On this week's Selected Shorts episode, Sleight of Hand, actors @patriciakalember.bsky.social, Daniel Gerroll, Hettienne Park, and Kate Burton perform stories by Penelope Lively, @rokwon.bsky.social, and Dave Eggers. Take a listen wherever you get your podcasts. bit.ly/4lxXCOD

On the Selected Shorts episode No Filter, @patriciakalember.bsky.social performs the story “Best Western” by Louise Erdrich. You can enjoy an excerpt of the compelling performance here, and then listen to the full story wherever you get your podcasts. bit.ly/42czb22

His acolytes are so predictable, they’re either mobbed up, pin-striped “guys” or pornified pnuematic blondes, even the brunettes have “caramel highlights”, with nary a wrinkle in sight.

The second story on this Selected Shorts episode, No Filter, is read by @patriciakalember.bsky.social. In “Best Western” by Louise Erdrich, a young wife wrestles with the reality of her marriage. You can listen wherever you get your podcasts. bit.ly/42czb22 (Photo by @qbertplaya.bsky.social)

Watching the news hour tonight talking about Russia’s push into the arctic, and the penny dropped re Trump’s seemingly random lusting for Greenland. Man we’re in trouble.

I find myself saying, “oh fuck all the way off” far too much these days.

Karma has a place for fascists. Here’s hoping.

January 6th? Anyone?

It’s so on point Repubs care about the “unborn” but are willing to rip life saving aid from the world.

I expect this BS from the bloviating orange man, but what the heck happened to JD Vance? Does he know most of the MAGA supporters would be more than happy to deport his wife and children?

Lol John Oliver set up a how-to guide for how to make Meta make less ad $$$ from you. johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com

“Rich people are careless, they’re gonna break things.”

Michael J. Knowles, didn’t know who he was, saw him on PBS, wow, young nazis gonna nazi

The cruelty isn’t a “bug” it’s a feature.

I can’t stop thinking of a famous diplomatic quote, “if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu”.

Listening to two people’s stories of being fired, one days from the probationary time ending, reminds me not just how stupid this regime was, but how cruel it’s always been.

Anyone else worried past “anti regime” posts might lead to a knock at your door?

I made a hat!

Oh Jared’s been salivating over the Gaza Strip for development for a few years, but please let’s talk about who would want to live there? Displacing people who have lived there for generations? I don’t recognize this world.

Instead of barking at the moon, “Dems do something!” I suggest you call the nearest local republican representative and give them hell.

I thought this was very interesting

I know and love transgender people. Why the hate? Why the punishment? Today was a very bad day in our country, and watching Stephen Miller’s smug lying face made it worse. The outrage just builds.

It’s only been a week, and if you don’t think this is batshit crazy? Oh, I guess you voted for this.

Dog Whisperer? I’ll take anything

Honestly? At this point? Wheel of Fortune will do.

An important and smart take by @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social about the importance of how to handle Day One and the days to come -- including building an opposition. Worth your time to read and consider. lucid.substack.com/p/its-day-on...

Boy it’s tough to dodge “the supreme leader’s coronation”, but I’m trying, I’m really trying. Old Graham Norton shows? Beat Bobby Flay? Great British Baking Show? And when all else fails, there’s always SVU reruns, or as my Aunt used to call them, “those murder shows”.

I had to turn off the “pre inauguration” speech, culminating with the Village People. I wanna new drug.

Anybody else hear the commercial narrated by Mike Huckabee shilling the “children’s guide to President Trump?” How they can learn about how he will “make America great again”? It comes with illustrations and a brown shirt.

I hit a wall today. Maybe it was the release of Jack Smith’s report, nada, or the supposed vetting of the serial sexual abuser Hegseth, where Repubs just wah wah wah, it was made up? We are in a new time.

Watching the events unfolding, I don’t think our democracy will hold. I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t think I am.

I’m now, at my ripe old age understanding why the right hated Jimmy Carter. How did that narrative take hold? Follow the money, always.

How are those egg prices?

I lost half my brain cells listening to this garbage. Gonna be a Looooonnnnnnggggg four years.

I’m telling you and not just because my husband has dual citizenship, Brexit was the biggest mistake ever.

Just got back from Savannah, yes, beautiful, but haunted. I grew up in the south, and when I return, there’s an uncomfortableness. I can’t shake it.

And I’m sure I’m last to the realization that IG, FB, X, is nothing more than a tool to sell us stuff.

I’m starting to realize food, cooking, is the great unifier. Everybody’s gotta eat, right?

OK, first, “Official Elon Musk” started following me, now “Maye Musk” is piling on. Am I being trolled? Or is this an attempt to monitor? I mean….what the what?

"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

Happy Thanksgiving

Pumpkin supreme pie, a layer of cheesecake, a layer of pumpkin pie with a brown sugar pecan top. Happy Thanksgiving!

The bait and switch was so anticipated that I can’t even call it that. Hello project 2025

Kevin Kline giving no movie star F’s in Disclaimer? Props to you my friend. So, so good

Looking for my Power/Force people here?

Tom Hooman not to be confused with a human, has plans, heads up

Deleted my the formerly known as Twitter app, and it felt really, really good.