we’re all giving the actor shit, but how did the stage manager let this happen?

“My dear boy, why don’t you try acting?”

One (1) champagne cocktail and I am openly weeping reading The Giving Tree to the toddler.

I don’t fuck with Black Friday, but I’ll break my rule for this - Willow’s one of the most insightful film writers around and her essays on Twin Peaks and Lynch’s oeuvre has been so enlightening and I’m so happy to support her work.

i am not thankful for this

From my anecdotal experience, this is absolutely true

lord give me the confidence if a mediocre man who thinks he can best isaac chotiner

Unpopular opinion: Yes, it's bullshit that Ghislane Maxwell is getting better treatment in prison than everyone else because she praised Trump. But it's much bigger bullshit that incarcerated people are treated so horrifically that toilet paper is considered a privilege.

is there a daniel tiger episode about not being a dick to your mom? asking for a friend. cc: @plrock.bsky.social

we pay over $23k for daycare for one kid in the nyc suburbs.

for the love of god please don’t like this and encourage him to

rock over london rock on chicago wheaties the breakfast of champions

There is no pain You are receding A distant ship's smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying

and the embers never fade in the city by the lake the place where you were born

what i need is a good defense cause im feeling like a criminal and i need to be redeemed against the one i’ve sinned against because he’s all i ever knew of love

and maybe you’re gonna be the one that saves me cause after all you’re my wonderwall

What are the pros/cons to an Olympic swimmer of holding in their farts?

One of, if not *the* main cause of autism is autistic people having kids. Research into the cause of autism is part of a eugenic project to keep autistic people from having families so there won’t be any more of us.

There is no ethical way to research what “causes” autism. It’s an inherently eugenicist project. The only practical application for such research is eliminating #autistic people.

NEW YORK CITY: all out call to canal street & Lafayette as of 12:26 pm, 11/22 — ICE made arrests, fears they might return.

Make them *be* the weird chair!

holy shiiiit

FUCK THIS

i’m a grown adult who ate too much fast food for lunch, got dehydrated and then had an existential crisis until i had a glass of water how are you doing?

I hope men understand that it is very very rare for anyone who is not a woman’s lover, close friend, or relative to stand up for her when another man insults her in a room of other men. It is incredibly unusual. They may not join in the bullying, but they’re unwilling to step in to stop it.

how long until olivia nuzzi is dating andrew cuomo?

Not to yuck peoples yum but if they can let Patton Oswalt back in for doing the exact same damn thing then they can also reinstate Link.

this belongs in an anonymous livejournal

Stop using chatgpt adopt an autistic with special interests TODAY this deal wont last forever mostly cause they get overstimulated pretty fast but hey great for the environment amirite

obviously if you know anything significant about the NYT handling of that reporter’s relationship with Epstein, i’d be down to hear all about it. signal in bio. anonymity offered.

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

Former legislative staffer and current autistic here. This is all very good advice! Calls really do matter, but all you need to do is demonstrate that you’re a constituent, name the issue that you’re calling about and give it a thumbs up or thumbs down.

Tips for Autistics to shake phone anxiety & call reps: 1) Body double, live or virtual. Have a friend call! 2) Have a written script! it's ok to sound like you're reading directly from it. You don't need to mask, but you DO need to be clear 3) Have 1-3 SPECIFIC issues to address. Ex: DOE & RFK!

And, what, all of this was so people could get on airplanes at thanksgiving, a thing NO ONE actually wants to do? Dems had the opportunity to provide cover for every American who wanted to avoid their family at Thanksgiving but instead…

Seeing @bradlander.bsky.social emphasize this at the @localprogress.bsky.social convening this summer helped give me the inspiration I needed to stay in the fight. There’s so much to fight for and so much joy in doing it together.

Dick Durbin gets to retire in comfort while I see myself sliding further away from the middle class with every passing month and face the prospect of no health insurance as I face ever higher risks of illness in middle age and beyond

I am incandescently furious at the absolute lack of humanity and leadership we’ve seen tonight. Losing the ACA will kill people, and pissing it away for absolutely no gain is unforgivable.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

sure have!

I feel like I’ve told the story of my mom’s death and how she’d be alive today if the ACA had been enacted a year earlier over and over again and I don’t have the energy to do it again, but trading the ACA to reinstate SNAP benefits is a fool’s bargain. We can feed people AND give them health care.

Hi @schumer.senate.gov and @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social! If you vote for this horrible deal, I will spend the next 4 years making sure you are both primaried and retired from the US Senate.

WHAT KIM SAID

I’m busy but will find time in my schedule to end a couple of careers if this garbage fire of a bill gets passed.

Mamdani is going to implement Shalamar law. He’s going to make it a night to remember

Autistic people are and always have been targets for fascists.

I love a sad man album, but Rhythm Nation is a revelation. It's Janet for me.

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

Republicans running anti-trans hatefests lost and Zohran Mamdani is a hugely vocal supporter of trans and other LGBTQ rights. That is MASSIVELY important to look at and run on. Roll around in all this & soak it in. This is the good shit, & it should be celebrated. And then it should be Built on.

I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.