Currently at VTS near DC. Recovering Twitter User. I still do cool stuff like read the Western Canon for fun & now MDiv. absurdist 'holy theatre' pashit. Peter Brook (RIP) is still my hero. I live for cats (aka Iggyboos)
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why the everlasting fuckshitstack is this relentless game of cat-playing-but-torturing-as-it- -slowly-kills-a-mouse-for-fun-not- -food being played in full public view as opposed to behind closed doors/curtains/skyscrapers??? it took me years of trauma to recognize so i guess that's the crux
Current view from #MalcolmGuitesBench
People really are not fully comprehending the escalation this represents and what happens if and when state or federal forces engage with civilians or one another. This is literally how civil wars start and spiralninto oblivion.
BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
are you a manager? please tell me they are not recommending physical engagement cuz knowing & communicating the 'run and hide plan everyone needs to know' should be it.
RELEASE. THE. #EPSTEIN FILES. "If the unconditional truth were ever released, I think the British Public would impeach the Royal Family." There is a 'client' list. & that list, & those travel records, those details, implicate a ton of bad people doing bad shit with impunity.
🚨 SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 18. Millions of Americans took to the streets in June to drown out Trump’s birthday parade. As Trump’s regime escalates his authoritarian power grab, we’re gathering again on 10/18 for a nationwide day of peaceful protests to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
and then i go the long way to my spot to work & almost drop something, look at the books in front of me, & behold! miguel de la torre's book in christian theology/ethics from orange-hued monstrosity 1.0 & tons of books on us christian nationalism!
even in the sanctity of the library, as i return to seminary, the universe is sending signals to mess with me. 1st stop past the kids & young adult section. I'm like, ooo manga, ooo illustrated history of human trafficking, ooo slaughterhouse five graphic novel, ooo, wait, ugh, why is the ex here?
since may, each attempt to refill an #adhd rx (been on for years) at cvs has been fraught with problems. at first, i chalked it up to the usual shit that happens every once in awhile cuz yeah, adderall, whatevs. now i feel like it's #xfiles. help me, skyverse. reccmd? subreddits? mutual probs?
since may, each attempt to refill an #adhd rx (been on for years) at cvs has been fraught with problems. at first, i chalked it up to the usual shit that happens every once in awhile cuz yeah, adderall, whatevs. now i feel like it's #xfiles. help me, skyverse. reccmd? subreddits? mutual probs?
THIS THING HAS TOO MANY HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER PLOT POINTS. SUBTEXT IS we killin off all the bitches now
oh no. oh no no no no
here i am again. yup, monthly rx refill. guess what. #XFiles vibes #adhd yup, another, brand new, vacuous reason why it's denied: Rx "expired" (!?!) "gee wiz, an obfuscating detail we didn't know to ask on Fri. face-to-face, eye-to-eye, repeating 3x, 'R U SURE?' while they kept nodding, 'Yes'"
This. Oh this...
COMING TO A CITY, SUBURB, TOWN NEAR YOU OCTOBER 18: NO KINGS 2. Spread. The. Word.
For the @noproscenium.com 500th mega-episode, I dropped by to reminisce with @noahjnelson.com about the origins of the community. I was also able to talk publicly for the first time about a couple of things I’ve been working on shows.acast.com/60dce900bab6...
Today’s cat is helping me write #CatBreak #BlueSkyCats #CatSky
I talked to Wired for A LONG time about how The Onion works now and also alluded to some very stupid, very fun things coming very soon. www.wired.com/story/uncann...
Things feel uncertain right now, Illinois. I want you all to know we’re doing everything we can to protect your rights. Make sure you know how to stand up for yourself and others at illinoisimmigrationinfo.org.
The play that most chillingly mirrors this unhinged moment in history? Caryl Churchill's midnight-dark fairytale "Far Away," in which a Fascist world is consumed by ever-shifting, internecine warfare. Truth is endlessly mutable there (here?), and nowhere is a place of safety.
ok checking in to see what batshit insanity has been hurled at us by the orange hued emetic slug
I feel like these fairie lights are playing a cruel trick on the blooming hibiscus that typically goes to sleep at night?
Ghoul swarm imminent. But tfw those beastly trolls. Let's do this. MAINE! W00T!
I honestly thought this was a fake at first but it’s real.
We're getting a little aurora borealis action...it's my delight of the night #DelightOfTheDay
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What are the best "you don't know who you're messing with scenes" The opening of Sergio Leone's "Once Upon A Time In the West" with Enio Morricone's music & their sound design? ps. recommend the entire sequence but this is the badass part youtu.be/nbdRf9b5fiw?...
Covid shots saved over 14 million lives throughout the world in 2021 alone, as Senator Sanders points out in a NYT editorial yesterday. Credible scientists do not support any of RFK's conspiracy theories about vaccines, about autism, about polio, FFS. Please. Please. Make some calls.
Ah, my bad. I'd love to see a thing on different ways cultures, regions, folks have their things around shoes... Starting with "What's up with the shoes at the beach?" 😂
There are a lot of fantastical stories being told about what it's like to live in Washington, DC. Counterpoint...
Thank you on this labor day!!
My wife does not allow me on the parents WhatsApp chats because I message the way I post and as she says "keep that shit somewhere else"
All right, Oysterman, I am listening. Maine, 👀
Me too. The Oysterman. 🔥
I like this guy.
Wait who's talking shit on jersey
BOOM it is on
💣💥🔥🤪😂🤣😂🤣
Class. This is the way. Walk in it.
But hot scalding sand on the way to set up your towel and umbrella is also real! You can wear your shoes in both directions and then you don’t have to scald your feet!
oh fuck. wait. this is the beach shoes convo & i thought the reply was to the convo about Squirt, the soda. okay. back track. the fuuuuck, my dude? if i see anyone leaving the beach & getting their shoes back on cuz they left them all day, it's white people.
Baaaaahhhhh!!! 😂 oh my god those were the days when there were no signs or street names & people navigated by landmarks. wooow. they'd killed the train a decade before, i think.
Who gives a shit when they got SQUIRT!! Ps. Searched for a GIF & failed. Why does everyone leave out Squirt?
Awwww, beastly!!! Worse than Kenyon. Did you have any friends with access to a prop plane? My Pop Pop was a pilot & there's a story him transporting a pack of kids home to the Eastern Shore MD for the holidays... Ah, family lore 😂
oh noooo i was so busy shitposting i forgot the thing I'm smoking isn't a cigarette
oh noooo i was so busy shitposting i forgot the thing I'm smoking isn't a cigarette
My mom grew up outside DC and she remembers driving on a brand new, EMPTY, beltway and my Nonie saying, "People don't want to use this." Well. Ahem. Also, yes to buses and the trains and the prop planes!!
In my mother's lifetime, we went from regular reliable train service from where she grew up to where she raised me, to reliable Greyhound service, to 'you'll have to drive to the big city anyway to catch the bus so it's easier to just get in the interstate', to 'destination Greyhound stop closed'.
Did you go to Kenyon? 🤪😁
Can you believe it? I literally do not remember 😂🤣😂🤣 All I remember was realizing Ticketmaster was charging me $30+ in processing fees sometime in the early 00s & I was like, wtaf?
@sulliview.bsky.social IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AMERICA...well, you CAN. Just following what happens and posting isn't enough, so Margaret Sullivan has some simple, concrete ideas (below). Time to get past just reading bad news and start to make good news!
W00000T!!
9 pages pencilled and inked today, which is a really solid start to Book Three. Can't wait until people can read these books! #MakingComics #TheOctoberGirl #BookThree
Myrna Loy. Glamour with an upturned nose.
1. hot, scalding sand before the exit is REAL. my ass running after the 4 yo, to scoop 'em up before he realizes it & screaming ensues. (this year's hot sand memory) 2. Wet, sand covered feet, straight into shoes? Flip Flops or not, hell no. 3. Post-Dinner Beach with just socks on? Good Times.
Ditto. Curious to find out. Is there a foot washing station nearby or something?
Ok people who go to the beach and take your shoes off and leave them at the entrance all day: why? My mom and I have been debating this out for years. Why don’t you carry your shoes? Not a judgement. It’s perfectly fine with me. I’m sure it’s also circumstantial. I just don’t understand why?
Damn it, yes. The Concerts were a thing before smartphones. Seriously nostalgic right now. And those cassette tapes of live PHISH shows were just the most beautiful analogue mode of fandom. Somewhere I have footage of the mayhem unleashed when Widespread fans swarmed Radio City Music Hall.
My preview article on the new musical "Saturday Church" isn't out yet, but the show's concept album is. My current favorite among its gazillion great songs is "Blinded by Love." Perfection. youtu.be/5xDS5t6PyGo
Oh my god????? Someone in power finally said it??? And is taking action???? Now he needs to actively campaign for a youth.
Gail.
well and truly one of the best. what a loss, man.
If you're a reporter and you wants to talk about WHY 319,000 Black women left the labor force in five months, do not hesitate to reach out to. (Spoiler: The why is #TheDoubleTax) Send an email info@annagifty.com and cc Taylor Thee Publicist at taywilliams@penguinrandomhouse.com! #econsky #blacksky
You know how sometimes we find toxic waste that’s been haphazardly dumped decades ago and think, “what the fuck were they thinking?” That’s how the future will think about almost everything we’re doing in 2025.
🚨 MUST READ! @vermontgmg.bsky.social has 6 Qs re: 1) The bruised hands. 2) The recent changes in patterns. 3) The years of health record lies. 4) Trump’s obviously diminished capacity. 5) The swollen ankles. 6) Biden Precedent. Why is the press negligent in covering Trump's health? 🧾 is.gd/pRjRTd
Ditto.
"Batman has a plan" is one of the most overused plot developments of the last 40 years. "How does Batman come up with a plan to deal with the current crisis?" is much more interesting.
YASSSSSS!!!
Killin' me, Smalls ALSO. 1994 PHISH/DAVE MATTHEWS!?!??
Some relics I found when I was cleaning out my office closet.
Sethy Seam, who was 16 when sentenced to life without parole, received clemency last year, and left prison in January after 27 years: “A lot of kids had hard lives. They did 25 years in prison, and now they’re a whole lot different. They need hope, too.”
right?? It has been a balm in all this chaos to become aware that despite it all, Francis brought Liberation Theology into an application that seems to be working and now, Leo, omfg, never imagined feeling this way about popes.
this fucking timeline.
Awww, fiesty, porcupiney, Batman!
THE DARK KNIGHT! Another #dragoncon commission.
I was like, "Boots on the ground...Claire!" Me and my Hermeneutic of Suspicion when it comes to the word "catholic"
PROPHETIC SHITPOSTING! Yasss, @bencollins.bsky.social Prophet of the Shitposting Blueskyisms
Have you seen/heard about the way folks in corporate pretend like they're fine, working like normal, and cover up the fact they're undergoing cancer treatments?
Ooo, one of my fave tells 😂
Immediately who I thought of when I saw this...
“I heard the same message from Pope Leo that I heard from Pope Francis, which is the desire to welcome all people, including LGBTQ people,” the Rev. James Martin, S.J., told the AP. “It was wonderful. It was very consoling and very encouraging and, frankly, a lot of fun.” https://to.pbs.org/46hrN7l
Highly recommended #MustRead for a clear and rational perspective despite all the smoke and mirrors....
Keep 'em coming
Yeah. And that was literally what he was shitposting last night, the night before? Slop, it was called. Hashbrowns, eggs, burgers...
Anyway, my friends at Bluesky proper should start marketing this place with these kinds of quotes. It makes this website seem like the fucking Thunderdome when in reality it's a place where I post pictures of Viscous Brown Food-Like Substance On A Plate solely to unnerve people.
WE LOVE @theonion.com **swoons**
I'd say slay but this is like slaughter slay, a medieval bloodbath slay, this needs to become a Broadway musical, SLAY.
I AM DEAD, KEN. DAMMIT! GOOD NIGHT!!!!
/5 [A FACE APPEARS ON SCREEN] SALLY: How can you look at this face and not feel pity? Is your heart made of stone?
KEN. gorrammit fuckshitstacks.
fuck all, ken...
goddammit ken...
[CUE MUSIC: “IN THE ARMS OF AN ANGEL” PLAYING SOFTLY] [FADE IN BACKGROUND SOUND: A solemn voice reads names] Nate Silver. Matthew Yglesias. Megan McArdle. Mark Cuban. [FADE IN: SALLY STRUTHERS sits on a stool in a pool of light on a minimalist set. She looks SAD.] /1
Mark Chadbourn 
Alejandra Caraballo 
