Alex A. Pagliuca
@alexpagliuca.bsky.social
Writer. Film lover. Horror evangelist. Anti-fascist. Night owl. Misfit toy. Pragmatic idealist, and skeptic at the same time. Autistic. AI is for suckers. If you’re interested in my pronouns, ask. Having a unisex name is useful in certain ways.
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Then it's not a fucking ceasefire, is it.
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Then it's not a fucking ceasefire, is it.
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Finished reading @juliagaffield.bsky.social 's biography of Jeans-Jaques Dessalines, one of the founding fathers of Haiti. The book is a story of what Dessalines did versus the way he has been sometimes inaccurately portrayed for political reasons as a bloodthirsty unthinking man unfit to rule. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Finished reading @juliagaffield.bsky.social 's biography of Jeans-Jaques Dessalines, one of the founding fathers of Haiti. The book is a story of what Dessalines did versus the way he has been sometimes inaccurately portrayed for political reasons as a bloodthirsty unthinking man unfit to rule. 1/
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RIP Tatsuya Nakadai, one of the greats. Seen here (BIG SPOILERS!) facing Toshiro Mifune at the end of SANJURO (1962)
Sanjuro (1962) — The Final Samurai Showdown
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November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai, one of the greats. Seen here (BIG SPOILERS!) facing Toshiro Mifune at the end of SANJURO (1962)
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When the IT guy takes over my computer remotely
May 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
When the IT guy takes over my computer remotely
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so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
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consistently depressed that i chose the wrong life, when i could've just chosen "get paid for being wrong all the time"
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
consistently depressed that i chose the wrong life, when i could've just chosen "get paid for being wrong all the time"
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Can’t sleep. Put on the commentary for Hush.
Fun that the book Kate Siegel’s character has already written and published is Midnight Mass.
Fun that the book Kate Siegel’s character has already written and published is Midnight Mass.
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Can’t sleep. Put on the commentary for Hush.
Fun that the book Kate Siegel’s character has already written and published is Midnight Mass.
Fun that the book Kate Siegel’s character has already written and published is Midnight Mass.
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anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
My hope, because of Mamdani’s win, is that many if the talented, skilled organizers and activists who have eschewed political office, because of the degree Dems have been the barrier to progress in their cities, start looking at his campaign as a blueprint.
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
My hope, because of Mamdani’s win, is that many if the talented, skilled organizers and activists who have eschewed political office, because of the degree Dems have been the barrier to progress in their cities, start looking at his campaign as a blueprint.
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Legend RIP
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Legend RIP
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What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch on screen?
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch on screen?
Got home to Florida and had to break out the winter hat and jacket. WTF?
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Got home to Florida and had to break out the winter hat and jacket. WTF?
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Don't normally advocate reposting from X, but "whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation" is some Oscar Wilde level shit-talking.
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Don't normally advocate reposting from X, but "whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation" is some Oscar Wilde level shit-talking.
When you really think about the fact that there 450 million guns in this country, the lack of assassinations of politicians speaks pretty highly of how much Americans don’t turn to violence as a political solution.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
When you really think about the fact that there 450 million guns in this country, the lack of assassinations of politicians speaks pretty highly of how much Americans don’t turn to violence as a political solution.
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My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
The hilarious thing here is that “insurance company subsidies” are what Republicans *loved* about the ACA. The ONLY thing they loved. The solution to that is single payer, but they can’t have that, and control access as punishment for marginalized people.
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The hilarious thing here is that “insurance company subsidies” are what Republicans *loved* about the ACA. The ONLY thing they loved. The solution to that is single payer, but they can’t have that, and control access as punishment for marginalized people.
We’re doing this again, eh? Everything old is new with these fascist dullards. Magnets are so basic a concept, elementary school children can make them with little supervision, but they mystify the president.
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We’re doing this again, eh? Everything old is new with these fascist dullards. Magnets are so basic a concept, elementary school children can make them with little supervision, but they mystify the president.
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I pitched my forthcoming novel, Muñeca, as “Bound meets Mexican Gothic.”
It’s about witchcraft, colorism, guilt, complicity, sapphic lust; queer found family, parental love, sacrifice; the anger of the servant class; the lure – and the limits – of revenge.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
It’s about witchcraft, colorism, guilt, complicity, sapphic lust; queer found family, parental love, sacrifice; the anger of the servant class; the lure – and the limits – of revenge.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Muñeca
A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working …
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November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I pitched my forthcoming novel, Muñeca, as “Bound meets Mexican Gothic.”
It’s about witchcraft, colorism, guilt, complicity, sapphic lust; queer found family, parental love, sacrifice; the anger of the servant class; the lure – and the limits – of revenge.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
It’s about witchcraft, colorism, guilt, complicity, sapphic lust; queer found family, parental love, sacrifice; the anger of the servant class; the lure – and the limits – of revenge.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Just going to hope Kim Davis Wile E. Coyote's an anvil onto her own head.
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Just going to hope Kim Davis Wile E. Coyote's an anvil onto her own head.