@Cliopticon

Journalist | Historian | Master of Disguise | Cultural history & more

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A world with twice the number of lesbian bars as there were four years ago is one worth fighting for. New from me in @ArchDigest 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ architecturaldigest.com/stor…

Lesbian Bars Are Back From the Brink

An uptick in the number of spaces for queer women holds promise for the future

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Thing I knew: Squirrels are wild animals. Thing I didn't know: Rabies is almost 100% fatal in humans and super scary.
[email protected] why not@rebeccawatson5 Nov 2024
OK, here it is! Instagram star P'nut the Squirrel was euthanized by NY State and now he's a conservative darling. Let's talk about what actually happened & just fyi it's so much dumber and darker than you think skepchick.org/2024/11/pnut-t…

P’nut the Squirrel Needed to Die

Transcript: I grew up in a house in the woods, and in the autumn we faced a particularly strange threat. While walking through the forest, sometimes we would hear a swishing sound–swish swish swish…

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From 8 days ago but I'm still pretty psyched about it.
Allison Miller@Cliopticon28 Oct 2024
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Book Post@BookPostUSA31 Oct 2024
Here it is: Jim Ledbetter’s landmark 1995 piece, “The Unbearable Whiteness of Publishing” @jledbetter RIP villagevoice.com/the-unbeara…

Remembering Jim Ledbetter and His Exposé, ‘The Unbearable Whiteness of Publishing’ - The Village...

To remember Voice staffer Jim Ledbetter we repost his 1995 Village Voice investigation into the overwhelmingly white publishing industry.

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Allison Miller@Cliopticon30 Oct 2024
Jim Ledbetter edited the best thing I ever wrote, and now that he's gone I want to share a legendary 1995 Voice piece he wrote called "The Unbearable Whiteness of Publishing." Alas, it's nowhere online (we could still learn from it). RIP Jim. One of the all-time greats. 💔
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Jim Ledbetter edited the best thing I ever wrote, and now that he's gone I want to share a legendary 1995 Voice piece he wrote called "The Unbearable Whiteness of Publishing." Alas, it's nowhere online (we could still learn from it). RIP Jim. One of the all-time greats. 💔
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The 'Tartarian Empire' conspiracy theory has entered the US political discourse — and gotten even weirder bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @citylab

The Tartarian Candidate

How did a bizarre architectural conspiracy theory insert itself into the US political discourse — and why do so many adherents insist that Donald Trump is a believer?

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I really don't like Halloween much, but it's definitely been a queer holiday for a very, very long time. them.us/story/halloween-gay-…

The Long History of How Halloween Became “Gay Christmas”

As early as 1935, Alfred Finnie, a gay Black man in Chicago, was throwing glamorous Halloween balls on the city’s South Side.

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Barton Gellman: Your Vote Is Safe time.com/7096453/election-20…

Your Vote Is Safe

Thank new laws, fail-safes, and courageous election officials

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Walter Matthau 💯
NY Transit Museum@NYTransitMuseum2 Oct 2024
#TodayInHistory: #OnThisDay 50 years ago, the crime caper film “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” opened in theaters. The classic flick includes footage filmed in the decommissioned Court Street Station, now the #NYTransitMuseum. Do you like the original or the remake better?
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I love New Yorkers
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@esjesjesj29 Sep 2024
It’s hilarious how conservatives are terrified of crime on the NYC subway when this is a much more accurate depiction of what it’s like
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Inside the collapse of Disney’s America, the US history-themed park that almost was bit.ly/4eDP6K0

Inside the collapse of Disney’s America, the US history-themed park that almost was

30 years ago, the company had grand plans to build a history-themed park in Virginia. But efforts to ‘Disneyfy’ American history met staunch opposition, even in the halcyon 1990s.

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David Bouley served 9/11 first responders cooking wine, reasoning they wouldn't be able to tell the difference
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Gorgeous day for getting lost in the forest @NYBG
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Can’t wait for that MAGA sausage to ask a question.
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So expensive for half a shirt!
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For want of a comma... From Pamela Paul’s column today: “I do not like insects or wet sand lodged in the crotch of my bathing suit.” I mean who doesn't hate insects there nytimes.com/2024/08/15/opini…

Opinion | It’s Too Late for Summer Now (Published 2024)

This season is so pushy, so insistent that it be reveled in.

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Was Willie Brown aboard??
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@AP9 Aug 2024
BREAKING: Donald Trump's plane heading to a Bozeman, Montana, rally was diverted due to a mechanical issue but landed safely in nearby Billings, airport staff says. apnews.com/article/election-…

Donald Trump headlines Montana rally after plane was diverted but landed safely

Former President Donald Trump traveled to Montana for a Friday night rally in hopes of ousting the state’s Democratic senator, but his plane first had to divert to an airport on the other side of the...

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marie ✨@hanyuchopin29 Jul 2024
obsessed with this one guy on the US men's gymnastics team who looks like he's getting his phd in anthropology and his only job is pommel horse
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Norwood News@NorwoodNews29 Jul 2024
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Norwood’s Nicky’s Coffee Shop to Reopen Sal’s Pizzeria in Sept - Norwood News

Longtime residents and visitors to Norwood were surprised to see the iron rolldown gate permanently shut at the popular Sal’s Pizzeria on Bainbridge Avenue, when the business quietly closed after...

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Somehow I feel like AP isn't doing JD any favors with this fact-check apnews.com/article/fact-chec…
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