Carolyn Fiddler

OMG @cfidd.bsky.social GILMORE IS RIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING

Broken clock etc etc

Uhoh Hegseth is Gil-less

NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments.

Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.

LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...

It's Official: The Original Theatrical Cut of 'Star Wars' Is Coming Back to Theaters Lucasfilm is celebrating the film's 50th anniversary on February 17, 2027, in the best possible way.

A little bit of good news, as a treat
gizmodo.com/star-wars-or...

VA ABC out here with raccoon-themed cocktail recipes, respect www.abc.virginia.gov/search-resul...

Pantone's 2026 color of the year is actually "Okay," they just rebranded it

YouTube video by The Atlantic When Chatbots Break Our Minds, With Kashmir Hill

“I have not seen a harm manifest so quickly from a technology.”

New pod today with the great @kashhill.bsky.social on the AI chatbot delusion crisis (and how tech billionaires have, in a sense, democratized their yes men entourages with these chatbots)

youtu.be/i-Hu3p7SJVI?...

(by the by, there is, in fact, a Mr. Bean-themed bar in Vietnam: share.google/KPJwXckUm4D8...)

Mr. Bean Themed Bar in Vietnam

New bop just dropped, courtesy of @nicklutsko.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/track/5dvx08...

... okay yes

America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why. U.S. officials adopted Europe's Vision Zero initiative, but many cities have seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities despite efforts to improve road safety.

This is really really good and you should read it
wapo.st/49WM4BI

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

this really isn’t an exaggeration

Titanic passengers actively continuing cruise to New York

Trashed Panda | Bonfire Proceeds from this campaign will directly support shelter animal care and enrichment.. While this raccoon gave us all a much-needed laugh, our officers handle hundreds...

PSA: Great Xmas gift + way to support a good cause just dropped
www.bonfire.com/trashed-panda/

Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.

If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com

Dudes being dudes.

Republican Anger Erupts at Johnson as Party Frets About Future

Who knew a party that hates government can’t govern?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...

LOL um sure?

I don't know what this means but okay

Worf says beheadings are on Wednesdays

Good morning to everyone who's not a war criminal

Trump declines to mark World AIDS Day as funding cuts threaten HIV-prevention efforts Communities across the globe commemorated World AIDS Day, reaffirming a commitment to end an epidemic that has killed more than 44 million. But this year, for the first time in decades, the U.S. gover...

Damn this evil af
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.

Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.

a thing to ask yourself re: the GOP's electoral position is what could happen over the next year that could *improve* its position? and what could trump do, plausibly, that might *boost* his numbers with the public?

winning in Atlanta suburbs is very, very good, we should keep doing that

Hey look what I found

[[shades eyes with hands, squints]] The scolds blaming a tiny D loss in a R+21 district on Kamala and AOC instead of crediting them for assisting a bonkers D overperformance in a R+21 district are out there, I can feel it

The fact that there's been some actual election night suspense on how Tennessee ends is going to be enough to trigger those cold sweats among House Republicans.

And Dems will likely get to point to another (admittedly way smaller!) flip, stay tuned for that.

(Ashland gonna Ashland!)