Laurie MacNamara

Did you get an answer to this?

@sigtheatre.bsky.social Fiddler on the Roof is absolute perfection. Go see it if you can. It’s as fresh as if it was written yesterday.

RCA keeps telling me I live in Rosemont (according to this map) and I *do not* live in Rosemont and why I am @lauriedelray.bsky.social. Also, bike lanes are cool.

Thanksgiving dinner planned, grocery shopping list drawn up, and dish preparation scheduled in a day-by-day grid. Feels a bit overwhelming until I realize how grateful we are to have a Thanksgiving celebration.

This Thanksgiving please remember to give thanks to the Lord that Trump and his people are so unbelievably incompetent 🙏🏼🦃

I’m a big fan of @marisakabas.bsky.social and The Handbasket. Encouraging my followers to join me in subscribing to support top-notch independent journalism.

Oh hell no.

Still wonky from the end of the shutdown. I had a symphony board meeting the first day back to work last Thursday and whoa, boy.

More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talks

Good.

🎂🎉

We really need baseball back.

This is the real war on Christmas.

<slams head on desk>

Read the entire 🧵.

Good lord. They really do not know what they are doing.

‘Trump is inconsistent with Christian principles’: why the Democratic party is seeing a rise of white clergy candidates From Texas and Iowa to Arkansas, faith leaders are wading into politics to counter the rise of Christian nationalism

Good.

Opinion | How to Replace Christian Nationalism

A thoughtful and profound reflection.

The Department of Deportation

Feeling safer yet?

This is a mess on so many levels.

Calico cat sprawled on rug before a fireplace with blazing fire

May we all appreciate the comforts of home as much as Trixie does.

Just ordered for #DearHusband so I’ll take photos of him with each beer and maybe a cat or two.

✅ Back pay from furlough received. Thanks for doing better, #GSA.

Now for the odds on how long it will take for retirement processing. That one’s a complete crapshoot.

Trump taps Ingrassia for new role after texting scandal Paul Ingrassia, who withdrew his nomination to lead the Office of Special Counsel last month, says in a farewell email that he’s moving to the GSA.

Saying this a lot lately.

Do better, #GSA.

Science is not the truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.

Godspeed to my former fed colleagues returning to the office today with the equivalent of five minutes’ notice. #chaostheory

I played it last Friday. Fun times!

U.S. aircraft carrier nears Latin America as Venezuela tensions simmer The USS Gerald R. Ford joins a sprawling buildup that has fueled speculation the Trump administration intends to dramatically escalate its antidrug campaign.

WTF.

No, they are not.

On a related note, where do they come up with these guys?

Dan Pfeiffer: “This is now a messaging campaign. It is an opportunity to make sure that every American knows two things: Republicans raised their premiums and Democrats tried to stop them.”

Tell me that you don’t understand insurance without telling me you don’t understand it.

Well yes, this.