Charlotte's Web of Deceit

"Editorial board" (i.e., "no one wants to put their name to this")

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h ago

The once revered newspaper that broke Nixon over Watergate is now on the side of Nixonian coverups. Katharine Graham is lucky to no longer be alive to witness this gross demise.

Lit editor business for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social. I always enjoy Patrick T. Reardon's reviews. A new book about Abraham Lincoln and his religious views. thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2026/08/...

Review: A Man of Spiritual Complexity and Frontier Tenacity, <em>Lincoln and Religion</em>, by Ferenc Morton Szasz with Margaret Connell Szasz | Third Coast Review

It may seem strange that the question of Abraham Lincoln and religion is a “thing” in historical circles. This is, after all, the president who often mentioned God in his […]

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The cops don't seem to realize that all the surveillance and enforcement tech will eventually take their jobs.

If you say on Linked In that your gig as a keyboard puncher or marketing research explainer or other office inhabitant has been "an incredible journey," I don't believe you.

Nothing should surprise with anime anymore, but I'm currently watching a show where the Old Ones are running a VR game show to decide the fate of the Earth. Cthulhu is a kawaii Gothic Lolita girl. I may actually be insane now.

Huh, shocked I forgot to mute "Hot Doug's" here.

For discussion: are there movies that are so "good" (at least per critics and tastemakers) they're bad? I mean, you know how I feel about One Battle After Another and the like.

I'm old enough to remember W. selling his wars this way too.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · yesterday

No jumping to the head of the line, Iran!

"My Three Mansons," starring Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson

Andrew Beasley@andrewbeasleyfootball.com · yesterday

I always thought the Beatles biopics were a bad idea. This image only seems to confirm that.

A teacher told my daughter's class he used AI to create something for class, and she told him he shouldn't use AI. I think I'll take her out for ice cream.

I am so tired of sharing a world with rapacious, destructive dumbshits. They break the bindings to scan the books, then toss them. And no, that's not preservation. These books will be lost forever when they decide it's not worth saving the data. www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Wow, that is gutless. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

Northwestern reportedly set to close Program of African Studies, ending an near eight-decade chapter in higher education

Established in 1948, the Program of African Studies at Northwestern is the first academic program formally focused on Africa. Northwestern

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Selling weird books from my collection on eBay. True crime, "occult," and other unseemly subjects. More to come. www.ebay.com/usr/mrdankelly

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Follow mrdankelly on eBay. Buying, Selling, Collecting on eBay has never been more exciting!

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It still me.

At least we got this headline.

Nigel Farage wins election in which his main rival was a trash can | CNN

Nigel Farage has comfortably won a special election that he triggered, meaning he will remain as a member of parliament after a contest that all the other major British parties boycotted, leaving his ...

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Slightly obsessed with Hal Hartley's "Opera No. 1," which features a radiant Parker Posey and Adrienne Shelly (RIP) and baby James "Doc Venture" Urbaniak. "Hey! That's my BOOOOOOOK!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi0M...

Opera No. 1

YouTube video by Karel

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Though I want to follow this with, yeah, but there are wolves hidden among the sheep who want to insert capitalism into EVERYTHING and think just a smidge of carceral state ain't so bad.

I always recall this amazing scene in the film Quiz Show (RIP, director Robert Redford) with its direct quote from Congressman Steven Derounian.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4d ago

Congratulating people for being honest in secret when you know they are dishonest to the public is such an odd thing to do.

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: "Hi, I'm a tablespoon or two of accidentally inhaled gasoline." www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCF1...

Daddy Yankee - Gasolina (Video Oficial)

YouTube video by Daddy Yankee

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Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · 4d ago

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: "Hi, I'm the possum that died in your family well!"

A load bearing mythos of pop leftism is that the Dems used to be good and for the working man and then embraced neoliberalism so the working man got sold out, instead of "white America as a whole turned on the Dems after the Civil Rights Act and began tearing down their own commons and prosperity"

Waiting to hear that ICE will round up everyone who laughs at an Iran Lego Video.

Let's get the bull rolling.

I think I have a Spoutible, but I feel it probably died of malnutrition by now.

Got any writing advice for me?

Also, maybe, the folks who couldn't bring themselves to elect "pro-genocide" Dems.

Adam Sleper@adamsleper.bsky.social · 5d ago

FYI, for all you MAGA who pretended to vote “Pro-life.”

Though, pro tip: plastic skeletons are never cheaper than they are right now!

Lauren Bolger@renbolger.bsky.social · 5d ago

Be careful out there guys, the Halloween shit is out there trying to make you buy it again. We are all in its spiderwebby web or ghosty shroud or zombie-green pallor.