Wisewillow (still 😷)
@wisewillow.bsky.social
She/her. Queer. Writing, appreciating the moment, doing way too much critical thinking about Hozier and ASoiaF.
@shadowtodd.bsky.social Dancing On My Own vs Run Away With Me??? Are you a sadist??? How can you ask us to compare the sunrise against the sunset???
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
@shadowtodd.bsky.social Dancing On My Own vs Run Away With Me??? Are you a sadist??? How can you ask us to compare the sunrise against the sunset???
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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If you've abandoned a Kickstarter (or other crowdfund) w/o fulfilling it—and I mean UNAMBIGUOUSLY so, years w/o an update, last KS sign-in date is 2021, etc.—I'm never publishing you/collaborating w/you.
I get blowing deadlines. I even get failure; it happens. But just ABSCONDING?
Thief. Coward.
I get blowing deadlines. I even get failure; it happens. But just ABSCONDING?
Thief. Coward.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
If you've abandoned a Kickstarter (or other crowdfund) w/o fulfilling it—and I mean UNAMBIGUOUSLY so, years w/o an update, last KS sign-in date is 2021, etc.—I'm never publishing you/collaborating w/you.
I get blowing deadlines. I even get failure; it happens. But just ABSCONDING?
Thief. Coward.
I get blowing deadlines. I even get failure; it happens. But just ABSCONDING?
Thief. Coward.
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That line about “if you think the problem with affordability in this city is that my rent is too low, vote for Cuomo. If you think that the problem is that your rent is too high, vote for me” was totally badass
Kills me that Mamdani pays less than I do 🙃
October 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
That line about “if you think the problem with affordability in this city is that my rent is too low, vote for Cuomo. If you think that the problem is that your rent is too high, vote for me” was totally badass
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
I swear, I had literally never heard this song before *in my life*
And yet somehow it was playing this afternoon at the plasma donation center
And yet somehow it was playing this afternoon at the plasma donation center
Pop! Pop! Pop muzik! The first song about the thing that makes me money. Up on YouTube, One Hit Wonderland: "Pop Muzik" by M!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPZa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPZa...
ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Pop Muzik" by M
YouTube video by Todd in the Shadows
www.youtube.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swear, I had literally never heard this song before *in my life*
And yet somehow it was playing this afternoon at the plasma donation center
And yet somehow it was playing this afternoon at the plasma donation center
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“you’re either for trans people, or you’re for the rest of us getting to also have good stuff and candidates that represent us” is the far right’s framing and I don’t think the rest of us should use it
August 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
“you’re either for trans people, or you’re for the rest of us getting to also have good stuff and candidates that represent us” is the far right’s framing and I don’t think the rest of us should use it
Manifesting is nonsense but I'm manifesting Subway #1 and Golden #2 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
"The Subway" by Chappell Roan is challenging Alex Warren's "Ordinary" for #1 on the Hot 100 chart dated August 16th, 2025 based on first day streaming data.
August 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Manifesting is nonsense but I'm manifesting Subway #1 and Golden #2 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Every song from KPDH's fictional artists are now in the Top 40. The two Twice songs are also charting. Dyyyyyying for whenever @shadowtodd.bsky.social weighs in; what a weird, delightful summer
"Golden" by HUNTR/X is now #2 on this week's Billboard Hot 100.
July 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Every song from KPDH's fictional artists are now in the Top 40. The two Twice songs are also charting. Dyyyyyying for whenever @shadowtodd.bsky.social weighs in; what a weird, delightful summer
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Corollary: I don’t care if I report something you already “knew.”
My job isn’t to deduce things; it’s to prove them.
Some of the best investigative reporting is “just” doing the hard work to prove things that are open secrets.
My job isn’t to deduce things; it’s to prove them.
Some of the best investigative reporting is “just” doing the hard work to prove things that are open secrets.
This. Please stop telling me that you are “not surprised.”
Public interest journalism isn’t about shock value.
It’s about informing people and holding power to account.
I don’t care if you’re not surprised by the information I report on.
Public interest journalism isn’t about shock value.
It’s about informing people and holding power to account.
I don’t care if you’re not surprised by the information I report on.
I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.
July 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Corollary: I don’t care if I report something you already “knew.”
My job isn’t to deduce things; it’s to prove them.
Some of the best investigative reporting is “just” doing the hard work to prove things that are open secrets.
My job isn’t to deduce things; it’s to prove them.
Some of the best investigative reporting is “just” doing the hard work to prove things that are open secrets.
Relevant to your recent tweets @shadowtodd.bsky.social
I’m reading this new book that’s coming out in November about crosswords and it’s like MOST EXCELLENT
Incredible social history that unexpectedly speaks directly to this political moment 😲 #BookSky
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...
Incredible social history that unexpectedly speaks directly to this political moment 😲 #BookSky
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...
Across the Universe by Natan Last: 9780553387704 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An entertaining and eye-opening look at the history of the crossword, who constructs them, and why crosswords matter as both a reflection of and influence on our culture From Wordle to Spelling Bee, ...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Relevant to your recent tweets @shadowtodd.bsky.social
It happened!?!?! 🤣🤣🤣
Save us, K Pop Demon Hunters songs, save us
(Seriously, I will die laughing if Huntrix or the Saja Boys manage to overtake Drake)
(Seriously, I will die laughing if Huntrix or the Saja Boys manage to overtake Drake)
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ALT: a person with blue paint on their face and a hat
media.tenor.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It happened!?!?! 🤣🤣🤣
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K-Pop Demon Hunters exploded on Netflix — and now it’s a fanfic legend
K-Pop Demon Hunters exploded on Netflix — and now it’s a fanfic legend
Rumi, Zoey, and Mira are climbing the real-world pop charts — and the AO3 charts
www.polygon.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
K-Pop Demon Hunters exploded on Netflix — and now it’s a fanfic legend
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“Oh no, not Bill Clinton” I say as I ready the trebuchet I specifically built to launch Bill Clinton into an active volcano.
"What if Democrats are on the list?"
I'm sure some are, and are the ones who should be purged and cast into the lake of fire.
I'm sure some are, and are the ones who should be purged and cast into the lake of fire.
July 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
“Oh no, not Bill Clinton” I say as I ready the trebuchet I specifically built to launch Bill Clinton into an active volcano.
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Like why aren’t we taking about how Tim Walz numbers are solid and fantastic
And his actually mostly labor focused
Ain’t perfect but he’s also doing real outreach
But we gone stick with sentient oil slick ?!
And his actually mostly labor focused
Ain’t perfect but he’s also doing real outreach
But we gone stick with sentient oil slick ?!
July 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Like why aren’t we taking about how Tim Walz numbers are solid and fantastic
And his actually mostly labor focused
Ain’t perfect but he’s also doing real outreach
But we gone stick with sentient oil slick ?!
And his actually mostly labor focused
Ain’t perfect but he’s also doing real outreach
But we gone stick with sentient oil slick ?!
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Have just realized that the silly “Bezos wants to buy Vogue as a lavish wedding gift for his bride” story that’s been circulating is inaccurate - Bezos wants to buy Condé Nast which owns The New Yorker,Teen Vogue, Wired & Arts Technica because he is an oligarch who wants to crush all dissent.
July 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Have just realized that the silly “Bezos wants to buy Vogue as a lavish wedding gift for his bride” story that’s been circulating is inaccurate - Bezos wants to buy Condé Nast which owns The New Yorker,Teen Vogue, Wired & Arts Technica because he is an oligarch who wants to crush all dissent.
Just when I thought the summer charts were dead, along comes... K Pop Demon Hunters??? And every song fucking SLAPS????
Dying to know what @shadowtodd.bsky.social thinks about this unexpected blast of confetti to the face
Dying to know what @shadowtodd.bsky.social thinks about this unexpected blast of confetti to the face
"KPop Demon Hunters" Debuts 5 New Songs On Billboard Hot 100 As "Golden" And "Your Idol" Rise | Soompi
All of the original songs from the hit film “KPop Demon Hunters” are now charting on the Billboard Hot 100! Last week, two of the songs from Netflix’s
www.soompi.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Just when I thought the summer charts were dead, along comes... K Pop Demon Hunters??? And every song fucking SLAPS????
Dying to know what @shadowtodd.bsky.social thinks about this unexpected blast of confetti to the face
Dying to know what @shadowtodd.bsky.social thinks about this unexpected blast of confetti to the face
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If you haven’t watched K-Pop Demon Hunters, do so yesterday
10/10, absolutely phenomenal holy moly
10/10, absolutely phenomenal holy moly
July 5, 2025 at 5:43 AM
If you haven’t watched K-Pop Demon Hunters, do so yesterday
10/10, absolutely phenomenal holy moly
10/10, absolutely phenomenal holy moly
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Bullies hate a fight, so bullies should get a fight.
They back off their outrageous plan to register autistic people because there was an uproar. Uproar work. Stay loud.
U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent
Administration health officials walked back a plan to register people with autism after criticism from scientists, privacy experts and advocates for people with autism.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Bullies hate a fight, so bullies should get a fight.
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This is the most wretched campaign of deliberate, explicit persecution the United States has perpetrated against a minority group in decades. Many of the most important people in politics and journalism are busying themselves trying to figure out how little to say or do about it.
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is the most wretched campaign of deliberate, explicit persecution the United States has perpetrated against a minority group in decades. Many of the most important people in politics and journalism are busying themselves trying to figure out how little to say or do about it.
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When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.
February 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren addresses Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) shutdown protest:
"For every American who doesn't want some weird Elon Musk suck-up searching through your personal private data, this is your fight."
"For every American who doesn't want some weird Elon Musk suck-up searching through your personal private data, this is your fight."
February 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sen. Elizabeth Warren addresses Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) shutdown protest:
"For every American who doesn't want some weird Elon Musk suck-up searching through your personal private data, this is your fight."
"For every American who doesn't want some weird Elon Musk suck-up searching through your personal private data, this is your fight."
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This is good. Not “will impact budgets” but “your hospital will close and you will die from cancer that could have been treated.”
Now there’s a top of the front page Monday morning headline.
February 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is good. Not “will impact budgets” but “your hospital will close and you will die from cancer that could have been treated.”
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"I want to perform their favorite song, but you know they love to sue" - Kendrick Lamar
February 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"I want to perform their favorite song, but you know they love to sue" - Kendrick Lamar
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Gotta say, I'm loving this graphic.
(Pulled from Lyz Lenz's newsletter, Men Yell at Me: open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/wh...)
(Pulled from Lyz Lenz's newsletter, Men Yell at Me: open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/wh...)
February 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Gotta say, I'm loving this graphic.
(Pulled from Lyz Lenz's newsletter, Men Yell at Me: open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/wh...)
(Pulled from Lyz Lenz's newsletter, Men Yell at Me: open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/wh...)