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John Kuempel
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I just backed Apex Magazine 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
www.kickstarter.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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A photograph of Noam Chomsky sitting in front of a desk covered in stacks of books. Below is a quote: I don't know what word in the English language --I can't find one-- applies to people who are willing to sacrifice the literal existence of organized human life so they can put a few more dollars into highly stuffed pockets. The word 'evil' doesn't even begin to approach it. - Noam Chomsky
July 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social ✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · Jul 16
I’m so sad to hear that Andrea Gibson passed away yesterday.

If you’ve never listened to their magnificent piece “Homesick: A Plea For Our Planet” I hope you’ll take a few minutes. It’s gorgeous and powerful.

Rest in Peace, Poet. 🕊️
Andrea Gibson - Homesick: A Plea For Our Planet (Official Video)
YouTube video by Andrea Gibson
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July 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Social media post from @ryanaboyd: It's sure weird how depression and anxiety are huge problems for young people in a society where everything costs more every year and every single human act gets monetized, on a planet that is boiling alive, must be a coincidence
July 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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I know I'm a nerd, 'cause this cracked my shit up
An image of a large monster with tentacles and a person, looking very small by comparison. Below is the following text: Surging from the sea, Cthulhu grabs you with the smallest of his gargantuan tentacles, holds you to his hideously huge maw and whispers: Its pronounced "Choo-Choo-Loy," cause I like trains.
July 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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I agree it's gotten a bit ridiculous lately
www.pastemagazine.com/books/publis...
Sprayed Edges Are Everywhere and I Hate Them
The trend of spayed edges is everywhere in publishing right now, particularly in the world of fantasy. Here's why that's not a great thing.
www.pastemagazine.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Social media post from @gramscifancam: The human body evolved over hundreds of thousands of years so u can sit at a desk in a sterile cubicle and look at fake lights in a box and pretend u dont want to kill urself and if u can't focus on doing that for 9 hours a day 5 days a week that's a mental disorder
July 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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A poster of Pip-Boy from the Fallout game series kicking the Monopoly Man with the following text: Refugees didn't take away affordable housing Rich Landlords And greedy Politicians DID
July 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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A penguin wears a sandwich board, which reads: BILLIONS IN PROFITS WHILE YOUR WORKERS CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING OR GROCERIES ISN'T SUCCESS, THAT'S CALLED EXPLORATION
June 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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A person wearing a T-shirt with a space marine holding a mini-gun that reads: TRANS PEOPLE EXISTING DOES NOTHING NEGATIVE TO YOUR LIFE YOU CRYBABY BITCH
June 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Supreme Court Rules 6-3 To Open Evil Tomb Of Batibat
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 To Open Evil Tomb Of Batibat
WASHINGTON—Despite polls that show the American public overwhelmingly supports keeping the ancient burial chamber sealed, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday to pry open the evil tomb of Batibat, a ven...
theonion.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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A camel in the desert being threaded through a large needle. A caption reads: "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven." - Some fucking communist
June 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Another entry in "who the hell asked for this?"
solreader.com
Sol | Illuminate Your Mind
Sol is a reading technology company making tools to illuminate the mind.
solreader.com
June 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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No kings- New York City! Phenomenal!

#nokings
#nyc
#Newyork
June 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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This is amazing!
news.mit.edu/2025/window-...
Window-sized device taps the air for safe drinking water
MIT engineers developed an atmospheric water harvester that captures water vapor and produces safe drinking water across a range of relative humidities, including dry desert air.
news.mit.edu
June 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Comic of an older-looking, masc-presenting person pulling the waste band of the shorts of a younger-looking, fem-presenting person, looking down into the shorts and saying, "I'm inspecting your genitals to protect you from abuse." There is a caption at the bottom that reads, "Republican anti-trans logic"
June 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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If elected officials don't get on board with a general strike,

If celebrities don't get on board with a general strike,

If influencers don't get on board with a general strike,

If folks with wealth and power and fame don't get on board with a general strike...

WE DO IT ANYWAY.
June 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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I couldn't NOT do this.
A tabby cat that's meowing or yawning and reaching out towards the camera, looking generally surprised, has been photoshopped into the still from Die Hard where Hans Gruber is falling off Nakatomi Tower.
June 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Wandering eye boyfriend meme: The woman walking away is labeled, "Profit" The boyfriend is labeled with a US flag. The girlfriend is labeled, "People's fucking lives"
June 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Headline from The Onion for Monday, June 9, 2025: Protestors Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
June 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Well, there goes the Fuck ICE and ACAB… *squints* …Cybertruck?

www.tiktok.com/@lukecchueh/...
June 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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A sign on a window reads, "DO NOT OPEN THE WINDOW MORE THAN A CRACK (GEESE TRYING TO ENTER)". The head of a Canada goose peeps up from the bottom.
June 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Closeup: A real crab appears to hold a lit cigarette to its mouth while resting upon a steel pier. Above is is the following text: ah, ze weekénd she is beautiful, no? and yet, she can never be yours for when you feel zat she will stay with you forever alas, she is already gone~
June 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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A meme using a scene from Futurama. There are two cells, one on top of the other. In the top cell is a man with bushy eyebrows in a brown suit with a red tie standing in what appears to be a park. He's saying, "Do you really want girls to compete against trans athletes for scholarships?" In the bottom cell, Lela wears a gray baseball uniform with a mitt on her left hand. A baseball diamond is behind her. She responds, "Of course not! Education should be free."
June 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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I'm noticing a pattern in voting blocs 🤔
A map of the United States with the percentage of union membership in each state for the year 2023.
May 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM