Orpheus Condescending
LightNews LightNews
banner
maryscottoconnor.com
Orpheus Condescending
@maryscottoconnor.com
45K followers 33K following 80K posts
Rage, rage against the Lying of the Right

Writer/Actress
Sober 11/96
Born '68
Traverse City, MI
https://www.instagram.com/maryscottoconnor/

READ MY ALT TEXT.

Faites ce que vous voulez.␚
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
maryscottoconnor.com
Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com · 22d
I must not argue with people on social media.

I must not argue with people on social media.

I must not argue with people on social media.

I must not argue with people on social media.

I must not argue with people on social media.
maryscottoconnor.com
Among the many reasons I’m looking forward to my gorgeous son’s arrival this snowy Thanksgiving Day...

… is that HE'S far more capable of SHOVELING MY DRIVEWAY than I am. 😈

“What good is a dwarf if he doesn’t do chores?"
— Henry Fonda, “On Golden Pond

(Of course, I have to say “giant”.)
My son, Terry, grimacing as he clears snow off his windshield LAST year in my driveway. I stood outside in my bathrobe, laughing at his pain… The tree branches just above his head are laden with heavy, wet snow, & I can’t remember, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they dumped all over him right after I took the picture. I’m VERY much looking forward to having him here this year. It’s the first year his father isn’t here; Adam finally moved out, about 45 minutes away, with his new girlfriend. I am VERY HAPPY about this, but it does mean Terry splits his time between there & here; something Adam & I managed to avoid during Terry’s adolescence - indeed, right up till he was 25 years old. Pretty good. But now I’m feeling melancholy. Everything's changed. I don’t miss Adam; things deteriorated pretty badly between us over the last year, & it’s a VERY GOOD thing he found a girlfriend & moved out. But I don’t do well with change; even good change. Autism, yadda yadda. Plus I’ve had a pretty emotionally fraught week or so - cancer scare, et cetera. It’s the end of the month, my MS meds wear off, “crap gap,” they call it. In the interim between them wearing off & the shot at the beginning of the month you get to experience all your old symptoms- call it the universe reminding you to be grateful. But it involves a lot of pain & imbalance, & I’m just… okay, WALLOWING, alright? Ugh. whatever. I’ve got an infection, which is BAD for MS patients on this medication, so there’s that - oh, christ, shut UP. Ignore me. I have LOTS to be grateful for, I'm just tired & hurting, I made a shit ton of pies & cheesecakes & stuff last night & cleaned the house & I need a fucking bath & a nap. The goddamned LIONS HAD BETTER WIN TODAY, is all I have to say about THAT. Frank Ragnow is coming out of his fake retirement, that’s cool. But not in time for today’s game… Okay. I’m shutting up now. Hope you enjoyed the stream of consciousness whining. Happy Thanksgiving. Sorry about the genocide.
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
It’s really not fully Thanksgiving without "WKRP in Cincinnati"’s “As God is my witness” clip.

“…like SACKS OF WET CEMENT!"

youtu.be/lf3mgmEdfwg?...
WKRP "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" Thanksgiving
YouTube video by Epic Houston
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
maryscottoconnor.com
I have decided I want to see them all recreate the most famous scene in Piazzale Loreto.

Every single one of them.
cwebbonline.com Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.

📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.

Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
Hi. It’s I. The neighbourhood kvetch.

I’ve spent the past 5 days thinking I had a fast-moving, aggressive form of breast cancer.

I don’t.

But it’s been a weird, rough few days.

I’m not afraid of dying. But I’d like to see a BIT more of my son’s adulthood play out. So, yeah.

Anyway. All clear.
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
They’re going to have to give Judge Sara Ellis around the clock protection now you realise that...

criticalread.substack.com/p/dhss-pack-...
DHS's pack of liars
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
criticalread.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
The Detroit Lions are trying to kill me.

34-27 vs. the NY Giants in OVERTIME - on 4th down, finally brought to an end with a long-awaited Aidan Hutchinson SACK.

I’m going to die of heart failure.
Aidan Hutchinson, star defensive edge of the Detroit Lions, holds his arms out in a V to the crowd after a sack of a quarterback as if he would like to roar, “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?”
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
So… the EU, basically.

We are a tragedy.

www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
I rarely think this…

But this man actually LOOKS evil.

Like his corporeal self cannot HELP but reflect the reality of his soul.

And it is literally terrifying to behold.

If I believed in such things, I’d call him demonic.
motherjones.com Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5d
In an interview published Friday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the New York Times that he’d personally directed the CDC to put a new page on the agency’s website, casting doubt on the fact that vaccines don’t cause autism.
RFK Jr. wants you to know he’s personally responsible for anti-vax misinformation on CDC website
He told the New York Times there’s no proof that vaccines don’t cause autism, which is a lie.
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
Why are we still doing this?

Why are people’s sex lives still something we feel free to discuss & judge?

I don’t give a FUCK who’s married & cheating.

It’s NONE OF MY BUSINESS.

And don’t tell me it speaks to CHARACTER.

That’s HORSESHIT.

You just want to LEER.

www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
Alleged Sext From RFK Jr. Revealed, And It's A Doozy
Wow.
www.huffpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
maryscottoconnor.com
Can’t comment on the original, so...

What the fuck?

Does this mean that JONI fucking MITCHELL is NOT in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame???

Because what the fucking fuck?

Come the fuck on, Bridget.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
Meh. Try me tomorrow, Satan.
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
Before they tear it down (it could happen), it might be nice to highlight someone featured in the National Women’s History Museum:

Ruby Bridges, age 6, was the first Black child to attend & integrate a (formerly all-white) public school in the American South.
www.womenshistory.org/education-re...
Biography: Ruby Bridges
At the tender age of six, Ruby Bridges advanced the cause of civil rights in November 1960 when she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South.
www.womenshistory.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
Today is one of those days when I really need someone to come up to me, look deeply into my eyes, take my hands, and say, “I believe in you. You are worthy. And I think you will do GREAT and BEAUTIFUL things with this billion dollars."
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Reposted by Orpheus Condescending
maryscottoconnor.com
.
"I WANNA GO OUT."
.
Headline: "Open the door, I wanna go out." Caption: " A SHORT STORY ABOUT DECISIONS." An open doorway leads to a SNOWY doorstep with ONE, SINGLE, SOLITARY dog's paw print. For our purposes, let us imagine it an eager, enthusiastic sort - the golden retriever of my nightmares, like my friend Jonna's old dog, Ruby, whom I always called Rubideaux... Who never failed to LEAP upon me with delight on greeting me at the door. I can see it clearly: Rubideaux, who lived to a ripe old age & NEVER CALMED THE FUCK DOWN like everyone CLAIMS a golden retriever will eventually calm down... Antsy, she begs to be let outside... Finally, finally, you open the door; she YIPS with joy, takes ONE step onto the frozen carpet of snow atop the Welcome mat... And promptly opts to return to her comfy bed beside the fire. FUCKING RUBIDEAUX. You can't say she didn't make a quick decision, though. If only we ALL could be so ruthlessly decisive. I, for one, would have far fewer ill-fitting clothes in my closet.
November 21, 2023 at 12:15 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
I was going to write a vitriolic post excoriating 98 Democratic shitheads who voted to condemn socialism.

But I’m 29 years sober today, & they aren’t worth my time.

Of the 99 of us, ONE clearly ISN'T under the influence of mind or mood altering substances.

Or self-serving cowardice.

⬇️
Me on my walk, the morning after it snowed a couple weeks ago. It’s melted now, but BOY was it cold that day. It did, however, give me a chance to wear my bright red scarf; I’ve only just learned, at the ripe old age of 57, that red looks good on me. Sigh. THAT would've been good information to have all those years I was slinking around wearing nothing but black… ANYWAY. A BRIEF version of what it was like, what happened, & what it's like now: I was born an alcoholic. My family tree is riddled with alcoholism.Started trying to QUIT drinking around age 19. Made a few half-hearted passes at a 12 Step program, but it wasn’t until a near miss suicide “thing” (not an attempt, but as close as I’ve come) and the first of 5 or 6 stays at a psychiatric facility that I made a serious effort. It didn’t take; I lasted a few months. Tried again, lasted two years. Then came my pitiful & incomprehensible demoralisation - 8 months in Chicago. I’ll skip the details. Suffice to say I ended up blind drunk on my second fifth of scotch in my favourite AOL chat room, announcing to them all that I was going to kill myself that night. Two people (who have been my friends ever since) got on the phone and talked to me till I passed out, then got someone to come get me the next day. That was November 22, 1996. I haven’t had a drink since. A week later I was back in California (ugh, long story, I’d lived there with my first ex-husband & moved back to Michigan, never mind, my life story is BYZANTINE), where I was homeless for 6 months, staying on couches & in spare rooms, going to meetings, till I could get a job & an apartment… 2 years later I was married with a son - who is now 25 with a Masters degree. In the interim I got MS, got divorced, survived it all… Watched my son play football for Michigan State, got on medication that’s put me in remission, gained & lost 100 pounds… And here I be. Sober 29 years; I was 28 when I quit drinking. Oh, and I was internet famous for a minute. Pfffft.🥸
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
Kristi Noem has… TAKEN… $220 MILLION in DHS funds, awarded under cover of a “National Emergency” to justify its NO BID status, to a hastily formed LLC owned by a her assistant’s husband…

To create a DHS AD CAMPAIGN starring…KRISTI NOEM.

Stolen.

She stole it.
dailyboulder.com/220m-scandal...
$220M Scandal: DHS Paid Millions to Ad Company Linked to Kristi Noem, Report Says
It was October 2, the second day of a government shutdown, when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived at Mount Rushmore, riding horseback in chaps and a cowboy hat. The camera rolled, captur...
dailyboulder.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
Let’s see…

DONALD TRUMP —> VLADIMIR PUTIN

or

MIKE JOHNSON —> DONALD TRUMP

Either one works just as well.
Screenshot (stolen from someone else on Bluesky, no idea who, it’s ben reposted a few times) of Susie Dent’s post: “Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.” Honestly, TODAY, my first thought was MIKE JOHNSON, by Trump. But of course, it could just as easily be Trump himself, by Putin. OR ANY NUMBER OF OTHER FUCKERS. Christ I hate this fucking timeline. And as I say those words, I realise - there is no timeline that doesn’t suck. We are just a wretched, fucked up species and we really have no business lasting as long as we have. Sorry. I am REALLY fucking depressed and I’VE got no business being online. Christ, it’s almost Thanksgiving, I have MANY pies to make, my son will be here in a week, I have a house to clean… GET YOUR FECES CONSOLIDATED, MSOC. For the love of cod, woman, you can be depressed AFTER the major family gathering. SHIT. Get offline. All this corruption and stupidity will be here when you sign back on. Take a fuckin’ bubble bath.
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
Not to brag, but if it were for a really important reason, I’m pretty sure I could eat my body weight in udon noodles.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
I have a dream.

A man hangs upside down by his cankles from the General Sherman monument in President’s Park; the Ellipse, just south of the White House fence - the nation’s front yard.

Pelted with rotting food by jeering crowds, screaming, “Here, piggy, piggy!"

Shhh.

Let me dream.
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
I LOVE THIS KID SO MUCH.

Been following him for a while, and I swear to god he’s a fucking GENIUS.
the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social ✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 7d
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
maryscottoconnor.com
And now, for something completely different.

A coupla cute memes, because FUCK, I am so goddamned exhausted with the ugliness.

These people have poisoned our entire existence.

There isn’t enough sage in the WORLD...
Picture of a canned, jellied cranberry sauce sitting on a white saucer in its pure state - the shape of the can, natch. Ridges & all. My family always makes real cranberry sauce - with a grinder & everything - orange juice, oranges, sugar, YEAH YEAH YEAH. It sits, untouched, while EVERYONE EATS THE CANNED SHIT. Because THAT is cranberry sauce, fuckin’ A right it is, motherfucker. Happy Thanksgiving. Sorry about the genocide. A picture of an innocent looking potato masher. Which I use all the time, really, because it’s such a pain in the ass to clean the electronic devices that mash potatoes fast & well. It’s not CONVENIENT if CLEANING them is a fucking nightmare, geniuses. I love my KitchenAid mixer; a beloved gift from my beloved aunt, one I could NEVER have afforded myself, it’s cherry red & GORGEOUS. And I use it maybe a dozen times a year. It’s heavy & a pain in the ass to clean. It does a FABULOUS job, but ugh. Anyway, the meme - YES. That fucking potato masher CANNOT fit in the regular drawer without messing with the opening & closing of it. Which, of course, is why we have the DEEPER drawers. And THAT is where I keep mine, after YEARS of fruitless fighting with a fucking figure of fuckery. (Yeah, that was a REACH.) Anyway. Happy turkey day. Sorry about the stolen land & all the bullshit. I’m Irish, I can relate. I’m sure the Palestinians & a WHOLE bunch of other indigenous peoples can, as well. The history of humanity is just fucked up bullshit, man. At some point we are GOING to have to get our shit together, or just go extinct & let the rest of the planet get on with it. They’ll be better off without us. It’s too bad about all that collateral damage, but that’s life with a predator species. OH GOD SHUT UP AND POST IT ALREADY YOU FUCKING PEDANTIC DICKHEAD.
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
I’d say AB1138, aiming to bring film & tv production back to California with tax incentives, has been a roaring success so far, and looks to continue on that path.

Doubling the annual $750M in incentives, it’s projected to bring in over $1.1B in revenue.

deadline.com/2025/11/cali...
‘Fallout,’ More ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ & ‘Forever’ Among Latest California TV Tax Credits Winners As State Awards $313M To 17 Shows
With big bucks for Fallout, The Night Agent moving out West, & more, California handed out hundreds of millions in tax incentives to TV shows today
deadline.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
A recent study at the University of Michigan has shown that intelligent people use profanity at a far higher rate than stupid motherfuckers.
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
So, after all the Epstein bill paranoia, I actually looked into it.

The reason they’re freaking out, that they fought so hard against it, is they really CAN’T mess with it.

Too many copies out there, too many witnesses.

And the bill prevents investigation excuses.

“NARROW in scope."
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
maryscottoconnor.com
THIS IS DETROIT:

This GESTAPO THUG was alone when he zip-tied this woman (who was ALONE), tasered her, & dragged her into his truck.

NO idea what he did next.

He could've raped her.

Men who take these jobs enjoy beating & raping women.

And NOBODY IS STOPPING THEM.
www.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
From the PublicFreakout community on Reddit: ICE/CBP tased a non resisting woman in zip ties, the agent then throws her nonresponsive body into his truck like a rag doll. (Oak Park neighborhood of Det...
Explore this post and more from the PublicFreakout community
www.reddit.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM