Scary Austin
MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
<p>The Last Rose of Summer is a true story about corruption in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cancer</span></a> research. I discovered a cheap, plant-derived drug that could replace some much more toxic (but more lucrative) therapies. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BigPharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigPharma</span></a> got involved and suppressed the research. Eventually I had to publish the story in thinly veiled fiction and survive a bunch of murder attempts.</p><p>"Mary Austin" is a pseudonym, as my publisher forced me to use one. So... hi, I'm "Mary." 🤷♀️</p>
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The #MAGA grifter class has even worn out their welcome with MAGA. #Arkansas #GOP
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U Chicago Law, experiencing severe difficulty reading the fucking room, says: "In an annual First Monday of October tradition at #UChicagoLaw, the Dean of Students Office today treated students to cupcakes decorated with the likenesses of the nine justices of the US Supreme Court to mark the start of the new #SCOTUS term."
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Representation matters. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
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#midterms #Trump #Democrats #Republicans
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Protest Thread #129: Stick it to 'em! With stickers. Yesterday we had great protest weather and we met up on one of our favorite bridges. It's in a very diverse, blue voting area, but it's over the interstate. Historically the interstate is not blue anywhere, but it sure is now! As has become common these days, there were no middle fingers at all. The honking was crazy, especially from the suffering truck drivers. An local transit worker came out... #50501movement
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@Nazani@universeodon.com Right? I bet those saints would rather be with the Ukrainians anyway.
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Putin sent relics from the remains of Orthodox saints to the front in his war in Ukraine. The soldiers may have abandoned them during a retreat. It's probably true, because Russian authorities have denied it. People are already like: "You lose relics of saints... a plague outbreak starts... IJS..." https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/01/russian-orthodox-church-denies-that-troops-lost-medieval-warrior-princes-relics-in-ukraine-a93845
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We just did another bridge protest and then talked for an hour about local No Kings stuff and the election. I am tired and in bed with my floof cat. Protest thread #129 will be tomorrow. Boy do I have some silly stuff to show you!
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Get Up! Australia, an antifascist group, put these fake bins over real bins at the beach. They figure too many people at the beach are already being surveilled, so they want to raise awareness there. The video showed lots of amused people reading the box, taking pictures, or pretending to throw away their sunglasses.
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IDK how we got to a place where the freaking Weekly World News ("BAT BOY FOUND IN CAVE!!") is doing more to call out MAHA-type nonsense than formerly respectable outlets. But here we are. #MAHA #RFKJr
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"...A group of 31 U.S. Democratic lawmakers, led by Congressmembers Delia Ramirez, Pramila Jayapal, Jesús “Chuy” García, along with Senator Bernie Sanders, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accusing the #Trump administration of interfering in Brazil’s elections, the letter saying, “Over the course of President Trump’s second term, we have seen U.S. officials engage in a sustained, multifaceted campaign of interference and destabilization in #Brazil. " https://www.de...
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Dennis Hastert is now a good Nazi. 👍🏼 https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/politics/2026/10/05/dennis-hastert--former-house-speaker--dies-at-age-84
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He's a bit confused, but he's got the right spirit!
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Again, if people get caught vandalizing #Flock cameras, this is the jury pool. 😂 "Police Asked for Tips on Two Suspects Who Destroyed a Flock Camera. The Internet Instantly Dubbed Them ‘Batman & Robin’" https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/police-asked-tips-two-suspects-150544233.html #NorthCarolina
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At Trump's rally in #Ohio last night, #Trump rambled on and on about #DataCenters to dead silence. Of course, all #Republican electeds who aren't in dementia know this issue is wildly unpopular. But we know some people will drink the kool-aid no matter what. That's why we cannot know whether this woman was a real #MAGA or a resister trolling the candidates. Accidentally or deliberately, she made Ohio's R Senate candidate the face of data centers and Sherrod Brown pounced.
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As people are already saying on other platforms, you'd think a Republican would be better at grabbing kids. 😵💫 https://www.rawstory.com/amp/vivek-ramaswamy-2677994749-2677994749 #ohio #Ramaswamy #gop
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Outside the Austin City Limits Music Festival #Austin #Texas #KenPaxton #GOP #Republicans
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Make all the popcorn! #Trump just posted what he said was Tom Cotton's phone number on Truth Social. Tom Cotton is a sleazy #Arkansas #MAGA senator who has betrayed his country and debased himself for Trump. But then he DARED to disagree with Dear Leader about Daylight Savings Time. https://katv.com/news/local/president-trump-posts-what-he-says-is-sen-tom-cottons-cellphone-number
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Right now, a cheerful but determined crowd of protestors has gathered outside a court house to support the "Minnesota 15," legal observers of #ICE. Although everything the observers did was legal under the #FirstAmendment, #DHS is persecuting them with, well, trumped up charges. We have the First Amendment for as long as we defend it. #Minneapolis is even bringing the marching band energy. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeC5TrZg5V3/ #Minnesota #50501movement #FuckICE
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Once again, the fascists weren't smart enough to make their evil plans work. They thought they could destroy what's left of US healthcare and consolidate power before they got the blowback. Because these people don't understand how anything works, we EVEN WARNED THEM ABOUT THIS. And they still did it. Sorry, guys, but your voters wanted to be racist, not poor! https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/03/gop-plan-to-punt-health-care-cuts-didnt-work-01105384 #healthcare #Medicaid #Dem...
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Talking about the #Epstein files is good. Driving the entire damn library of the Epstein files around #Pennsylvania is even better!
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I too would die on this hill. #Cats
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam/117377778706436754 This is hilarious, but deadly serious at the same time. There are chapters of Cat Ladies for America all over the US. There are romance novel fans phone banking together. People who love crafting are having protest art parties. People who love beer are having planning meetings at progressive breweries. This kind of stuff is at least as dangerous to the regime as anarchists in black bloc throwing tear gas containers back at police....
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Wyoming is one of three states in the US where Trump still has net approval among all adults surveyed. (YouGov) It's nearly all white and its population is much older and more rural than the rest of the US. And even there people hate the surveillance state. As we have seen from early 2025 with Mike Lee trying to sell off our national parks, all this bullcrap stops when enough MAGAs and independents get on board. https://wyofile.com/wyoming-lawmakers-could-pursue-some-of-the-nations-stricte...
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I just think it's beautiful that two misogynists, one with talent and one without, can set aside those differences and throw victims of deadly injustice under the bus in the name of Jesus. 🤮 https://www.complex.com/music/a/will-lavin/eminem-kid-rock-friendship-politics-7-sins-new-track #music
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Her reply to #JDVance was pitch perfect but such courage comes at a terrible cost, one that no one should have to pay. #AngieNixon #Florida
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I'm a churchgoing Christian and this doesn't bother me at all. Being from CNN, this article doesn't discuss the biggest reason so many churches are closing: they worshiped a failed real estate developer as Christ. Younger people and people of color have rightly fled from Christofascist churches. Churches serving immigrants and refugees; churches that accommodate disability; mostly nonwhite churches; churches that serve those in poverty-- these are doing just fine. https://www.cnn....
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What I wouldn't give to see her in the White House press pool.
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I don't want to know if they did it in the back seats of any cars on the ship. 🤮 #Trump #Republicans
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Curtis Sliwa and Mayor #Mamdani may have very different (non-Nazi!) politics, but they're publicly getting their flu shots together to raise awareness in #NYC. The way they joke around together is such a refreshing reminder of how people of different (non-Nazi!) views can get along. Both these guys had the decency to hate Cuomo and his Nazi backers. They're proving that's what matters. https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3mwvx5plpvs2c