I vote for Sean Spicer. I loved watching him get so mad. Plus, we would get Melissa McCarthy back on SNL.
It'll be interesting to see who steps into this role now www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Shannon Downey
@badasscrossstitch.bsky.social
Art activist. Craftivist. Chicagoan. Educator. President of the Joyful Menace Society. My book, Let’s Move The Needle, is out now. 🖖🏼. Big fan of libraries and dogs. Super 🏳️🌈. Gen X
I vote for Sean Spicer. I loved watching him get so mad. Plus, we would get Melissa McCarthy back on SNL.
It'll be interesting to see who steps into this role now www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
I cannot tell you how little I care about why the air show practice is happening now. It shouldn't happen at all. It's propaganda aimed at tricking kids into joining the military.
Jumped off a cliff today…B”because my friends did. So that answers that.
On vacation with friends and friends grandma. She walked into a book store, didn’t find my book, told the owner she should order it. Owner immediately ordered it and we are now planning an event together. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE HYPE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE.
It's all about priorities. The tech bros gave politicians a lot of money.
🚨 BREAKING: The DOJ is moving to dismiss the indictment against David Hearn in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case and is admitting the damage was the result of a flawed, botched installation job, not vandalism.
DOJ Seeks to Dismiss Charges Against Olympian It Indicted for "Vandalizing" the Lincoln Memorial.
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Zohran Mamdani: “I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in The Hague. He’s a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court. And what you will find is that is an opinion that is held by many purely because of what his actions have wrought over these last many years.
I love when people use their powers for good. At the airport and this man was both invading peoples personal space and cutting folks in line for security. The TSA agent saw it and pulled him for a “random search”. He was big mad.
Last year, I hosted an online fundraiser with my friends from central Texas to support local orgs on the ground. This year, I had to go searching for a news article about the floods which I only knew about bc everyone we helped is back under water.
At least two dead as heavy rains, floods strike central Texas https://aje.news/mojzd8
I just heard someone call Trump’s speech The Pettysburg address and now I have to go lie down 🤣🤣💀
Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.
ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer
An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.
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I went blueberry picking in Indiana yesterday.
Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense.
Any new word on Schrödinger's Senator? #McConnell
Chicago! Head to Libby. CPL finally has the audio version of my book. You can listen to me talk into your ear holes for 7ish hours 😂📚 If you are at all creative and you care about doing something about this dumpster fire *gestures broadly* this one is for you!
Spent today making some art with my friends. This is how I will celebrate America.
CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
I’m getting my hair did and everyone in here today is speaking like they are recording a TikTok and I’m uncomfortable.
Go outside. Breathe in some fresh air. Remember why we have to keep fighting against AI centers. Repeat as needed.
Silas Shelton had objected to Heartstopper at a school book fair, saying LGBTQ+ books posed a “mental health” risk to children. www.advocate.com/news/crime/h...
A fun chat!
Shannon Downey @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social, full-time art activist, author, and educator, joined us on the #podcast to talk about the space where art and activism meet + her #craftivism handbook, Let’s Move the Needle, which provides a roadmap and accessible toolkit for burgeoning art activists 🪡
Nearly 400 local newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged copyright theft newjerseyglobe.com/media/nearly...
Nearly 400 local newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged copyright theft - New Jersey Globe
The massive coalition of local newspaper publishers filed a federal lawsuit today against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the technology companies
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I don’t usually participate in selfie stations BUT Iceboy! at the Goodman had the best selfie station ever! Just call me Hans Solo.
Reading up on some new quantum physics research and all I can think is … I BETTER BE GAY IN EVER OTHER DIMENSION I EXIST IN.
“.. I didn’t vandalize anything,” Hearn said. “I didn’t destroy or break or peel anything. By the time I realized what was going on, I was being put in handcuffs.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...