Lily Mars

good thread parsing how what’s presented as “wow these people are clueless” is actually “these people are trying to get you to react to their holocaust joke”

follow creators you actually like, and if possible just use shortform apps to discover them and then go actually consume their content through something like Patreon if they offer that option

feed the algorithm as little of your attention as possible and take an adversarial position towards it

JUST IN: It appears Democrats will win the mayor's office in Miami.

This would be a flip from GOP.

It's not final yet, but Democrat Eileen Higgins is up 61% to 39% as the first 23K ballots are counted. That's *the majority of votes cast*, & Election Day is no less Democratic today.

More soon!

I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*

Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship? From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...

Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.

This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.

Are you sitting down?

My friend Kenn shares this excellent photo of two Desirees and two Mme. A's with birthday cake!

(This is either before the national tour started or after it had been playing a few months.)

Hassan didn’t really know how to promote a link and had raised only $10 before today

'Go somewhere else': Manager locks Border Patrol out of Kenner store In video shared with WWL, the manager can be heard taunting agents through the locked door.

“‘You want some chicken? You ain’t getting it here, bro,’ Wayne Davis can be heard taunting the agents through the door.”

“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”

www.wwltv.com/article/news...

Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”

SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.

My story:

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

huh
so not two weeks then

Thanks for the reminder! I'm going to try to join in.

Apparently her defenders feel the only way to defend her properly is to write as badly as she does.

A large group of young Republicans and Texas GOP leaders at the Texas Governors Mansion.

Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.

i have always been a blonde and i do not always have fun, so it is definitely a lie

Secretary Sean Duffy tweets: "No better way to bring in the Christmas spirit than at the @WhiteHouse with the legendary Andrea Bocelli!🎄 Even luckier to have my stunning wife as my date❤️" There's a photo of him and his wife at the White House

A close-up of Sean Duffy's shoe. There appears to be a big gap between his foot and the shoe

when you're a size 8 but the 10 was on sale

my glass wreath ornament from nora arrived yesterday and it is just the most charming possible thing, i love it

it's beautiful!

betty garrett is my ukulele hero but you probably would have guessed that

"he protec
he attac"

Honestly it’s real useful to understand that centrists are eager to meet fascists in the middle but not anybody else lol

or columbo is devious af
COULD BE BOTH
#ColumboTV

Yeah, you mentioned one time that you prefer Mastodon for watch parties, and now I see why. I'll be keeping mine over there for the time being. #ColumboTV

i just laughed so hard i think i pulled a muscle

hasn't failed me yet!

well, mrs veeley's dance instructor was guilty of SOMETHING, but not sure if it was technically murder

Thanks, #ColumboTV friends! And thanks to @sesamesquirrel.bsky.social for hosting (and for the frequent reminders). Happy holidays, and see you next time.

If any of you #ColumboTV fans are interested, tomorrow at 6PM ET we're watching HARRY O, the 1970s detective show starring David Janssen, over on Mastodon. Hashtag is #HarryOrwell and there's a link to the episode on the hashtag.

This is my first watch party on Bluesky and I find the interface kind of cumbersome, but I had fun with all of you! #ColumboTV

Although the episode in which Columbo goes on a cruise is a pretty good one. #ColumboTV