Joan of Arcades 🏳️⚧️
@redkagami.bsky.social
→ 32yo, transfeminine, kinda fruity (she/her)
→ Online Communist & Philosophy Poster
→ likes games, old media, GNU/Linux
→ Christian, basically Protestant ✝
→ Butlerian Jihadist 🤖 💥 🔫
→ sometimes lewd 🔞
💗 @cirikino.bsky.social 💗
→ Online Communist & Philosophy Poster
→ likes games, old media, GNU/Linux
→ Christian, basically Protestant ✝
→ Butlerian Jihadist 🤖 💥 🔫
→ sometimes lewd 🔞
💗 @cirikino.bsky.social 💗
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MIA Subject Index - Marx on Political Economy
collection of Marx's writings on Political Economy
www.marxists.org
Educate yourself about Marxist theory, because nobody else will:
Marx/Engels on Political Economy
www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
Marx/Engels on Historical Materialism
www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
Hegel by HyperText
www.marxists.org/reference/ar...
Marx/Engels on Political Economy
www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
Marx/Engels on Historical Materialism
www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
Hegel by HyperText
www.marxists.org/reference/ar...
I wonder who actually follows those "chronological view order" lists for long-running franchises, it's pretty much always a terrible idea
like imagine starting Star Trek with Enterprise, lmao
like imagine starting Star Trek with Enterprise, lmao
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I wonder who actually follows those "chronological view order" lists for long-running franchises, it's pretty much always a terrible idea
like imagine starting Star Trek with Enterprise, lmao
like imagine starting Star Trek with Enterprise, lmao
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There is no excuse for this whatsoever. They should all be charged for csam
Grok is producing ~6,700 sexually suggestive or nudified images per hour
• Twitter (X) is now the top deepfaking site in the world
• Women who speak out become targets by users
(via business)
• Twitter (X) is now the top deepfaking site in the world
• Women who speak out become targets by users
(via business)
January 8, 2026 at 12:52 AM
There is no excuse for this whatsoever. They should all be charged for csam
Jonathan Riley-Smith from his magisterial work:
(The Crusades: A History, 4th Edition)
(The Crusades: A History, 4th Edition)
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Jonathan Riley-Smith from his magisterial work:
(The Crusades: A History, 4th Edition)
(The Crusades: A History, 4th Edition)
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The basic issue with this film is obvious - it's a secular humanist portrayal of events that were anything but secular, so many characters are religious skeptics in a way that doesn't make any sense in the cultural context. The whole notion of the Christian Crusade resulted from---
The basic issue with this film is obvious - it's a secular humanist portrayal of events that were anything but secular, so many characters are religious skeptics in a way that doesn't make any sense in the cultural context. The whole notion of the Christian Crusade resulted from---
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
letterboxd.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:48 PM
1/2
The basic issue with this film is obvious - it's a secular humanist portrayal of events that were anything but secular, so many characters are religious skeptics in a way that doesn't make any sense in the cultural context. The whole notion of the Christian Crusade resulted from---
The basic issue with this film is obvious - it's a secular humanist portrayal of events that were anything but secular, so many characters are religious skeptics in a way that doesn't make any sense in the cultural context. The whole notion of the Christian Crusade resulted from---
really annoying, watched the first half of Kingdom of Heaven and then our TV had a breakdown
January 7, 2026 at 12:47 PM
really annoying, watched the first half of Kingdom of Heaven and then our TV had a breakdown
felt it was time to break my extended pause after watching TNG, so here we go with Deep Space Nine
this is the 90s show I'm least familiar with, so pretty much everything will be new to me - I'm ready!
this is the 90s show I'm least familiar with, so pretty much everything will be new to me - I'm ready!
January 6, 2026 at 9:48 PM
felt it was time to break my extended pause after watching TNG, so here we go with Deep Space Nine
this is the 90s show I'm least familiar with, so pretty much everything will be new to me - I'm ready!
this is the 90s show I'm least familiar with, so pretty much everything will be new to me - I'm ready!
Bleak social film about the inhumanity of systems and local power-hungry assholes with fingers in too many pies. There's brief moments of levity and kindness, but still - nothing hits quite as hard as ex-yugoslav movies that portray the plights of the downtrodden. Of course, I'm somewhat biased.
Father (2020)
Nikola’s children are taken away from him after social services decide that he is too poor to provide them with a decent living environment. He sets off on foot to lodge a complaint in Belgrade.
letterboxd.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Bleak social film about the inhumanity of systems and local power-hungry assholes with fingers in too many pies. There's brief moments of levity and kindness, but still - nothing hits quite as hard as ex-yugoslav movies that portray the plights of the downtrodden. Of course, I'm somewhat biased.
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Good thread and shows how this gesture can serve to flatten out the very religious diversity to which it purports to draw attention.
There's a very stupid discourse on here where somebody tries to declare a group of Xians as "false" and then rel profs smugly say "not so fast, no moves to innocence mister" but this pretty obviously misses that part of the practice of Christianity is excommunication and disavowal.
April 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Good thread and shows how this gesture can serve to flatten out the very religious diversity to which it purports to draw attention.
they're smart enough to play this for all it's worth, and have the benefit of being correct about it
Gotta hand it to our propagandists, they will even try to spin 'China has no intention of attacking Taiwan or anyone' into a nefarious scheme to capitalize on America's war mongering.
They seem genuinely upset China won't attack.
They seem genuinely upset China won't attack.
China condemns Maduro capture, but some see it as a chance to assert its global position
Experts say Beijing may see the U.S.' seizing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro not as a license to move on Taiwan as much as a chance to undermine U.S. global leadership.
www.nbcnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:57 AM
they're smart enough to play this for all it's worth, and have the benefit of being correct about it
I'm so disillusioned with social media queer darlings, they keep having the most dogshit political views for years now
I don't know if i was ignorant before or they really did get more stupid and/or reactionary
I don't know if i was ignorant before or they really did get more stupid and/or reactionary
January 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I'm so disillusioned with social media queer darlings, they keep having the most dogshit political views for years now
I don't know if i was ignorant before or they really did get more stupid and/or reactionary
I don't know if i was ignorant before or they really did get more stupid and/or reactionary
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My best idea for 2026:
December 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My best idea for 2026:
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It's gonna be so funny when we need to be outraged about China taking Taiwan after all this.
January 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
It's gonna be so funny when we need to be outraged about China taking Taiwan after all this.
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Why are there so many fragile white policy and research guys on social media? They get so mad when authoritatively stating something doesn't persuade people.
January 4, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Why are there so many fragile white policy and research guys on social media? They get so mad when authoritatively stating something doesn't persuade people.
might be all over for me cuz I've been thinking Dwarf Fortress seems cool to get into these days
January 4, 2026 at 10:54 PM
might be all over for me cuz I've been thinking Dwarf Fortress seems cool to get into these days
the vanguard of Catholic online evangelism losing his brain in real time
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM
the vanguard of Catholic online evangelism losing his brain in real time
there's all sorts of vinyl transfers to be found on the Internet Archive, but the CD remaster can be listened to in this playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
However right now I've been sticking with the classic 1954. performance conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, it's a noticeably slower interpretation of the piece compared to today's performances but I like a lot of things about it - the soprano is really powerful at times
messiahguide.com/boult1
messiahguide.com/boult1
The Compleat Messiah
A celebration of George Frideric
Handel's oratorio Messiah, examining the music, the history, and
related works
messiahguide.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
there's all sorts of vinyl transfers to be found on the Internet Archive, but the CD remaster can be listened to in this playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
a few days ago I found a massive torrent that contains
all major recordings of Handel's Messiah since 1928. and I absolutely intend to nerd out over it
it's fascinating to see the changes in orchestral interpretation
Turns out it's also the oldest continuously performed piece of classical music
all major recordings of Handel's Messiah since 1928. and I absolutely intend to nerd out over it
it's fascinating to see the changes in orchestral interpretation
Turns out it's also the oldest continuously performed piece of classical music
January 4, 2026 at 12:03 PM
a few days ago I found a massive torrent that contains
all major recordings of Handel's Messiah since 1928. and I absolutely intend to nerd out over it
it's fascinating to see the changes in orchestral interpretation
Turns out it's also the oldest continuously performed piece of classical music
all major recordings of Handel's Messiah since 1928. and I absolutely intend to nerd out over it
it's fascinating to see the changes in orchestral interpretation
Turns out it's also the oldest continuously performed piece of classical music
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in a lot of ways, the late TNG interior design still looks like the ideal futuristic place to live
they really nailed it for that show
like yeah it's a technologically advanced future, but that doesn't mean you need to shove techy stuff absolutely everywhere, there's a bunch of comfy furniture
they really nailed it for that show
like yeah it's a technologically advanced future, but that doesn't mean you need to shove techy stuff absolutely everywhere, there's a bunch of comfy furniture
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
in a lot of ways, the late TNG interior design still looks like the ideal futuristic place to live
they really nailed it for that show
like yeah it's a technologically advanced future, but that doesn't mean you need to shove techy stuff absolutely everywhere, there's a bunch of comfy furniture
they really nailed it for that show
like yeah it's a technologically advanced future, but that doesn't mean you need to shove techy stuff absolutely everywhere, there's a bunch of comfy furniture
good review by Katie here
ironically there were almost no minorities in the film
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
good review by Katie here
I'm voicing a protest against sci-fi movies where everyone lives in terribly designed houses with transparent glassy surfaces and glossy screens everywhere. I wouldn't want to live in those apartments!
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I'm voicing a protest against sci-fi movies where everyone lives in terribly designed houses with transparent glassy surfaces and glossy screens everywhere. I wouldn't want to live in those apartments!