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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 01/10/2026

...for I saw how it broke each break so distinct was all mirrors and smoke to bury the links at the end of my rope I'll say it again words are stuck in my throat the end of my pen www.deviantart.com/midnightshad... -full #poem @ link #litsky

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stuck in my throat by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt

stuck in my throat — literature by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt. ... · Published: 2026-10-01 · Likes: 0 · Views: 2 · Tags: hope, lost, love, mercy, poet, poetry, society, sociopolitical, stuck, writ...

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"i'm james talarico and i approve this message"

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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Instagram decided to block my post from getting in front of the right people. Tut tut tut. Oh dear. That doesn’t look great does it?" Pugh wrote www.jezebel.com/florence-pug...

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Irony, already dead, is now double-dead

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 25/09/2026

Aelita: Queen of Mars was released 102 years ago today. "A mysterious radio message is beamed around the world. Aelita is the daughter of the ruler of a totalitarian state on Mars." Based on a book by Alexei Tolstoy. Rediscover the early days of sci-fi:

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Aelita Queen Of Mars Russian Sci-fi 1924 Complete / Full Movie English Subtitles Subs Translation

YouTube video by Woe to the Conquered

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404 Media @404media.co · 25/09/2026

Meta announced that its new AI agent, Muse could call businesses for you to do things like make reservations. But in reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media @jasonkoebler.bsky.social learned. www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 25/09/2026

tucker carlson is a foppish frozen TV dinner empire heir, a virulent bigot, and a grotesque opportunist/propagandist. it's embarrassing that NPR editors think he needs more attention for his phony-ass pivot away from a nightmare he helped build

NPR headline for tucker carlson interview: "Tucker Carlson has reconsidered Trump. And quite a bit else."

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 22/09/2026

all the hoods have come off lately despite all your objections see the Klan standing there stately populate Epstein's Admin no, I will never understand, nor will I ever forgive, how you all elected this man for as long as I shall live www.deviantart.com/midnightshad... -full #poem @ link #litsky

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I will never understand (nor will I ever forgive) by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt

I will never understand (nor will I ever forgive) — literature by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt. ... · Published: 2026-09-22 · Likes: 0 · Views: 4 · Tags: fascists, gop, hate, poetry, sociopolitical,...

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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

He wants his name on everything except the consequences.

Social media post:
Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin
Why does Trump want his name to appear
on everything?
Isn't 38,000 times in the Epstein files
enough for him?
8:27 AM . 19 Sep 26

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/09/2026

Exclusive: The Office of Remigration, a new initiative under the Trump administration, marks an extraordinary break in U.S. foreign policy. The office’s name itself is a point of contention, as the term has been popularized by European white nationalists.

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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation

Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I volunteer for this coaching gig

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

TRUMP: It is a war. JD VANCE: It is not a war TRUMP: It is not a media ban JD VANCE: It is a media ban TRUMP: Everything is going great. JD VANCE: Please give us another chance to make things right. These clowns can't even get on the same page

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 17/09/2026

Smoke Breaks (2026). Smoke it. youtu.be/baJ3e1gOUak #filmsky #IndieFilm

A movie poster consisting of seven bars, or elongated strips of color and images from the short film, highlighting each of the seven characters in the film. The color behind the images switches between orange and light gray, separated by thick black lines. The order goes one orange, two gray, one orange, two gray and finishing with one orange one.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Epstein survivors say they were personally id’d & kicked out of the GOP convention… substack.com/@tarapalmeri...

“substack.com
Tara Palmeri
The Red Letter

One Trump ally offered a blunt explanation for why Epstein survivors may have been kicked out of the
GOP convention:
"Allowing candid conversations to take place on camera could bring truth to light that no one wants."
I've been making calls to find out who made the call.
Watch, read and share. MChartouni
"I don't know how anyone takes the party seriously at this point," one Trump ally told me. "Kicking you out is not only bad policy, but makes the tribalism looks so entrenched that it's frankly getting indefensible for anyone with a tinge of ethics."

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 13/09/2026

They've only got 10 minutes...they don't want to waste any of it on you! Smoke Breaks (2026)! New from Whatsabudget. Watch it today! youtu.be/baJ3e1gOUak #filmsky #comedy

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 08/09/2026

...sum of the days that do subtract the gauntlet raised so strike the match through weighted crown to self destruct been burning down just to rise up www.deviantart.com/midnightshad... -full #poem @ link #litsky

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the phoenix by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt

the phoenix — literature by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt. ... · Published: 2026-09-08 · Likes: 0 · Views: 1 · Tags: ashes, phoenix, poetry, rise, introspectivearticulations

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️

8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 07/09/2026

They've only got ten minutes...they don't want to waste it on you! Our final comedy of the Summer 'o Comedies campaign has finally landed on our YouTube channel! Smoke Breaks (2026) watch it now! #filmsky #comedy youtu.be/baJ3e1gOUak

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya was a content creator who spent the pandemic “calling for” other people to do things. Now, he’s in power and as pathogens spread out of control, all he can say is he’s doing his “best.” I believe him. This is his best. My latest.

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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Measles: “I Think I’ve Done My Best.”

As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”.

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 26/08/2026

...workin' 9 to 9, this schedule's so unforgiving still just scraping by, can you really call it living they just use your mind, sell it back as AI credits it's enough to drive you crazy if you get it... www.deviantart.com/midnightshad... -full #parody #poem @ link #litsky #dolly

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9 to 9 (in honor of Dolly) by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt

9 to 9 (in honor of Dolly) — literature by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt. ... · Published: 2026-08-26 · Likes: 0 · Views: 1 · Tags: 9to5, dollyparton, economy, jobs, parody, poetry, sociopolitical, u...

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Caitlin Yarsky- PROMETHEUS GRAFT #1 FOC 11/02!! @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Art people! Found a new reference source called angleref.com, you can rotate a skull and see tons of faces at that angle. I’m sure there’s more to the site but how cool is that? Happy drawing :)

Screenshot of Angleref.com showing many faces at a specific angle for reference

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 18/08/2026

If you see them, they see you! Our latest short bit of horror is playing tonight at the Peak Film Forum! Sleeperzzz (2026). Don't fall asleep... youtu.be/VvSgvY5z5CQ?... #horror #ShortFilm #filmsky

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 16/08/2026

things were all in motion so much set to construct drops within an ocean then a hole opened up how am I still falling how is it I'm still here no respite or stalling has been this way for years... www.deviantart.com/midnightshad... -full #poem @ link #litsky

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how am I still falling by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt

how am I still falling — literature by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt. ... · Published: 2026-08-16 · Likes: 0 · Views: 33 · Tags: eternal, falling, hole, poetry, empty, introspectivearticulations

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/08/2026

Tearful Mark Zuckerberg Smothers Metaverse Avatar With Digital Pillow theonion.com/tearful-mark-zuckerber…

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 14/08/2026

...inmates running the asylum how the mighty have fallen callous selling, thought you'd buy some doubled down, now you're all in colors running, trucks to cater to the whims of cowardice unbecoming, not much greater far from that defiant fist... www.deviantart.com/midnightshad... -full #poem @ link

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inmates took o'er the asylum by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt

inmates took o'er the asylum — literature by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt. Published: 2026-08-14 · Likes: 0 · Views: 2 · Tags: asylum, coward, disgrace, poetry, sociopolitical, swamp, trump, trumpet...

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 10/08/2026

getting introspective where the pen will make me bleed suffer the invective just to satisfy this need once was course-corrective was a moment not a seed getting introspective for to heal this, one must bleed I came for the letting with no hope of letting go... www.deviantart.com/midnightshad...

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I came for the letting (getting introspective) by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt

I came for the letting (getting introspective) — literature by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt. ... · Published: 2026-08-10 · Likes: 0 · Views: 1 · Tags: bleeding, bloodletting, poet, poetry, spilledin...

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 10/08/2026

From a journalist who's covered abortion for a decade: this is a HUGE deal. SBA Pro-Life America is the top political group in this space. It had so far refused to publicly embrace using the dormant Comstock Act to restrict abortion (like ADF, AUL, Students for Life). That reticence ended on Friday

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 09/08/2026

Establishment dems, on the other hand, seem allergic to saying things like "Trump is the reason you're dodging produce," or even rhetorically ensuring we know who is responsible for our suffering. Sure, they'll imply it, but implication is all we get until shit has gone Too Far.

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Barry McKernan @bmckastro.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Post-2028 there should be an order of magnitude increase in funding for mRNA research; build back and accelerate! This is a game-changer for so many diseases & will improve human life worldwide. No brief Dark Age/Maoist purging can stop this.

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Mark Crean @markcrean.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Great point from the excellent Cory Doctorow. Politicians need to deliver on the little, sometimes apparently trivial things that improve daily life because otherwise why should anyone trust them to deliver on the really big stuff.

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 09/08/2026

...I saw the largest political contributors of my generation be granted license to unmake democracy codified in legislative scripture the hymns that provide the soundtrack of our collective demise www.deviantart.com/midnightshad... -full #poem @ link #litsky

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howling mad as hell (yes, here I am again) by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt

howling mad as hell (yes, here I am again) — literature by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt. ... · Published: 2026-08-09 · Likes: 0 · Views: 1 · Tags: democracy, greed, howl, poetry, sociopolitical, mad...

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Jim Henson didn’t muppeteer a tiny green frog that was singing and playing the banjo, with rubber gloves while totally submerged underwater in a airtight aluminum tank just so you could tell me that AI is “inevitable”.

Comic page depicting how the did the scene in the Muppets Movie with Kermit playing the banjo in a swamp

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 05/08/2026

...heed the words set forth for ages chartered in the undertones seeds of all these wars and wages warnings of the hunger stones first comes drought, then comes famine funded by the one percent www.deviantart.com/midnightshad... -full #poem @ link #litsky

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hunger stones by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt

hunger stones — literature by MidnightShadow83 on DeviantArt. ... · Published: 2026-08-05 · Likes: 0 · Views: 1 · Tags: billionaires, drought, famine, humanity, poetry, sociopolitical, introspectivear...

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 03/08/2026

Our latest short bit of horror is now on our YouTube Channel! Sleeperzzz (2026). Don't fall asleep... youtu.be/VvSgvY5z5CQ?...

Poster for a short film consisting of two screen shots of footage from the short film being shared, one at the top of the poster (a close up on a character's tired eyes as he fights off sleep), and at the bottom of the poster, an eerie image of a figure standing in the darkness staring at the camera). These two images are separated by a black box with three lines coming off the top and bottom equidistance apart, cutting across the bottom and top of the aforementioned images respectively. The title of the film in stylized typography cuts across the middle bar reading, Sleeperzzz. In the bottom right corner, the two lead actors names appear in the same stylized text. Nick Gatsby & Skye Armenta.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

You guys, nominating the person who earned the most votes is now an “ideological purity test.”

usatoday • 4h
Opinion: If Democrats let a winnable House and Senate slip away over ideological purity, they'll only have their own primary voters to blame.
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Democrats are poised to blow a winnable midterm | Opinion

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whatsabudget films @whatsabudget.com · 01/08/2026

I haven't seen the original, but it seems like that new Wicker (man) reboot takes a liberty or two with the story? 🙃

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