Mythic_U
@mythicu.bsky.social
Taoist Pantheist Trekkie.
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations makes the universe go round.
What is your mythology?
http://mythicu.buzzsprout.com
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations makes the universe go round.
What is your mythology?
http://mythicu.buzzsprout.com
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Mythic_U
@mythicu.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Over the 50 years I’ve been a fan, I’ve had numerous discussions, debates and raging arguments about the importance of canon. I’ve come to believe that Star Trek (& other major IPs) have no canon. They do, however, have a mythos. 1/10
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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This is a BIG reason I wrote Burn It Down. I was v tired of doing One Bad Man stories & wanted to shout from the rooftops that every He's Just One Bad Man is NOT a one-off--each 1 is propped up by multiple interlocking systems of enabling, protection & even celebration. The SYSTEMS are def evergreen
Terrific book that unfortunately remains evergreen.
ANYWAY! My 2023 book -- about systemic, institutionalized, longstanding patterns of misconduct, abuse, predation, and the enabling and even the celebration of same by the powerful -- was titled Burn It Down 🔥🔥🔥🔥 just sayin' bookshop.org/p/books/burn...
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is a BIG reason I wrote Burn It Down. I was v tired of doing One Bad Man stories & wanted to shout from the rooftops that every He's Just One Bad Man is NOT a one-off--each 1 is propped up by multiple interlocking systems of enabling, protection & even celebration. The SYSTEMS are def evergreen
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My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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Got to spend time with the inimitable Lauren Halsey for Family Style:
“Funk is like, Fuck it! I’m going to do it anyway. I’m going to transcend. I’ll do it no matter what.”
www.family.style/art/lauren-h...
“Funk is like, Fuck it! I’m going to do it anyway. I’m going to transcend. I’ll do it no matter what.”
www.family.style/art/lauren-h...
October 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Got to spend time with the inimitable Lauren Halsey for Family Style:
“Funk is like, Fuck it! I’m going to do it anyway. I’m going to transcend. I’ll do it no matter what.”
www.family.style/art/lauren-h...
“Funk is like, Fuck it! I’m going to do it anyway. I’m going to transcend. I’ll do it no matter what.”
www.family.style/art/lauren-h...
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When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.
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My household consists of 2 adults and 2 kids yet we own 31 tea mugs.
October 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My household consists of 2 adults and 2 kids yet we own 31 tea mugs.
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20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.
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I don’t use soul in a religious sense but rather the way psychologists Carl Jung and James Hillman and the Romantic poets like Keats, Wordsworth, and Blake use it: to speak of the experience of depth in our lives.~Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow
October 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I don’t use soul in a religious sense but rather the way psychologists Carl Jung and James Hillman and the Romantic poets like Keats, Wordsworth, and Blake use it: to speak of the experience of depth in our lives.~Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow
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It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
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"The unconverted ego wants one thing and one thing only: control—and it wants it now. It never wants to change, in fact, it hates change." ~Richard Rohr, 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯
October 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"The unconverted ego wants one thing and one thing only: control—and it wants it now. It never wants to change, in fact, it hates change." ~Richard Rohr, 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯
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Having fun 🕺 isn’t hard 💃 when you’ve got 🕺 a library card 💃
October 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Having fun 🕺 isn’t hard 💃 when you’ve got 🕺 a library card 💃
Good thread.
You want to see a classic example of how boys with ADHD are diagnosed and privileged over girls with ADHD, read this infuriating letter.
(Description in thread for those who can't get around the paywall.)
slate.com/advice/2025/...
(Description in thread for those who can't get around the paywall.)
slate.com/advice/2025/...
We Finally Discovered What Kinds of Schools Are Best for Our Kids. But My Husband Wants to Take the “Easy” Option.
This is a necessity.
slate.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Good thread.
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It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
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We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire
October 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire
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“Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.” ― Anne Carson (Translator), 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴: 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴
October 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.” ― Anne Carson (Translator), 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴: 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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Small, swift and simple
wings carry sparrows aloft
to high feathered paths
if we are not meant to fly
why then do our dreams have wings
#tanka #poetry #photography #Canada
#tanka #poetry #photography #Canada
October 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Small, swift and simple
wings carry sparrows aloft
to high feathered paths
if we are not meant to fly
why then do our dreams have wings
#tanka #poetry #photography #Canada
#tanka #poetry #photography #Canada
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“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I genuinely cannot emphasize this enough.
Law enforcement manufacturing evidence and testilying isn't novel to the Trump administration. It's not even more common. They're just worse at it so they're more easily caught doing it.
Law enforcement manufacturing evidence and testilying isn't novel to the Trump administration. It's not even more common. They're just worse at it so they're more easily caught doing it.
Saw someone post about how it's really fucked up that we all have to speculate about whether or not the FBI manufactured evidence to back their version of events. The thing is, you should always suspect that about law enforcement—these guys are just more clown-ish and obvious about it.
September 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I genuinely cannot emphasize this enough.
Law enforcement manufacturing evidence and testilying isn't novel to the Trump administration. It's not even more common. They're just worse at it so they're more easily caught doing it.
Law enforcement manufacturing evidence and testilying isn't novel to the Trump administration. It's not even more common. They're just worse at it so they're more easily caught doing it.
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If you recently canceled streaming services, might I suggest supporting your local @pbs.org station?
I have been binging this lately.
www.pbs.org/show/unforgo...
I have been binging this lately.
www.pbs.org/show/unforgo...
Unforgotten
This cold case drama series follows detectives as they uncover the truth from the past.
www.pbs.org
September 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If you recently canceled streaming services, might I suggest supporting your local @pbs.org station?
I have been binging this lately.
www.pbs.org/show/unforgo...
I have been binging this lately.
www.pbs.org/show/unforgo...
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Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.
September 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.