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Jon

@thelitcritguy.bsky.social

writer. phd in gothic literature. writing on horror, utopia, the gothic nightmare of capitalism CAPITALISM A HORROR STORY out now, working on a new book about HOUSES

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the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2d ago

I don't even know what to say. This is real, this is true, so, like, thank you all, from the bottom of my heart. This took over 25 years to happen so if there's any lesson here it's either "keep at it, who knows" or "many people are divorced"

image of a gold record superimposed on part of Vaughan Oliver's iconic cover for the Mountain Goats' "Tallahassee" album, with a banner beneath it showing the entire album cover, an RIAA seal, and the text: Presented to THE MOUNTAIN GOATS to commemorate the RIAA Gold certification of more than 500,000 copies of the 4AD single "No Children"
Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 5d ago

I've spent the better part of the last 12 years being told that Dark Souls II is this critically flawed, lesser game, only to see it be slowly redeemed. I was right when I reviewed it. I'm right now. For @aftermath.site: fuck the haters, Dark Souls II is (still) good. aftermath.site/dark-souls-i...

They Could Never Make Me Hate Dark Souls II

I have spent over a decade being told that Dark Souls II is bad. But history has vindicated the game, and I never let the haters win.

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Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 5d ago

Hater week isn't over. I got one more in the quiver.

Happy Hour at Hippel's@sanktmaxtci.bsky.social · last wk.

"To demand education as a means of empowerment is not simply to demand it as a means of employment, but also to pursue and seize it as a defiant luxury which employment would deny us." A piece developed from recent AHRC panel "University of Excess" happyhourathippels.wordpress.com/2026/07/29/t...

The University of Excess: On Education and its Employment

The title of this piece originally came together from a conversation I had with Stevphen Shukaitis in the wake of the waves of redundancies at the University of Essex, from which he pitched the rat…

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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉@scumbelievable.bsky.social · last wk.

I wrote about depictions of witches and what text and subtext can reveal about the cultural anxieties behind these iconic figures. The title is Emily's atrocity, which she foisted on me like a deadly disease and for which I will never forgive her.

Emily C. Hughes@emilyhughes.bsky.social · last wk.

today on @darkertimes.bsky.social: I *love* this essay from the inimitable @scumbelievable.bsky.social on witches on film and text, subtext, power, and worldview: www.darkertimes.com/witches-worl...

Mel Buer@melbuer.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW, from me: Today, nearly 1000 workers at Mount Nittany Medical Center in central PA have walked off the job on a 5-day strike. The nearly wall-to-wall union (somewhat rare in healthcare these days) has been in the midst of negotiations for months. Their contract expired July 1.

Nearly 1,000 Mount Nittany Workers Launch 5-Day Strike for Quality Patient Care and Good Jobs

Workers at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, PA hit the picket lines Monday in order to pressure management to get back to bargaining in good faith.

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Jon@thelitcritguy.bsky.social · last mo.

I've made all my writing about the Horus Heresy accessible to everyone but if you'd like to support more weird philosophy writing about Warhammer 40K please think about becoming a subscriber for $1! Part One: www.patreon.com/TheLitCritGu...

On the Dialectic of Nature and the Warp: The Horus Heresy Thus Far | TheLitCritGuy

If you’ve been following my reading thread over on bluesky you will have noticed that over the last few weeks I’ve been spending a great dea

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