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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil

@blakeabbott.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Towson University team rhetoric Arsenal supporter Posts reflect my personal opinion 🇵🇸

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 14h
this is cool af
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
men take note of who in this story comes out looking genuine and respectful and who comes out looking like a strain of syphilis that was granted a wish to become a real boy
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Poorly Drawn Arsenal @poorlydrawnarsenal.com · 08/10/2026
A streaming app where I can set the default to turn on subtitles for all content but have it turned off for live events.
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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Greek Life is kind of a rosetta stone for everything that's rotting American culture and I don't know how much progress you can make until it's disassembled
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolutely. Purely homosocial. And this is one of the core tenants of fascism. 
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/09/2026
I have a theory about how many of the world's problems are caused by people who were told they were the smartest people alive as kids, believed it, and then when they became adults and couldn't accept that maybe they weren't that special, started breaking shit if only to prove they were special
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Generally speaking, Trump has 2 moves: 1. Break things/hurt people 2. Threaten to break things/hurt people He’s temperamentally incapable of constructive action because the above are the best ways he knows to get attention and he’s too lazy to consider alternatives that aren’t one of the above.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Learn the phrase, “born on third, thinks he hit a triple.”
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CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I hereby publicly state that I shall never, under any circumstances, be loyal to this man or those who wholeheartedly support him.
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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
You don't get alt right/manosphere without what happened to alt rock radio & its bro-ification (remember Mancow?), and that was made possible by a combo of the telecom act & the way the welfare & immigration acts reshaped white masculinity
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Remember, hypocrisy is a feature of fascism, not a bug.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
it was a generational fumble for the dems to pull back on letting coach tim, our gentle midwestern uncle, stand in front of a mic and express disgust and bewilderment at what an absolute grab bag of misfit freaks this admin is. this is weird! these people are fucking weirdos!!! it’s yucky!
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Micah @rincewind.run · 02/08/2026
every single day I am baffled by the fact that this man - this incredibly, astoundingly embarrassing man - is the one half the damn country built a cult of personality around
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
We can make a society that exists for the care and thriving and enjoyment of the actual people rather than for the enrichment of parasitical greed freaks and the comfort of creepy-minded religious bigots. All that's needed is for more people to stop fearing good things and start fighting for them.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Every day this guy does something like this and every day the same people who dress him up as a terrifying commie destroyer of civilization do a dozen things to sabotage the public good, to murder and destroy and hate and kill, and I can't anymore handle those who won't see the clear difference.
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
They’re calling it the “Trump Dump.”
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I think this is a potentially useful rhetorical framing. Some have tried “everything Trump touches dies,” but the idea that he’s a vibe killer takes that a notch further and helps to make him and his followers pariahs.
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It will never stop bothering me how many people refuse to see (or overlook) just how much of a loser he is. He should have been properly laughed out of the race in 2016. Biggest unforced error ever.
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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
every time a stutter step penalty is saved an angel gets its wings
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Muppets: It is the AMERICAN way!
Alt: Sam the Eagle of the Muppets says, “It is the AMERICAN way!”
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Wait…Germany lost a penalty shootout?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/06/2026
It is core to the nature of reactionary politics that its adherents *always* conceive of themselves as aggrieved victims, no matter how much power they amass. It's a permission structure for their own lawlessness & violence.
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My forthcoming book from MSU Press, Investment Citizenship: Rhetoric and Affect Beyond Late Neoliberalism has a cover! Design by David Drummond
Cover for the book “Investment Citizenship: Rhetoric and Affect Beyond Late Neoliberalism” by Blake Abbott. The cover features a yellow background with six gardening trowels and transplanters of various colors along with the title and author.
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elliepnw.bsky.social @elliepnw.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Seattle elects a socialist mayor, wins the Super Bowl NYC elects a socialist mayor, wins the NBA finals Win your city a major sports title with this one neat trick
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Ossoff is banking on the great silent majority now being people planning their outfits for “when it happens.”
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Every accusation is a rationalization. Trump & his allies were investigated for actual crimes, therefore it’s OK for Trump’s DO”J” to indict his enemies list for imaginary crimes.
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This reminds me of one of my all-time favorite Onion articles.
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U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money Just A Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion
WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy ceased to function this week after unexpected existential remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke shocked Americans into realizing that money is, in fact, just a m...
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CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
As a communication scholar, I agree, seeing as all these norms and institutions are just socially constructed and imbued with power through our accepting and enacting them.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 26/05/2026
People don't long for "inconvenience." They long for permanence. And though streaming services may be convenient, people are waking up to the fact that we are paying rent-seeking middle men month after month for things we will never actually own.
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Anita @arsenalofka.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This thread 😭😭😭
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Mike Goodman @themlg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I am extremely relieved that Arsenal fans can finally just windmill RANGZZZZZ in the face of annoying discourse about how their team plays.
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Arsenal FC @arsenalfc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
"The entire web is dying. Users aren’t going from BlueSky to another site (x/insta/threada/tiktok). Users are going to chatbots." This @davekarpf.bsky.social insight is so massive I don't think it's possible to soak it in yet.
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Bluesky is a record store
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Trump could never handle Between Two Ferns. And even if he subjected himself to it (unlikely...his people wouldn't put him in that situation), it wouldn't be that funny. He'd be totally oblivious. The best case scenario is he calls Zach some awful name and storms off.
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
How exciting! This is gonna be good. I can feel it.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
White supremacy explains a lot of apparent contradictions.
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The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Arsenal are heading to Budapest 🇭🇺 They have reached the 2026 Champions League final after beating Atletico Madrid 2-1 on aggregate.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Lying is a virtue to fascists. Cruelty is a virtue to fascists. Violence is a virtue to fascists. Killing is a virtue to fascists. It's not inconsistent at all; it's all very consistent to the one true belief of fascists, which is domination.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Hypocrisy is a virtue to fascists.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 25/04/2026
After reading this newest essay of mine, one of my readers said via email, "This is probably the best article I've ever read advocating for UBI. And one of the best you've ever written." If you haven't read it yet, please do. Maybe you will feel the same way. 🎲 www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-d...
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The Angine de Poitrine Argument for UBI
Why Angine de Poitrine's viral microtonal math rock KEXP session, Ireland's permanent basic income for artists, and Albert Einstein are three sides of the same human triangle Two guys in papier-mâc...
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Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @graceonfootball.com · 19/04/2026
i am a neutral and i want arsenal to win the league because human rights abusing petrostates are worse than annoying fans, and i don't understand how this isn't a consensus opinion.
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CyberClaude @cyberclaude.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
shootmenintospace.com This is the solution as proposed by the committee. @anamariecox.bsky.social
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SHOOT MEN INTO SPACE — A Very Serious Proposal
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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
He's been running it for about a decade. I think we mostly have our answer. This is just the most explicit he's been.
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Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
From new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar's acceptance speech tonight. This is the absolute BARE MINIMUM platform for any Democrat running for President in 2028.
A series of posts from journalist Mark Chadbourn reporting on the acceptance speech of Péter Magyar after Hungarian elections:

Péter Magyar: "Our country wants to live again. It wants to be a European country again."

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Magyar's speech is powered. From a contact in the audience: "He's basically just asked all the puppets, all the supreme justices, all the heads of media, all the heads of the ministries to leave their jobs tomorrow and not wait to be fired."

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He's announced that Hungary will join the European Prosecution Office so anyone in the country can be charged.

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Magyar: "No mercy, they will need to take responsibility for all their actions."

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Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 20m
Magyar says he's starting work with the EU and NATO immediately.
"The EU doesn't have to worry anymore."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/04/2026
i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan
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