R.T. Ester
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THE GANYMEDAN (Out now from Solaris Books) https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-ganymedan-r-t-ester/1d2e09db773dd68b?ean=9781837863365&next=t
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R.T. Ester
@shoutoutmapes.bsky.social
· May 21
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"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
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WAPO jumps into the circular-revenue graphic game.
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
WAPO jumps into the circular-revenue graphic game.
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
I added "nuzzi" to my muted words list a few days ago. So far, all I know is there's now discourse about someone named Ryan. I'm guessing Ryan Lizza. Staying out of it.
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I added "nuzzi" to my muted words list a few days ago. So far, all I know is there's now discourse about someone named Ryan. I'm guessing Ryan Lizza. Staying out of it.
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Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
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Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
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This is very sad news, but I am glad to see that The Deadlands will continue.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is very sad news, but I am glad to see that The Deadlands will continue.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
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Donald Trump on whether Republican Elise Stefanik running for Governor in NY is right to describe Zohran Mamdani as a “jihadist”:
“No. I don’t … I met with a man who was a very rational person. I met with a man who really wants to see New York be great again.”
Video: @halalflow.bsky.social via X
“No. I don’t … I met with a man who was a very rational person. I met with a man who really wants to see New York be great again.”
Video: @halalflow.bsky.social via X
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Donald Trump on whether Republican Elise Stefanik running for Governor in NY is right to describe Zohran Mamdani as a “jihadist”:
“No. I don’t … I met with a man who was a very rational person. I met with a man who really wants to see New York be great again.”
Video: @halalflow.bsky.social via X
“No. I don’t … I met with a man who was a very rational person. I met with a man who really wants to see New York be great again.”
Video: @halalflow.bsky.social via X
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It's hilarious that Trump always 100% agrees with the last person he happened to speak to. The problem is that 99.9% of the time, the last person he spoke to is either a professional bullshitter or some deranged moron whose entire concept of politics was derived from right wing facebook hoaxes
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It's hilarious that Trump always 100% agrees with the last person he happened to speak to. The problem is that 99.9% of the time, the last person he spoke to is either a professional bullshitter or some deranged moron whose entire concept of politics was derived from right wing facebook hoaxes
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just sent ~270 form rejections for Fantasy Magazine - the mag is closing and issue 100 will not be published
Shingai & I felt this issue would be extremely important, particularly given the state of things in the US and the world
sending warmth & love to folks: keep going, keep shining!❤️🔥
Shingai & I felt this issue would be extremely important, particularly given the state of things in the US and the world
sending warmth & love to folks: keep going, keep shining!❤️🔥
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
just sent ~270 form rejections for Fantasy Magazine - the mag is closing and issue 100 will not be published
Shingai & I felt this issue would be extremely important, particularly given the state of things in the US and the world
sending warmth & love to folks: keep going, keep shining!❤️🔥
Shingai & I felt this issue would be extremely important, particularly given the state of things in the US and the world
sending warmth & love to folks: keep going, keep shining!❤️🔥
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Woke 2 just debuted on Truth Social
Truth Social users are not happy with Trump on this one.
“A Great Fuck'n Honor??? Have you lost your fucking mind?????”
“A Great Fuck'n Honor??? Have you lost your fucking mind?????”
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Woke 2 just debuted on Truth Social
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Trump also just posted these photos to Truth Social, including the one with Mamdani standing next to a portrait of FDR. Trump mentioned Mamdani asked if he could have his picture taken there.
"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."
"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Trump also just posted these photos to Truth Social, including the one with Mamdani standing next to a portrait of FDR. Trump mentioned Mamdani asked if he could have his picture taken there.
"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."
"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."
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trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
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i'm not exposed to raw cable news very often but when i am it's a reminder paul verhoeven was way too subtle
Lyman: Trump has done more on the Epstein files than Joe Biden did
Mockler: He’s done more to embarrass himself.
Borelli: The Republican Party ran on releasing the Epstein files
Mockler: And it blew up in their face
Mockler: He’s done more to embarrass himself.
Borelli: The Republican Party ran on releasing the Epstein files
Mockler: And it blew up in their face
November 22, 2025 at 3:39 AM
i'm not exposed to raw cable news very often but when i am it's a reminder paul verhoeven was way too subtle
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GOLD!
Mosfilm has now made Solaris available in 4K on YouTube for free. Specialists from Mosfilm's Telecinema and Computer Graphics branch finished the restoration of the film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Wr...
Mosfilm has now made Solaris available in 4K on YouTube for free. Specialists from Mosfilm's Telecinema and Computer Graphics branch finished the restoration of the film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Wr...
Солярис (4К, фантастика, реж. Андрей Тарковский, 1972 г.)
YouTube video by Киноконцерн "Мосфильм"
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
GOLD!
Mosfilm has now made Solaris available in 4K on YouTube for free. Specialists from Mosfilm's Telecinema and Computer Graphics branch finished the restoration of the film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Wr...
Mosfilm has now made Solaris available in 4K on YouTube for free. Specialists from Mosfilm's Telecinema and Computer Graphics branch finished the restoration of the film.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Wr...
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"We don't need other worlds. We need a mirror. We struggle to make contact, but we'll never achieve it. We are in a ridiculous predicament of man pursuing a goal that he fears and that he really does not need. Man needs man!"
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"We don't need other worlds. We need a mirror. We struggle to make contact, but we'll never achieve it. We are in a ridiculous predicament of man pursuing a goal that he fears and that he really does not need. Man needs man!"
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Since the genocide was paused according to the mediators’ timetable, Israel has not allowed in anything that could shelter people or protect them from the terror of winter. No medicines or medical supplies have entered.
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Since the genocide was paused according to the mediators’ timetable, Israel has not allowed in anything that could shelter people or protect them from the terror of winter. No medicines or medical supplies have entered.
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Almost half the US economy is now based on Nvidia selling GPUs to itself using other companies as proxies
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Almost half the US economy is now based on Nvidia selling GPUs to itself using other companies as proxies
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While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH