Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
Rest in power, legendary Oneida First Nations actor Graham Greene. I got shivers hearing you tell Echo that her enemies should know ‘a Choctaw warrior is coming for them’.
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Rest in power, legendary Oneida First Nations actor Graham Greene. I got shivers hearing you tell Echo that her enemies should know ‘a Choctaw warrior is coming for them’.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
Rest in power, legendary Oneida First Nations actor Graham Greene. I got shivers hearing you tell Echo that her enemies should know ‘a Choctaw warrior is coming for them’.
Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyder.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Speaking as someone who used to spend time in their chats, SO much of US contemporary fascism is a function of men assuming that the way adulthood worked was, you got a job and in exchange you got a woman to be your mom plus your sex toy. They are ENRAGED that they have a job but no sex mommy.
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GatorGoatJohnny (@gatorgoatjohnny.bsky.social) reposted
Mare Fair knew that one of their staff was accused of sexual abuse of several real horses and did nothing. If you stand for anything, you need to tell the organizers of Mare Fair and Neighcon that they are not welcome here. #mlp
Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) reposted
Question: Why did US put big tariffs on India despite major national interest in cultivating a strategic counterweight to China and trying to isolate Russia? Answer: Because the US president lied that he fixed India-Pakistan and India wouldn’t go along with the lie. (Seriously, that’s the answer)
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey!
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
Reminder: MCU Yelena is a dollar store Mockingbird knock off with every ounce of power, intelligence and agency erased and replaced with daddy issues so dudes can save her.
Tamra Bonvillain (@tamrabonvillain.bsky.social) reposted
This shit sucks man. Medically proven and effective treatment that would save trans youth a lifetime of pain and discomfort in their own bodies thrown in the trash because our country enables the most evil people imaginable.
Jason Bailey (@jasondashbailey.com) reposted
If they were literally trying to destroy the human race what would they be doing differently
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
I find videos of dogs ‘fetching’ running hoses into houses hilarious. I am VERY aware I am a terrible person for that.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
Strange New Worlds feels so very loving of Star Trek’s legacy and cultural importance and emotional power while grinning and nodding at the goofy, silly aspects. It helps the cast is magnificent.
Daniel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith.com) reposted
Los Angeles area people, if you are in town and NOT at Dragon Con, here is a very fun con that I am a guest at, and you can drive to it, they could call it DRIVIN CON instead of Dragon Con, but more helpfully, they could keep its current name of LONG BEACH COMIC CON. This Saturday and Sunday!!
David Roberts (@volts.wtf) reposted
I genuinely think part of the current political dynamic is that a lot of Dems -- especially your typical educated, affluent city-dwellers -- simply can't believe what's going on. Even though it's right there on the TV, right there in the streets, it's hard to shake the feeling of unreality.
Greg Pak (@gregpak.net) reposted
This is a form of child abuse. "A.i." damages people's ability to think critically, robs people of the joy and human experience of creating art, and exposes them to propaganda controlled by fascist billionaires. Obscene. Do not let your kids participate in this. Yell at anyone who pushes it.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
This duet from Secret Garden tidal.com/browse/track...
More Abstract Popehat (@kenwhite.bsky.social) reposted
A national corporation changing its branding is actually a secret message to me mocking my values stop laughing I am not “crazy”
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
Fellas is it gay to have sex with a woman?
Secretary of Defense Rock (@sodrock.bsky.social) reposted
On one hand, at least he's coming around on the other, fuck you
Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd.bsky.social) reposted
Except Democrats think American democracy is in danger because the president is an authoritarian with too much power, and Republicans think it's in danger from the Cracker Barrel logo changing.
Daisy Gardner (@daisygardner.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
I had to do emergency dispatching once because 150 000 people showed up … to walk over a bridge.
emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) reposted
Tulsi Gabbard stripped the clearance of NSA's top math whiz based on a conspiracy theory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbdY...
Jessie Gender (@jessiegender.bsky.social) reposted
Important
Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) (@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social) reposted
LA WorldCon has released a statement. It's better than I expected but still not as thorough as I'd like. www.lacon.org/2025/08/21/s...
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
What a paradise this world could be if we weren’t trapped in these idiotic death cults.
Sarah E. Bond (@sarahebond.bsky.social) reposted
This is the most literal and amazing candle 🔥 🕯️ I have ever seen—and I need to dress as Alaric and buy 410 or 455 of them as holiday presents. Thank you @illdottore.bsky.social for alerting me to this product. jdandkateindustries.com/products/rome
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
These are very beautiful
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
So many of the characters that gave me hope as a child, showed me non-white faces that weren’t called ‘criminals’ and in the case of Mockingbird, Hawkeye and Steve Rogers literally saved my life … they would be so angry and ashamed.
Rachel Pinnelas 💭 (@racheaissance.com) reposted
pro tip: People will tell you to speak up for yourself as long as you continue to echo the version of your experience that doesn't jeopardize their ability to perpetuate the myth of the industry
Star Wars Holocron (@swholocron.bsky.social) reposted
Forbes calls Manny Jacinto in THE ACOLYTE “one of the best original villains we’ve seen appear in Star Wars in the entire Disney era.” (Source: www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...)
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
OH PRAISE SEHKMET! Bam Bam was returned! We Rate Dogs on Facebook
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
One of those fun facts about me: I worked on Breaker High a little bit. I have shared the back seat of a shuttle van with Ryan Gosling. He always seemed nice. 😁
Julie McGalliard (@mcjulie.bsky.social) reposted
Politics of the last 50 years makes a lot more sense when you see everything as a coded racism battle, where the animating spirit of the Republicans wasn’t “conservative” but rather “the party for white people”
Rick Lane (@ricklane.bsky.social) reposted
Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
GOSH YOU WEREN’T JUST GONNA PLAY GALACTUS THERE WERE YOU BUDDY? (They resigned as soon as my cards revealed)
Michael Colborne (@colborne.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The arrestee is one of the three individuals we identified in our @bellingcat.com article last year (and it’s his boat fwiw) www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/02...
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
My queen, Mockingbird. Love her to death; she’d still think she could ‘handle it’.
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) (@iwriteok.bsky.social) reposted
during the Wendy Davis protests i entered the capitol building with several female friends. i told the guards i was carrying a concealed firearm and showed them my license. they waved me through without a search. my friends had their purses checked and their tampons confiscated.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
I forced myself to watch the show for as bit but I found it really misogynist and the message ‘it’s okay if cis het white guys are annoying and barely competent if they are externally ‘nice’’ is deeply irritating to me.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
For me it was more that when you grow up around adults who have that soft voice and ‘gentle’ manner and they ALL turn out to be abusers of some flavor it’s not a comforting vibe.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
No idea what was weird about that but let’s never speak again.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
As long as they don’t make her a rapist again…
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
I fully understand that I’m the weirdo here but I still find Mr Rogers creepy and Ted Lasso annoying.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
I have no idea what point you think you are making but it’s not gonna be made to me!
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. Thank you I know. I also know many are his singular voice that would have benefited from other opinions and viewpoints on camera.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
No idea why you think I said ‘barred’? Cause I didn’t? Please don’t use exclusionary rhetoric and say I said it, thank you. I know you’re an SA survivor, and your voice is as important as anyone’s but this topic benefits from more voices in discussion not fewer. As you will, obviously.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
Let me be clear, I would be interested in that video. I’m not saying don’t make it.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
I beg you to speak to someone not a cis man about it on camera if you do.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
This is LITERALLY WHAT THE NAZIS DID.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s harassment no matter the genders of the participants. It’s disgusting, predatory, and possibly criminal depending on the level you go to. It’s NEVER okay. 3/3
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
I was waiting by the photo printers at a convention for a friend and slowly realized that a good 75% of the girls in photos with Tom Holland were in WEDDING DRESSES. Sometimes with ‘just married’ banners. I felt so bad for him. I was not surprised when he stepped back from conventions. 2/3
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
I remember when a lady on socials was AGGRESSIVELY publicly sexually harassing Sebastian Stan, trying to get people to write him emails and letters and tell him at cons that he should date her. And it was laughed off as ‘cute and quirky’. 1/3
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
Of late I think much about the time on Twitter the Soska Sisters called a hate mob down on me for asking them why the were cheerfully working with Dean Cain (provided receipts that he was a bigot POS back then) because ‘he was not racist at all and how dare I’?
Marc Moore (@marclmoore613.bsky.social) reposted
We are seeing entire swaths of the population fully abandon the good and worthy goal of working to make people's lives better in favor of vindictive tearing down of anyone opposed. Even if we fix the political system and stave off fascism I don't know how we come back from that.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) (@deecherrywriter.bsky.social) reposted
Just like the water fountains back in the civil rights movement weren’t actually about a water fountain, this question of “competitiveness” in youth or college sports has nothing to do with fairness.
David Daniel (@daviddaniel.bsky.social) reposted
This is awesome: a "WKRP in Cincinnati" fan created a three-hour Johnny Fever radio block, by using clips from the TV show and dropping in the full songs on his intros and outros, plus commercials and Les Nessman news breaks.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
Listen, we need to ask, in what way does the metaphor of the reeking swamp witch infecting men with mushroom spores relate to the poor quality of air indoors as enforced by woke moralists who refuse to clean their rooms. Also fuck Peterson and all his bullshit, incoherent, misogynist works.
Morgan is short for De Morgan’s Laws (@morganthegray.bsky.social) reposted
What if Sherlock Holmes and John Watson were women? Rekindling a sapphic romance? While living cozily in very low orbit above Jupiter? @older.bsky.social's The Mimicking of Known Successes answers these question and is great fun to boot. I heartily recommend this novella.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
Jesus FUCK it’s so tedious hearing people who know nothing about fighting or fight scenes blather about the MCU.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
I wish I could get into the Lions Led By Donkeys podcast but every time I’m reminded of it I search the episodes for any indication they know women have always fought in war and well…in 375 episodes there are 3 even acknowledge the existence of women.
Michael Paulauski♨️ (@mike10010100.com) reposted
"we have to hold Dems accountable" You did it. We are here now. Why are you not happy?
L.J. McLean (@ljmclean.bsky.social) reposted
Even though my books are not on Audible, this makes me VERY uncomfortable. youtu.be/xhTmMv_s578?...
That’s So Random: A Random Movie Podcast (@thatssorandompod.bsky.social) reposted
Bonus Commentary # 8 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier Stuntperson @tgshepherdvan.bsky.social and I drill down on the action of the MCU’s peak(?). open.spotify.com/episode/5k0J...
Heath Lambert (@heathlambert78.bsky.social) reposted
Bonus Commentary # 8 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier Stuntperson @tgshepherdvan.bsky.social and I drill down on the action of the MCU’s peak(?). open.spotify.com/episode/5k0J...
hannah gais (@hannahgais.bsky.social) reposted
DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man? Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
So many people I love really like horror media and I just … don’t. Never have. I’ve always been perplexed by both why they do and why I don’t. I think the hopelessness of horror is really hard on me mentally. It’s like I want to jump in and help people, save them, and I know it’s pointless.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
There’s a scene from Weapons going around TikTok that makes the movie look so bad… But I have such a low tolerance for ‘building tension by having a character be so stupid it’s hard to understand how they can feed themselves with a fork’ as a trope it might just be me.
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) (@iwriteok.bsky.social) reposted
we need to teach the 1930s properly so that people know the Reichstag Fire was exactly this stupid
Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) (@deecherrywriter.bsky.social) reposted
They still have the post up
John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) reposted
Bah. Demanding people read half-century-old work as a purity test for genre membership is a fine way to kill the genre dead. I wrote about such nonsense here; whatever.scalzi.com/2020/08/07/o...
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
Or you could try books NOT written by sexual predators!
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
I remember saying ‘I don’t like chihuahuas, I like MY dogs’ Y’all I was lying. I like chihuahuas. They are cool and good.
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
MAGA is all about making a world in which the most mediocre - in either intelligence, academic accomplishment, ethics, talent or charisma - are the winners. These are the ones who could never make it to the top unless we inverted the pyramid. Seeing Black ppl at the top spurred them to action.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh! I’m glad to hear you made it up here! I couldn’t contribute to the moving fund and I was scared you were stuck down there
Ruckawriter (@gregrucka.com) reposted
The goal is to make anything -- ANYTHING -- that P2025 views as problematic obscene. Lou Reed's "Take a Walk on the Wild Side"? Obscene. You can be arrested and charged for just listening to it. This is foundational censorship, dressed in the same bullshit Christian Values/Protect the Children bs.
Brad Lander (@bradlander.bsky.social) reposted
True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing. Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter. Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵 x.com/andrewcuomo/...
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
@thatssorandompod.bsky.social
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
Just had an absolute blast chatting with @heathlambert78.bsky.social for the That’s So Random live watch of Winter Soldier, the jewel in the MCU’s crown.
Mekka Okereke (@mekka.mekka-tech.com) reposted
I hear both transphobes and normal folk talking about Testosterone as a performance enhancing drug and Estrogen as performance decreasing drug, and that's dude centric and not true. T and E are both performance enhancing drugs for sports. They just enhance different aspects. Let's talk powerlifting
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
it’s basically trite to note at this point but if this were any other president, and certainly a democrat, spending a ton of money to gild the white house would be a legit scandal
Kevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇯 (@kevincarson1.bsky.social) reposted
All those chuds terrorizing Washington on Jan. 6 lived in the DC area and just drove over on their day off from the white-guys-banging-on-steel-with-hammers factory. They bought their enormous arsenals of expensive assault weapons by working overtime at banging on the metal.
ellie lockhart (she/they) (@eleanor.lockhart.contact) reposted
this is a really good example of how "anti-imperialism" and scorn for women and minorities having jobs are in fact the same thing
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
That’s a header you get to write once in a lifetime.
More Abstract Popehat (@kenwhite.bsky.social) reposted
Freedom to cause offense without being jailed or sued is a thing. Freedom to cause offense without being criticized, shunned, and despised is not. The very concept is incoherent.
Zoe Tunnell (@zoewithasword.bsky.social) reposted
Oh this one fucking hurts
Zoe Tunnell (@zoewithasword.bsky.social) reposted
Honestly, with hindsight, Radcliffe, Watson and Grint's public statements where they sided with trans people, expressed their support with no caveats, and willingly blew up any chances at future ties to the franchise has only gotten more and more noteworthy as more actors are revealed to be cowards
Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) (@deecherrywriter.bsky.social) reposted
Michelle was groomed into the Christian Nationalist movement and was a GOP operative by the age of 16. She's ready to tell her story. In this interview, we discuss Heritage Foundation, dangers of home schooling, and more. newsouthernrevolt.substack.com/p/my-intervi...
Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) (@deecherrywriter.bsky.social) reposted
if y'all like stories like this please let me know. I can do more interviews with former far right activists!
Ryan Marino, MD (@ryanmarino.bsky.social) reposted
Now sugar is a “toxin?” But I was just told that cane sugar was winning at making Americans healthy again??
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social)
Back at the gym after an involuntary three weeks off and I can’t stop smiling.
Jazzy Oliver - Voice Actress (@ladyjazzington.bsky.social) reposted
Hollywood has always had a problem with throwing VFX folks under the bus (Glares at James Corden and Rebel Wilson at the 2020 Oscars) and maliciously underselling their work (Glares at Jon Favreau during the Lion King 2019 PR), but this is a whole other level.
Locus Magazine (@locusmag.bsky.social) reposted
In 2025 we should be supporting our fellow artists and writers as much as possible. Help us continue to give independent creativity a space to be celebrated by reading Locus Magazine! linktr.ee/locusmagazine
John Rogers (@johnrogers.bsky.social) reposted
Once again, AI is not a miracle machine mind, it is an additional layer of obfuscation between the product and the people exploited to make it.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
Literally no one ever said that. I hear the thrumming wings of the Projection Fairy.
Mockingbird Nation (@tgshepherdvan.bsky.social) reply parent
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