Alyson Ward

All the well-deserved tributes to Tom Skerritt, and I woke up thinking about his performance as Cousin Strawberry in Up in Smoke.

if Peadar Tóibín is suggesting that children need to get used to being touched without their consent, he should be asked why

Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

…also thinks ”living wages” - “clean water” - “breathable air” and “human rights” are just bumper stickers, because who really cares about that stuff except the common rabble.

@thesteadystate.org agrees...

Hard not to notice that Democrats who are doing the best are the ones who are leaving this whole civility-and-norms, we-go-high, we-need-a-strong-Republican-Party bullshit behind and are simply giving Republicans exactly what they all ought to get at all times, which is undisguised contempt.

Seeing Andrew Garfield revolting in 1381 has reminded me of one of my all-time favourite tweets.

“That's just not what we do here in this country." Translation: I’ve been politely pretending not to notice my racist, fascist political allies for my whole career, and I fucking expect you to do likewise.

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"The defense of American democracy is not a single legal question or political dispute. It is the continuous hard work of preserving the rules, institutions, and civic commitments that make self-government possible." The @thesteadystate.org and Jennifer Gregg

What should Americans be watching for as the midterms approach? After four decades in the intelligence community, Harry Hannah says there are reasons to pay attention. Read more from Harry Hannah here: https://bit.ly/4eiWLQ2

Public executions? We have already seen these, courtesy of ICE.

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If there were a Nobel Prize for Batshit Crazy, Shitler would have won it. His latest screed is a word salad so BIG Elaine Benes would’ve freaked out.

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

"I don’t know what every person in that group saw or knew. But I am raising one of the others. The boy who might someday be in the room. Or holding the phone. The boy who didn’t do it. The boy who could therefore spend the rest of his life explaining that he didn’t do anything." buff.ly/z7yWbR2

comparing Rowling to Pratchett is like comparing one of those old radium-painted glow-in-the-dark watch faces with the goddamn SUN

@ryhanbeard.bsky.social

We need more birds of prey interacting on their terms with rich people.

Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…

Who could’ve foreseen that after the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from prosecution for committing crimes while in office he would commit lots of crimes while in office?

Norway produces more oil than Venezuela. And yet, between January and August 2026, electric vehicles made up 97.8 percent of all new cars sold in that country. Moving to EVs is often based on intelligence, not need. Which is why it lags in the notoriously short-sighted and stupid United States.

@fleisch2.bsky.social

It is dawning upon them

Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI https://theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-she-hooked-up-with-10-years-ago-now-head-of-fbi/

Hurting the president’s feelings isn’t a national security threat Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Reminiscing about the time someone threw a shoe at an American president. Good times.

Happy Hobbit Day to those who celebrate 🙏

#Cat TV. #Cats