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@jbaileywrites.bsky.social

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Screen and TV writer, editor, love child of David Milch and Jennifer Saunders, avid cursewordologist. Proud member of WGAw. Repped by Gersh & HVE. Terrible cook. I block all MAGA & Bible-thumpers. #BlueCrew #Resist

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jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · Nov 10

Current mood

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jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 2h

That’s been my position so far.

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 4h

Seems to be a big uptick the last few weeks in follows from accounts with no bio or photo & no posts.

Bit annoying, isn’t it? It’s hard to know if they’re new to the site or bad actors. I don’t follow them back, but I haven’t blocked any yet. Should I be?

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jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 13h

💯. I hate default opt-out. Breaking the social contract, aren’t they? It’s like if someone invited you to their wedding and said, “We expect you to show up at this time with an expensive gift. Otherwise, you’ll have to text me for days before I finally confirm you’re opting out of my wedding.”

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 13h

Glad I’m not the only one who spends an inordinate amount of time hunting down the etymology of words.

One of my favorites: jet-black and pitch-black come from the colors of tree resin. “Jet” (Greek) is actually the name of a fossilized resin from a particular pine tree. It’s also a gemstone.

Unworked jet, the fossilized resin of a particular pine tree. Used in modern English to describe something very black, as in “jet black.”

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jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 13h

Good article on what’s going down in the streets of Chicago rn. Don’t miss the comments section. Chicago is fighting back.

(No paywall)

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

www.nytimes.com

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

My dude had major dental surgery last week. I made him a lot of scrambled eggs w extra butter & creme fraiche. So good.

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite pages here on bsky. Anyone remember the black Whopper buns from Burger King that turned your poop green? 😂😂🤣🤣

Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 5d

Burger King Halloween Whopper (2015-2015): A classic Whopper burger, with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, and A1 Thick n Hearty sauce, served on a "spooky" dyed-black bun-with more A1 sauce baked into it. It became infamous for complaints of the dye turning stool green.

A cheeseburger with pickles, lettuce, tomato, onion, and mayo on a black bun with sesame seeds, sitting on a stump and a slab of rock, next to an overturn A1 steak sauce bottle

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I love pickles this much. I want a label. 🤣

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

“Skittles: The Covid Edition”

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Granted, the neck-gina is a distraction, but I ❤️ that the real focus of the photo is his pristine ear.

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I didn’t calorie restrict. I just did the Michael Pollen thing: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

Yep, I had to give up all refined sugar, alcohol & junk so I could stay off meds. I haven’t missed them except for cheese. Which I am now told I didn’t need to do at all 😂🧀🧀❤️

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. I quit religion at 10, but I remember the whole anti-Christ thing. That he would be the embodiment of all the sins, but many Christians would be seduced by his lies.

I mean, if I were a Christian rn, I don’t know, man. I’d at least pause & CONSIDER this kiddie-fucker might be the One.

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jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

PS. Try not to make it all pizza, though. 😄🍕

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

“They disappeared mah hairs!” ☠️

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jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Agree. I get a lot of ads for keto & high protein foods since I was diagnosed w high triglycerides. Humans are opportunistic (technically obligate) omnivores & can survive on just abt anything. A varied diet is far more important than a food restricted one.

25 lbs gone in less than 3 months. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

HaHAHAhaah!!!! 😂😂🤣🤣 He’s right.

Trump slams Time magazine photo as "Worst of All Time"

Trump said Time's photo "disappeared" his hair.

www.axios.com

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MAGA Focker @maga-focker.bsky.social · 1d

Too SOON?? Not really

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jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

🤣😂

DaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · Jun 28

autocorrect just changed pussy to pushy and now i can't shtop shexting like Sean Connery

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Giant panda keeper in panda costume interacts with cubs

YouTube video by CGTN

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jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I definitely want that job. Have u seen the other videos of people who work w pandas? They all dress up as pandas so they don’t bond w humans. It’s hilarious

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I’m going to use that. “Nah bro, I’m good.”

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

🤣😂

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Seemed to. He’s a grandfather now! So amazing they were able to successfully re-wild him.

jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I just checked in on TaoTao. In 2024, it was confirmed that he had become a grandfather, making him the first human-domesticated and released panda to have descendants in the wild. Yay, TaoTao!

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jbaileywrites @jbaileywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I call mine “Dickhead.” “Oh, look. Dickhead’s back. What does Dickhead have to say today about shit it doesn’t understand, doesn’t have to do & still thinks I’m 12 & don’t know how to stand up for myself?”

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