Dr ShinyGoth
@ghostingdani.bsky.social
A Shiny Goth! Literary and horny. English PhD in Dallas. The Gothic, Victorians, Feminism, Foucault.
Jane Austen could not have invented two entirely different science fiction genres.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Jane Austen could not have invented two entirely different science fiction genres.
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The Constitution says a senator must be at least 30 years old, so I can't understand how we have all these senators who were born yesterday.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Constitution says a senator must be at least 30 years old, so I can't understand how we have all these senators who were born yesterday.
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Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
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This is absolutely Mamdani's not-so-secret secret power: he knows who he is and what he believes and he wants to help ALL of us. So you can't trip him up with a trick question; you can't get a fake note out of him. BECAUSE HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE AND HE'S DONE THE READING AND HE'S HERE FOR US.
100 percent. I think he benefits from what most great orators benefit from: he knows himself—and more importantly, he talks to (and understands) what moves people. And, as far as I can tell, he believes what he’s saying.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
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I guess I do mean exceeded, but what I was going for is "more successful than" which isn't really captured by that word either.
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I guess I do mean exceeded, but what I was going for is "more successful than" which isn't really captured by that word either.
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i may post indecipherable bowls of brown from time to time but it will never be a fake version of a dish for show that i'm not actually going to eat, that's the Parsnip Promise™️
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
i may post indecipherable bowls of brown from time to time but it will never be a fake version of a dish for show that i'm not actually going to eat, that's the Parsnip Promise™️
The best thing about us tbh
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The best thing about us tbh
My omniscient narrator sent yours home crying with an ironic, cutting remark.
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
My omniscient narrator sent yours home crying with an ironic, cutting remark.
No she isn't. That isn't true.
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
No she isn't. That isn't true.
Henry's got some pretty terrible sentences, and Austen doesn't have a single bad one.
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Henry's got some pretty terrible sentences, and Austen doesn't have a single bad one.
No, you just set her up to a losing proposition. If you put her up against Shakespeare and/or Joyce, she's gonna win.
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
No, you just set her up to a losing proposition. If you put her up against Shakespeare and/or Joyce, she's gonna win.
I want to hang out with Jane Austen but I want to be Mary Shelley.
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I want to hang out with Jane Austen but I want to be Mary Shelley.
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Austen is like your favorite memory relived with the vivid pleasure of looking back on a life well lived. Shelley is like being possessed by an alien parasite that changes your ability to understand the dimensions of time.
Just depends on your preferred vibe.
Just depends on your preferred vibe.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Austen is like your favorite memory relived with the vivid pleasure of looking back on a life well lived. Shelley is like being possessed by an alien parasite that changes your ability to understand the dimensions of time.
Just depends on your preferred vibe.
Just depends on your preferred vibe.