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Kaleb Horton post, September 14, 2017: I'm gonna practice writing some sentences I would never say: 1) Wow, just survived my first truly epic party in Ibiza! 2) Wow, just went to my first funeral in Ibiza! 3) Oh no, I've been implicated in the killing of a DJ in Ibiza! 4) Help, I'm stuck in a jail cell in Ibiza and I can't afford the bail but also, you know what, even though I admit I don't remember much of that night and I was groggy for the funeral, I'm pretty sure I saw that DJ loading up his equipment and muttering something conspiratorially to a man next to him wearing a blue jumpsuit and smoking a cigarette, who kind of eyed me suspiciously before I went back inside, and if you find the jumpsuit man for me, we can get to the bottom of this and I'll be back in the states in no time, but first you gotta get your ass over here because they're yelling at me and I don't know how much longer I'm going to last in here because they've been denying me water.

Also, as I hope plenty of Kaleb Horton writing examples have also shown throughout the day...goddamn the man was funny. His Twitter stretch showed that but when he wanted to go longform, my god. Thus:

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators” New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Tea with the #spacegirl energy in volume 4 of the #Yu-Gi-Oh #manga

I was aware of just how male dominated the information ecosystem was, but I didn't realize just how impactful the downstream effects were. There's a lot of headshaking, sighing, and rage in these pages.

Ever wanted to read a cringe love story set in the #Helldivers universe? Somebody surely has, so I wrote one!

Chapter 2 - Nuclear Date Night

Featuring my favorite mission in the game, set on my favorite planet, with my favorite Space Cadet! 🪐💙📚
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(I am eagerly awaiting Dark Magician's reveal… )

All in all, it hooked me! It delivers a drip-feed of something dark and mysterious surrounded by edgy teenage power-fantasy - which really what more could you ask for as a moody kid? I've got volume two on the stack - and I can't wait to keep reading.

Big story beats, like Shadi's intrusion into Yugi's mind and Kaiba's defeat to Yugi all happen more or less as you would expect them - but with an art style that is much more fitting to Yu-Gi-Oh than the questionable animation of the cartoon.

The story doesn't align to the anime 1-1, and has a bit of a slow ramp up. The iconic cards aren't introduced until midway through the volume, and fade away almost immediately. Characters are all over the place with personalities, but fill similar roles to the show.

The anime has a dark edge, but is very sanitized for American children. The manga (so far) has that same edge, but a touch less restraint and censorship, and significantly more violence.

I'm pretty new to #manga - only really started digging into it this year. Yu-Gi-Oh will be the second larger series I'm tackling.

And boy is it different.

Yu-Gi-Oh is one of the childhood cartoons that really left its marks on me. It spurred an interest in Egypt that led me to Rome and Greece, it hooked me into trading card games for life, and gave me some of my favorite video games of all time (none of them particularly good).

Man, let me talk briefly about #Yu-Gi-Oh

Grab something from the genre, expand your horizons 🪐💙📚

Like anything worth doing, Afrofuturism challenges its reader to grow. It presents new takes on old ideas, forces you to confront challenging topics, doesn't restrain itself for a western English-speaking population, while also making for some really cool sci-fi.

Built on a backbone of contrasts, it mixes past with future, religion with science, and trauma with hope. The outcome is a flavorful stew that adds much needed depth to a genre dominated by bland, neo-western corporate dystopias about white dudes shooting aliens in space.

Loved it. #Afrofuturism is what has been missing from the broader science fiction ecosystem. A genre pulled together from every form of media - with legendary influences like Sun Ra, Bell Hooks, and Wesley Snipes.

Shout out to #Yu-Gi-Oh

Loving this

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Basil Rathbone standing on some brick steps outside of his home. He's wearing an overcoat that comes down below his knee. He's also wearing what appears to be gray trousers and black dress shoes.

A Suitsupply model wears a navy "overcoat," which barely reaches mid-thigh. He pairs it with a navy turtleneck, gray pleated trousers, and black shoes.

The effect of car dependency: in 1940, Basil Rathbone was photographed wearing an overcoat outside his home. As more men relied on cars, overcoats became shorter to accommodate drivers. Today, the right is marketed as an "overcoat," even if it would've been considered more sport coat length in 1940.

It's funny how eating well makes you feel well. Wish somebody could remind me of this fact when I'm feeling depressed.

Police cameras tracked one driver 526 times in four months, lawsuit says Flock Safety says it has become “the largest public-private safety network” in the country.

“I think it’s startling to see how many data points just driving your car through one city can add up to,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @NBCNews.com. “It’s still unnerving to get a real concrete idea how ALPRs are essentially mass surveillance.”
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Made it to max level in #Helldivers2 this week. I'm officially a Super Private 👌👍

Cover of Invisible Women, by Caroline Criado Perez

My most recent read - Invisible Women.
The way society centers men in every way, from the small things like height standards for cupboards to the big things like whether someone is a candidate for surgery, has always horrified me. Women are half the population! WTF!
Read this book! 📚💙 #Booksky

Helldivers!
I've had the absolute privilege to spread almost 150 levels of managed democracy with my partner and its inspired me to put down the Liberator and pick up the pen! 🪐💙📚

I hope you'll enjoy chapter 1 of Love & Liberty - A #Helldivers Love Story

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How do you take those bastards down? I've had little luck :P

Been a minute since I've done any #writing 💙📚 but I've got something going up today that I'm pretty happy with 🫡