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Midwestern goth-punk, experimental cook, lover of horror novels, craft beer, dogs, cats, and nature hikes. So sayeth the Witch.
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Louder for the folx in back

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

like every religious system, Christianity has regularly been mobilized and interpreted in the service of unconscionable ends but to my mind what we are seeing on the right in the United States is something else -- the emergence of an almost Nietzschean, if not outright nihilist, ... 1/

submitted 11 days ago • 10 comments

A (small) bright spot amid the chaos: The FSIS (Food Safety Inspectors, part of the USDA) posted their employee onboarding handbook on their public-facing website yesterday - 'for new employees and a reminder for current ones'. The first ten pages are Mission / ethics statements, passages about

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

I saw a few people describe Curtis Yarvin as "dumb," despite his reputation as the far-seeing philosopher-king who's inspired Peter Thiel, JD Vance, & many on the New Right. So I did some reading and, well, yikes, "dumb" is an understatement. He's just Lou Dobbs w/ bigger words. For example...

submitted 60 days ago • 62 comments

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends: 1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration; 2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you; 3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

submitted 69 days ago • 789 comments

HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio. Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.

submitted 71 days ago • 179 comments

The issue I tend to have with articles like this is that there's no 1 reason why straight men have fewer friends. Yes (say it with me now) toxic masculinity is part of the problem, without question. But there're also issues like how work increasingly takes over every moment of free time...

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

It's Shirley Jackson's birthday today, and so it's a perfect opportunity to recommend my favourite story of hers, THE SUMMER PEOPLE. It's a subtle horror, quietly creeping up behind you until it lays a cold hand on your shoulder. I love it very much. It's only 13 pages and you can read it here:

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