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hi, it's me, the ghost in the machine, calling about your car's extended warranty
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February 8, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Been working on a couple video scripts- one for a video essay about Water 7 and one about how to cook/prep food even when you're struggling- since it's been so long I dont plan to charge patrons for whatever I actually finish so if you wanna support ongoing work- ko-fi.com/struccimovies
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I'm saying it's absolutely fruitless to focus on accusing them of enjoying trans suffering because they're very obviously creating a world where the existence of trans suffering is not visible, is ideologically justified and the outcomes of anti trans harm can not affect them in any way.
February 8, 2026 at 6:47 AM
I'm saying it's absolutely fruitless to focus on accusing them of enjoying trans suffering because they're very obviously creating a world where the existence of trans suffering is not visible, is ideologically justified and the outcomes of anti trans harm can not affect them in any way.
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They want a world where they get to do evil and also be the good guys and "they're hurting us on purpose" kinda focuses on the first without letting us recognise the second bit is what is permitting then to continue doing it.
February 8, 2026 at 6:49 AM
They want a world where they get to do evil and also be the good guys and "they're hurting us on purpose" kinda focuses on the first without letting us recognise the second bit is what is permitting then to continue doing it.
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the game industry is built upon so many conditions that make it harder to unionize collectively. this means that everyone working in the space is way more replaceable, not from any lack of skill or talent. it's just infrastructurally there's much less incentive to respect individual creative people.
I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
February 6, 2026 at 2:46 AM
the game industry is built upon so many conditions that make it harder to unionize collectively. this means that everyone working in the space is way more replaceable, not from any lack of skill or talent. it's just infrastructurally there's much less incentive to respect individual creative people.
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Judex, caped vigilante with a very credible claim to cinema’s first superhero, battled gangsters and a corrupt banker in the 1916 French serial.
February 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Judex, caped vigilante with a very credible claim to cinema’s first superhero, battled gangsters and a corrupt banker in the 1916 French serial.
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I just noticed this book that’s coming out in July. I’ll need to check it out, definitely!
Black Radical Thought in Japan: An Afro-Asian Intellectual History by Yuichiro Onishi
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Black Radical Thought in Japan: An Afro-Asian Intellectual History by Yuichiro Onishi
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Black Radical Thought in Japan
A revelatory map of Afro-Asian solidarityThis groundbreaking study traces the resonances of Black radicalism in postwar Japan, charting the surprising and co...
uwapress.uw.edu
February 4, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I just noticed this book that’s coming out in July. I’ll need to check it out, definitely!
Black Radical Thought in Japan: An Afro-Asian Intellectual History by Yuichiro Onishi
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Black Radical Thought in Japan: An Afro-Asian Intellectual History by Yuichiro Onishi
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
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Last year Daisuke Amaya (the creator of Cave Story) began drawing a really cute web comic series about a cat girl artist trying to find love. It's called Ame Choco Gamila and can be read on Daisuke’s website in JP and English. Highly recommend giving it a read!
studiopixel.jp/amechoga/ind...
studiopixel.jp/amechoga/ind...
February 1, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Last year Daisuke Amaya (the creator of Cave Story) began drawing a really cute web comic series about a cat girl artist trying to find love. It's called Ame Choco Gamila and can be read on Daisuke’s website in JP and English. Highly recommend giving it a read!
studiopixel.jp/amechoga/ind...
studiopixel.jp/amechoga/ind...
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This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.
On this day in 1948, an all-white jury sentenced a Black woman and two of her teenage sons to death for killing an armed white man in self-defense.
Feb. 3, 1948 | Black Woman and Her Children Sentenced to Die for Defending Themselves
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.
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one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
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"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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plenty of people are like "i never would associate with a pedophile" and then actively don't believe you when you tell them about your own abuse. this is not just a rich people problem, it's an everyone problem. it's why rape culture is a thing.
February 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
plenty of people are like "i never would associate with a pedophile" and then actively don't believe you when you tell them about your own abuse. this is not just a rich people problem, it's an everyone problem. it's why rape culture is a thing.
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One of the biggest blows against the illusion of Western democracy in recent years has been that there is now more popular support for Palestine than ever, the tide has turned; and yet it doesn't make any difference whatsoever.
Our leaders can entirely ignore us.
We do not live under Democracy
Our leaders can entirely ignore us.
We do not live under Democracy
February 3, 2026 at 8:07 AM
One of the biggest blows against the illusion of Western democracy in recent years has been that there is now more popular support for Palestine than ever, the tide has turned; and yet it doesn't make any difference whatsoever.
Our leaders can entirely ignore us.
We do not live under Democracy
Our leaders can entirely ignore us.
We do not live under Democracy
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Do it scared. Do it poorly. Do it uncertainly. Do it awkwardly. Do it even though you don't know how it works. Do it in spite of the voice in your head telling you you can't. Do it even though you are positive you aren't good enough.
It's worth trying.
And if it doesn't work?
Do it again.
It's worth trying.
And if it doesn't work?
Do it again.
February 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Do it scared. Do it poorly. Do it uncertainly. Do it awkwardly. Do it even though you don't know how it works. Do it in spite of the voice in your head telling you you can't. Do it even though you are positive you aren't good enough.
It's worth trying.
And if it doesn't work?
Do it again.
It's worth trying.
And if it doesn't work?
Do it again.
imo the problem with breadtube-style attempts to offer alternative forms of masculinity is that they tend to be targeted at a kind of guy who is, by the nature of the problem, in a cult, in a filter bubble, and who is unlikely to encounter any of this even when it becomes relatively "mainstream"
February 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
imo the problem with breadtube-style attempts to offer alternative forms of masculinity is that they tend to be targeted at a kind of guy who is, by the nature of the problem, in a cult, in a filter bubble, and who is unlikely to encounter any of this even when it becomes relatively "mainstream"
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history forgets that there were plenty of people who would've went into 1960's films and been "L'Avventura?? what a snooze! they don't even find the missing girl!" "Breathless? more like 'senseless'! what kind of editing was that??"
February 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM
history forgets that there were plenty of people who would've went into 1960's films and been "L'Avventura?? what a snooze! they don't even find the missing girl!" "Breathless? more like 'senseless'! what kind of editing was that??"
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Hey everyone, today's my birthday. If you've ever enjoyed my or Saoirse's work on here all I ask today is you share this post. Our luck has been awful lately and I'd really like to turn things around 🙏
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www.gofundme.com/f/help-zoe-a...
Donate to Help Zoë and Saoirse get back on their feet, organized by Zoe Wolfe
Hey, I’m Zoë. My girlfriend Saoirse and I have been stuck in a really tight posi… Zoe Wolfe needs your support for Help Zoë and Saoirse get back on their feet
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January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Hey everyone, today's my birthday. If you've ever enjoyed my or Saoirse's work on here all I ask today is you share this post. Our luck has been awful lately and I'd really like to turn things around 🙏
www.gofundme.com/f/help-zoe-a...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-zoe-a...
listening to a podcast
January 28, 2026 at 6:56 PM
listening to a podcast
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it cannot be overstated how the trans panic was entirely manufactured by media outlets, who also have patterns of ignoring and/or firing their trans employees. this was an intentional shifting of the overton window, targeting us with propaganda akin to the antisemitic propaganda of the nazis
Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.
January 28, 2026 at 4:49 PM
it cannot be overstated how the trans panic was entirely manufactured by media outlets, who also have patterns of ignoring and/or firing their trans employees. this was an intentional shifting of the overton window, targeting us with propaganda akin to the antisemitic propaganda of the nazis
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It seems so obvious now but it really opened my eyes when I realized some opinion writers are paid specifically to flatter the preconceived ideas of the people paying them
January 25, 2026 at 10:05 PM
It seems so obvious now but it really opened my eyes when I realized some opinion writers are paid specifically to flatter the preconceived ideas of the people paying them
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Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
"those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it" isn't useful advice when directed at someone who wants it to repeat
January 19, 2026 at 7:43 AM
"those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it" isn't useful advice when directed at someone who wants it to repeat
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"we don't want people thinking Democrats are for open borders" I am! who gives a shit!!! my life has been immeasurably improved by the presence of immigrants in my community, regardless of their status, there is literally no downside there! why would I give a shit!!!!
January 17, 2026 at 10:08 PM
"we don't want people thinking Democrats are for open borders" I am! who gives a shit!!! my life has been immeasurably improved by the presence of immigrants in my community, regardless of their status, there is literally no downside there! why would I give a shit!!!!
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One of the best ever short articles in RPG theory claims that the entity called the "game master" is just a series of functional and social roles that can be divided up amongst a player group, easy peasy.
You can read it here in the 2012 KP book if you wanna:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zj11u...
You can read it here in the 2012 KP book if you wanna:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zj11u...
January 12, 2026 at 1:43 AM
One of the best ever short articles in RPG theory claims that the entity called the "game master" is just a series of functional and social roles that can be divided up amongst a player group, easy peasy.
You can read it here in the 2012 KP book if you wanna:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zj11u...
You can read it here in the 2012 KP book if you wanna:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zj11u...
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Sigh, another day, another survey showing what practically any trans person here will say as well, but it always falls on deaf ears. This will not get as many column inches as an interview with any one of the dozen or so professional anti-trans detrans campaigners(that's a dozen or so WORLDWIDE btw)
If this was any other set of medical treatments, the entire medical community would be scrambling to study how they could improve their own treatments.
January 14, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Sigh, another day, another survey showing what practically any trans person here will say as well, but it always falls on deaf ears. This will not get as many column inches as an interview with any one of the dozen or so professional anti-trans detrans campaigners(that's a dozen or so WORLDWIDE btw)