Perry Barber

My inner nice person tells me not to get too upset about this "maladaptive" practice (great word!) but my outside Princess of Snark and Punctured Expectations says be mal, be very very mal.

An image of the cover of "Nobody's Girl," Virginia Giuffre's just-released memoir that literally brought down a prince. In honor of her and every other young girl or woman entrapped and abused by the predators Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and their network of paying customers that indisputably and disgustingly included the recently defrocked Andrew Mountbatten Spencer as well as our own POTUS, I read this book in tribute to all of you. Release the goddamned Epstein Files

Not to wallow in schadenfreude over Andrew Spencer's defrocking by his own brother, but in honor of Virginia Giuffre I just ordered "Nobody's Girl," and am eagerly anticipating reading it, not so much for the guilty pleasure of hating on him, but out of deep and abiding respect for her.

YouTube video by Dimosthenis Chatzitheodorou Jersey Girl - Tom Waits

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Technically, it's a "standard stanza/refrain structure."

It's common to conflate "verse," which is an opening couplet or other rhyme, with stanza, which is a group of lines in a poem or song that forms a unit; and "refrain," a repeated line(s) in a poem or song, is the proper word for "chorus."

I don't get it. Can we still be friends?

I just followed Rep. Neguse here on Bluesky after seeing this. Re-framing matters.

Check out the gold-rimmed bidet in Sadaam's palace!
At least he had a civilized sense of hygiene that Trump reportedly lacks.

Chocolate chip, please

"monkeybalancing"

I'm not even sure what that is, but it sounds absolutely appropriate

Holodomor Basic Facts - HREC Holodomor Basic Facts - The term Holodomor (death by hunger, in Ukrainian) refers to the starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932–33 as a result of Soviet

We know Trump takes his cues from the dictators and strongmen he loves to bend over for. Starvation as a a tactic of genocide is nothing new; only the implementation has been slightly refined in 2025 to shield him against accusations of mass murder of Americans. holodomor.ca/resource/hol...

Holodomor Basic Facts - HREC Holodomor Basic Facts - The term Holodomor (death by hunger, in Ukrainian) refers to the starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932–33 as a result of Soviet

The Holodomor

Stalin's genocidal 1932-'33 campaign that starved millions of Ukranians. Meanwhile, US legislators argue while millions face food insecurity & severe health consequences from inadequate nutrition because congress cannot stop its petty internal squabbling.

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I'm terrified

Go Jays!

He heard the viral cry of a trapped, terrified cat, and answered the call.

Bad boys are so irresistible

Zohran is for cats.

In honor of National Cat Day… 💙

Thank you, Liver and O!

"You can tell a lot about a man by the way he holds a cat."

One of my mantras to live by. (Another is, "What would Judge Judy do, or reasonably expect me to do?")

Bodega Cats are Paws-In for Zohran!

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A hundred years ago, the press was filled with stories and images demonizing Italians exactly the same way Cuomo vilifies Mamdani here, with Bartiromo simpering along sweetly, saying nothing to set him straight. Both of them, so nauseating in their willful ignorance and bigotry.

A hundred years ago, the press was filled with stories and images demonizing Italians exactly the same way Cuomo vilifies Mamdani here, with Bartiromo simpering along sweetly, saying nothing to set him straight. Both of them, so nauseating in their willful ignorance.

They are just amazing, inspiring little creatures❤️

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That there even IS such a thing as the United Bodegas of America makes me feel just a little bit better about things today. As long as the Bodega Cats approve, I'm all in.

Still, I'm curious: there is no working website for this group, and listed contact info doesn't work either. UBoA, what gives?

Zohram Mamdani cuddling a cat, properly, not squeezing it too hard, just holding it comfortingly in his arms. You can tell a lot about a man by the way he holds a cat.

Oh yes, Brad, he did

Bodega Cats everywhere approve this message! (But treats better be included.) bsky.app/profile/bode...

They must have been punished for their grammar

"A mob of rioters comprising thousands of people" is the more correct way to use the verb "comprise." A big thing comprises several smaller things; it is not "comprised OF" several smaller things, and several small things do not "comprise" a big thing

Zohran Mamdani was a minor child when he and his parents emigrated to NYC from Uganda. Any loudmouth attacking his citizenship or threatening to have him deported for lying on an application form WHEN HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD is either a bigot, or an idiot, or both. kfoxtv.com/news/nation-...