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Kyla Houbolt@luaz.bsky.social · 21h ago

It's my favorite! #WeirdPoemWednesday, with thanks to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social, here's But Will it Hold You?:

#100HorrorMoviesin92Days Second time participating for me. Somewhat unconventional start with a documentary. Co-directed by a woman; probably again going to aim for at least 50 movies with a woman director.

Xangadix Lives! (2017)

Documentary about the Dutch HorrorMovie 'The Johnsons (1992)" - A horror film where the cream of the crop of the Dutch film world had been working on. It was one of the biggest films of the year, won ...

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Maite Maguregui Hernando, a researcher in Spain who has developed bio-based gels to clean cultural heritage items independent of this work, says vinegar syndrome is ‘one of the most urgent threats in motion picture film preservation’. @patdwalter.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/polymer...

Polymer sponge could save stars of the silver screen from ‘vinegar syndrome’ destruction

Material that mops up acetic acid could slow degradation of old movie reels

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This kind of John Birch Society rhetoric used to be the sort of thing most Americans laughed at. Now it’s just standard issue GOP talking points.

📢 Once more for the people in the back: - Most [more than 95%] of archives have not been digitized. - Most of humanity's knowledge and memory is *not* reachable by LLMs. - Believing that AI can provid you with comprehensive, definitive, "intelligent" results is folly.

Jesse Locker@jessemlocker.bsky.social · 3w ago

Giving myself a headache in the archives

once again, it is clear that donald trump has not had a new or even vaguely original thought since the 1980s

NERV IRB Coordinator@professormusgrave.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trump's proposing a 20% surcharge on traffic through the strait of Hormuz. It's another calamity that Americans will play off but the rest of the world won't forget--and it's exactly what he proposed in 1989: open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...

All I want for Christmas are 17th century wall candle holders in the shape of human arms:

In many respects the American Revolution was a civil war pitting Americans loyal to the Crown against other Americans loyal to the vision of a new nation they sought to create. One of the epicenters of this desperate struggle was New York’s Hudson Valley.

Hudson Valley Loyalists and the Violence of Revolution - New York Almanack

Suffering for the Crown: The Hudson Valley Loyalists and the Violence of Revolution details the war's violence, persecution, and displacement.

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Chuck Schumer has spent more than 20 years claiming the Founding Fathers called America "God's noble experiment." There's no evidence any of them ever said that. Why does he keep lying about it? www.friendlyatheist.com/p/chuck-schu...

Chuck Schumer's favorite Founding Fathers quote is completely made up

Historians can't find references to "God's Noble Experiment." The Founders never said it. Yet Schumer keeps insisting they did.

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NEWS: On Independence Day, Senator Chuck Schumer posted social media statements citing the founders' belief that the United States was "God's noble experiment." The problem? He made it up.

Why is Chuck Schumer fabricating Christian Nationalist-style quotes? | American Atheists

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In social media posts celebrating Independence Day, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer referenced the Founding Fathers’ statements

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Blake Shelton's "Let Him In Anyway" for 50th annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular so obnoxious. Convinced his deceased best friend is going to hell b/c he didn't submit to constant pressure to attend BS's church. Really respectful of other beliefs & freedom from religion for the 4th, huh?

This is just one small example of why I can’t just say “Happy 4th!” www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...

Ruling gives Trump administration legal green light to install new display at Philadelphia's President's House

An order issued Friday gives the Trump administration the final green light to install a new exhibit at the President's House in Old City.

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If you think criminalizing mere possession of disfavored information will stop with so-called Antifa, ask yourself why the admin sought warrants to learn who subscribed to Don Lemon on YouTube. Read more from FPF’s Seth Stern and @joinjeremy.org in @theintercept.com.

30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech

Daniel Sanchez Estrada’s 30-year sentence for moving a box of pamphlets is likely just the start for criminalizing possession of information.

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“The question comes in the tradition of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who in 1852 famously asked, ‘What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?’ (His answer included ‘mere bombast, fraud, deception and hypocrisy.’)”

What, to the Immigrant, Is Your Fourth of July?

In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ landmark speech — and America at 250 — immigrants explain what Independence Day means to them.

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A cartoon by Thomas Nast from 160 years ago, titled 'Why He Cannot Sleep', shows Jefferson Davis – imprisoned at the time – haunted by the spirit of Columbia and the ghosts of Union soldiers. #PhantomsFriday #July4th #250th #history

"Ten Little Fingers," 1880s, might have originally appeared in the Detroit Free Press:

Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken@papawoof.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy birthday/condolences to the US Department of Justice. Created #otd in 1870 to fight terrorists and protect the right to vote, it is under current management doing the opposite.

Dr. Todd Arrington@btarrington.bsky.social · last mo.

On this day in 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed legislation creating US Department of Justice. Two primary reasons for DOJ’s creation: protection of formerly enslaved people’s civil rights & to oppose domestic terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Image: Thomas Nast, “Halt.” Public domain.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said that new funding is going to be sent to faith-based recovery programs, instead of to secular evidence-based organizations. ffrf.us/4w4Kk0X

FFRF questions $700 million HHS initiative favoring faith-based providers 

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is raising concerns after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent touting of an expanded role for faith-based recovery organizations.

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The Trump administration's recent Arctic Refuge lease sale was a major flop, yielding only 1% of the revenue promised. Even Big Oil knows drilling in this treasured and sacred landscape is bad for business. Make no mistake though: Any oil and gas leasing in the Arctic Refuge is unacceptable.

my dumbass stickers have arrived aplante.com/shop/

NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️

It's the End of American Science As We Know It

We have 45 days to express our opposition to catastrophic changes.

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New online resource: "Searching for Lotte Reiniger" From our partners at @davif.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy comes a visual analysis of film historical metadata by Sarah-Mai Dang (@sarahmaidang.bsky.social) & Christian Laesser. lotte-reiniger.oabooks.de

Lotte Reiniger – What can data tell us about women* in film history?

The data visualization was created by the BMFTR research group "Aesthetics of Access. Visualizing Research Data on Women in Film History" (DAVIF) in collaboration with data visualization designer Chri...

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Women built early Hollywood from the ground up. The story of how they were written out of it is just as important as the story of what they created. Who were Hattie Tabourne, Elizabeth McGaffey, Julia Heron, and Viola Lawrence? 1/4

This week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we look at “The Fishmen of Innsmouth” 「インスマウスの半魚人」(1959) by H. P. Lovecraft & Shōgō Matsumiya (絵・松宮省吾), a Japanese localization and abridgement of "The Shadow over Innsmouth." deepcuts.blog/2026/05/09/t...

“The Fishmen of Innsmouth” 「インスマウスの半魚人」(1959) by H. P. Lovecraft & Shōgō Matsumiya (絵・松宮省吾)

Eldritch Fappenings This review deals with a work of erotic art and writing.As part of this review, selected images with depictions of nudity will be displayed.As such, please be advised before rea…

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Someone should do something! Wondermark #1585; In which a Complaint is made

'Black Zombie' traces how a central concept to the Vodou religion in Haiti was co-opted by Hollywood and transformed into a racist trope. Told with subtlety and care, Maya Annik Bedward's documentary is a masterpiece, writes @alishamgl.bsky.social

‘Black Zombie’ Is a Masterpiece Digging into the History of Horror’s Favourite Monsters

Maya Annik Bedward’s documentary, which made its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs Festival, shows how Hollywood helped transform a Haitian spiritual concept into a racist trope…

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My list for the #MurderMysteryMAYhem Challenge. Any suggestions of particularly weird or experimental murder whodunnits that would meet the guidelines would be appreciated!

Murder Mystery Mayhem 2026 potential watchlist

Might be hard to find a number of these, so over 31 included. Murder Mystery Mayhem Challenge 2026 - The Guidelines sarahstubbssays.com/murder-mystery-mayhem-guidelines

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*Very* excited that vol.1 of New Directions in the Ghost Story, edited by myself, @henrybartholomew.bsky.social & @joanpassey.bsky.social is out! Well done to all the contributors, and thanks for bearing with us! :) Please recommend to your academic libraries! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

New Directions in the Ghost Story, Volume I

Discover New Directions in the Ghost Story, Volume 1, a landmark collection of essays exploring haunted narratives and Gothic fiction.

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Weirdy Rapping-Hood. May your dreams be undisturbed. 👻

It's AAPI month. And since I've seen, and will continue to see, folks & outlets recommending movies that have virtually nothing to do with the Asian American and Pacific Islander experience, or they don't involve AAPI filmmakers, I am dropping some relevant titles in this 🧵 throughout May. #FilmSky