PEN America mourns the death of Tom Stoppard, one of the world's most influential playwrights and a tenacious defender of free expression. Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award. pen.org/press-releas...

Voters have handed a criminal sociopath awesome power. And he’s using that power to set other criminals free. This was an entirely predictable behavior pattern. I know, bc a lot of us predicted it.

A top Republican in Indiana, whose daughter has Down Syndrome, just announced he will be voting to block Trump’s gerrymandering after Trump used the R-word to insult people yesterday.

Warm bread anyone? Happy day-after!

The Tom Steyer for guv commercials are annoying and irritating and an enormous waste of money. Fire your comms staff Tom

I guess there are certain genres of music I’ll simply never understand, appreciate, or enjoy, and this is certainly one of them.

Forget Bad Bunny. I think I’ll learn Spanish just so I can watch football using the SAP button on my remote and escape from the nasal hell that is Tom Brady.

The odd circumstances of how this came about notwithstanding, I allowed a Kirby vacuum salesperson into my home today. I made it clear from the outset I would buy nothing and I did not. But they told me they’d get paid just to do a pitch. So I let them pitch. But damn, those machines are awesome.

Trump is going to wage holy hell on DC and probably the rest of the country in light of today’s shooting. Pretty much the tailor made excuse they’ve been looking for.

One of the first things that struck me when traveling to Hong Kong back in the 80s was the bamboo scaffolding used in high-rise construction and I remember thinking “hope there isn’t a fire.” Yikes.

"“Middle Class”- roughly 45% of the country—is actually the Working Poor. These are the families earning enough to lose their benefits but not enough to pay for childcare and rent. They are the ones trapped in the Valley of Death."

Good reminder to count your blessings

Anyone complaining about Dems not doing enough, isn't following enough Dems on social media. Rep. Lauren Underwood has been a standout since she took office. Follow more Dems and learn what they are doing.

For real, whites.

Went down faster than Nancy Reagan at a YMCA.

NY AG Tish James: “I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day.”

Rest in power, Jimmy Cliff

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

Saying “I immediately block anyone calling me racist or misogynist” just bc you say things that are racist or misogynist really isn’t the threat you think it is unless you imagine people WANT to read posts from a racist misogynist which kinda points out the audience you’re posting for anyway.

There it is! I must have missed it but I might make this my new wallpaper

I so so want to see Disappointed Jerry Jones on my screen but I remain convinced networks are contractually restricted to only show Ebullient Jerry Jones.

Here's a seven-point peace plan:

The characters killed off in the first 15 minutes turned out to be the luckiest of the cast members of this one. #Svengoolie

Too much cowpoke, not enough neck poke #svengoolie

TIL that you can re-crisp frozen but defrosted bread by wetting the loaf under hot water just to moisten the crust, then pop it into a 400° F oven for 10 min. Works like a charm and the crust is as crisp as when first-baked. Game changer!

Hard to imagine a worse coincidence than marking the anniversary of one Kennedy being assassinated by learning what “felching” is from another. Talk about a day you’ll remember exactly where you were…

Thoughts and prayers to everyone on either side of the great national divide who awaken this morning having to deal with the sudden realization that their political icons actually suck.

Yeah, if you can make it past these opening lines, you have a much stronger stomach than do I. 🤮

The uncommitted and the should-be-committed.

Nope! I’m not entertaining “good moves”. Especially for folks who ran on not doing “good moves” and kissing rings. They literally threw us back to the wolves because the candidate running to be POTUS of EVERYONE had the nerve to talk to EVERYONE. He needs to step aside. He can’t meet the moment

I baked bread today.

Yup. Seems like the kind of person a regular guy could just sidle up next to while grinning a charismatic smile from ear to ear.

MTG is gonna retire into a podcast career, isn’t she?

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she is resigning from Congress in January

We’re weeks away from HHS recommending leeches as a cancer cure.

The. Entire. Lot.

If trump is suddenly turning your head bc he makes giggle noises w the guy you think is pretty you must never again ask the question “how did trump get elected?”

So, my question is will Trump pick up enough Bernie/Zohran fanboys to compensate for the number of MAGAs he lost today?

I remember folks got pissed at Obama for talking to Trump to run interference for an awkward moment. My oh my how these same fucking people forgot that and now crowning Mamdani for talking to Trump. Just frauds

I’m not looking at trump differently if he’s praising you. I’m looking at YOU differently.

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

When you read this story you may ask yourself why anyone would do this. Harken back to the regime’s response to when Big Balls got beat up by that 15 year old.

This is wild. Like, genuinely wild. Read the indictment linked in the thread.

I don’t make big deals about them and they don’t matter much anymore, but it’s still a gut punch that a person I really care about IRL didn’t wish me happy birthday. Just two words. No gifts needed, no hoopla. Just two words. Like you know and care I’m here. Guess I haven’t grown up at all.

Will complete another trip around the sun tmw, and since I can’t do what I love the best, a nice long run, I’m gonna do what I love 2nd best. Bake. Bread first, then a seriously chocolate cake. Never intended to make it this far, so I’m going to enjoy it in simple things that make me happy.

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What are the odds that trump will hold an on-camera Oval Office signing surrounded by Epstein survivors?

Emphasizing again: if you are renewing — or especially if you are getting a passport for the first time: check your book/card CAREFULLY when you get it. THEY MAKE MISTAKES. Easier to fix if you catch it quick. Speaking from personal experience. Don’t be me.