Satya
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I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
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I wrote about Johnny Cash.
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The Empty Stage
Johnny Cash, loss, and redemption
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November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I wrote about Johnny Cash.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-empty-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-empty-...
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17 November 1988 'Cinema Paradiso' (in Italy 'Nuovo Cinema Paradiso') goes on general release in Italy. It is a total flop everywhere, except in one cinema in Messina and, maybe, it only goes on to win an Oscar due to the determination of Giovanni Parlagreco, owner of that cinema [Thread] >> 1
November 16, 2024 at 8:21 PM
17 November 1988 'Cinema Paradiso' (in Italy 'Nuovo Cinema Paradiso') goes on general release in Italy. It is a total flop everywhere, except in one cinema in Messina and, maybe, it only goes on to win an Oscar due to the determination of Giovanni Parlagreco, owner of that cinema [Thread] >> 1
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was not expecting to learn that Oglaf the Barbarian influenced by Footrot Flats today but ... okay is it weird that I see it now
www.tcj.com/talking-oglaf-with-trudy-cooper-and-doug-bayne-wed-stay-up-all-night-drawing-stuff-to-make-each-other-laugh
www.tcj.com/talking-oglaf-with-trudy-cooper-and-doug-bayne-wed-stay-up-all-night-drawing-stuff-to-make-each-other-laugh
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
was not expecting to learn that Oglaf the Barbarian influenced by Footrot Flats today but ... okay is it weird that I see it now
www.tcj.com/talking-oglaf-with-trudy-cooper-and-doug-bayne-wed-stay-up-all-night-drawing-stuff-to-make-each-other-laugh
www.tcj.com/talking-oglaf-with-trudy-cooper-and-doug-bayne-wed-stay-up-all-night-drawing-stuff-to-make-each-other-laugh
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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elon musk being approved for a $1 trillion pay package and then posting this is the most public example of "money can't buy happiness" of all time
Elon Musk is over on Twitter posting his sad/pathetic Ai prompts.
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
elon musk being approved for a $1 trillion pay package and then posting this is the most public example of "money can't buy happiness" of all time
For the life of me, I will never understand why Alan Moore and @jacen-art.bsky.social 's Neonomicon/Providence does not get lauded as one of the greatest works in literary horror. It takes HP Lovecraft's life, work, and complicated legacy and making you see them in a new light – a masterpiece.
November 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
For the life of me, I will never understand why Alan Moore and @jacen-art.bsky.social 's Neonomicon/Providence does not get lauded as one of the greatest works in literary horror. It takes HP Lovecraft's life, work, and complicated legacy and making you see them in a new light – a masterpiece.
Cementing my trait as a people-pleaser and a man of culture, I pronounce "gif" as "jagoff".
For the record, I have all my life been pronouncing "gyre" with a g-sound and not a j-sound, and I understand that the j-sound version is recognized as the "correct" version, WHICH IS WRONG, also it's "gif" with a "g," anyone who says otherwise is a plant for Big J
October 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Cementing my trait as a people-pleaser and a man of culture, I pronounce "gif" as "jagoff".
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Talking Points Memo is turning 25 and I wrote a little encomium to early blogging, which I sometimes miss: talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/what-...
What Made Blogging Different?
Whether I like it or not, the first line of my obituary...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Talking Points Memo is turning 25 and I wrote a little encomium to early blogging, which I sometimes miss: talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/what-...
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
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thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about
October 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about
A thread about the special Meiko Kaji appearance at Beyond Fest '25 and how pal and MK SuperFan @rfranklin15.bsky.social got to (finally) meet her in the flesh. Truly a landmark event, and I feel lucky to have been there!
Want to take a minute to wrap up my thoughts about Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) being at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles last week.
Meiko did 3 Q&A sessions and 5 of her movies were screened across 3 nights, October 2, 3 and 4.
(Pictured here is a scan of the BeyondFest card for Meiko)
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Meiko did 3 Q&A sessions and 5 of her movies were screened across 3 nights, October 2, 3 and 4.
(Pictured here is a scan of the BeyondFest card for Meiko)
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![Back of the Beyond Fest trading card, split into 3 sections.
Top is a picture of Meiko in her iconic Scorpion outfit, the poster for the first movie she starred in and this text:
First Film: Kanashiki Wakare No Uta [1965]
Secret Juice: Meiko has appeared in over 100 film and television roles
Second section is this text:
A Japanese television/film actress and singer, she gained cult status from her 70's films in which she portrayed tough outlaw character.
Third section is a chart with the following values at the following levels. 6 being the highest, 0 being the lowest.
Certified bangers: 6
Fucks Given: 0
Vocal Power: 6
Revenge Power: 6](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gb52jqhqclfruqqu7hjijvwq/bafkreiddinp2qmvls4rp4lof7dsbey37miss3hlvutd76tapdk7pxw2ywq@jpeg)
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A thread about the special Meiko Kaji appearance at Beyond Fest '25 and how pal and MK SuperFan @rfranklin15.bsky.social got to (finally) meet her in the flesh. Truly a landmark event, and I feel lucky to have been there!
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Wrote about the radical act of returning to one's body in a digital age designed to detach us from them.
Wrote about the radical act of returning to one's body in a digital age designed to detach us from them.
You Don't Need to Log off, You Need to Become Sensual
The digital world the wealthy are creating is designed to detach us from our bodies
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September 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Wrote about the radical act of returning to one's body in a digital age designed to detach us from them.
Wrote about the radical act of returning to one's body in a digital age designed to detach us from them.
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Let’s do some roleplay. I’ll be American democracy and you can be Trump trying to fuck me to death.
September 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Let’s do some roleplay. I’ll be American democracy and you can be Trump trying to fuck me to death.
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This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
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My latest newsletter is about how a credulous media and a trusting society emboldened Big Tech to do serious harm.
And it’s about why these companies don’t deserve our trust or our forgiveness.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/the-benefi...
And it’s about why these companies don’t deserve our trust or our forgiveness.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/the-benefi...
The Benefit of the Doubt
Big Tech doesn't deserve your grace. Or your forgiveness.
whatwelost.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My latest newsletter is about how a credulous media and a trusting society emboldened Big Tech to do serious harm.
And it’s about why these companies don’t deserve our trust or our forgiveness.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/the-benefi...
And it’s about why these companies don’t deserve our trust or our forgiveness.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/the-benefi...
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I feel like many "important thought leaders" are missing in their "critiques" of "blueskyism" is that the point of social media is to socialize, not to glaze the powerful.
September 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I feel like many "important thought leaders" are missing in their "critiques" of "blueskyism" is that the point of social media is to socialize, not to glaze the powerful.
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"British fascists."
Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @stewarthome.bsky.social & @lithub.com.web.brid.gy!
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The Fascist History of Yoga
During the inter-war years, two prominent British fascists published books on yoga: Major J.F.C. Fuller (1878–1966) and Major Francis Yeats-Brown (the latter of whom is addressed in the following c…
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September 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"British fascists."
Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @stewarthome.bsky.social & @lithub.com.web.brid.gy!
Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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Many thanks to MovieMaker for running this excerpt from my book Screaming and Conjuring and to @scottderrickson.bsky.social for speaking with me about The Exorcism of Emily Rose
August 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Many thanks to MovieMaker for running this excerpt from my book Screaming and Conjuring and to @scottderrickson.bsky.social for speaking with me about The Exorcism of Emily Rose
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I think it's bad that Damon Lindelof is apparently cursed with the gift of prophecy, given he keeps making sort of funhouse-mirror versions of the near future in America (mass loss and grieving in THE LEFTOVERS, masked cops and white nationalism in WATCHMEN)
seems weird how little we talk about the fact that over a million americans died from COVID
August 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I think it's bad that Damon Lindelof is apparently cursed with the gift of prophecy, given he keeps making sort of funhouse-mirror versions of the near future in America (mass loss and grieving in THE LEFTOVERS, masked cops and white nationalism in WATCHMEN)
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Buying anything from overseas is about to get more expensive, more logistically complicated, slower, and overall more annoying. Film photography community, retro games community, people into skincare already seeing chaos on eBay. eBay sellers locking US buyers out.
www.404media.co/trump-tariff...
www.404media.co/trump-tariff...
Trump Tariffs Cause Chaos on Ebay as Every Hobby Becomes Logistical Minefield
Buying cameras, retro games, board games, skincare, flashlights, sex toys, watches, and anything else from overseas just became far more complicated, slow, and expensive.
www.404media.co
August 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Buying anything from overseas is about to get more expensive, more logistically complicated, slower, and overall more annoying. Film photography community, retro games community, people into skincare already seeing chaos on eBay. eBay sellers locking US buyers out.
www.404media.co/trump-tariff...
www.404media.co/trump-tariff...
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In an effort to distract myself from (waves generally, cries) I'm going to offer a thread with forthcoming books from some of my favorite people (my former grad students).
August 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In an effort to distract myself from (waves generally, cries) I'm going to offer a thread with forthcoming books from some of my favorite people (my former grad students).
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Excited to announce Acudo: a new ATProtocol app that brings cryptographically signed RSVPs to your events. It bridges traditional ticketing (like Ti.to) with the decentralized web, creating verifiable attendance records that actually mean something. 🎫
Introducing Acudo: Bridging ATProtocol and Event Ticketing with Signed RSVPs
Introducing Acudo: Bridging ATProtocol and Event Ticketing with Signed RSVPs posted by @smokesignal.events on 2025-08-20 20:00 UTC
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August 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Excited to announce Acudo: a new ATProtocol app that brings cryptographically signed RSVPs to your events. It bridges traditional ticketing (like Ti.to) with the decentralized web, creating verifiable attendance records that actually mean something. 🎫