Pete Septoff
@wombatofevil.bsky.social
Amateur filmmaker, semi-pro human. Here's our show covering local events in Cambridge, MA http://vimeo.com/channels/16226… @wombatofevil@mastodon.social
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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Are all young republicans nazis?
The president of the Boston University College Republicans recently posted on X that he had been “calling ICE for months on end” to raid an Allston car wash and “detain these criminals.”
President of BU College Republicans said he called ICE about Allston car wash for ‘months on end’ - The Boston Globe
“This week they finally responded to my request,” Zac Segal wrote on Nov. 8. “As someone who lives in the neighborhood, I’ve seen how American jobs are being given away to those with no right to be here.”
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November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Are all young republicans nazis?
"Where's Our Audit?" Town Hall with Diana Dizoglio IN PERSON 11/19 in Porter Square. In 2024, 72% of voters approved an audit of our state legislature. Why hasn't it happened? Who's fighting it? What can you do to make your voice heard? #mapoli #cambridgema
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"Where's Our Audit?" Town Hall with Diana Dizoglio IN PERSON 11/19 in Porter Square. In 2024, 72% of voters approved an audit of our state legislature. Why hasn't it happened? Who's fighting it? What can you do to make your voice heard? #mapoli #cambridgema
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
Hanratty too close for comfort, sheesh
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hanratty too close for comfort, sheesh
Our idiot country.
Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws to restore federal funding and end investigations into the school.
Cornell University announces deal with Trump administration to restore withheld federal funding - The Boston Globe
Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff announced the agreement, saying it upholds the university’s academic freedom while restoring more than $250 million in research funding.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Our idiot country.
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All these people worried about Mamdami's supposed secret anti-semitism, have they noticed how the president and vice president of the USA are outright blood and soil fascists? Are they aware that many in the republican party have openly embraced straight-up Nazis?
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
All these people worried about Mamdami's supposed secret anti-semitism, have they noticed how the president and vice president of the USA are outright blood and soil fascists? Are they aware that many in the republican party have openly embraced straight-up Nazis?
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HAPPENING NOW: Immigrant workers calling on Dodgers to refuse invitation to White House #iceoutofLA
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Immigrant workers calling on Dodgers to refuse invitation to White House #iceoutofLA
The Auditor is holding a town hall in Porter Square on November 19th to discuss this very issue #mapoli #cambridgema
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Auditor is holding a town hall in Porter Square on November 19th to discuss this very issue #mapoli #cambridgema
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
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why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
July 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
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Andrew Cuomo to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Andrew Cuomo to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics
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I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
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Still true
if u do not have anything nice to say well sometimes u are not wrong
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Still true
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it's crazy they trying to run the 80s black welfare mother narrative on snap benefits rn with a constituency in need that has already run up on a government building once
November 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
it's crazy they trying to run the 80s black welfare mother narrative on snap benefits rn with a constituency in need that has already run up on a government building once
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On the Dodgers “ruining baseball” when it’s actually the opposite:
November 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
On the Dodgers “ruining baseball” when it’s actually the opposite:
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This game is so old DiCaprio has lost interest in it
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
This game is so old DiCaprio has lost interest in it
On today's CCTV #cambridge, we cover the OTHER important election on the ballot this year: the school committee. Cantibridgians have been voicing their displeasure with the incumbent committee's performance, so who's running to try to replace them? #cambridgema
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHEd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHEd...
October 2025 Ep. 2: What's That About? "2025 Election Preview: The School Committee Candidates"
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October 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
On today's CCTV #cambridge, we cover the OTHER important election on the ballot this year: the school committee. Cantibridgians have been voicing their displeasure with the incumbent committee's performance, so who's running to try to replace them? #cambridgema
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHEd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHEd...
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Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
October 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
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uh, that’s not “reimagining” the novel. that’s…the novel.
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains. n.pr/3L5exuu
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
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October 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
uh, that’s not “reimagining” the novel. that’s…the novel.