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Arsenika "is a quarterly journal of speculative poetry and flash fiction." "Flash" means very short. "Mother?" by Cynthia So (starts with the protagonist's mother dead, but no new grief after that): "I came out to a moth, because I couldn’t come out to my mother." "Not an Ocean, But the Sea" by Nino Cipri: "The ocean behind the couch, she thought, had probably not been ordered from Ikea or Electrolux."
posted by brainwane at 6:34 PM PST - 1 comments

The Cybertronic Spree a Transformers-themed cover band (previously), released a performance video for "Dare to Be Stupid" two days ago, on Weird Al Yankovic's 61rst birthday. (Warning: One written curse word does appear on screen in the video) [more inside]
posted by Mutant Lobsters from Riverhead at 4:53 PM PST - 21 comments

Classical Greek mythology in the pandemic. Quarantology by Jonathan Muroya...
posted by jim in austin at 4:18 PM PST - 9 comments

Chileans gather at Plaza de la Dignidad (realtime video, worth a watch) to start celebrating what looks like a massive 'Yes' vote on the plebiscite to change the Pinochet-era Constitution. [more inside]
posted by signal at 3:57 PM PST - 27 comments

How to Talk to a Conspiracy Theorist. "I find myself saying to believers, “I don’t know if you’re right or wrong, but if you were right, I would expect the following to happen,” referring to any number of established conspiracies whose unmasking all followed a similar pattern. My goal is usually to press the believer’s own recognition of internal contradictions so that the belief itself gets harder to sustain." Also.
posted by storybored at 1:54 PM PST - 34 comments

The RIAA argued that the tools (youtube-dl) were meant to circumvent YouTube's piracy prevention measures. Want to still access youtube-dl? It is now part of the DMCA request itelf!
posted by geoff. at 1:06 PM PST - 73 comments

Lincoln Project’s Lawyer Sends Scathing Response to Jared and Ivanka’s Lawsuit Threat Over Times Square Billboards: ‘Peddle Your Scare Tactics Elsewhere’ [Mediaite] [more inside]
posted by chavenet at 12:12 PM PST - 61 comments

“Nothing prepared me for the drama I found... the first time I opened a folder of readers’ letters to Simone de Beauvoir. . . . an outpouring of projection, identification, expectation, disappointment, and passion.”
posted by Schroder at 7:37 AM PST - 26 comments

A Russian mayor, Nikolai Loktev, needed someone to run against him to make the election look legitimate. After everyone else refused, he made Marina Udgodskaya, who cleaned city hall, run. Then she won (NYT).
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