at 6:40 AM

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Dave Itzkoff

@ditzkoff.bsky.social

February 12, 2026 at 12:23 AM

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jamelle

@jamellebouie.net

i think this is exactly right. fascism is the Death Drive as ideology. it's why the catastrophic end of the Nazi Party does not deter people from worshipping Nazis. that the Nazis destroyed Germany along with the rest of Europe is part of the appeal.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 18d

disturbingly plausible

Fascism is a literally suicidal ideology, one obsessed with purging the body politic to the point of total self-negation. What’s funny about Suicide Rightism is how direct it is about all this. You don’t need some big theoretical analysis; there’s no level of abstraction to move through. It’s just pretty straightforwardly pro-suicide. I don’t think you have to be a professional psychologist to understand why dramatic, attention-grabbing suicide might be appealing to semi-employed guys who spend 14 hours a day watching Asmongold or whatever. Its promise is that all the pain and frustration you feel can be visited on the people you believe authored it--and then ended. Not to put too fine a point on this, but this is school-shooter ideology.

And as the D.H.S. tweet of the penguin meme makes clear, the Suicide Right case for Trump is that he gets this. The reward for supporting him is oblivion. He and I.C.E. and the C.B.P. are the armored bulldozer giving you the chance to kill immigrants and liberal white women and male nurses before you put a gun in your mouth. His administration is the plane, just waiting for you to get inside. I guess 2024 was a Flight 93 election, after all.

January 30, 2026 at 7:54 PM

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Ken Klippenstein

@kenklippenstein.bsky.social

🚨 I've obtained a list of secret watchlists the Department of Homeland Security uses to keep tabs on American citizens
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...

Exclusive: ICE's Secret Watchlists of Americans

Sparta, Reaper and Grapevine track protesters, their friends (+ others)

www.kenklippenstein.com

January 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM

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Jason Concepcion

@netw3rk.bsky.social

It’s so interesting that the comet pizza-Q-Anon folks have disappeared just as their deeply held concerns about a widespread elite child trafficking conspiracy has been proven correct

January 22, 2026 at 3:37 AM

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Ken Jennings

@kenjennings.bsky.social

I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Kennedy Center.

December 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM

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Sahil Kapur

@sahilkapur.bsky.social

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM

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Matt Novak

@paleofuture.bsky.social

I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.

October 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM

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ceej

@ceej.online

any culture, at any point in history, could have invented darude’s sandstorm. the fact that they didn’t is just further proof that old times were busted generally

October 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM

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Chicago Sun-Times

@chicago.suntimes.com

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM

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Joyce White Vance

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...