Barry Lyons

"Poorly written."

Whereas this fistula of run-on clauses and comma-soaked dependencies reads like butter.

Thank you for your attention to this moron.

"Home Truths" by David Lodge is a lot of fun. I also like
"The Uncommon Reader" by Alan Bennett.

I sent your remarks to a friend who's not on Bluesky (or any social media, for that matter). His response: "High contrast color. You can always post-process the drowning in B&W."

Clover sounds very Jurassic.

Gray striped cat surrounded by toys with head on box.

Play hard, sleep harder #caturday

Another time to remind everyone that being in the USA illegally is a civil offense, not a felony.

Sounds like it was a fun conversation.

I like your thoughtful reminder.

Pam Bondi swimming

You're the lifeguard at Mar-a-Lago and Pam Bondi is drowning in the pool. You can either shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, or you can save Bondi; do you select high contrast color film, or do you go with the classic simplicity of black and white?

So the President of the United States illegally taxed our groceries, clothes, and other basics goods for nearly a year.

Where’s our refund?

@buriedbybooks.bsky.social Re your comments about Hakeem Jeffries, Mark Leibovich recently called him a "dust-gatherer." That's perfect.

"This sort of critique *points with hand as if putting card into ATM* is the sort of *pause* overheated rhetoric that doesn't *opens arms* achieve anything *slashes with right hand* in terms of lowering prices *ATM card again* for the American people *pause* who are struggling *pause* to pay bills."

"as if putting card into ATM" made me laugh.

Watching Jeffries on TV makes me want to throw something. Just grates on my nerves like crazy. I don’t like his speech patterns. I don’t like his hand gestures. I don’t like his phrasing.

How is this man in charge of things?

A tariff “refund” mostly goes to whoever wrote the tariff check: the importer of record. That’s not the same person who paid more at the register. So refunds -- if they're offered -- might sound like consumer relief, but in reality, they're corporate windfalls.

Yes, I remember when I had my first child and had to build 30 data centers to feed them.

I have no use for religion, but as for the main issue you raised, there's a simple way to avoid screen time: use your phone ONLY for calls and text messages. That's it. Want to read an essay or watch a movie or even a short video? Do it on your laptop or desktop computer when you get home.

I am never going to get over the fact thar so many Americans died that corpses stacked up in nursing homes and hospital morgues, that refrigerator trucks had to be brought in for the overflow, and that the big takeaway from Important Pundits is there should have been *less* mitigation.

omg

He means one person, but he doesn't know that.

Justice Kavanaugh openly worries that refunding billions in illegally collected tariffs will "be a mess."

The Court wasn't worried about the mess IT created when it struck down Roe.

And the Court wasn't too worried about the mess IT created with the half-assed Citizens United decision.

Savage!

Governor JB Pritzker sent Donald Trump an invoice for $8,679,261,600.

He wants families in Illinois to receive a $1,700 refund for Donald’s illegal tariffs.

Love my governor!

🔥

A friend who doesn’t do social media (I email him screenshots) responds:

For satire to work, it must either be so outrageous as to make us take pause or it must be rooted in truth. I believe this is satire rooted in truth.

Watched Groundhog Day last night with my girls and man does it hold up.

I'm never saying a single goddamn bad word about Jasmine Crockett. Fuck you. Will James Talarico appeal to the dead-behind-the-eye bible banging dipshits in Texas? Yes. Because of this, I tolerate the Jesus shit. But Jasmine? A future Attorney General I can fucking believe in.

DOJ used to put these on the walls of post offices.
Smaller. And sometimes with a posted reward.

do America next 🇺🇸⚖️

Headquarters @HQNewsNow Dr. Oz: One nice thing about this administration is you might not like us, but you're gonna get our version of the truth KATIE @hemantmehta "Our version of the truth."

So, tell us. When did y'all forget about -
"The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth"