Mary Todd Lincoln says, "Other than that one incident, I really enjoyed the play."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTrump says "I think my level of popularity maybe is higher now" than ever "other than what happened at the midterms"
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Writer, artist, nerd, music addict. Fan of women, logic, and transparency.
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A little thread about Dolly Parton, Richard Dean Anderson, and Make a Wish. This was the late 80s. My neighbour's young nephew was dying and had three wishes: 1. Meet Dolly Parton 2. Meet Macgyver (aka Richard Dean Anderson) 3. Go to Disney World
Happy birthday to our one and only Grand Empress of Sci-Fi*, the inimitable Amanda Tapping! Many happy returns! 🥂🎉🥰 ... And we'll do our best to #SaveStargate for you! *My autosuggest wanted to complete this as "Grand Empress of the Galaxy". 😊
A photo taken earlier this afternoon by Queens resident Christopher "Lucky" Lopez. A picture is worth a thousand words. (Or at least 300 bucks.) I mean, really, what are we supposed to do with this??
one thing about me is that i will almost always have to text @newcrayons.bsky.social about how this is a perfect song every time i listen to it and she will verify my conclusions. i say almost cause today i decided to blue sky it
Since the 1970s, the Earth — fueled by greenhouse gas emissions — has been warming at a fairly steady rate. But 2023, 2024 and 2025 were far warmer than previous trends. A Post analysis shows the warming rate over the past decade increased by 42 percent. https://wapo.st/4qA1kZM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@maddow.msnbc.com Rachel, PLEASE investigate and report on this story. I believe the instructor to have legal standing 1)the ssw dean Benner did not follow policy and instead worked directly with Sen Jim Banks and 2) Benner met with students and allegedly questioned the instructors integrity, as
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · last yr.Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy." www.wfyi.org/news/article...
Hey SJ fans! Tomorrow we are reading Body Checked, a hockey AU by Professor Tennant in our Sam & Jack Fic Club. All are welcome to join! archiveofourown.org/works/150886...
@newcrayons.bsky.social I think these belong together.. your words in the Freshman and this photo immediately came to my mind! Such a sweet moment! We were lucky to be there!
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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30 years since I learned the meaning of the word sporadically.
NPR@npr.org · last yr.A new glossary of the 1995 cult teen movie's most memorable expressions celebrates its 30th anniversary. Some have stood the test of time. Others not so much.
This level of barbarity is unconscionable. Nobody should be comfortable with children and families starving to death. It is morally indefensible to allow the manufactured and man-made starvation to continue. The United States must stop funding and enabling this genocide.
the most important part of this story is not that US diplomats asked if nonwhites qualify for Trump's South Africa refugee program but that Spencer Chretien--a high ranking appointee in Trump's State Department and former Associate Director of the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025--answered NO
Reuters@reuters.com · last yr.Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans reut.rs/3H6mYnH
You can always tell who the lover is. In a room full of people, one tells a joke and one laughs harder than it merits because love is light and when you feel too much of it it bursts inside your chest and sounds like fireworks coming out.
Kicks 17 million off their health insurance. Cuts nutrition for hungry kids. Makes it harder for working people to afford college. Biggest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in history. But go off.
Can folks be sure to counter the “ICE Under Attack” headlines with this kinda important fact?
We’re friends, the kind who make promises and keep them, the kind who draw lines between them. We’re friends, but your eyes have dipped to my lips three times since we started this conversation.
‘Friends’ with ‘benefits.’ The benefit of fitting inside a part of my heart you shaped around yourself? The benefit of having your initials carved into the bark of my soul? The benefit of staining my memories like a bruise that will never fade? Are those the benefits?
They lay in a pile, watching the smoke spiral off the gate. He bangs his head on the wet ground. They would have made it like the others did, if he hadn’t broken his damn boot lace. #samjack #ficwip #wordgamewednesday #obsessedwithstrandedfics
#ficwip@ficwip.bsky.social · 2y agoThis week's word is... ✨ SMOKE ✨ Find the word in any WIP & share the sentence containing it. All fandoms, all ships, all writers welcome! #wordgamewednesday
