@lynchbar.bsky.social
Flibberty-gibbet, daughter of teachers, grand-daughter of a coal miner, oppositionally defiant scoffer at norms, natural born keener.
'Let's start with the Epstein files.' has become THE sentence of this era.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoWhitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
This is from May. What's been happening since? newrepublic.com/article/2108...
Zohran Mamdani Gets It. Abigail Spanberger Does Not.
The New York City mayor has spent the beginning of his term delivering on one promise after another. The Virginia governor, meanwhile, has been busy vetoing progressive legislation.
newrepublic.com
Happy birthday to James Baldwin! www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/88932/...
There's a lot in this. Key point: they are allowing those in the files to SELF-IDENTIFY as victims. Seriously. Were you gobsmacked enough yet? youtu.be/oAEHQXlYWK0?...
This guy provides us with mosquito traps! Love that he made it to the Beeb! Great idea, too. youtu.be/qjD-JATj_V0?...
Thousands of mosquitos being released in Washington DC | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
youtu.be
Monsoon-style rainstorm on now, after a day of dark, heavy skies. Tornado watch, too. Distant thunder, but not a lot of wind. Temps went from steam bath as the rain began, to ~77~ now. The relief is palpable. Huge sigh...
Let's change up the vibe. 100 year old music. Alive, sparklingly bright, virtuosic. Paper tearing virtuosity! Lol. (Personal note: the Dorsey boys were coal crackers, from upstate PA. My pap-pap played in a band with their dad. My gear aunt was Jimmy's godmother.) youtu.be/zk2WJ9vgl7A?...
(1928) Walter Roesner and The Capitolians
YouTube video by Duncan Automatic Stop
youtu.be
The Odyssey sounds like more big dick energy out of Hollywood. Even to distorting how Homer limned the goddesses, to reduce them to minor players.
Jennifer Kretchmer@dreamwisp.bsky.social · last wk.While we are in this Greek Mythology moment, may I remind you that Emma Thompson is adapting Pat Barker’s take on The Iliad, and she’s struggled to get it made bc the focus on what acts of war against women and survival thereafter actually look like (the core of Barker’s narrative) is too intense.
I used to posit a plan, back when things were not *nearly* as speeded up technology-wise: let us all pause for, say, one year, and cultivate awareness of the interconnectedness of everything.
🦋MOM🦋@momcjl.bsky.social · last wk.
Randy Fair@southerngayteacher.bsky.social · last wk.“This means the government is finally admitting what we knew from day one and what was obvious to anyone who saw the videos: the charge against me was baseless, meant to intimidate anyone who dares to speak out, organize, or demand justice.” - David Huerta www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
I know that adrenalin rush, I'm a mama! Lol
ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social · last wk.Mama Bear makes sure her cubs safe then let’s another bear know to stay away
Maybe we're learning, finally, that this is the only earth we have, and we're all in it together. Terrifying.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · last wk.Fleeing by boat, sleeping in cars: "Apocalyptic" wildfires drive 300,000 from their homes in France and Spain.
Does his stuff stay in the cloud? Or get wiped too?
Bradley Perry@bradleyperry.bsky.social · last wk.This is funny. He will win in court.
