WickedMitch of the West 🧙 🇺🇦 🇵🇸

The thing that broke my brain the most is after going through what a Trump administration actually looked like, saw how he responded to electoral defeat and had all the details about how he planned to be EVEN WORSE this time around, a plurality of voters still chose him.

Why would you start this headline like that? 😭

Just finished Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle. I can’t believe the ‘pounded in the butt’ guy is this talented at writing horror. The messaging on this one is bold and not even slightly subtle but that makes it even better tbh. 4.75 stars

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Bigfoot is real and opposes fascism.

Google search asking ‘is John brown America’s greatest white boi’ AI Overview: To describe John Brown as ‘America’s greatest white bot’ is a phrase that lacks historical perspective and consensus. His legacy is extremely controversial with some viewing him as a heroic martyr for the anti-slavery cause and others condemning him as a violent terrorist and murderer. The question of his character largely focuses on whether one focuses on his moral commitment to justice or his violent methods.

Doing some important research.

Just finished Middlegame by Seanan McGuire. This was a very fascinating, richly woven story. I did find it at times confusing. Still very gripping and an easy 4.5 stars.

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While his fight against GOP gerrymandering is appreciated, Newsom is rapidly barreling to the bottom tier of candidates for 2028 by doing shit like this. The only reason he’s not dead last to me rn is because ghouls like Cuomo and Rahm might jump in.

Newsom could issue an executive order legalizing hate crimes and he’d still carry the stench of wokeness in the eyes of anyone who sees it as a bad thing.

Basically that’s the term used to describe exercises where you connect to a planetary energy for a period of several days or weeks, with different tiers of devotional work attached. The author is a chaos magician.

I should clarify repetitive *to other planetary magic books* specifically.

A fair amount of it is a bit repetitive but the real standouts are the various exercises like the planetary attunements and monasticisms which I don’t think I’ve seen elsewhere. I’ve only done a basic moon attunement from this book so far but I do plan to try more out!

Photo of a book called The Planetsry Magic Workbook in front of a coffee table where a chocolate donut and a mug of coffee can be seen.

I had a pretty good evening last night.

Legality aside, doing this would be a major dick move. One of the worst things about things right now is how much everyone loves being an asshole.

And the greedy developer can be modeled on Trump again!

The caveat being I haven’t fully watched it but Savageland seems to capture something unique about the American psyche and its attitudes towards immigrants people often consider not being ‘real Americans’ which kind of is an anxiety rooted in the colonialist mindset.

Snoopy commanded a unit of the Union army at the Battle of Fredericksburg.

We must send more wizards after ICE.

I have had students who thought it was funny to act like this. I try to push them out of it and sometimes it works but I do worry some of them are going to grow up and still think that way like Miller did.

Just finished Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay. This was a major mindfuck and anything else I could say about it would probably give away too much. 4 stars.

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The right wing position in simplest terms is white people can have legitimate grievances, but anyone else’s criticisms of American society are invalid unless they along with the former’s grievances.

Bill Kristol has demonstrated more moral conviction than the leadership of the Democratic Party and the vast majority of ostensibly liberal pundits. If nothing else I have to give him credit for that.

How it feels seeing Dem leadership react to Trump these days:
“ALL ENEMIES SHALL BE PUT TO THE SWORD! THEIR CITIES WILL BE BURNED TO ASH AND SALTED EARTH!”
*smirks* “Don’t let this rhetoric distract you from the fact that Morgoth the Desolator refuses to negotiate with us on healthcare access.”

Now you have me wondering if chimps have some kind of folklore or storytelling capability 🤔

Just finished They Bloom At Night by Trang Thanh Tran. This is a queer YA story that explores many deep themes while also delving into body horror and eerie dying town vibes. I did feel like the horror was undercut a bit by its YA status. 3.75 stars.

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Wild to complain about free speech in the U.S. while taking a paycheck from the monarchy that kills journalists with impunity.

an illustration that shows a caterpillar, then a moth, then The Mothman text: GIVE YOURSELF TIMEA

Be the Mothman you wish to see in the world

Wild that Greenblatt sacrificed his organization’s entire credibility to curry favor with these people and it turns out they still think the ADL is too woke even though it has hollowed itself out to be nothing but a bullhorn shouting ‘ANTIZIONISM IS ANTISEMITISM’ on a loop.

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.

All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.

So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

Just finished The Exorcist’s House by Nick Roberts. This was a compelling and eerie story with lots of strong scary moments. Towards the end however I do think it fumbles some earlier set-ups. Still 4.25 stars easily.
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I really wish more people would call out Patton for being a POS. This is a guy who derided Holocaust survivors and blamed ‘Semitic elements in the press’ for unfavorable media coverage.