The last time I reacted to a Matt Lucas performance was on Twitter I said something appropriately critical. Without tagging him, because I'm not unhinged He found my post and blocked me Anyway he's made me laugh several times on Taskmaster and I guess this is who I am now

Wow, that thing everyone's talking about how they're not gonna watch looks artless and inessential af. Actively doing harm to the trans community is enough of a reason not to watch it. But they're also just doing a longer, shittier retread of 25-year-old artistic choices, and like, who cares?

I'm really not sure why any media types think I should be offended that @abdulelsayed.bsky.social said we should care as much about millions of Americans dying needlessly of COVID as we did about thousands of Americans dying on 9/11. That seems like a pretty reasonable position.

What a remarkable story. I don't have any pithy observation about the triumph of creativity and the human spirit, but trying to do one last creative pursuit while your ailing mind can still manage it is life at its finest. It's not raging against the dying of the light. It's...dancing while you can.

This actor was told he had Alzheimer's, now he's performing a one-man show

Peter Marinker is taking on one of Samuel Beckett's most famous plays alone on a London stage.

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Dolly Parton passes away Big enough to trend twice

So fuckin embarrassing They're just gonna quietly change it back as soon as he's dead He...must know that on some level, right?

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w ago

“The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America…”

Truly one of the best humans.

People Magazine @people.com · last wk.

🔗: bit.ly/4qC1fWV Legendary singer-songwriter and country music icon Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Her nephew revealed the news in a Aug. 25 Instagram video. 📷: Getty

[Exit Queen.]

The response to this kind of shit is to say that these people are not eligible for the WNBA draft because "We aren't gonna hire a dumb troll piece-of-shit has-been crybaby bitch." Repeat as needed. When the right-wing media shows up to pretend to care, respond with 💩 (or actual feces).

Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are not eligible for the WNBA draft, AP source says

Former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are not eligible for the WNBA draft, according to a person familiar with the decision.

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The Republican Party has issued its ruling that you're not allowed to vote against them. Now let them enforce it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US supreme court rules Trump can proceed with crackdown on mail-in voting

Justices’ ruling comes after lower courts had blocked president’s election order ahead of November midterms

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We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

My late father literally wrote "random downstairs crap" on a box and then proceeded to fill that box

Effin' Birds@effinbirds.com · 2w ago

Never let a writer help you move

They mean "people with charisma" because they envy them. They also mean "people who are fragile and tightly wound", which is just "people" with extra steps. They also mean they're unimaginative and peaked in high school. They contain multitudes! Theatre kids, that is. Not right-wingers.

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Theatre kid" is tossed around by right-wingers, and I want to say: - I wasn't a theatre kid. - I have a theatre kid, they're great. So are their friends. - If you have a problem with theatre kids you should look into your heart to see why or crawl back into your hole and die. Either's fine by me.

Wow, I've been listening to old Dragnet and other old time radio stuff, and I recognize her name and voice. I was used to everyone from those shows being long gone. Hell of a life and career. RIP Peggy Webber.

BMovieManiacs@bmoviemaniacs.bsky.social · 3w ago

We here at #BMovieManiacs wave a sad goodbye to one of our favourite actors, Peggy Webber. Screaming Skull was always a hit on BMM. She was also one of the regulars who showed up on Dragnet, playing all sorts of characters. She lived to be 100. Rest in peace, Peggy.

There is only one movie that's allowed to make you do homework, and it's Richard Kelly's 2001 weird shit "Donnie Darko" whose lore is best left unexplained onscreen except for the oddballs willing to visit donniedarko.org.uk He tried to make a teacher's edition a few years later and it was worse

Wow, Google. Yeah, it's a mood, but not the one you think. Hey bestie, remember when your whole state was on fire because the world was ending last year too?

Probably bad that an adjudicated rapist from the Epstein files was at a teen athletic event at all

Fighter jets intercept civilian plane over Geneva, Ohio, where Trump attended teen athletic event

F-16 fighter jets intercepted a civilian plane that violated a temporary flight restriction over Geneva, Ohio, where President Trump attended the 2026 Patriot Games.

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Hey you know who else didn't hear a call for help? The SS Californian, which was much closer than the Carpathia, and failed to respond to RMS Titanic's distress call (and rockets). Which led to the standardization of Channel 16 for distress calls, and mandated 24-hour monitoring for the same.

Mark Zuckerberg's yacht didn't hear boat's call for help off Alaska coast, spokesperson says

The issue arose when a skiff ran out of fuel off the coast of Alaska and called for assistance from nearby ships.

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How to use your smartphone to record fireworks How to use your smartphone to record a concert

Our library levy in Seattle just passed overwhelmingly. As a Seattle homeowner, I have a routine whenever I see these come up on my ballot. First I say, "Huh. It kinda sucks that we're funding libraries in this way." Then I vote for it. Because libraries are important and useful and good.

@optimisticsoap.bsky.social · 4w ago

Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?

No passengers aboard, no one hurt. But now I want to know how exactly a Link Light Rail train becomes a Link No Rail train inside the station. I expect there'll be an investigation to answer that very question, but...wtf. #seattle www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...

From the Seattle community on Reddit: Light Rail Crashed in front of us at International District

Explore this post and more from the Seattle community

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"I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Trump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."

Hey, look at that. It's a picture of the building where my ballot is sitting, right now, waiting to be counted. Because that building was evacuated. Due to a terrorist threat. I'm just gonna cut through the bullshit: Whatever lone nut sent the envelopes, the #GOP is responsible for this.

Envelopes containing 'white powdery substance' stall ballot counts at elections offices across Washi...

Suspicious mailers have been reported at multiple elections offices throughout Washington state, including the King County elections headquarters in Renton, which was evacuated Wednesday.

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I've been playing Minecraft with my kids this morning and this effortlessly snapped to mind

The Nation Magazine@thenation.com · last mo.

Rahm Emanuel, the former Clinton White House policy enforcer who went on to become chief of staff in the Obama administration and mayor of Chicago, is going through all the motions of an early presidential hopeful. https://bit.ly/4fqjkDC

In addition to his wonderful work in "Once", Glen Hansard had a musical cameo in the 2022 musical "Cyrano" as one of a trio of frontline soldiers lamenting their impending doom in letters home. It's a heartbreaking song, and it's coming back to mind today with Hansard's tragic passing. RIP.

Cyrano Soundtrack - Wherever I Fall (written by The National)

YouTube video by Beverly Road: Celebrating The National

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I'm still angry that the GOP decided to kill millions of Americans and make the rest dumber to bolster their power. I can walk and chew gum at the same time. Considering Trump's dumbass wars (trade and Iran) have made the former more likely and the latter more expensive, it's not difficult!

G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · last mo.

Republicans are trying to make the news cycle about anything other than Donald Trump and his incredibly unpopular domestic and foreign policy agenda. That’s why they set up this Fauci hearing. And everyone is taking the bait

Rand Paul is a medical doctor whose party's response to the pandemic was a deliberate strategic alliance with the fucking virus which needlessly killed millions of Americans. How Dr. Fauci was not seething with rage for every moment of that bullshit hearing is a mystery to me.

Seattle Center is one of my favorite places. I shot wedding photos there. I saw an endless variety of culture there, sometimes to review, sometimes to partake. I performed there myself. And I showed up just to wander and see people. I wish those memories made it safe from days like today.

My heart is with the queer community in Berlin right now. What a horrible attack.

Hoo boy I sure am glad the president decided to start giving a shit about wildfire smoke caused by climate change and has decided to Do Something About It. Merely stopping all the things he's personally doing to make it worse would be a fine start. Let's just see what this bold new policy might be