Rob Byrnes

I read that ICE was being kicked out of Minneapolis budget hotels and thought it wasn't fair. But then I remembered how gross it is when yahoos show up to the breakfast buffet in their bare feet...

It’ll be out around May 1. Alas, we only had enough steam in us for a 22,000 word novella, but it was a lot of fun to write. I’m not on BlueSky as much as I should be, but I’ll make sure you and @nathanburgoine.bsky.social get a heads up!

I'm remembered! Thanks, @nathanburgoine.bsky.social !

Leopards on the Potomac! Trump Is Delighted by Deal With Saudis for Rare Cats.

The "leopards-eating-faces" thing is REAL!

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/u...

You have to learn from your mistakes, and the White House has learned. For example, they're moving all future highly-classified intelligence chats from Signal to Facebook Messenger.

Me to Conan O’Brien: “Say ‘YEAH’ one… more… time…”

#OscarsSoYEAH

Hello, new friend. Welcome to my life.

YouTube video by laughland Jumpin Jive - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers

We all need joy.

The rightwing rage about Michelle Obama skipping the inauguration is bizarre. Are the memories and/or intellects of Trump and his supporters that deficient? Really?

I don't know what kind of drugs they're on, but I wish they'd share.

There’s a young black woman singing IF I WERE A RICH MAN on my 6 train. That’s some powerful alternative casting.

Love it, Mr Cohen!

His fellow Republicans are torturing Mike Johnson.

Tomorrow's NYT headline: "Democrats Plunge House into Chaos."

lol

Every. Single. Election. This is what happens when your children don't understand geography or civics.

Oh no, Donald! Please, whatever you do, don’t get rid of the electoral college! The libs would be owned so hard!

It's sort of a strange year for Pennsylvania McDonald's franchises, isn't it?

Mitch's tears taste so sweet. The tears of hypocrisy and FAFO always taste sweet.

Village People singer defends Trump's use of 'Y.M.C.A.,' says song isn't a 'gay anthem' Victor Willis said the disco classic has “benefited greatly” from the president-elect’s use and threatened to sue news outlets that refer to it as a “gay anthem.”

"Starting in January, he said, his wife will sue any news organization that refers to 'Y.M.C.A.' as a gay anthem."

Challenge accepted. Starting on January 1, I will refer to "YMCA" as a gay anthem All. The. Time.

My nephew is conducting a science experiment and my partner Brady is the lab rat. Let’s hope this works, because the world isn’t ready for Super-Mutant Electro Brady.

The Responsible 100 Alumni Celebrating the 10th Anniversary Alumni Awards

Thanks, City and State NY! I thought they were going to recognize everyone who had ever been on the "Responsible 100" list, so it's quite special (and sort of embarrassing*) to be in this group of amazing people.

* - Obviously not so embarrassing I won't let anyone know about it, of course.

Sure!

YouTube video by nicoley133 Bing Sings "Swinging on a Star"

Oh, I dunno. Just because.

Could be. I caught this one before he had a chance to comment. He followed me, I clicked on his profile, and was "aw hell no." Got rid of the problem before it could start.

I think that's one of those fields they won't be able to harvest when they start the deportations. I know that *I* won't be crying as hard as Big Agriculture, Big Construction, and others when their dessert of FO comes as they finish their meal of FA.

I just blocked a troublemaking MAGAt and it felt sooooo gooood.

I'm loving how Rep-elect Sarah McBride is totally ignoring Rep. Nancy Mace's efforts to become relevant by inciting trans panic. Small people like Nancy Mace aren't worthy of our respect. Or our time.

Is Nancy Mace on Bluesky? Because these days I'm trying to do my online hanging in Nancy Mace-Free Zones.

Over the last few weeks, I've had to deal with an Annual Meeting and audit, volunteer commitments, family issues, overwhelming idiocy on both the personal and professional levels, and Cher.

A documentary on TV tonight about the Manson Family was healing. Let's leave it at that.

I'm old-fashioned enough to appreciate sobriety, incrementalism, and precedent in the judiciary, but I'm laughing my ass off as Schumer and the Biden Administration are pushing through lifetime judicial nominees like crazy before the GOP is in power.

Enjoy your new judges, Donald and Mitch.

Tonight in NYC — the healing power of Cher.