Eric O. Scott
@ericoscott.bsky.social
Raised by Witches. Mostly writes about Paganism. Union thug, technically a doctor, editor at The Wild Hunt: https://wildhunt.org
The only thing I'd add to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's fine work this morning is that the establishment Dems have an ideological blind spot around organizing. They overindex on capital-intensive forms of mobilization and are completely lost when it comes to labor-intensive forms of mobilization.
Virginia S. O'Possum@virginiaopossum.bsky.social · 19h agoThis by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is the whole thing: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/o...
STUFF WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN IRELAND SO FAR -Almost not make it to Ireland because Chicago is a cursed place for a major airport -Trinity College and the Book of Kells -National Museum of Archeology -Hill of Tara -Brú na Bóinne -Lughnasadh at the Hill of Uisneach
Pretty sure my family is fed up with my Let’s Go Climb Sacred Hills bullshit today.
‘A delivery was attempted today.’ From the new Private Eye, out now.
"In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom." I felt myself on the verge of weeping.
11. Nonfiction: I don’t read much, but I do enjoy a good bit of history on a specific subject, like The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan. Currently excited to dig into The Veiled Prophet by Devin Thomas O'Shea.
Me at the Hill of Uisneach later this week:
Out of Context Mickey Mouse Comics@oocmickeycomics.bsky.social · 3d ago
Lugh was with us. He was laughing his ass off the whole time, but he was with us.
This is my magnum opus on how a union contract being voted down can become an opportunity for unions to approach bargaining differently — and win a lot more as a result.
Jacobin@jacobinmag.bsky.social · 3d agoThe answer to union contracts being voted down is not for organizers to lower workers’ expectations. It’s to seize that vote as an opportunity to organize those expectations into collective power.
When I booked this flight my connection in Chicago was like 75 minutes. Now it’s down to 30. Sweating bullets.
What makes amendment 5's historic defeat is that it wasn't a spur of the moment idea by legislators. This was like two decades of work that then got voted down by a historic margin.
People Not Politicians wants a Cole County judge to reverse Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and prohibit use of the gerrymandered map. #moleg #mogov
Referendum campaign asks court to block new Missouri map from November election • Missouri Independent
The campaign seeking a public vote on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map is asking a Cole County judge to do more than put the referendum on the November ballot.
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I knocked a couple hundred doors, more importantly the volunteers I work with knocked over 2000 doors. And we brought home a resounding victory. Everyone who knocked a door or made a call to defeat 4 and 5, great work.
My 4 year old is currently obsessed with all things Super Mario, including a) the Switch version of the SNES version of the original 8bit game, and b) the DIC cartoons from the early 90s. One episode was entirely about Bowser kidnapping Milli Vanilli. Pop culture time is so fucking weird anymore.
One TA today. Let’s see what happens with the second one.
Rust Belt Arcana from @beltpublishing.bsky.social, one of my favorite tarot decks, is on sale - it's a steal for $19. www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/rus...
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Fun fact: I got booed offstage in 7th grade by my entire middle school while reading this story at an assembly.
Sarah Pinsker@sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 5d ago"In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o’clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o’clock! As if it were afraid that nobody would... ...Today is August 4, 2026, the city of Allendale, California.” Yeah, so happy "There Will Come Soft Rains" day?
I'm starting to suspect that my tax dollars are going to munitions I'll never use, either
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 6d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
It’s important to understand that when 1.2 million Americans are dying from a disease, any government action is excessive and tyrannical, but if a dozen trans women want to play soccer no government action can go far enough
I have had a... trying year or so at work, so it was really nice to have a colleague text me out of the blue to say "Dude, your members love you."
I couldn't find a version of the bible in the translation style that I wanted, so I asked "Claude Opus 5" to create one to my specifications, and long story short but it seems as though I'm being excommunicated
Aaron Bady@zunguzungu.bsky.social · 7d agolol
you know what else would have fucked up these kids' lives? several of their teachers dying from a preventable illness and the inevitable grief and trauma that would stem from those losses.
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · last wk.There are working class and vulnerable kids who will never have the life they should have had because of school closures. Let’s address that too, shall we?
how many neolithic passage tombs are too many neolithic passage tombs in the span of a week? asking for a friend
I've never been to heaven, but at least I've read about love.
TWH wishes its readers in the northern hemisphere a blessed Lughnasadh and Lammas and a blessed Imbolc to our readers in the southern half of the world. wildhunt.org/2026/08/a-bl... #pagan #witchcraft #lammas #lughnasadh #imbolc #harvest
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Witchcraft & Pagan News - TWH wishes its readers in the northern hemisphere a blessed Lughnasadh and Lammas and a blessed Imbolc to our readers in the southern half of the world. | Living, Paganism, R...
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Gwydion Pennderwen's "Songs for the Old Religion" as a keystone to the intersection of the Pagan and folk revivals. Honestly this book would kick ass.
Stop Calling Me Frank@stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · last wk.You have a month to write a 33 1/3 book about the album of your choice. Which record are you going to write about? (No previously covered albums allowed; new shit must come to light: see below.) (For all books in the series: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_1/3) (H/t @monostich.bsky.social
