Katie MacBride

Introducing Making A Scene: "All Her Fault" scene deep dive A (mostly) spoiler-free look Peter's "addicts lie" scene in episode five.

combining my two loves: talking about drugs and watching tv askasoberlady.substack.com/p/introducin...

I genuinely believe we need to do a hard cultural reset about encores. All bands should stop planning them, and only relent if the crowd sounds like they’re going to destroy the venue otherwise.

every democrat should be talking like this. all of them.

White House shares doctored image portraying arrested church protester in tears The photo of an attorney arrested after a Minnesota church protest was edited to make it look like she was crying. The White House’s X post had been seen roughly 2.5 million times by Thursday afternoo...

Image-forensic expert Hany Farid confirmed it's a fake.

@donmoyn.bsky.social told me this moves us "closer to the Stalinesque manipulation of images that we think about with authoritarian propaganda, where you really cannot trust materials the state is putting out"

Gift link: wapo.st/4sUEnmr

My sobriety can now buy cigarettes and lottery tickets Plus: Relapse nightmares, a cartoonishly accurate metaphor, and why I write this newsletter.

The cute version of the post got labeled as adult content, so maybe just do me a solid and read it/subscribe to my lil, profoundly unhorny newsletter? open.substack.com/pub/askasobe...

incredible stuff

Thank you 💛

RFK Jr. update

My husband wants kids, but I'm scared of what they'll inherit. Genetics heighten or lower a person’s vulnerability to developing a substance use disorder, but there's a whole other side of the equation that matters just as much.

Getting some supremely weird emails over this one 🫠 open.substack.com/pub/askasobe...

Grok is an Epistemic Weapon | TechPolicy.Press Elon Musk's Grok claims to be truth-seeking while shaping discourse and amplifying ideology, argues Matthew Kirschenbaum.

Grok stands as the clearest example of an AI that is both ideologically aligned and operationally embedded in a social media platform, says @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social. "Its mechanisms should be taken apart under bright lights, in much the same way people learn how to defuse a bomb."

The ICE agent who killed Renee Good called her a “f*cking b*tch”.

Now agents are saying “do you think this is a game? That’s how that lady got hurt the other day”

She didn’t get “hurt”. She was murdered.

This is blatant intimidation & illegal.

They want you afraid.

I don’t think we need to detract from the specific terror that ICE inflicts on immigrants to acknowledge that a big part of their purpose is to enact violence on those American citizens perceived to be Democratic voters in retaliation for their failure to support Trump.

Will never not be jarring to see armed goons demanding people’s papers on the street in the United States of America like it’s Nazi Germany. Fuckin nightmare scenes.

Wapo headline: watch one of history’s legendary couples fall in love without using any words.” And then says it’s about a dialogue free production of Antony and cleopatra that creates striking images but loses something in the storytelling because of the whole not using words thing

what are we doing here

The tecate “I don’t always drink” guy

I don’t always post on nextdoor, but when I do, my posts get two automated warnings about inflammatory language

this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.

Coming back to this photo because it is Art.

Anyone that’s worn a uniform and done a Cool Job knows it is VERY ANNOYING to have media and observers follow you around on shift.

At least in part because they will absolutely film you doing something wrong or embarrassing.

If we are splitting hairs, I can think of someone besides Good whose actions led to her death …

The average American gets more protein than they need because we are a country of meat eaters and meat is delicious.

We do not need more protein. We need fiber. We're literally in a colorectal cancer crisis and while the reason is not fully understood what IS understood is fiber cuts your risk

The Felon is throwing a tantrum about the massive protests to support Renee Good/anti Ice protests. @hcrichardson.bsky.social noted he bulldozed the East Wing 2 days after the international “No Kings”
Protests. Same pattern. Always a juvenile azz.

Congratulations to all the bankers, hedge-fund managers, private-equity honchos, tech titans, corporate executives and op-ed writers for backing the man who will do more to undermine the system that made them insanely wealthy than any other presidential candidate in their lifetimes.

If you like receiving presents at unexpected moments, I suggest putting a bunch of bestsellers/popular books you want to read on hold at your local public library.

The thrill of a Libby notification is a genuine beacon of hope in these dark and fucked up times.

Inside the Battle for the Future of Addiction Medicine - KFF Health News The experiences of one doctor in Louisiana reveal the tensions around trying to get people to engage in addiction treatment, even if they’re not ready to stop using drugs.

this is one of the more infuriating addiction-related stories i’ve read in a long time. what a great example of how the medical establishment is failing the most vulnerable and those who treat them like human beings kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.

ICE could start by taking a harder look at its own ranks. Here’s a thread of CBP/ICE officers who have been arrested for sex crimes while serving as federal law enforcement. bsky.app/profile/paca...

Remember when they wanted federal government so small you could drown it in a bathtub?

Historically, we've focused a lot on the brutal actions of authoritarian regimes, and today is no different.

My whole life republicans have cried and screamed about “government overreach” and “tyranny.” And here they are saying federal agents get to murder you for any reason at any time. I feel the freedom coursing through my veins!

Excellent, clarifying piece on the (real) legal pathway that Minnesota has to prosecute the ICE agent who shot and killed a woman today.

No, federal agents do not have absolute immunity from start charges, no matter what the Trump administration claims.

The sheer number of videos of the shooting is horrific, but in the vein of what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying, it proves how many people cared enough to show up where ICE was and record them. It wasn't just one or two legal observers, and when Good was shot, they didn't abandon her.