brian watkins
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husband papa poet reader cynic critic wonderer wanderer lover skywatcher complainer lamenter deconstructed existential humanist. UAB '87. 🐲 he/him
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"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
Incredibly disappointing ad from Mary Peltola (D-AK) saying she neither supports "kids getting surgeries to change genders or men in girls bathrooms."
Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
Mom found the ad she called me about yesterday
September 20, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
Trying to wean myself off the utter hell that is the Facebook algorithm. I dropped the bird app cold turkey a few years ago. Curating content providers can be a chore. I miss Google Reader and RSS feeds. Actually, I miss newspapers.
September 21, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Trying to wean myself off the utter hell that is the Facebook algorithm. I dropped the bird app cold turkey a few years ago. Curating content providers can be a chore. I miss Google Reader and RSS feeds. Actually, I miss newspapers.
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Word of the day is ‘catchfart’, from the 17th century, used of a servant who followed their master or mistress a little too closely.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.
September 2, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Word of the day is ‘catchfart’, from the 17th century, used of a servant who followed their master or mistress a little too closely.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.
To paraphrase Ann Lamott: If people wanted you to speak warmly about them on historical orientation tours, they should have behaved better.
unbelievable. a right-wing donor and member of the board of visitors has basically pressured UVA into suspending the University Guide Service, a highly-regarded student org that runs tours, because it tells prospective students and their parents that Jefferson was a slaveholder.
U.Va. suspends admissions tours led by the University Guides Service
The Guide Service is a student-run organization on Grounds that gave admissions and historical tours to prospective students, families and visitors.
www.cavalierdaily.com
August 29, 2024 at 1:17 PM
To paraphrase Ann Lamott: If people wanted you to speak warmly about them on historical orientation tours, they should have behaved better.
Republicans have Lee Greenwood. The rest of us have James Baldwin: "I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."
Republicans are much more likely to say they are “extremely proud” to be American than independents or Democrats. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
August 24, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Republicans have Lee Greenwood. The rest of us have James Baldwin: "I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."
"On the cusp of our first woman president, let's hear from Bill Clinton." Naw, let's not.
August 18, 2024 at 4:16 PM
"On the cusp of our first woman president, let's hear from Bill Clinton." Naw, let's not.
An article about Ellen Gilchrist by James McWilliams in Oxford American's Southern Lit issue, and a couple of chapters of Judi Dench's Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent...
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August 18, 2024 at 4:05 AM
An article about Ellen Gilchrist by James McWilliams in Oxford American's Southern Lit issue, and a couple of chapters of Judi Dench's Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent...
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And we are HERE FOR IT to HEAL 💖
August 7, 2024 at 1:05 PM
And we are HERE FOR IT to HEAL 💖
When you see that Dame Judi is trending and sigh in relief because...
Dame Judi Dench, on a TV chat show, flawlessly delivers a #Shakespeare sonnet. If you can’t spare 3 minutes, 36 seconds for the whole clip, start it at 1:20. Stunning.
Dame Judi Dench Masterfully Does A Shakespeare Sonnet | The Graham Norton Show
As if we all didn't need another reason to love Dame Judi Dench!#GrahamNortonShow #GrahamNorton #TheGNShowFollow us here:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/t...
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October 28, 2023 at 1:45 PM
When you see that Dame Judi is trending and sigh in relief because...
First post. Thanks to @revcharjohnson.bsky.social for the invite code. Now begins the work of finding my people.
August 21, 2023 at 9:08 PM
First post. Thanks to @revcharjohnson.bsky.social for the invite code. Now begins the work of finding my people.