Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness

Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness

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Producers of radical culture Podcasts: Live Like the World is Dying, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, The Spectacle https://www.tangledwilderness.org/ https://www.patreon.com/c/strangersinatangledwilderness/

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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
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People are really walking around acting like your assigned sex at birth is anyone's business, let alone a determinant of what human rights you deserve. Fuck off out of here. Biological determinism and gender essentialism are just phrenology for genitals and their adherents can get in the sea.

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Adults voting on whether a subset of children get to be treated like human beings, what a cool fucking system we've got here.

Jesspooka Kant 🎃@jessdkant.bsky.social

This is absolutely monstrous. Child abuse at scale, shrouded in a sanctimonious facade of faux democracy.

washingtonpost.comIn historic first, voters in five states will decide transgender youth rightsFive states have ballot initiatives to ban trans athletes in girls’ sports and gender transition treatment for children. Washington could require genital exams.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH
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Elizabeth Holmes is not the face of motherhood for incarcerated women. Jazmin Valentine wailed in agony for 6 hours in labor while staff and nurses LAUGHED at her. She had to resort to sliding her amniotic sac under her cell door to prove she was in labor.

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My point here is that real art not only derives inspiration from existing works, it inspires, helps create, and connects other lives and art. This one episode of a tv show linked multiple great artists, and drew together careers spanning from the birth of film to the present day. Fuck AI art.

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AI can crunch numbers, analyze data, and do other computer shit in ways that can genuinely help the world, and instead of that people want to sell you on the idea that it can love your children and make art better than you can and friends, they are lying to you.

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I Sing the Body Electric starred Josephine Hutchinson as the robot grandmother. She got her start on stage and in silents before successfully making the transition to talkies. Her acting career stretched across 7 decades, surviving a scandal when the press learned of her female partner in the 1920s.

Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
@tangledwilderness.bsky.social

but, because she is indestructible and functionally immortal, she won't ever be taken from her like her mother was. It's poignant and I won't spoil the ending. Anyway my point is Marielle would probably be better off with the fictional robot, too bad she's stuck with a real shitty mom and shitty AI

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While we're on the topic, the episode was written by legendary sci fi author Ray Bradbury. He later adapted it to a short story, which served as the title piece for his 1969 story collection. The episode was narrated by the show's creator, Rod Serling. The title is taken from a poem by Walt Whitman.

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elia ayoub
@ayoub.bsky.social

A fascist opened fire on people of colour in Trappes and Verriere near Paris, killing one person and injuring 5 more incl a 12 yo girl who was shot 8 times. He opened fire at a children's playground and a hijabi woman. He also shot dead a young black man. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.comMacron condemns racism after one killed in ‘terrorist’ shooting near ParisGunman opens fire from car in Trappes and Verrière, killing one and injuring five others, including a 12-year-old girl
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@tangledwilderness.bsky.social

The most fearful bigots on the planet are trying to stoke a moral panic about something you could not pay the average person to care two shits about.

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social

a friend in Dallas got this gem of a political text today. The PAC, Texans for Common Sense PAC, is funded by Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC, of which a GOP mega donor named Tim Dunn, who you may have heard of, is a major funder of.

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Gwynne Hogan
@gwynnefitz.bsky.social

A federal judge has denied Oscar Belgal's request for release, finding he's gotten adequate medical care in the two weeks he's spent at MDC. Belgal was shot in the neck by an ICE agent and his attorneys say the bullet is still lodged in his neck. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/23/j...

thecityreporter.nycJudge Denies Oscar Belgal’s Request for Release After Marble Hill ICE ShootingA federal judge ruled that Belgal, who was shot in the neck by and ICE agent in Marble Hill earlier this month, had received adequate medical care in federal detention.

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Boise Autonomous Solidarity Hub
@bigbash.bsky.social

They did this to children in our community. THEY DID THIS TO CHILDREN. "A 10-year-old girl who needed to use the bathroom was allegedly made to relieve herself in the middle of the crowded track. A 15-year-old boy’s restraints were tightened to the point of drawing blood as officers mocked him."

Haadiya Tariq@haadiyatariq.bsky.social

“Even El Chapo was treated with more dignity," said Idaho-born Anabel Romero. Along with her kids, Romero was one of hundreds detained in a immigration raid at a Wilder horse race last year. Despite allegations of cartel involvement, related charges have not come to light. buff.ly/12TtKOy

buff.lyA year after the Wilder ICE raid, questions and scars remainOn October 19, 2025, a large-scale law enforcement raid took place in Wilder targeting an alleged illegal gambling operation at La Catedral Arena, detaining approximately 400 people including…

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Boise Autonomous Solidarity Hub
@bigbash.bsky.social

Been carrying heightened frustration and seeing others that seem to be responding to the world from places of frustration as well. In moments like these, when we feel the urge to respond in unhelpful ways, sometimes it's good to slow down, step back, and check in with ourselves and each other.

Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness@tangledwilderness.bsky.social

This time on Live Like the World is Dying we have a rerun of a classic episode, which feels more relevant than usual. Struggle is a struggle. live-like-the-world-is-dying.pinecast.co/episode/472f...

live-like-the-world-is-dying.pinecast.coSmokey on Mental Health First Aid (rerun)# Episode Summary This time on Live Like the World is Dying we have a rerun of a classic episode, which feels more relevant than usual. Struggle is a struggle. Margaret and Smokey talk about ways to ...

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It's Going Down
@igd.bsky.social

"The defendants union may be the first effort of its kind in the modern history of political protest in the US..." Follow, boost, and support the folks at @nspm7union.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comTrump 2.0 is targeting US protesters with ‘antifa’ charges. Activists started a union to fight backNSPM-7 Defendants Union plans to offer legal clinics, media training and more to people facing prosecution for protest
NSPM 7 Defendants Union@nspm7union.bsky.social

Berger, the historian, said that what makes the project exciting is that it centers on being a defendant. “But it’s also a tragic commentary on where we’re at, with a large swath of people and politics under attack right now,” he said. “We’re all defendants.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

nspm7union.comNSPM-7 Defendants Union - HomeIn response to the National Security memo in which calls Trump calls his political enemies "antifa" and aims to crush them, the NSPM-7 Defendant's Union offers a framework for fighting repression toge...
Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
@tangledwilderness.bsky.social

The human mind is not equipped to handle knowing what all the dumbest people in the world think about all the most horrible events, and yet here we are, on social media. Log off before your brain makes a sound like a steam whistle and abandons your skull for a more hospitable environment.

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Reached for comment, the Bacchae said "ACAB" before tearing the investigating officers to pieces with their bare hands.

CNN@cnn.com

Italian officials are trying to identify a young woman who was filmed kissing, humping, and grinding against a statue of Bacchus, the God of wine and sensuality, in Florence over the weekend.

cnn.comItalian officials slam tourist who ‘mimicked sex acts’ on a statue of Bacchus in Florence | CNNItalian officials are trying to identify a young woman who was filmed kissing, humping, and grinding against a statue of Bacchus, the God of wine and sensuality, in Florence over the weekend.
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@tangledwilderness.bsky.social

Your media diet does not need to adhere to any external standard of moral purity but also if you're engaging in Harry Potter shit I personally think that sucks, and you shouldn't be surprised if people make the logical inference that you condone murderous bigotry.

Mark Grimshaw@markgrimshawtism.bsky.social

A reminder that the “trans lobby” is just trans people going about their lives, and the “fight” being referred to is JK Rowling using her money, power and influence to endorse policy that is killing trans people. I’m amazed she could move to type a new essay with the layers of blood on her hands.

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adrian
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NBC News@nbcnews.com

A Florida man was found dead in his home during a welfare check in July 2022. Weeks later, one of the officers who discovered his body moved into the home and spent years impersonating him, according to investigators.

nbcnews.toOfficer who found man dead in Florida home allegedly moved in, renovated and assumed his identity for yearsBrian Louis Sguros, 35, had responded to the Lauderhill home in July 2022 for a welfare check.
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@tangledwilderness.bsky.social

Feels like winning a game of Russian roulette every time some government actor declines to do the most evil thing possible, but a win is a win.

ACLU@aclu.org

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejected the Trump Administration’s request to cut off medical care for transgender people in federal prison. This ruling affirms that federal prison officials can’t deny transgender people essential health care.

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James Stout
@jamesstout.bsky.social

Just this week, while communities in Florida worked to recover from storm damage ICE came to arrest two roofers in Pensacola. FEMA, on the other hand, was not there.

Andrew (🎃)@athomashemlock.bsky.social

Between a year and a century ago, @jamesstout.bsky.social said that under Trump 2 the entire country will experience the federal government in exactly the same way at-risk border communities have for decades. The government will either be absent or hostile, and no in-between.

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@tangledwilderness.bsky.social

Challenge for the day: Reach out to a friend you haven't talked to in a while or introduce yourself to a neighbor you don't know. People are feeling isolated and it's making everything that much harder. You can't fix everything but everything is harder when people feel alone.

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@tangledwilderness.bsky.social

Challenge for the day: Reach out to a friend you haven't talked to in a while or introduce yourself to a neighbor you don't know. People are feeling isolated and it's making everything that much harder. You can't fix everything but everything is harder when people feel alone.