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Charlie Athanas

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Currently involved in virtual reality, doom punk, indie horror film, and a haunted house in the woods painting. Subject to change.

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It's weird. There are endless things to be nice about and promote in the arts. I don't understand how people have the time to waste being negative.

11.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A hardcover book cover, black background, bold yellow title reading WRETCH and below, ERIC LAROCCA.  Illustration is a hand covering a burning wax torso candle with a bell jar.

A hardcover book cover, black background, bold yellow title reading WRETCH and below, ERIC LAROCCA. Illustration is a hand covering a burning wax torso candle with a bell jar.

@ericlarocca.com is an original, full stop.

10.03.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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#WomenInHorrorMonth 5 book bundle #giveaway Enter by midnight March 31st to win 1 of 2 Horror Book Bundles (5 books in each bundle of your choosing from any of our female-authored horror). Participants must be 18 years or older and reside in US...

meerkatpress.com/womeninhorro...

5 books, one intense bundle, two lucky giveaway winners! #womeninhorror from the mighty @meerkatpress.bsky.social

10.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chicago law firm leading push to appoint special prosecutor to target ICE, Border Patrol agents The firm, Loevy and Loevy, said 200 individuals and organizations are supporting a petition to appoint an outsider to the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, who has spent wee...

A high-powered Chicago law firm announced a plan Monday to push for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and potentially charge the agents who carried out Operation Midway Blitz.

@sophiesherry.bsky.social reports: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

10.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 6249 πŸ” 1485 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 91
A bold yellow background, black boxed letters reading NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. and beneath in larger lettering NO KINGS, with black arrows pointing at March 28 and nokings.org beneath. Graphic is white with a crossed-out crown and NO KINGS in black.

A bold yellow background, black boxed letters reading NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. and beneath in larger lettering NO KINGS, with black arrows pointing at March 28 and nokings.org beneath. Graphic is white with a crossed-out crown and NO KINGS in black.

Let's make this one unforgettable! See you in the streets #nokings

09.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Breaking Epstein Investigation Update! NM DOJ has begun searching Zorro Ranch. ⬇️

10.03.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 8547 πŸ” 2571 πŸ’¬ 347 πŸ“Œ 137
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The Dream of Finishing One’s To-Do List in β€œRetirement Plan” Dailymotion video by The New Yorker

The 7 minute Irish animation that is nominated for an Oscar. Worth a watch. #SpeirGorm

10.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 1396 πŸ” 346 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 40
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We’re not out here because we want to be here.
We’re out here because we have to be here.

Thank you to the organizers who brought people together today, and to everyone who showed up in solidarity πŸ’ž

09.03.2026 02:59 πŸ‘ 2789 πŸ” 516 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 9
Photo of Kat at Daley Plaza in Chicago, speaking at the International Women's Day March, wearing her iconic orange jacket. 

Photo by Erica Elan Ciganek.

Photo of Kat at Daley Plaza in Chicago, speaking at the International Women's Day March, wearing her iconic orange jacket. Photo by Erica Elan Ciganek.

Photo of International Women's Day March, with two marchers holding hands in solidarity. 

Photo by Erica Elan Ciganek.

Photo of International Women's Day March, with two marchers holding hands in solidarity. Photo by Erica Elan Ciganek.

We’re not fighting for ourselves.
We’re fighting for each other.

Happy International Women’s Day.

09.03.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 5415 πŸ” 786 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 9

Donald Trump has called me a "really bad person," a "radical” and an β€œelection stealing lawyer.” I think he is a deranged authoritarian.

I created Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent. No corporate owners. No venture capitalists. It will never back down. Subscribe today. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

08.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 2556 πŸ” 545 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 8
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Trump blocks FBI terror threat alert linked to Iran war Top Trump officials ordered it placed on hold over concerns that it could show the domestic risk of the war and further erode public support.

White House blocks intelligence report warning of rising U.S. homeland terror threat linked to Iran war

07.03.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 1072 πŸ” 652 πŸ’¬ 142 πŸ“Œ 75
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Virginia Legislature Passes Bill Banning Public Schools From Teaching January 6 Was a β€˜Peaceful Protest’ - NewsBreak The Virginia legislature has passed a bill that prohibits the state’s public schools from teaching that the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was a β€œ

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TEACH THE TRUTH ...

NOT A PEDOPHILES VERSION FILLED WITH DELUSIONS OF HIS RACIST, MISOGYNIST, CHILD RAPIST KINDA PEOPLE BEING PEACEFUL ...

WHILE WE ALL WATCHED THEM BEATING UP OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE DEFENDING OUR CONSTITUTION
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07.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 4108 πŸ” 1154 πŸ’¬ 163 πŸ“Œ 52
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I just left a concert fundraising for the National Immigrant Justice Center to head to Broadview.

Here’s why:

07.03.2026 05:27 πŸ‘ 2999 πŸ” 711 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 13

WOW. San Antonio, check out this lineup up of talent coming your way on Saturday.

06.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's Bandcamp Friday! Check out the music of Kallie Marie. A lot of variety and cool stuff to be had!

06.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

War makes them giddy.

06.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🎯🎯

06.03.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 25833 πŸ” 9330 πŸ’¬ 849 πŸ“Œ 376

Cronenberg's THE FLY is great, but Kurt Neumann's 1958 film is much better than you might expect. Different, but in its own way just as horrific. Also, a sad fate for Dandelo the white cat - though not nearly as ghastly as in George Langelaan's original story. See my book CATS ON FILM for details!

05.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Holy cow my Empower rideshare from my office to Brooklyn is HALF the price of Lyft and Uber.

This service is awesome and the drivers make MORE MONEY.

You can use my promo code for some extra discounts:

driveempower.com
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06.03.2026 01:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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There Is More Than One Way to Kill Mail-in Voting On Tuesday in Texas, Democratic voters in Dallas and Williamson Counties, Texas, had their work cut out for them if they wanted to vote.

We shouldn’t have to fight just to be able to exercise a right, but primary night in Texas made it clear we will have to. Here’s what you need to know and how to get ready to do it.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

04.03.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 1337 πŸ” 543 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 16

Vertigo fans! You might be interested in the short story I wrote for the anthology Birds, Strangers and Psychos: New Stories Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock, edited by Maxim Jakubowski. I had a print-out of the Carlotta painting staring out at me from my pinboard as I wrote it.

05.03.2026 13:04 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflictβ€”and 9000
miles from North Americaβ€”makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

04.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 13503 πŸ” 4972 πŸ’¬ 543 πŸ“Œ 294

Absolutely right attitude.

04.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 1336 πŸ” 160 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 6
A collage of images from #Nosferatu of 1922 - on the left a dramatic poster portraying Count Orlok, on the top right the iconic scene of his shadow ascending a staircase, and in the lower right Orlok is fatally exposed to the sun.

A collage of images from #Nosferatu of 1922 - on the left a dramatic poster portraying Count Orlok, on the top right the iconic scene of his shadow ascending a staircase, and in the lower right Orlok is fatally exposed to the sun.

On this day in 1922, German director #FWMurnau released the iconic expressionist silent movie #Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens (A Symphony of Horror).

04.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 1552 πŸ” 288 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 25

FRIDAY NIGHT.
@laurenrayesnow.bsky.social at SATX’s Flight Gallery. (Soft opening tonight.) FREE. Be there. πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ cc: @sacurrent.bsky.social

05.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This, for the love of Pete

04.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 1576 πŸ” 249 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 5

"He didn't run on this!"

He ran on some VERSION of this. Self-dealing. Blackmail. Cruelty. Contempt for the military. Money and cover-your-a** above everything. With a gloss of dementia and panic over everything.

But you didn't like her laugh.

03.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: The UN's nuclear watchdog chief, Rafael Grossi, says inspectors have not found evidence of a coordinated Iranian program to build nuclear weapons, despite Israeli and US claims.
LIVE updates: aje.news/dp8prb

03.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 1077 πŸ” 550 πŸ’¬ 94 πŸ“Œ 108

The glibness. The indifference. The carelessness. The utter lack of planning for a war against a country of 90M. The sickness of a man who acts on whim that will kill thousands not hundreds. The horror of a regime that enables this sickness. The broken body politic that votes in such malignancy.

03.03.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 9147 πŸ” 2427 πŸ’¬ 284 πŸ“Œ 105
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So this excuse isn’t going to work anymore.

02.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 4221 πŸ” 1472 πŸ’¬ 241 πŸ“Œ 77