Someone please tell me -- was I rude here? Is this worthy of a 3 post rant & two mocking quote posts of my pinned post? I was genuinely baffled by someone describing Maria from The Sound of Music as a "homewrecker"

If only our society took major crimes by rich people as seriously as minor crimes by poor people. Ideally more seriously. But as seriously would be a big improvement.

I've done a lot of crowdsourcing when it comes to how I've approached recent conversations and found it helpful to get other perspectives. It's one of the reasons I created Virtual Office Hours. Drop in, get hot-seat coaching and a plan. Spots open Friday 👉

One of my crotchety old person peeves is when people use couple as an adjective rather a noun. E.g., “I know a couple guys” rather than “I know a couple of guys.”

I honestly don’t know what to say anymore. It is overwhelmingly clear at this point that the Republican Party has sold its soul to protect a child rapist, led by wealthy ghouls who will never have enough. There is only one war, now and forever, and it is the class war. There must be consequences.

Kelly's daughter is 14. Something tells me she wouldn't be so sanguine about this shit if it was a middle aged man with *her* daughter.

Oh you rich conspiring pedophiles & all your smug weaselly defenders, please lecture me again about how my trans kid is a threat to American family values

Way to go, Seattle!

We got some high-event hockey going on in Tampa Bay. Not sure @auntchalupa.bsky.social is terribly happy about it, though.

One thing that baffles me about TikTok videos is how many of them are people talking about something fairly serious while doing something else that is unrelated.

stressful times call for silly memes: a thread 🤪 🧵

William Golding from his 1962 essay “Fables” on the intended meaning of his “Lord Of The Flies”.

One thing I've learned being on social media is that there's a shit ton of ostensibly leftist journos & large accounts who get extremely precious when a nobody like me isn't intimidated by or deferential to them.

there's some discussion today about how there's space for new journalism platforms a reminder to support the ones you already have if you enjoy them, and if you have the ability!

Professor at Northeastern got pissy with me & blocked me when I tried to tell her this just a week ago. I'm just a schmuck who lives here, after all. Not a bint with a PhD who lives in Boston.

You're at Half Man. I need you at Half Biscuit.

Pre-K KIDS DO NOT NEED MATH. NOT ONE GODDAMN BIT. JFC, they're FOUR -- LET THEM FUCKING PLAY ALL DAY.

This is gonna be my ear worm for the next few days, so I may as well share it.

My foray into Facebook to see the ISU Aurora photos (my sister texted me the link) led me to see that my mother -- a widow -- posted this. I guess my dad's ghost knows where he stands now. I'm just wondering if he's behind Peppy, Mandy, Mikey, AND Jake or just one of them.

Ah. The Aurora over my alma mater. ❤️💛 Posted to the ISU Facebook account. They didn't credit a photographer.

if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.

iPhone people: should I switch to iOS 26 or stick with 18?

Wow. Even in Texas. Photos from my sister from their country place in Grimes County, Texas, north of Houston.

WINTS!!!!!!

Omgomgomg. 🥹 I’ve been as far north as Stockholm & never saw the Aurora Borealis before tonight.

Hell. If you want to pay me $230, I'll crochet you one.

:)

Happy Veteran's Day! Did you know the Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs has a program to help cover pet adoption fees for veterans? The Vets Get Pets program disburses up to $350 to cover a veteran's pet adoption fees. Meet our adoptable pets here: bit.ly/3q2yJ0a

Damnit Michigan.

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

Wow. The Rangers won at home.

Not entirely sure why, but a tiny part of me has started pondering getting a little blue heart tattoo again (it's the pondering that's happening again -- I am not considering a 2nd blue heart tattoo).

Not tonight dear, I got a headache; how beer can save the world; Democrats trade their ass for an ass-kicking; and music! It's today's Bad Crow Review.

Call me a humorless bitch, but I don't really think jokes are an appropriate response to a respectful post memorializing a tragedy in which 29 men lost their lives.

I've never even set foot in her district, but in my heart she's my Congressperson.

this period where your donations to Bolts are matched by NewsMatch started a week ago, and it's been a smashing success so far: would love to keep up that energy still and go into 2026 on the strongest possible footing!

Gloxinias. Do they still exist? I'm assuming that they do, but for some reason it just occurred to me that I haven't seen one or heard of anyone having any for *ages* and I feel like they were pretty common when I was a kid.

Hank used his amazing nose to sniff out a secret. are you ready to hear it? here goes... you're doing great! even though it's cold and Monday, you're doing your best! congrats! 🐶

4 more from my recent walk to Holme Wood and Loweswater, now on my site here: www.andrewswalks.co.uk/holme-wood-6...

pls share/RT Democrats Kill Hope (Again) open.substack.com/pub/oliverwi...

It's only 8 am. We gotta get through today's bullshit first.

Hah. Guess where my son was tonight, @hockeyfannibal.bsky.social!

Truly amazing that any time the democrats have to bite the bullet and do something that ruins countless lives, there's always *just* enough votes to get it done, but if there is a vote on something that would actually improve people's lives, they are always one vote short. Crazy how that happens.

Ugh. Dems doing Dem shit. Both of my hockey teams losing. Time for a happy tune.

Oh. Rest in peace, Lenny. 💛💚

Not to re-litigate '16, but I never understood how HRC supporters who claimed Omaha mayoral candidate Heath Mello's endorsement of Sanders was disqualifying for Sanders but they were fine with Kaine as HRC's running mate when Mello & Kaine's stance on abortion was pretty much identical.

SCHWARTZY!!!!!