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terencedesu<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> Where have I heard this before? I'm sure nothing could go wrong here. <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/radicalized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radicalized</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/masqueofthereddeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masqueofthereddeath</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/DailyShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyShow</span></a> <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UCJSjFGr-Rc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=UCJSjFGr</span><span class="invisible">-Rc</span></a></p>
cluaran<p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/14/masque-of-the-red-death/#masque" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2020/03/14/mas</span><span class="invisible">que-of-the-red-death/#masque</span></a></p><p>contains a link to a free audio version of Corey Doctorow's Masque of the Red Death. A story about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> holing up in a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bunker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bunker</span></a> in the event of civilizational collapse.</p><p>Spoiler alert:</p><p>It does not end well for them, and that did not even require mobs with pitchforks.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/142holdheap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>142holdheap</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CoreyDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoreyDoctorow</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MasqueOfTheRedDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasqueOfTheRedDeath</span></a></p>
tinydoctor<p>RFK jr. is confirmed by the Senate. </p><p>And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/edgarallenpoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edgarallenpoe</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/masqueofthereddeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masqueofthereddeath</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rfkjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rfkjr</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trumpcabinet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpcabinet</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/redsenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redsenate</span></a></p><p>Thanks to all the people who voted to kill my daughter. Including all y'all who didn't vote at all.</p>
Bevan Thomas<p>"[The revelers] died each in the despairing posture of his fall. The life of the ebony clock went out.... The flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."<br>- Edgar Allan Poe, "The Masque of the Red Death"<br>🎨 Harry Clarke</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookologyThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookologyThursday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gothic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/gothichorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gothichorror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/EdgarAllanPoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdgarAllanPoe</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MasqueoftheRedDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasqueoftheRedDeath</span></a></p>
LordWoolamaloo<p>This evening's viewing distraction: the restored version of Corman's classic 60s Poe adaptation, The Masque of the Red Death, with the great Vincent Price, an oh-so-young Jane Asher, and an amazing visual style.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/films" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>films</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HorrorFilms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HorrorFilms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HorrorFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HorrorFilm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MasqueOfTheRedDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasqueOfTheRedDeath</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/VincentPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VincentPrice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RogerCorman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RogerCorman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/1960sFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960sFilm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ClassicFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicFilm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ClassicHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicHorror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EdgarAllanPoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdgarAllanPoe</span></a></p>
Dark Corners Reviews<p>Great Horror Movie Posters, day 294. This week will be all Roger Corman posters. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GreatHorrorMoviePosters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatHorrorMoviePosters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MoviePosters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoviePosters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Cinemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cinemastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MasqueOfTheRedDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasqueOfTheRedDeath</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/EdgarAllanPoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdgarAllanPoe</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MasqueoftheRedDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasqueoftheRedDeath</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/EdgarAllanPoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdgarAllanPoe</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MasqueoftheRedDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasqueoftheRedDeath</span></a></p>
Cory Doctorow<p>But billionaires don't just suck at running civilization, they also suck at making up stories about its collapse. One striking thing about <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@Rushkoff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Rushkoff</span></a></span>'s ethnography of rich people preparing to outlive the end of the human race is how *banal* their eschatological fantasies are. </p><p>It's not that there aren't any exciting stories to tell about billionaire survival fantasies. The granddaddy of these is, of course, Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 "<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MasqueOfTheRedDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasqueOfTheRedDeath</span></a>":</p><p><a href="https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-th</span><span class="invisible">e-red-death</span></a></p><p>7/</p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>🎶 why do birds suddenly appear.. 🎶<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultShelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultShelf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MasqueOfTheRedDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasqueOfTheRedDeath</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheBirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheBirds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DamienTheOmenII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DamienTheOmenII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ManhattanBaby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManhattanBaby</span></a></p>
Dark Corners Reviews<p>Great Horror Movie Posters day 43. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GreatHorrorMoviePosters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatHorrorMoviePosters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MoviePosters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoviePosters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Cinemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cinemastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MasqueofTheRedDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasqueofTheRedDeath</span></a></p>
Claire Eyles<p>Finally got this wonderful gem from <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/RogerCorman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RogerCorman</span></a> 's 'Poe cycle' on Blu Ray. Gorgeously remastered version, one of my favourite Poe adaptations along the <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/FallOfTheHouseOfUsher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FallOfTheHouseOfUsher</span></a>. <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/MasqueOfTheRedDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasqueOfTheRedDeath</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gothic</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/EdgarAllanPoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdgarAllanPoe</span></a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a></p>
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