things drunk turner says

what have the anglicans done

i am so sorry about all this hooch, i am very tired

what's that in your hip flask, madam hooch? best not be polyjuice, I'll tell u that much... can't go around giving notions to the youth... stick to the moonshine, sister

hooch? like the dog?

I have often wondered this, because I'd been given to believe that hooch was legible to the English (based on my studies in Jeeves & Wooster)

in other news, here's the not haunted doll i found at an estate sale (cloth and bisque, germany, very-late-19th to early-20th century)

exactly lololol

madam hooch is preying upon our children... she boosts them aboard broomsticks... she taints the sacred grounds of sport, allowing a student with an unfair biological advantage (he is the chosen one) to compete alongside honest ordinary not-special kids (they have not killed a man)

madam hooch sounds like a codename and/or slur from the lavender scare

if someone called me madam hooch, i'd break out a shiv so fast

"wait, is lesbian hooch canon?" -- let's ask jkr to confirm once she's identified subtlety in a police lineup

my thing about casting announcements for the new hp series is that you are linking arms with the world's biggest transphobe for the privilege of playing a character called "madam hooch"

they should let me and doug talk to timmy chalamet, we have studied this subspecies of white man extensively

uproar at family christmas (mom overheard me call my brother a wanker, and now everyone wants to see me dunked in a vat of holy water)

this is a beautiful idea, to me

unsurprising that jim carrey went insane... they painted that man green and made him run around

Another Kaitlin Ruiz classic

this is not not about jd vance

this sentence i stg

what if they cast erika kirk as a female praying mantis in a new 'zootopia'

I keep reminding people that the circumstances I'm describing are not imagined. these are examples of how this tech is being used, and anyone with a brain should be mad about it!

your regularly scheduled reminder that my page is one without any tolerance for generative AI, and that tech dependent on theft and environmental harm is not a source of empowerment for anyone

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

it's that time of year (again)

still can’t believe I saw Die Hard at a priest’s house and I kept getting shushed for “disturbing the atmosphere” with quips

me: Mom, you're an angel my father, desperate for that co-author credit: yes, among pigeons

I got it from this book which is kind of the bible for non violent action against authoritarian governments - Fighting Tyranny by Gene Sharp and Bruce Jenkins www.amazon.com/Fighting-Tyr...

That’s how change actually happens showing up again and again

we're up against it, and weariness is understandable. but power is knowing that even if you can't do everything, you can choose to do one thing. find that thing, and return to it with all your heart.

Exactly. Just keep feeding stuff into the machine, if enough people do it, it will start to overheat and break down. Be creative in the ways we can add to their woes. A broken down civil administration is one of the things that contribute to the collapse of authoritarian governments.

@aletheamb.bsky.social this might sound a bit bats, but I think we exchanged letters during the early days of covid!

here is the unappealing truth: resistance means asserting yourself as a pest. one sting isn't sufficient; you've got to keep biting, till your voice is not only expected but bemoaned. right now, the best way to love your country is to make some underpaid staffer say "not *this* person again."

be honest, not aspirational: calling your elected reps three times a week every week, for example, is better than flooding their line one week and then receding into silence.

if you're motivated by spite: when you get someone on the phone, you are actively taking up their time. if nothing else, they have to listen to you when they could be doing any number of other things.

a general template

broadly applicable

the one thing I'd add: remember that the person answering the phone is not an elected official--rather, they're your means of access. express your concerns without attacking them, because their cooperation matters, and because we can demonstrate the dignity their bosses withhold.

kidnappings, KOSA, ending section 230 protections. there are so many reasons to call your elected officials and yell at them. if you haven’t done so, now is a great time

it's a great day to call your representatives and remind them that U.S. citizens are being detained, assaulted, and denied basic rights at the hands of ICE. Americans like Wilmer Chavarria, Andrea Velez, George Retes, Javier Ramirez, and Dayanne Figueroa have been brutalized by their country--ours.

Good morning! 🪶

some ornaments you could score! :)

here are the deets:

Tarragon got her start at an animal rescue, and I'm so grateful for the amazing volunteers who looked after her in those days. if you're in the US, many organizations have clear-the-shelter initiatives running; these include waived adoption fees.

ok, one more cat pic for your joy: the perfect girl herself

Marty loves you!!!!

national guard? ❌ strategic love reserve? ✅

this man so dazzled paramedics, they nearly forgot to wheel out my grandmother

my parents extracted Marty from a barn when he was a tiny slip of a thing. he is now a doorstop at twenty-odd pounds, very Clifford the Big Red Dog vibes.

hey buddy