Otterbird
@otterbird.bsky.social
Writer, parent, dog-owner, beginning guitarist, Gen-Xer who is continually embarrassed by the voting patterns of the majority of her cohort.
I have seen this so many times and it cracks me up every time.
September 6, 2026 at 3:41 AM
I have seen this so many times and it cracks me up every time.
"No One 'Strategically' Supports Terrible Positions. It's Just What They Believe."
Great read.
Great read.
No One 'Objectively' Support Terrible Positions. It's Just What They Believe.
Debunking 'popularism.'
open.substack.com
July 28, 2026 at 11:36 AM
"No One 'Strategically' Supports Terrible Positions. It's Just What They Believe."
Great read.
Great read.
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Our News Media needs to get it together….
July 19, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Our News Media needs to get it together….
This whole thread made me laugh a lot and I want other people to have a chance to laugh too.
I enjoyed The Odyssey (2026) but I have one historical nitpick. The phrase “Jiminy Christmas” is a minced oath for “Jesus Christ”. As the story is set around 1200 B.C. it is unlikely that Odysseus would have said the phrase even once, let alone the dozens of times he says it in the film
July 17, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This whole thread made me laugh a lot and I want other people to have a chance to laugh too.
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Some men turn 80 and plant a tree knowing they’ll never sit in its shade. Others turn 80 and strip the orchard bare, cut all the trees down to sell the lumber, pocket the cash, and blame the hungry for not inheriting fruit.
June 14, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Some men turn 80 and plant a tree knowing they’ll never sit in its shade. Others turn 80 and strip the orchard bare, cut all the trees down to sell the lumber, pocket the cash, and blame the hungry for not inheriting fruit.
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The "na-na na-na boo-boo" melody is the most devastating sequence of music ever written. Eviscerating.
April 19, 2026 at 2:11 AM
The "na-na na-na boo-boo" melody is the most devastating sequence of music ever written. Eviscerating.
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"As a woman, to speak first, or even early, in the effort to push against injustice or to expose an ugly truth, is to risk scorn and, almost certainly, to undergo scathing attacks."
Sinead O’Connor Was Right: It’s Time to Revisit Some of Pop Culture’s Most Maligned Women
Sinead O’Connor was right: An excerpt from Allison T. Butler's The Judgment of Gender: How Women Are Centered and Silenced in Pop Culture
msmagazine.com
March 26, 2026 at 10:26 PM
"As a woman, to speak first, or even early, in the effort to push against injustice or to expose an ugly truth, is to risk scorn and, almost certainly, to undergo scathing attacks."
I know I'm coming across as a @playtyperguy.com fangirl, bc I've been sharing so many of his posts, but this gave me some much needed hope. Am currently rewatching the mid-aughts Battlestar Galactica and between that and this piece, it's a lot of "this has all happened before" in my brain this week.
Why MAGA Can't Silence The Resistance
Morality maintains its voice throughout history
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I know I'm coming across as a @playtyperguy.com fangirl, bc I've been sharing so many of his posts, but this gave me some much needed hope. Am currently rewatching the mid-aughts Battlestar Galactica and between that and this piece, it's a lot of "this has all happened before" in my brain this week.
@playtyperguy.com writes another good, thought-provoking read.
I wrote about why you don't have to praise the GOP of the past to acknowledge that Trump's open racism isn't normal. open.substack.com/pub/ser1897/...
Why Trump's Racism Isn't Normal
He remains the worst of us.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
@playtyperguy.com writes another good, thought-provoking read.
Every time I get a new credit card the first thing I do is look at the expiration date and think, "Oh my God, I'm going to be so old then!"
February 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Every time I get a new credit card the first thing I do is look at the expiration date and think, "Oh my God, I'm going to be so old then!"
@playtyperguy.com really hits it out of the park with this great piece.
Seeking Supremacy Lessens Everyone
The take that pleases no one.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:40 PM
@playtyperguy.com really hits it out of the park with this great piece.
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"He's teaching me to change my instincts... or at least ignore them."
January 30, 2026 at 7:08 PM
"He's teaching me to change my instincts... or at least ignore them."
I did in fact, literally laugh out loud at several of these. My boss back in the 1990s was wrong; women ARE funny.
The Funniest Tweets From Women This Year
"Being a baby must be scary, imagine sleeping at home & you wake up at TJ Maxx"
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January 1, 2026 at 3:27 AM
I did in fact, literally laugh out loud at several of these. My boss back in the 1990s was wrong; women ARE funny.
I really love this essay. Who knew Marley was the true hero of ACC?
My annual examination of Marley's Christmas gift for his friend Scrooge.
open.substack.com/pub/ser1897/...
open.substack.com/pub/ser1897/...
Why Scaring The Dickens Out Of Your Wayward Friend Is The Ultimate Christmas Gift
And they can't return it!
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I really love this essay. Who knew Marley was the true hero of ACC?
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I wrote about Nate Silver's bizarre screed about Heather Cox Richardson, who reminds me of the nice neighbor who notices that a package was left on your porch during a rainstorm and stores it for you. Silver compares her to the Tea Party. open.substack.com/pub/ser1897/...
No, Nate Silver, Heather Cox Richardson Is Nothing Like The Tea Party. What's Wrong With You?
Why did we ever listen to this guy?
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I wrote about Nate Silver's bizarre screed about Heather Cox Richardson, who reminds me of the nice neighbor who notices that a package was left on your porch during a rainstorm and stores it for you. Silver compares her to the Tea Party. open.substack.com/pub/ser1897/...
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I personally think it’s a winning political issue to side with trans people over those whose lives are so small they spend their time cruising a trans woman’s social media so they can post dehumanizing messages. www.playtyperguy.com/p/no-democra...
No, Democrats Don't Lose Elections Because They're Not Anti-Trans Enough
Debunking convenient narratives
www.playtyperguy.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I personally think it’s a winning political issue to side with trans people over those whose lives are so small they spend their time cruising a trans woman’s social media so they can post dehumanizing messages. www.playtyperguy.com/p/no-democra...
My mom and I are having dinner in a diner that is currently filled with 95% senior citizens and what comes on the Christmas music mix but “Fairytale of New York.” They didn’t skip it, but they definitely lowered the volume. 😆
December 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
My mom and I are having dinner in a diner that is currently filled with 95% senior citizens and what comes on the Christmas music mix but “Fairytale of New York.” They didn’t skip it, but they definitely lowered the volume. 😆
I never tire of new verses to, "Hallelujah." 😂
🎶 I heard there was a secret Ford
That bargain shoppers all ignored
But you don’t really care for savings, do ya 🎶
Hello. This is the ghost of Leonard Cohen, inviting you to come on down to Ghost of Leonard Cohen Used Cars.
I, of course, didn’t expect the afterlife to be this way.
That bargain shoppers all ignored
But you don’t really care for savings, do ya 🎶
Hello. This is the ghost of Leonard Cohen, inviting you to come on down to Ghost of Leonard Cohen Used Cars.
I, of course, didn’t expect the afterlife to be this way.
December 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I never tire of new verses to, "Hallelujah." 😂
I love that my teenage son, who got to take charge of decorating the Christmas tree, did this. 😂💕 (He even got the positions right; Seabiscuit had crossed over to the rail by the time they reached the stretch.)
November 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I love that my teenage son, who got to take charge of decorating the Christmas tree, did this. 😂💕 (He even got the positions right; Seabiscuit had crossed over to the rail by the time they reached the stretch.)
My hot take, which I can't post on FB because all my musical theater friends will yell at me, so I shout it out into the void here, is that the reason "Chess" the musical has never really worked as a play is NOT the book; it's the songs. And I love the songs (duh, I'm GenX). But they're the problem.
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My hot take, which I can't post on FB because all my musical theater friends will yell at me, so I shout it out into the void here, is that the reason "Chess" the musical has never really worked as a play is NOT the book; it's the songs. And I love the songs (duh, I'm GenX). But they're the problem.
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Really good read!
Wrote about data from last week's elections that brought some good news about zoomer guys who broke for Trump in 2024.
The data includes some disappointing numbers about my fellow millennial men.
badfaithtimes.com/zoomer-men-s...
The data includes some disappointing numbers about my fellow millennial men.
badfaithtimes.com/zoomer-men-s...
Zoomer Men Say The Stove Is Quite Hot, Actually
Young guys might not be as red-pilled as they appeared in 2024
badfaithtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Really good read!
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This was SUCH a good listen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mDn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mDn...
Why There's Plenty Of Room In Democrats' 'Big Tent' For Zohran Mamdani
YouTube video by ThePlayTyperGuy
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November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This was SUCH a good listen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mDn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mDn...