john waters' 1995 christmas card with steve buscemi as him

*at a christmas party* oh Rudolph is your favorite reindeer? That’s cool yeah yeah he’s pretty great *in reindeer chat* BlitzenBoy92: at the work thinh. take a guess DonnerTime: buncha dolphies? VixenLover: fuckin lame bro just keep ur cool change the subject The Dasher Enjoyer: thinh

I somehow missed Judge Wolf's resignation in November. A powerful and disturbing statement. (I interned for him one summer in high school as part of a public service initiative). www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

welcome to the Second Annual Bluesky Christmas Eve Snowball Fight! please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light

Living Single gave me highly idealised expectations about how it would be working for a magazine but I still loved it

BREAKING NEWS: We’re leading a lawsuit challenging federal attacks on gender-affirming care. Healthcare decisions belong with families & providers, not the government – and the government can't simply use a “declaration” to circumvent basic legal requirements for policy changes. #orpol #breakingnews

Therapy First is an anti-trans propaganda group, reporting by @veraeikon.bsky.social reveals. One eg: “One prominent member of Therapy First who has taught a seminar under the organization has published work arguing that girls are *turned transgender due to overconsumption of pornography.*”

Rogers Park, a magical place where you can look East and still get a spectacular Sunset. @buckweaver.bsky.social @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social @u2girl1966.bsky.social @rebeccakell.bsky.social

My position on the debate on "From the River to the Sea" is that it should start with the party that is actually advancing this vision not only through chants but also through genocide and ethnic cleansing - the current Israeli government.

really great theater titles we too often take for granted (a partial list) A Streetcar Named Desire Damn Yankees Do I Hear a Waltz?

"Just to be clear about these attacks on our students, the goal is to outlaw protest. They’re weaponizing antisemitism to go after pro-Palestinian protestors. They want to see how far they can take this. Just yesterday they floated deporting US citizens...the goal is to shut us up.

i feel like this from roosevelt's 1942 state of the union address still works as a mantra today for our fight

A final 2025 @chicagoreader.com Ghost Light column from me, reflecting on some of my favorite shows and other things. chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

Only one story, in the New Republic, made the direct connection between Kennedy’s repeated peddling of junk science and the effort to end healthcare for transgender minors.

been saying for years that this sort of thing, functionally testing unproven technology on entire neighborhoods and then entire cities, should be put to a vote and include payment for the people potentially affected, but the right to profit supersedes all other rights

grinch the vampire slayer

A tow truck driver who towed an ICE SUV that was blocking a driveway while the agents kidnapped Angelanos back in September was just found NOT GUILTY on the only charge against him (theft of government property). THAT'S ANOTHER WIN FOR "FUCK YOU; MAKE ME"

Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.

This might be the definitive piece on grassroots activism in Chicago this fall. Melissa captures so many pieces of the experience and ties them together into a clear impression of what it feels like to try to help in a city under occupation.

Brilliant. From @michaelharriot.bsky.social

ADF’s undisguised aim is to impose conversion therapy, ban abortion dismantle marriage equality. Its hate knows no bounds, geographic or philosophical. It is literally a hate group, per the splc

SNAP benefits should be universal, with zero means testing, and generous. Even from a purely capitalist perspective this would benefit the economy massively. The only reason to be against this is because you're pro-suffering.

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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes. I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.

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Y’all this is extremely important

This is the compromise? This is the bipartisanship? This is the civility? This is the return to normalcy? This is the price of winning? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE WON

Walid and his daughters are suffering terribly in Gaza as another winter storm approaches. Like many Gazans they face the winter in sandals, living in tents near their destroyed homes. Please help if you can. chuffed.org/project/1253...

It is amazing that the ruling administration has managed to set up not one but multiple opaque schemes that essentially allow for mass money laundering/payouts/corruption, some of which have already resulted in favors such as pardons, and the rest of the government isn't even trying to stop them.

i am once again asking who the "leftist extremists in the faculty lounge" shaping democratic party priorities are, and what policies it is that they are instituting

it’s been almost a month now and y’all need to recognize that #JinkxMonsoon is a Genius (again).

in honor of our centennial man, my favorite dick van dyke show fact: it exists in the same fictional universe as friends, frasier, the wire, and the x-files. 100 year old dick van dyke could (and 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥) appear in an episode of 'chicago fire' next week as rob petrie. allow me to elaborate--

ice has a near daily updated list of every american's air travel. the american gestapo knows every time you set foot on a plane to visit your parents. i don't know what to say but that this should be a scandal that consumes every day of the next three years of this presidency 🎁 gift link:

It is so forced too. Sinners wasn't some a small indie hit, it broke box office records for original stories, it was hugely popular AND critically acclaimed and rightfully so. The idea of a major mainstream outlet putting out their Best of lists and just happening to leave it out is clown shit.

just going to reiterate this. if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...

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What's ominous is all of the trusted women of color who know a lot about AI are saying that a crash is on the way and the white guys are pretending they are taking it to the moon. This means that a crash is definitely on its way.

anyway did you know the national guard are still deployed in los angeles and a judge ruled it unlawful again today

A huge night for Democrats: —They flip Miami's mayorship. —They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%. —They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council. —And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.

People are going to die because of the pending insurance premium hikes. I know the terrain of discourse is inconsistent and goes through a tumble cycle every 24 hours, but I really think we need to hone in on this reality and drive it home for people.

Democratic congressman Shri Thanedar has filed articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth over the murderous attacks on boats in the Caribbean. https://bit.ly/44E1yqP

I would really like to see more Ds speaking up to defend her. this is ridiculous and horrific.

Day 49 of inserting a random Muppet into a random Star Trek screenshot #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TheMuppets

Another thing is that way too many people don’t understand that even during the worst periods of the most appalling despotisms that they’ve read about a significant number of people could still live relatively “normal” lives

tonight you’ll be visited by three spirits

One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse. “It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”