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Ashur S.

@screading.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, reader, gamer, uncle, and sadly not cooked yet. Ashur.swriting@gmail.com Newsletter and thoughts/reviews here: ashurs.substack.com

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sam @samthielman.com · 25/09/2026
The two greatest artists of the 21st century? I would have to say Banksy and Macklemore
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
After the skinner box that was Dark Souls 2, I needed Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave. Getting some much needed downtime just poking around and exploring. That said don't do my beloved Fodlan like-- yeah okay fine.
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
He and Fetterman can't both be "Oafish moron trying to switch sides for a Republican presidential run". Gonna need a cage match to settle this.
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 21/09/2026
The ten best shows of the 21st century are Twin Peaks, The Sopranos, Mad Men, Deadwood, Too Old to Die Young, The Young Pope/The New Pope, Andor, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, and Halt and Catch Fire.
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump is throwing the press out of the White House, and Newsom and Bonta have allowed the further consolidation of the press at a time when we struggle to get accurate news and information. I'm sorry, but on this issue, which is CORE TO OUR DEMOCRACY, both parties fail us miserably.
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Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I wanted to become a writer so I could "live out" many different kinds of lives. That was the whole point. But to do it for a living I had to learn a bunch of shit outside of character. Structure, plot, pacing, tone, voice. How to pitch. How to take notes. Etc. Guess that’s why they call it a job.
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Kat Calamia @comicuno.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Dorothy/Ozma #1 Preview! Art By: @alexbdent.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Gruesome Gavin Newsom really may have just helped kill Hollywood dead. Great idea when you're trying to worm your way into a presidential run I guess.
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djog @djogrt.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
dietrich fire emblem....... #fireemblem
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s not “third-country deportation,” it’s an extraordinary rendition, complete with torture and enforced silence by the “host” country’s thugs. And it’s a direct consequence of never imposing punishment on the CIA for doing this during the War on Terror.
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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There has been more energy in the US to disrupt or cancel an Ed Sheeran concert than the multiple visits Netanyahu has made to the US.
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Don’t you dare @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov, do not cave. 5670 film makers put their necks on the line for you to fight this merger. Another 75,000+ and counting have signed to tell you not to concede in just 3 weeks. Please sign to send a message to the AG’s and Paramount. noparamountconcessions.com
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I deeply appreciate Intelligent Systems going out of their way to beat you over the head with the reality that the protagonist of Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave definitely is not white in canon either. Which really does fit with my preferred vision for protagonists I write/play as anyway. Bravo.
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Loving Fortune's Weave. Though I'm incredibly annoyed I can't change the voice track to Japanese till after the opening. That and the lack of save slots seem like such obvious things to blow it on.
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Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#ResidentEvil is a god damn delight. John Carpenter meets Looney Tunes madcap energy. Nonstop horror and overflowing with tension. It feels like you’re watching someone play the game. It’s a 10/10 for me.
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Walking Bryan
ALT: Walking Bryan
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Honestly, it's fitting with what an embarrassment the Cap and Avengers run this revamp is connected to has been. But having extremely regressive takes on Iraq and the War on Terror is a bit different from just trying to out-Doomsday Clock the way DC has treated Alan Moore's body of work.
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Unfortunately gonna have to drop Dark Souls 2 for Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave. My loyalties are as always divided.
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Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
INTO THE UNBEING LIBRARY EDITION is now in shops everywhere. A weird journey through an eldritch whalefall. For fans of Alien, Annihilation, and Scavenger's Reign. 4 scientists enter a sprawling alien corpse & are immediately trapped. 250 pages of @cleanlined.bsky.social madness.
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Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
At this point you're getting more exposure as an artist by quitting the Ed Sheeran tour than by sticking with it... and that's a really exciting thing for conscience (and conscious) culture.
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Hamgravy @mlapinski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We are well beyond the “Dog-Whistle” Racism of Nixon and Reagan’s Republican Party. I would offer “Clown Horn” Racism for how cartoonishly Trump’s GOP broadcasts White Supremacist racial theory in public and policy to cheers from actual Nazis, homegrown and abroad.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The fact that he views public assets as belonging to the government is the problem. They don't belong to the government. They belong to the public. They belong to us. Not the Liberals, not Parliament, not him. Us. He's a caretaker, not an owner.
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Making the Captain America of Iraq (lol) Ultimate *insert beloved Alan Moore revamp here* has to be one of the most creatively bankrupt moves I've seen in awhile and comics has tons of those. Honestly, bravo.
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tonight, Richmond Hill: interfaith vigil for post 9/11 hate crime victims, on the 25th anniversary of the first such death: www.instagram.com/p/DdQIkXkumq...
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Started reading Air by @gwillow.me and M.K. Perker on a whim. A couple issues in and it really is the antidote I needed to counteract 25 years of bad feelings about the world after 9/11.
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Steve Flack @vitaminsteve.com · 11/09/2026
that’s it, we’ve peaked. Call it a day, go start your weekends.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
MARINES: Damn an amphibious assault is hard and dangerous, let's prepare but do this as little as humanly possible HOUTHIS: Hold my beer. Damn and you have air assets?
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Iran-backed Houthis claim major advance in Yemen as group reportedly seizes island in key shipping route
Perim Island sits in the Bab al- Mandeb Strait, a globally important maritime chokepoint at the mouth of the Red Sea.
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
To be blunt this is the problem going back to the first arc of this Cap run. It's a white guy with zero awareness and real interest in the topics he's writing about jamming them into a situation he's not equipped for. It just comes off as thoughtless as Millar/Hitch Ultimates or any Dixon comic.
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The moral of today's Marvel leak is Alan Moore calling these people raccoons in a dumpster was completely correct.
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Chad Nevett @chadnevett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Neoliberal Doomsday Clock.
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh so this is just Doomsday Clock but somehow worse. 🤣
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Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The INTO THE UNBEING LIBRARY EDITION is out next week!!
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I've spent my entire career reporting on the War on Terror. Many this week have asked me for my extended thoughts on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Here they are.
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Today We Must Finally Remember What The 9/11 Commemorations Ignore
Righteous victimhood fueled the War on Terror. 25 years later, we also have to remember all of those slain under its banner
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Happy 25 years of America normalizing hate against The Other with zero consequences. The world Dick Cheney dreamed of is finally here.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 09/09/2026
You really can't budge an inch on this stuff. It does nothing but validate their deranged hatred. This was a test of leadership and Talarico failed it
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Vita Ayala @definitelyvita.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A.I. destroys fundamental human deep curiosity and takes away the (very good for you) discomfort of failing and problem solving. This is like those trees they tried to grow in a protective bubble--they grew fast at first but the roots were shallow and weak from lack of wind stress so they died.
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I say it every day but I’ll say it again here for the record: in a surveillance state, with so much money being thrown into punitive and coercive governance, companies who collect data whether it be social media or smart home appliances will always be easily able to pivot to surveillance for profit.
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Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I think I really understated how much I loved this movie. It has all these absolutely huge swings and not all of them connect, but I love it for trying. Jesse Buckley is amazing and at this point, she always is, but I can not overstate how charmed I was by Annette Bening in this film. A gift
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James B. Emmett @jamesbemmett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I have some big and exciting news. I am now an Associate Editor for @thevaultcomics.bsky.social! I'm thrilled to be working on several existing books and projects, as well as new and creator-owned projects...might be looking for pitches... ;) Thank you, everyone, for all of your support! #comics
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Honestly for as awful and horrifically racist 2000's Marvel was, I don't think an individual issue ever quite repulsed me as ASM #574 by Marc Guggenheim and Barry Kitson having the audacity to link Spider-Man's heroism to the Iraq War-- a genocidal war and reducing it to heroes v villains. Shameful.
Insurgents ambush Flash and link to the Juggernaut.More war prop stuff.More of the same.More of the same. Drugs turn you into Iron Spidey.
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Mikhail @va11halla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My first interview on Respec is with @remysiu.com @sunsetvisitor.studio. We discussed how 1000xResist/sunset visitor wouldn't exist without the pandemic, the early days of development, voice acting, cut content, Switch 1/2 porting, Hong Kong Exile, Caves of Qud, Pentiment, Pigeons, coffee, & more.
1000xResist on switch oled, switch 2, steam deck oled, ps portal, rog ally, ayn thor, the soundtrack on the bottom screen, black cold brew, a double espresso
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Aruna D’Souza @arunadsouza.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
AI is not being accused of making education “too easy” for students—it’s being accused of failing to educate students. Coming up with an answer is not education.
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
First thought I have about the Avatar Aang movie is man it really feels like a boring fan film with higher production values. Doesn't quite feel like the original series (it can't), nor does it have the depth of the better later seasons of Korra, it just feels directly like more product.
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Ashur S. @screading.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In terms of comics? New 52 Bruce Springsteen Superman. Live action. Tyler Hoechlin is the 🐐. Animated is MAWS Superman with Jack Quaid. All three are the trinity of the qualities that I love about Superman.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 05/09/2026
White supremacy at work.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 05/09/2026
What's he planning on spending this cycle? $400 million? All on Republicans, right? And they aren't going to be asked about this once
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Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I don’t want to beat this horse, but I saw a post about the people who are defending their peer/friend, and it occurred to me that the alleged “Hamas” comments are the thing that made me believe the claims even though I take everything with a grain of salt. I’ve been hearing that shit my whole life.
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Lynzee Loveridge @annlynzee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wouldn't mind adding a few video game reviewers to our freelancer pool if anyone is looking to pick up some work. We get codes across the spectrum of releases. ANN's policy is always 2 weeks per review (no overnight embargo deadlines!). Send published examples to Lynzee@AnimeNewsNetwork.com
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/09/2026
My message to @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social asking him to establish a moratorium on the "A.i." pilot programs he's about to push on grades 9-12 in NYC. Please feel free to submit your own comment here: HeyMamdani.fyi
Thank you for banning "A.i." for 2K-8! But please put an immediate moratorium on your "A.i." pilots like Brisk for 9-12. Some questions: How are these companies avoiding the falsehoods/disinfo/racism/sexism/sycophancy that chatbots push? Do these chatbots give feedback to kids on their writing? (This is bad.) How is a socialist administration addressing the fact that these companies' databases are built on theft from writers and artists? Please STOP these pilots until we get answers.
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