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Oct. 31st, 2025 11:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) radiantfracture
radiantfractureIt is a bit like Kiss of the Spider Woman's "This dream is short, but this dream is happy."
Something like "this is a (something) story for bad times."
Any contenders?
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mellowtiggerWell, I didn't have this event on my bingo card for this year. (That's an actual thing, and it's not long until I have to review it for accuracy from the news this year.) Wearing my "animal rights" cap, this news headline is just awful all around.
Law enforcement kills several monkeys after truck hauling them overturns in Mississippi.
According to authorities, the Rhesus monkeys were on their way to a testing facility in Florida after being at Tulane University. The monkeys were 40 pounds and were first reported to be “aggressive,” as well as also carrying hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.
- https://www.actionnews5.com/2025/10/28/truck-hauling-aggressive-monkeys-carrying-herpes-covid-overturns-mississippi/
Thankfully, the writer included the necessary Oxford comma near the end of that sentence. I had to chuckle, though. This event is an eerie metaphorical summary for 2025.
Edit 2025 Oct 29:
The metaphor gets even better.  Those poor monkeys were not infectious (according to Tulane University), so they were killed by authorities for no good reason, based on early misinformation.
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/escaped-monkeys-destroyed-mississippi-police-mistakenly-told-danger-rcna240387
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james_davis_nicollWhich 2020 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
1 (2.2%) 
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
37 (82.2%) 
Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky
4 (8.9%) 
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
14 (31.1%) 
The Last Astronaut by David Wellington
1 (2.2%) 
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
18 (40.0%) 
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