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Our Beg-A-Thon on the Daily Wire's attempted entertainment empire is TONIGHT at 8 pm ET / 7 pm CT / 5 pm ET! Join us here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Syp...

Also, given what we know from Ha'aretz's reporting about the use of the Hannibal Directive on 10/7, he's essentially saying 9/11 was an inside job lol ALSO, 10/7 wasn't the beginning of history: the IDF has been doing 9/11 every three years since Operation Cast Lead

I won't be finishing another book tomorrow so here's an early #storygraph wrap-up. My favorite this month was Pedagogy of the Oppressed and the short stories in Gaza Writes Back were another big highlight #booksky

For my new followers: I run the website Speculative Fiction in Translation www.sfintranslation.com, which tracks the latest SFT and posts reviews, news, interviews, lists, and a giant spreadsheet.

Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished

America has always had oligarchs. McNamara, Getty, Hunt, the Mellons, the Kennedys, the DuPonts, Ford. Rockefeller, Carnegie & Vanderbilt. Astor, Renssalaer & Girard. Hancock, Franklin & Washington. Grossman's historical erasure condemns us to repeat all the same mistakes...

A heist movie but it's about gutterpunks stealing 16GB USB sticks from gift bags in a Hyatt hosting the Midwestern Home Insurance Agents convention in downtown Cincinnati

There are many history and sociology books that contend the US has been a white supremacist and Christian fundamentalist project since its inception which suggests that Trump is a reversion to the mean rather than an aberration

[0006531] Crash when greeting God

The day that I see techbros and AI boosters quit their jobs for carpentry and plumbing apprenticeships is the day I'll take them at face value

August's #storygraph wrap-up. Crowley's Little, Big might be the single best book I've ever read in my entire life. RIP to an absolute master. On the other side of things, Reamde is the worst Stephenson book I've ever read and as it stands it's in the running for worst book this year #booksky

A fascinating facet of conservative culture war nonsense is that all the old "traditional" stuff they love was incredibly divisive in its own contemporary time. Those Rodin sculptures they use in their pfps were from a series on Dante's Inferno and were hated by conservatives of the era!

They look corny now but when we were kids Lethal Enforcers and Mortal Kombat were hella realistic

1. This Bike is a Pipe Bomb 2. Defiance Ohio 3. AJJ 4. Ghost Mice 5. Leftöver Crack 6. The Ruiners 7. Billy Strings 8. They Might Be Giants 9. Alice Cooper 10. Bob Seger Ditto on the fun fact

France: we're fancy France: you could enjoy a luxurious stay at "the large hotel"

My preferences for fiction include beloved characters dying, catastrophic failures, and high concept sci-fi. Automatic Noodle has none of that and I loved it anyways so that's why you should read it

For $1.99 this one is a no-brainer. Sublime prose in a welcome reprieve from the more whimsical "dark" fantasy that's currently filling every bookshelf

The problem isn't Zionism, it's Ben-Gvir. Oh, and also Smotrich. Oh, and also Gallant. Oh, and also Netanyahu. Oh, and also ...

The whole thread goes hard but this post right here is a chef's kiss

There is a lot of liberal cope and seethe in the comments 10/10 read

Our Women In Translation Month sale is on now, which means it’s time for some CUSTOM BOOK RECS! Let us know what you’re into and we’ll find the WiT title for you, all at 25% off

@aselrod.bsky.social is less in the trash can and more in one of those rollaway dumpsters here

The QTs and replies in this thread about the overwhelming advantages of incumbency are, incredibly, Democrat dead enders insisting it proves that the slate of current electeds is "good actually". That the 63% disapproval rating just emerges from the ether

In defense of @amybrown.xyz Nextdoor in my town is also a concentration of racist library haters

I went into the movie blind on release weekend and while I did enjoy it a lot I remarked to my wife that it fit very neatly into the "shoot and cry" genre

July's #storygraph wrap-up. Mistaken Identity and Health Communism were difficult, theory dense reads but very rewarding. Discounting the Future was slow going but comprehensible. #booksky

Leo Naphta continues to be the most vindicated figure in all of fiction

Implicit in this analysis is that "the stupid poors" will spend this windfall on conscientious consumption instead of paying off loans with interest rates ranging from 12%-28%, or say replacing an older vehicle that would otherwise incur significant annual repair costs

Everyone should read both of their books and also this conversation - it's so good

Trump: 2 Democrats: 1

“...and you’re not running 100 percent against the politics that created Trump, you’re missing the boat.” This quote from @abdulelsayed.bsky.social nails what the Democrats who promise a return to 2015 keep missing

We need to do the RFK Jr. addicts to farms program but instead of addicts it's Atlantic contributors and instead of farms it's libraries

June's reading wrap-up from #storygraph. I found the the three post apocalyptic novels on @joachimboaz.bsky.social 's blog so thanks for that! #booksky

Any and all help is greatly appreciated. At the end of my rope and mostly out of resources. cash.app/$AnthonyCent... venmo.com/u/Tony-Cento...

This image appeared in a collection by the Mary Nardini Gang in 2019. It uses the same cartoon as a flyer the anarchist group Up Against the Wall Motherfucker made in the 1960s. A glimpse of a connection between queer subversion and anarchism that spans decades. crimethinc.com/StonewallRiots

I'm glad @mcnamarawdet.bsky.social at @wdet.bsky.social conducted this interview despite Hasan Piker being persona non grata in some circles. While I'm not familiar with Piker's ouvre it seems like the elites and insiders demanding a "Joe Rogan for the left" have gotten more than they deserve

Pitchbot in intro.