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Meg brought a tiny violin to a knife fight
@mak506.bsky.social
[rousing adventure music]

Running, history (Ireland, legal, Middle Ages, royalty), genealogy, travel, music (Wagnerite and Swiftie). Always cats.

Sometimes posts about law or library stuff, but don’t count on it.

📍Boston, USA
Personal to @firepile.bsky.social, did you do this??? Graffiti on one of the world’s great libraries is not cool, but thanks for using chalk!
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Good lord. Put on a very bad holiday-themed movie to have on in the background and this allegedly very typically soigné British duke has got the sloppiest tie/collar combo going on.
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Once Upon a Time in Washington

Zaddy Zohran and dapper Donald looked like the hottest buddy duo since Brad and Leo. But even Trump‘s 70s campaign soundtrack can’t hide the fact that his administration is scarier than the Manson family.

by Maureen Dowd
November 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damnit. I swore next time Weird Al came to town I was getting tickets. So of course he's coming to town next when I'll be away for a conference I can't get out of. Stompy foot.
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Maybe the first day in months that my mother is cognizant that I'm her daughter. 😭
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I haven’t even thought about this being my most woke opinion—I’m not sure it is—but it’s one I’ve held for a good couple decades now.
My most woke opinion is that rurality inherently lends itself to bigotry because people are isolated and rarely have to be wound people like themselves - and the rural life is uniquely romanticized by white people
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Truly.
Another revelation from all of these emails is that many of the richest and most powerful people in the country absolutely cannot write. Helps explain their sweaty embrace of LLMs.
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
This photo in an article about “Medieval aesthetic” weddings in the NYT. 😂😂

Not exactly fake history, but still might amuse you, @fakehistoryhunter.net!
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Just a few minutes into ep 2 of #DeathByLightning and look, we're just going to need a standalone biopic of Chester Arthur starring Nick Offerman. Someone make it so.
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Queueing up the season finale of #TheDiplomat and bracing myself for whatever bonkers ending they have in store for me this time.
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
@profanity.accountant 👁️👁️
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Well geez. I'm surprised I can even see some of my own posts with this setting as the default! 😂
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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This week was the Trump regime taking loss after loss after loss. Just a steady stream of humiliation.

I don't have anything to add, I just wanted to remind you.
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I can't wait to hear Matthew MacFadyen sing "I Am Going to the Lordy". #deathbylightning

(Now I go see how many others have already made this joke!!)
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Just donated. Spreading the word.
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
<sickos.gif>
hilarious graphic right now on msnbc as they call it in california
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
❤️
Twenty-four years ago, if you told people that the mayor of New York City in 2026 was going to be a Muslim man, a lot of people would have thought you were crazy.

This city is too smart not to recognize our neighbors
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
🔥🔥🔥
THEY'RE PLAYING NOT LIKE US AT THE MAMDANI CAMPAIGN RALLY
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I'm never running for mayor of NYC myself, so I'll say it: Staten Island can go eat garbage.

What is this having good feelings on election night, anyway? So strange I can't even find an appropriate gif.
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
So interesting with the army exercises in the Irish language! (NOT Gaelic, person who did the subtitles.) But of course it makes sense, at least for formal exercise events. #HATM
November 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
October 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Yes!
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
😭😭😭😭😭
Hi, It's Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'

Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'

In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM