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Jody McPhillips

@jodymcp.bsky.social

Lifelong journalist, in US and abroad. Canada and Mexico, we are so sorry. Ditto for the rest of the world, we will stop him but it's going to take a while. Hey, Congress, ready to get with the program? No DMs please. #Angret❤️🇨🇦🇲🇽

created August 30, 2023

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Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

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3/9/2025, 1:07:58 AM | 9916 3328 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

stop shooting at the good guys. Dems can do what they want. You can vote as you want. You can't force people to think as you do. Leave that effort to the Republicans.

1/9/2025, 11:29:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Cheap SOB. And yet Trump squanders millions and millions of tax dollars on playing golf, and making sure we pay to protect all his grifter kids.

31/8/2025, 9:10:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Sad thing is, America IS exceptional in so many ways, most of them good. But it's true most Americans have no clue about how horrible autocratic and corrupt governments are, or how hard people have to work to recover from the damage. Guess we are going to learn the hard way.

31/8/2025, 9:07:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Hello, Dolly!

31/8/2025, 6:02:00 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

I guess we're gonna understand soon. Personally, I'd welcome having a clue, because nothing about this crook makes sense.

31/8/2025, 11:58:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow, you seem determined to be offended. You wrote that using the Guard to pick up trash put them "on the same level as janitors." That doesn't seem like praise to me. BTW I criticize myself all the time, just don't think it is warranted here.

30/8/2025, 11:01:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

sure wish we had a robust professional media industry that could tell us what is really going on.

30/8/2025, 10:43:33 AM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

what a shock. not.

30/8/2025, 10:42:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

There’s no one reason we lost, it was a whole bunch of things.

30/8/2025, 4:00:32 AM | 59 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Might want to tweak the wording next time. Read to me like you were dissing them.

30/8/2025, 2:12:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Absolutely! Drives me nuts.

29/8/2025, 5:41:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Um, no need to trash janitors, pal. Life would be hellish without them.

29/8/2025, 5:39:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Huh. I’m pretty sure sure that’s how rats and cockroaches think.

29/8/2025, 5:30:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

I do find some tiny solace in the fact that all of these Quislings have to sit there for hours and listen to his drivel, then lick his boots when he pauses for breath. We at least can change the channel. It’s not enough, but it’s something.

27/8/2025, 3:35:40 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m surprised it’s that high.

27/8/2025, 3:31:39 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

This is so disgusting, and depressing. I never in a million years would have believed Americans would grovel like this. And to such a wretched “king”.

27/8/2025, 1:29:15 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

STOP crime?!?!?! All Trump does is commit crimes.

26/8/2025, 6:23:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s gotten him a long way in life, just like Cheeto Jesus.

25/8/2025, 6:15:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

I didn’t like Harris all that much either. Or Biden. But I voted for them both because are you kidding me? Trump? Or, now, Vance? Never in a billion years.

25/8/2025, 6:07:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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24/8/2025, 10:34:34 PM | 13728 5666 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

What does Junior actually do all day, does anyone know?

23/8/2025, 4:19:04 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

They all did, and are.

23/8/2025, 5:27:02 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

How about explaining what this is about? It is impossible to tell. Who are these people? What was the dispute about?

22/8/2025, 7:38:12 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social)

Let’s make this one count, folks! Stuff is getting scary(er)❤️

22/8/2025, 7:33:04 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Wrong. Millions are doing a lot. It just takes time to turn the Titanic.

22/8/2025, 6:50:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

I’m not afraid. I just wish I knew what would be most effective in stopping him (them—all his henchmen have to go too).

22/8/2025, 6:48:15 PM | 7 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m not afraid. I just wish I knew what would be most effective in stopping him (them—all his henchmen have to go too).

22/8/2025, 6:48:15 PM | 7 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture itisinevitable.bsky.social (@itisinevitable.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

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22/8/2025, 2:49:09 PM | 33 11 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Except ya gotta admit, choosing Bolton was smart. Literally no one likes the man. I’ll defend him on principle, but damn! It hurts.

22/8/2025, 6:46:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Except Trump will never repent.

22/8/2025, 6:44:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CC Hopes (@cchopes.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

I like this one, too...

22/8/2025, 1:36:09 AM | 65 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Exactly!

22/8/2025, 1:47:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kumar Rao (@kumar.bsky.social) reposted

Tremendous crossover move right here:

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22/8/2025, 12:43:14 AM | 18434 4275 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s just mean.

22/8/2025, 1:35:58 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Hey hey hey don’t make assumptions. I’m woke as hell and I like Cracker Barrel, it’s where I meet my Trumpy brother. Good pancakes.

22/8/2025, 1:35:04 AM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

This should win the internet 😃

22/8/2025, 1:18:12 AM | 57 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Overpriced crap anyway.

21/8/2025, 3:50:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social)

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20/8/2025, 3:32:55 PM | 13 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Don’t these guys have actual work to do?

20/8/2025, 3:24:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Why whispering? You think they’d be proud to support masked thugs.

19/8/2025, 7:57:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, I’ve heard Newsom on his feet. He’s way better than the Mad King. Pretty sure he can handle a few tweets.

19/8/2025, 7:55:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

We can be sure they have been sanitized. That’s what all the delay has been about.

19/8/2025, 7:32:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Sadly, not gonna be that easy.

19/8/2025, 7:30:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

He'll build up to it. It's the typographical equivalent of frothing at the mouth.

18/8/2025, 12:17:36 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CAKE (@thebandcake.bsky.social) reposted

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17/8/2025, 1:58:24 AM | 3317 721 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Especially when they aren't doing anything wrong.

18/8/2025, 12:06:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Key word is "seeks". I'm sure some law enforcement types are smitten with Trump, but I have a lot of respect for police. Here in Rhode Island they are pretty smart and they are really good at dealing with people--without tanks and massive weapons. The good ones will be disgusted by this power grab.

18/8/2025, 12:05:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah but it doesn't prove anything, nor does it add new information. Drives me nuts when people promise big revelations and it turns out to be recycled old stuff. I do think it is true, but we won't know until somebody actually unearths the Epstein videos or gets someone who was there to talk.

17/8/2025, 11:55:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Okay, so we protest all over the country. They can’t be everywhere.

17/8/2025, 1:23:01 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Or Putin did it for the photo, knowing what we’d do with it.🤣

16/8/2025, 4:51:58 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don (@donshifs.bsky.social) reposted

“Remember, one penny is unimportant, but double it everyday for a month and you’ll have millions. It’s the same for our voices” Me

16/8/2025, 4:48:52 PM | 12 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Really is all in his face, isn’t it?

16/8/2025, 4:48:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Except he’s looking up her toga, which is too depressing for words. Bloomers, please. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

16/8/2025, 4:47:26 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

He wishes! Trump’s no Tony Soprano, he suffers from tiny dicktator syndrome.

14/8/2025, 2:21:46 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Even before the senile collapse, Trump was an idiot.

12/8/2025, 7:49:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice suit. Doesn’t wear it well.

12/8/2025, 7:46:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social)

In a nutshell.

12/8/2025, 7:45:45 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brent Toderian (@brenttoderian.bsky.social) reposted

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

12/8/2025, 4:32:32 AM | 4247 1731 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

All started heading south when people abandoned real journalism for “free” crap on the internet. News flash: a lot of it is BS

10/8/2025, 3:08:33 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Astounding that such a noisy Christian lies so easily. Then again, Mr. Vance appears to shift shape easily.

8/8/2025, 10:06:29 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

I'd hold off on believing this until we see multiple, full-scale probes by reputable investigative journalists. I'm an election worker, & there are a LOT of safeguards. The fact we haven't seen such investigations raises questions. I'd love to believe they stole the election but don't see proof.

7/8/2025, 9:03:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Frog-marching a 5-foot woman. What a hero!

7/8/2025, 5:18:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Next to Trump, Epstein seems a model of tasteful restraint.

7/8/2025, 5:15:23 PM | 29 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Unless he’s cracked the mortality puzzle, he will be departing at some point.

7/8/2025, 5:13:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social)

Sigh. Yup.

7/8/2025, 4:30:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

When elected officials won’t act, we work to replace them. Millions, including me, are donating, protesting, making phone calls, registering voters, working the polls, etc. I’m not trying to be a jerk to you, just making the case that we actually DO have the power here—we just have to use it.

7/8/2025, 4:26:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

What did poor Tennessee do to deserve this?

7/8/2025, 2:52:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

What are YOU doing about it?

7/8/2025, 2:13:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Leak leak leak leak leak. Heavens to Betsy, who might benefit from such a leak?

6/8/2025, 10:22:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Disagreeing with someone is not isolating or shaming them. My point is that many good people disagree with each other. We need to accept that and continue to work together for the goals we do agree on. Snark doesn’t get us there.

6/8/2025, 10:20:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s as if, to a certain percentage of the population, he is the Invisible Man. To the rest of us (thankfully, the majority), he is all too visible. And it ain’t a pretty sight.

6/8/2025, 10:13:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Jell-o

6/8/2025, 10:06:06 PM | 26 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

No, thanks, I’ll pass. It depresses me beyond words to see this kind of language on Bluesky and believe me, I am way too profane myself. This has been an island of civility—well, mostly. Can we maybe keep it that way?

3/8/2025, 6:49:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Tone of this is not helpful. Democracy means a lot of different viewpoints. We don't get anywhere by trying to isolate and shame those we don't agree with.

1/8/2025, 10:57:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Don’t be fooled, horse, she’ll shoot you as soon as look at you if you get out of line.

31/7/2025, 8:41:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

“Arguably”? Who else comes close?

29/7/2025, 9:44:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social)

Lovely guy. We really need to hear this.

27/7/2025, 3:22:38 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

This whole administration thinks that lying is a nifty tool of the trade. It works, but only in the short term. This whole mess will come crashing down around them, the question is when? Meanwhile we keep doing everything we can think of to stop them, we're getting better at blocking them.

27/7/2025, 10:02:00 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

agree completely. I do understand that feeling of helplessness, we are lucky in that we have never been here before. A lot of people around the world are far more familiar with this type of assault on their freedoms. But we are fast learners, and diversity is one of our strengths .

27/7/2025, 9:59:12 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

You’re not helpless. None of us are. We can ALL do something. Make a plan and start acting—call your reps, register voters, donate, send postcards. They want you to feel helpless, don’t give them the satisfaction.

26/7/2025, 3:58:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social)

Love these guys❤️

26/7/2025, 2:40:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Nah. He’ll offer her a pardon and she’ll exonerate him.

22/7/2025, 5:11:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Look. We’re not gonna let these idiots destroy everything. Take a breath and start working with whoever you can find who feels the same.

21/7/2025, 3:51:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah. Jesus was all about personal finances.

19/7/2025, 1:22:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

In 2026, they’re not going to know they’re losing medical care—unless we tell them.

17/7/2025, 7:02:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s just one of his verbal tics. He’s got a lot of them. When, before Trump, did you hear any public figure say “hoax”? Why is it always “Russia, Russia, Russia”? WTH is with “strongly “? The guy is beyond weird.

16/7/2025, 5:20:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

c'mon, don't make Bluesky into X

16/7/2025, 11:27:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Can somebody sue Mr. Miller for libel, please?

13/7/2025, 6:25:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Stealthgirl 🫘 (@stealthgirl21.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Any thoughts on the mass firings in the State Department?

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12/7/2025, 2:04:12 AM | 677 159 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

I did not realize God was special. This man is a veritable fount of wisdom.

12/7/2025, 4:45:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Guys, take this back to X, how about?

11/7/2025, 4:07:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) reposted

What's up with Justice Jackson? She started making her mark and speaking out early, and some of her dissents are so pointed Kagan and Sotomayor don’t even join them. The far right is out for her, and even Republican justices are getting snarky. So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵

9/7/2025, 3:49:35 PM | 3991 1490 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

They can’t even fake being human, they literally don’t understand how normal humans think.

8/7/2025, 4:23:17 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Put your face on Rushmore, sell more

7/7/2025, 1:56:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social)

Preach, Senator. Every word is true. Rhode Island is proud of you.

30/6/2025, 9:54:05 AM | 10 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

He did, and is doing, a whole lot more than that. He deserves prison.

30/6/2025, 9:51:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah. Calm, rational, decent--what a bore! In the Age of Trump, I can see why you'd smear the guy trying to save us all.

30/6/2025, 9:39:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jody McPhillips (@jodymcp.bsky.social) reply parent

Can we finally start talking about the fact Trump’s cheese has slid completely off his plate? The guy’s a raving lunatic now, seems worse by the day. At this rate he’ll be baying the moon by Labor Day.

27/6/2025, 2:53:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view