I don't trust the existing Democratic power structure to properly punish these monsters if/when they regain control. But I dearly wish they would bring Republican leadership up on charges of acting as accessories to the administration's crimes, on top of prosecuting Trump, Vance, and the cabinet.

Let’s not forget that every single Republican who stands by and enables Donald Trump could stop this recklessness today, tomorrow or any damn day of the week. Their failure—their refusal—to do so makes them complicit in his crimes and the crimes of his corrupt, lawless regime.

the grim reaper driving a taxi full of meats and cheeses makes it a death cab for charcuterie.

There's a Nor'easter rolling into town tomorrow, seems like the perfect time to go see this.

Chicago:

One gets the idea that brutal guys sign up for ICE so they can beat up teenage girls with a mask on and get away with it.

academic research (e.g. Alice Marwick) into social media dynamics suggests that many people really, *really* get off on one-upmanship online, and hope-expressers are an easy target. I'm not sure it's more complicated than that.

unfortunately that's also difficult to put a stop to.

What is up with the pathological need to "reply guy" anybody who expresses even a modicum of hope that things can be made better?

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Said his new doctor, Ronald Frump

And if you didn't want to read it when it was paywalled, you can now read my Popcorn Disabilities tribute to FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2's Mark for free. Every Friday this month I'll be highlighting a disabled horror character.

thefilmmaven.com/friday-the-1...

Protect this man

I last saw it 40+ years ago and haven't been able to bring myself to watch it again.

Scary levels of anger in the restaurant scene--and that little smile they share at the end!

This was classic Odie

Re-watching Shoot the Moon in honor of Diane Keaton. Holy hell, what a great movie. And so intense. Really captures that feeling of being in the pressure cooker of a failing relationship. As divorce dramas go, Marriage Story is Pee-wee's Big Adventure compared to this.

In honor of Elmore Leonard's centennial today, here's the tribute I wrote in 2013 when he passed. This was the first of the @ebertvoices.bsky.social tributes I became known for (and still do on occasion) at the site. I became a writer, Dutch. Told you I would.

www.rogerebert.com/features/elm...

I really appreciate this! Thank you!

Uptown mole
She's been livin' in her uptown hole...

Yes.

Billy Moel

You gotta read this interview @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social did w Stephen Tobolowsky.

texashighways.com/culture/arts...

Your theory is as valid as mine!

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

I think so!