@kirabira.bsky.social happy birthday Kira (according to the dumb MetaBook site). I was hoping the greatest gift of all was going to happen today for you and all of us but no such luck apparently (someone else from Home Alone 2)
✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️
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Scribe and comic writer. MFA. Producer of content (how romantic). Former editor for GreenCine & PBS. Wrote on film/TV for Variety. Opinions=my own. Cat wrangler. he/him. In SF. craigary.weebly.com
JUST IN: Judge Talwani has again blocked the Trump administration's mail-in ballot overhaul for the 2026 elections, saying it imposes onerous requirements and threatens to disenfranchise voters / harm states. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
3 actors from Home Alone 2 have passed away this year. What if there's more than a rule of 3 for that trend? Just wondering.
✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️@craigary.bsky.social · 2d agoIf there really is a "rule of 3s" for celebrity deaths, well, let's shift gears from "universally beloved"...
What horseshit. She embraced gay people at the height of the AIDS crisis, embraced trans people at the height of the war against them, supported Black communities and artists, and wrote the most pro-worker's rights feminist pop song of all time. Neutral my ass
CNN@cnn.com · 2d ago"At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis
Both Dolly Parton and Tim Curry had such a genuine enthusiasm for performing that it was impossible not to love them for it, there were things more highly and lowly regarded in their bodies of work but both of them threw themselves into everything because it was pure joy for them and that rules
If there really is a "rule of 3s" for celebrity deaths, well, let's shift gears from "universally beloved"...
Tim Curry's Iconic Smile in Home Alone 2
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These insular fascist-cosplaying mothereffers need to go down in flames. We need to make it happen and that means everyone.
unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 2d agoMany applicants impacted by the pause likely “spent thousands of dollars and disrupted their lives to attend scheduled interviews, only to have their appointments cancelled at the last minute.”
*Tracey Ullman Alert* This is not a drill. Ullman has landed in Ted Lasso S4, I repeat this is not a drill. And of course she's a wondrous dynamo straight away
This year just continues to SUCK. She was at least as good a human as she was a performer, exemplary to the very end. I wanted her to be around to see us make this place better; I hope wherever she is she feels that happen. RIP Dolly.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d agoDolly Parton, US country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80
Everything is awful BUT SCTV is coming to Netflix so we’ll have something awesome to watch during the next apocalypse, yay
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One of the (many) refreshing things about Sterling Point is how these teens may all make mistakes and hurt feelings —realistic— but they’re all kindhearted souls. No one is a villain. They are messy but trying and kind. (Their parents are the more selfish f’ups.) It’s refreshing.
“It’s so funny that you would even think that”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoBessent: "Why would I want to blow up the global financial system?"
Again: They lose. They lie. They lash out. In America, voters pick our leaders, our leaders should not pick their voters. We're turning out in record numbers to cast our votes, ensure they're counted & that the will of the people they prevail. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump laying groundwork to impose national emergency by sowing election distrust
President’s speech, declassification of documents and heightened claims of noncitizen voting have experts concerned
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21 days before the 25th anniversary of September 11th, the United States imposes 50% tariffs on the country that gave its citizens refuge during the worst terrorist attack in US history.
Enjoying Sterling Point so far but halfway into ep2 and am assuming or hoping they’ll explain enough of her dad’s (Jay Duplass) choices that I won’t hate on him much longer? No spoilers so any other thoughts I’m keeping quiet, but it’s a fun show. It’s no My Old Ass but has similar natural vibe.
Literally was looking in freezer at box of Outshine strawberry bars when I heard about the recall of their products. Fortunately the 12 pack we’ve been eating from wasn’t on the “may have glass shards in it” list. I love how all these big food corps are all like, no regulation? eat glass and poop!
Consumer Reports@consumerreports.org · last wk.#Recall: Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream has recalled Outshine Fruit Bars after consumers reported finding glass fragments. The products were shipped to stores nationwide. No injuries have been reported.
One tossed off line in a Jon Ossoff speech.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last wk.BREAKING MS NOW: Trump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without a security clearance for more than a year. Harp declined multiple times to seek a routine security clearance normally obtained by West Wing staffers to work at the White House.
Even if most agree the third season of Good Place was its relatively weakest (or most uneven*), revisiting it reveals its better than I remembered and parts of the last s3 episode are almost as heartbreaking/tearjerking as the show’s finale! *Tho the beautiful last season was imperfect too.
While the Green Lantern(s) stories were never my absolute favorites, the new DCU Lanterns series on HBO is off to a pretty rousing start —entertaining and enticing. Love the cast and some playfulness along with intriguing ideas setup. Definitely down for more so far.
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“experts say” no it literally has!!! it’s ok to say so!!
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w agoThe Trump administration delayed a rule last year that could have sped up the effort to pinpoint the source of the cyclospora contamination. Experts say that food safety oversight in the U.S. has eroded overall. nyti.ms/4g9Ubxv
A new film with both david Spade *and* Theo Von? And they’re playing idiots?? Even better if they were playing cavemen bros but this is the next best thing, Say no more, I’m sold! It’s what plants crave!
Anyone else experiencing a ludicrously high number of spam and scam calls lately? There’s definitely been a huge uptick for me personally at least, during the past week. Did the administration approve even less regulations on this or something, or just increased economic desperation?
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A++ to Ted Lasso s5e2 And cranky haters can suck it. Warms the cockles of my heart. Even if there’s the usual amount of TL fantasy within. Also, Coach Beard:
The proprietors of one of my local coffee shops have been detained by ICE. (Venice, CA.) Any immigration attorneys here who can jump in and help?
My kids have measles, I can't afford gas, I can't breathe the air, and I can't eat the lettuce, blackberries, raspberries, or guacamole. But at least now the bathroom in the East Wing of the White House has a gold toilet.
BREAKING: A federal court blocked the United States Postal Service from implementing President Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting.
One of many ways our president is similar to Ricky Stratton in the Menudo episode of Silver Spoons.
Noah Shachtman@noahshachtman.bsky.social · 2w agothe manliest
