Nothings Monstered
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The name is a joke from Shakespeare
This account is for whatever I feel like posting about. Mostly pictures that strike my fancy, posts about politics, disability, art, literature, et cetera
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one-legged juggler // he
This account is for whatever I feel like posting about. Mostly pictures that strike my fancy, posts about politics, disability, art, literature, et cetera
The Bronx
one-legged juggler // he
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When Democrats suggest that the government might want to keep an eye on right-wing groups with histories of terrorism, Republicans scream and yell and fight to protect their allies.
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 AM
When Democrats suggest that the government might want to keep an eye on right-wing groups with histories of terrorism, Republicans scream and yell and fight to protect their allies.
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Zohran is already making Regular People's lives harder...
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Zohran is already making Regular People's lives harder...
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Like, if you want a retro-futuristic American dystopia? Central NJ is IT. Anyone who has driven past all the refineries into NYC could tell you that. Biotechnica could never.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Like, if you want a retro-futuristic American dystopia? Central NJ is IT. Anyone who has driven past all the refineries into NYC could tell you that. Biotechnica could never.
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January 2, 1854: Alice Mary Robertson, American educator, social worker and 2nd woman in US Congress, born in Tullahassee Mission, Indian Territory.
January 3, 2026 at 1:26 AM
January 2, 1854: Alice Mary Robertson, American educator, social worker and 2nd woman in US Congress, born in Tullahassee Mission, Indian Territory.
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First Friday Finale. Chicago in Black & White at the end of the workday today.
January 3, 2026 at 1:01 AM
First Friday Finale. Chicago in Black & White at the end of the workday today.
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“Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe, depending on his bringing up.”
Hasdai Ibn Shiaprut, 10th century scholar & physician
Hasdai Ibn Shiaprut, 10th century scholar & physician
January 3, 2026 at 1:12 AM
“Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe, depending on his bringing up.”
Hasdai Ibn Shiaprut, 10th century scholar & physician
Hasdai Ibn Shiaprut, 10th century scholar & physician
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“Read as little as possible of literary criticism - such things are either hardened and empty of life or else they are just clever word games.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke
January 3, 2026 at 1:14 AM
“Read as little as possible of literary criticism - such things are either hardened and empty of life or else they are just clever word games.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Australian visionary artist, dancer, bohemian and muse Vali Myers, the infamous Witch of Positano.
#ValiMyers
#ValiMyers
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Australian visionary artist, dancer, bohemian and muse Vali Myers, the infamous Witch of Positano.
#ValiMyers
#ValiMyers
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January 3, 2026 at 1:29 AM
"You can't out-fash the fascists, so don't try (and maybe you shouldn't try since fascism is hostile to all things human and decent)"
Wrote about the Labour Party's failed popularist experiment as feckless quant-brain U.S. liberals toy with the idea of a popularist agenda in 2026 and beyond: badfaithtimes.com/a-blaring-wa...
A Blaring Warning For The Democratic Party
Democrats don't have to wonder if popularism will fail. It already has.
badfaithtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM
"You can't out-fash the fascists, so don't try (and maybe you shouldn't try since fascism is hostile to all things human and decent)"
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Wrote about the Labour Party's failed popularist experiment as feckless quant-brain U.S. liberals toy with the idea of a popularist agenda in 2026 and beyond: badfaithtimes.com/a-blaring-wa...
A Blaring Warning For The Democratic Party
Democrats don't have to wonder if popularism will fail. It already has.
badfaithtimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Wrote about the Labour Party's failed popularist experiment as feckless quant-brain U.S. liberals toy with the idea of a popularist agenda in 2026 and beyond: badfaithtimes.com/a-blaring-wa...
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They just laid off 100 staffers from CBS News. This is so gross and everyone involved should feel bad.
NEW from me:
Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham.
Take that, elites!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham.
Take that, elites!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Private jets and ‘Bari pitches’: Inside Weiss’ chaotic CBS Evening News reboot
EXCLUSIVE: The new CBS News editor-in-chief has chartered private flights for her armed security detail, made last-minute logistical changes and fired off ‘Bari Pitches.’ Weiss is once again accused o...
www.independent.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 1:12 AM
They just laid off 100 staffers from CBS News. This is so gross and everyone involved should feel bad.
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More than 4,500 New York residents were hospitalized with the flu last week — marking the highest number ever recorded in a single week, health officials said: gothamist.visitlink.me/BU4t_3
January 3, 2026 at 1:10 AM
More than 4,500 New York residents were hospitalized with the flu last week — marking the highest number ever recorded in a single week, health officials said: gothamist.visitlink.me/BU4t_3
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Do y'all know how many PhD students are on food stamps?? And this is a 2024 article
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 3, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Do y'all know how many PhD students are on food stamps?? And this is a 2024 article
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Fembot: The Bionic Woman's Enemy
January 3, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Fembot: The Bionic Woman's Enemy
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Elon Musk's accomplishments over the last year include starving thousands of people to death (and laughing about it) and creating Hitler AI that undresses children (and laughing about it). Is it time to do something about billionaires yet?
January 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Elon Musk's accomplishments over the last year include starving thousands of people to death (and laughing about it) and creating Hitler AI that undresses children (and laughing about it). Is it time to do something about billionaires yet?
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This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy.
i'm really having a hard time getting past the "surely we can all agree that Somalis are worse than trash" thing. this feels new and very bad
January 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is the "testing the waters" phase of the playbook. The GOP ecosystem targets groups like Somalis, Haitians, and trans people specifically because they've calculated that the average person's passive disapproval won't ever turn into active defense. They're exploiting public apathy.
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there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
January 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
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I forgot about this one.
January 2, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I forgot about this one.
Young Woman Embracing a Thorn Bush — Kay Nielsen, 1910
January 2, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Young Woman Embracing a Thorn Bush — Kay Nielsen, 1910
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If, being incredibly charitable, you didn’t intend to make a CSAM robot, not immediately turning off the CSAM robot when you find out you accidentally made a CSAM robot should still get you put in the magnetic boots prison from Face/Off
January 2, 2026 at 11:20 PM
If, being incredibly charitable, you didn’t intend to make a CSAM robot, not immediately turning off the CSAM robot when you find out you accidentally made a CSAM robot should still get you put in the magnetic boots prison from Face/Off
A Summer Night. Ukraine — Nataliya Bagatskaya, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 60 cm
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 60 cm
January 2, 2026 at 11:31 PM
A Summer Night. Ukraine — Nataliya Bagatskaya, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 60 cm
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 60 cm
America is 250 years old and currently has 350 million people.
Even where you can find something like consensus about a stated principle, you can usually find vehement disagreement about what that principle means.
Even where you can find something like consensus about a stated principle, you can usually find vehement disagreement about what that principle means.
January 2, 2026 at 11:25 PM
America is 250 years old and currently has 350 million people.
Even where you can find something like consensus about a stated principle, you can usually find vehement disagreement about what that principle means.
Even where you can find something like consensus about a stated principle, you can usually find vehement disagreement about what that principle means.