So this is fun. I got a discount to an opera tonight (Innocence, a modern one about a school shooting). My seat is way close up (closer than I'd prefer but cheap), and I bought a special cup that will let me bring my wine to my seat, which is otherwise not permitted (I can use it on future visits)

Okay, I laughed. It's really not funny that our war-criming president is such an immense embarrassment, but I have to admit that whoever is running these Iran accounts is absolutely making the most of it.

Every now and then when the world seems truly bleak and stupid and senseless, I scroll through one-star reviews for an art gallery or a famous cultural or historical site to be reminded why the world is truly bleak and stupid and senseless: people

Sometimes I think the stupid in popular culture is a relatively recent phenomenon and then I go down some rabbit hole and I'm reminded that while the face of stupid has changed, things have been stupid for quite a while. Despise me if you will—this was pretentious claptrap youtu.be/PjPZIRgo4kQ?...

what all Democrats everywhere have to look forward to if we fuck it up and nominate Graham Platner

Gus looks exactly like me in the morning I feel ya, buddy. I hope no one tries to talk to you until you've had some coffee.

I know I have some fellow olds who worked in the restaurant biz. Do we think this guy made $30 to $60 a night in tips as a part-time busboy (not a waiter-- a busboy) in 1983? Do we think he paid $115 a month in rent? (Maybe, I guess, if he shared an apartment with four other guys)

I'm going to a French wine bar tonight, which doesn't feel very Eastery but should be delicious

Palate cleanser

If this is for sale, I would like to know the price because I kind of want it.

As unhinged as Trump is, the "open the fuckin' strait" line does not sound like his wording. I'm wondering if some other batshit member of his admin took the wheel. I'm not saying that to defend Trump btw. It's terrifying & inexcusable for that post to come from the POTUS's account.

textbook sanewashing

Will no one rid us of this turbulent president?

Lest we forget, this war started because Trump attacked Iran unprovoked in the middle of negotiations to reinstate a deal that Trump himself reneged on in his first term, and his opening shot was to kill all the leaders of Iran in a massive surprise strike. Criminal rogue state lunacy

Madness. The war crimes, the deranged profanity, the casual Islamophobia. He has no idea how to solve the problem he created and he’s going to spin out about it until he nukes Tehran. He needs to removed and frankly, if he were any other world leader, we’d understand he needs to hang for his crimes

Got to love it when some dude condescendingly tells the world your thought is a "misconception", and when you simply ask him where the misconception was, he blocks you.

This is the president of the United States. On Easter Sunday. “Open the Fuckin’ Strait.” truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

Pancakes or bacon and eggs? That is the question

This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

I did not buy my hammer. It was my father's, who also did not buy it. It originally belonged to my grandfather, who may or may not have bought it, and who died in 1980. Do we have anyone out there who actually bought their hammer?

Trump has not been seen publicly since his primetime speech on Wednesday. 72 hours and counting despite the fact he hasn’t left DC.

And the jokes just write themselves.

Sometimes I ponder the fact that Congress allegedly holds the sole power to declare war and the last time they did so was in 1942 but somehow we've been involved in a heck of a lot of wars since then

If you're seeing posts defending Hasan Piker and wondering who he is, this is who he is. And if you defend him in my timeline you get insta blocked because life is too short to spend time on people who think this guy is cool bsky.app/profile/cent...

When you go to a 5-hour performance in the afternoon and have a glass of champagne at intermission, you basically feel like going to bed at 7 pm in the evening Or at least I do

This, for the young folks in the room, is a lie. There is absolutely zero chance this guy was able to live independently, pay for school, and have disposable income on a part-time busboy job in the '80s. Zero.

PSA: coffee at the Met opera house is absolutely insanely expensive. I can live with $14 for the salmon sandwich, and the $22 prosecco but the $10 tiny cup of drip coffee is a bit much.

It's always amusing to see the wide range of clothes people wear to the opera in New York--everything from gowns to jeans Note to self: do not wear ruffled denim miniskirts with tights and maryjanes when I'm 80 😬

First intermission. I paid a bloody fortune for a salmon sandwich and a glass of prosecco, but it's fantastic to be able to sit down and edit your mission and eat it. And the performance is WONDERFUL!

Not ideal, but I was lucky to get tickets at all

What the holy fuck Our current government is evil. Just fucking evil.

Kind of curious what other open secrets does every DC reporter just keep among themselves these days.

@gavinesq.bsky.social Young Jolyon has a very modern looking wardrobe and hairstyle somehow. And then he has one or two things that look retro but not 1880s retro. Like right now he's wearing a baby blue leisure suit like one my dad had long ago

I had a giant healthy salad for dinner but unfortunately I followed it up with half a jar of Nutella eaten directly from the container

Maybe, but my experience at least has gotten less annoying. Of course, that could be because I block so many people

So basically the only things Trump doesn't want to cut are ICE, bombs, and golden temples to himself

 @timmiller.bsky.social: "If you'd asked me in 2020, who is the most likely country to be the next country to use a nuke...I would've said North Korea...maybe Pakistan... If you asked me right now...I would say probably Donald Trump is most likely to use a nuke."

When I have surgery, I don't need to be "inspired" by the surgeon. When I a tuneup, I don't need to be "inspired" by the mechanic. When I go grocery shopping, I don't need to be "inspired" by the store manager. I just need them to be able to do their fucking job competently.

Central Park is a-bloom. On a related note, I despise people who pick flowers in a park. Does it occur to you, assholes, that if everyone made themselves a tulip bouquet, the park would be denuded of flowers? Also, asswipe, it cost money to plant them. They belong to everyone. Leave them be.

If you are defending Hasan Piker as a good guy, actually, unfollow me at once because I am bound to insult you the first time I interact with you (right before I block you because life is too fucking short to waste time on you)

the Met was offering $95 orchestra section seats on Monday for an opera about a school shooting and I thought what the hell, I'm already depressed

Omfg That is seriously embarrassing

I get emails from the US Capitol visitor center and they never fail to give me a list. Notwithstanding all the horrors of the Trump agenda, here are the tours the visitor's center has currently available:

Live your life so that no one ever puts a framed photo of you in the trash

Things are just going splendidly

Boy, what a terrible headline. We *need* the wealthy to participate in public services. If only poor people ride the bus, then rich people won't wield their power in support of public transit or, worse, will wield their power *against* it.

As an American, there are always disappointments to register and arguments to engage; amid the chaos of our battered, monied attempt at self-governance, dissent is constant. But this feeling of being utterly ashamed of America and embarrassed to the core by its president is new, raw and unnerving.

I can't believe I'm feeling more sympathetic to Iran than to my own country right now, but that's where I am

According to the Times:

It IS an act of terrorism, and the US should be bracing itself for retaliation. And no one is going to feel sorry for us when it happens.