Bill Maxwell

Sydney Morning Herald always writes for the layperson

I don’t like this remake of the Cohen Brothers’ ‘Hudsucker Proxy.’

Penguins showed us!

The ‘Curious George Management Style’ involves fucking everything up, taking credit for cleaning up your mess and then having your handler throw you a party.

This is just the 3-dimensional chess in play… right? RIGHT?!

It all makes sense if you use ‘Bizarro World’ rules… “Me hate Superman.”

Does a global trade war ‘count’ as a ‘world war’? Not trying to be provocative. Honest question.

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I hope it passes!!

Citizens who say inconvenient things at town halls were called "professional" protesters by a Republicans today. Citizens who say inconvenient things on college campuses were called "illegal" protesters by a Republican today. Republicans are adept at making excuses to ignore their constituents.

omg...

My favourite part of the new Captain America movie is when he tries to extort Wakanda for $500b in Vibranium rights before "ironically" teaming up with Hydra to own the libs.

Worst. Episode. EVER.

Check out this spectacular pile of horse shit that arrived in the mail. Pure grift, no matter what the source was…

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Gonna throw this out there again…

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

Pestilence joins Famine, Death & War in D.C.

Coup, coup, cuckoo, Mr. Robber’s Son

They’ll confirm anything. Let’s try ‘reanimated corpse of Rasputin’ for Secretary of Education.

@magaziner.house.gov thanks very much for the town hall this evening. It is heartening to hear that action is being taken. Your calm, lucid and thoughtful words made a difference this evening. Illegitimi non carborundum.

Honest question. Do I need to bother filing taxes this year?

Dear Democrats on Capitol Hill, is there a remote possibility that there is even one Republican colleague with a vestige of a spine that might be more interested in protecting this country rather than rolling over for President Musk, his Incel Youth or the Orange Puppet?

Call your congressman and representatives. It matters. It also feels good, even if temporarily. (202) 224-3121

Yesterday the world’s richest man -child performed a nazi salute in front of an adoring crowd as a prelude to a number of nazis being released from consequence. I am despondent.

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

@nicolejarvis.bsky.social - The Lights of Prague kept me reading late into the night. Czernin’s ossuary was as vivid as Sedlec, and several times I was returned one of the greatest cities I’ve been lucky enough to explore. Thank you!

Today’s playlist is all about Pixies, Catherine Wheel, Sugar and the Replacements… Also Tanya Donnelly & Belly. Lots of it.

@bodegacats.bsky.social may have had the greatest positive impact on my well-being this week.

This is nice. Thanks for the follows!