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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 31/08/2026

The average Nepalese person produces 0.5 metric tonnes of CO2 per year. The average American produces 14 metric tonnes. Climate change is harming most those who deserve it least. But at least oil companies and billionaires are making record profits. 😐

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Emily Wilson's piece on Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY for the LRB went viral and was received very positively by many — but not by virtually every film critic I know. For @animusmagazine.bsky.social I wrote about why: animus-magazine.ghost.io/a-tale-as-ol...

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A Tale as Old as Time

Emily Wilson’s piece on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey evinces an archaic perspective on cinema’s value as art

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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

mildly funny that X is having blazing rows about Nolan’s Odyssey because he cast black people in it and Bluesky is having blazing rows about whether a noted Homeric translator’s LRB review of it misses the point or not

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

So damn ready for "The Odyssey" on IMAX!

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

"And what is literature, Rabo, but an insider's newsletter about affairs relating to molecules, of no importance to anything in the Universe but a few molecules who have the disease called 'thought.'" – "Bluebeard" by Kurt Vonnegut, 1987

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

While reading Vonnegut in a park (specifically "Bluebeard"), I can't help but wonder what he would say about people who have become walking drones with their phones. And, yes, I appreciate the irony of my writing this on my phone instead of reading him.

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This Danville, VA city council candidate made a very dramatic video about sidewalks and public safety, and I love it and him. Worrying about a possible milkshake duck situation, I looked at his FB page, but he seems ok. Juneteenth celebrations, community outreach, Methodists. A solid old gent.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I think fans of sports teams should normalize pressuring billionaire owners to divest from things that actively harm their communities. Keep yelling at billionaires, tbh. It’s possible some of them can be shamed and/or are smart enough to listen to customers for business reasons.

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Celebratory beer for today's run-off election! Voter 87 at 11:20! If your area has an election today, please go vote. #YourVoiceMatters #EveryElectionCounts #EveryVoteCounts

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

MAGA would much rather spend our taxpayer money on a UFC fight that makes Trump and his billionaire friends richer than on healthcare, a living wage, or an affordable life. Suicidal tendencies, but live your life- or what's left of it, I guess.

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Greed and hunger in a snapshot. The American legacy.

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Cool, so he can spare a few billion for taxes.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

In a statement to @benmullin.bsky.social, Scott Pelley disputes what Bari Weiss said in this morning's editorial meeting, claiming he was never offered "a way back" as she claimed. "These executives cannot gain the trust of the staff with lies. This is antithetical to everything we stand for..."

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This is what integrity and humility looks like. Thank your your decades-long contributions to journalism, Scott Pelley, and I can only hope you land somewhere that is more worthy of your talents than the sinking ship of CBS News.

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

60 Minutes is going to become Trump's version of ISN on Babylon 5. We didn't learn anything, @straczynski.bsky.social.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Watching 60 Minutes with my parents and grandma every Sunday night was as close as we had to a family ritual. Discussing those stories with them week after week was a foundational experience in my life, and I doubt I'm alone in that. Losing a capital-I Institution in American public life matters.

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

A greater sin than even the killing of The Late Show and 60 Minutes.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Actor Javier Bardem: “We are killing women because some men think they own them. They possess them. “The big balls men saying my cock is bigger than yours and I'm gonna bomb the shit out of you. “It's a fucking male toxic behaviour that is creating thousands of dead people.” (Variety)

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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

AKA the usual suspects. *le sigh*

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Guys. Heads up. Let’s talk about Hantavirus. There have been SEVERAL bad takes and BLATANT misinformation circulating regarding this outbreak so I figured it was a good idea to make a thread about it. Stay calm. Stay vigilant. Know your facts. Here’s ALL you need to know. 🧪🧵⬇️

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 09/05/2026

Trump is a fascist He’d rather release fake UFO evidence than real unredacted Epstein Files He’d rather spend billions to eliminate Iran over fake nukes than spend a penny to eliminate poverty at home He’d rather prosecute Comey for an IG post but pardon 1600 violent convicted insurrectionists

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Republicans: we’re gonna raid your houses and steal all your shit and then burn them down and punch you in the face Democrats: we’ll call the police Republicans: you can’t bitch, that’s against the rules Democrats: oh okay. didn’t mean to upset anyone

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The golden calf is a binary concept. It either is or it isn’t. There is no middle ground here. There is no fuzzy, thin line. There is no nuance. If you have to take the time to insist that it’s not a golden calf you’re worshipping, it’s definitely a golden calf.

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David Mack @davidmack.pro · 08/05/2026

Years ago, the Ohio State Supreme Court ruled a gerrymandered map drawn by the GOP invalid & ordered them to use the existing maps. The GOP ignored the court and used the gerrymandered map anyway. Legal consequences? None. Virginia should do the same thing now. IGNORE THE COURT. USE THE NEW MAPS.

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?" – "Dune: Messiah" by Frank Herbert, 1969

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Sen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.com · 02/05/2026

I think the trick to depicting the horrors of capitalism in a farcical way without being dreary is to keep at least half of the horrors off-screen.

Father Abaddon (offscreen): "' Father Abaddon, my job doesn't pay enough to cover my rent.'
'I had to sell my legs to pay the rent.'
'I was thrown out on the street for having prosthetic legs.'
'Rats keep chewing on my legs.'
'I sold my arms to buy rat poison.'"

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 30/04/2026

"SAVE" was to limit women voters. Gutting the Voting Rights Act is to limit Black voters. Since Shelby, 100K+ polls closed in low income areas to limit non-white voters. Jim Crow America never ended—it morphed into new forms of restrictions that pretend to be race, gender & economically neutral.

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." Edward R. Murrow, who died on this day in 1965

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

A room full of the most powerful people in politics and media presumed they were being attacked by an active shooter. They dove under tables and texted loved ones. They feared for their lives. And somehow, not a damn thing will be done by them to push for gun reform tomorrow morning. America.

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Disgusting (and not just the look of the food) but unsurprising. And I say that as a former sailor who ate his fair share of crappy ship food.

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Shamefully, I've never heard of this word before.

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

And yet again, I'm so damn glad I got the fuck out of the Navy. This is so batshit insane and will only *HARM* its services members.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 21/04/2026

The number of angry messages I got from insecure men on my article demanding men be accountable for rape culture & 'Rape Academy' reminds me to share my article repeatedly. Men: Stop being insecure. Stop being pathetic. Start holding rapists accountable. qasimrashid.substack.com/p/men-we-nee...

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Men, We Need to Talk About "Rape Academy"

This isn’t about women. This is about us. And it’s long past time we had this conversation

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

How is this NOT grounds for the 25th Amendment?

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Very cool of the Mets for doing this!

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Mel Orr @melorriii.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Can we please head over to Star Trek history instead?? *suddenly remembers its history* Er...skipping WWIII if at all possible.

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