Jody
@monterossino.bsky.social
Napa/Tuscany. Likes good wine, good books, good cats, and good whiskey. Go Niners/Dubs/Giants! Recovering world class ballroom dancer. Would sleep better in these times without that history degree.
The ‘nip is good tonight.
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The ‘nip is good tonight.
On this Thanksgiving Eve, I am grateful for this writer and this thread in particular. Jim!
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
On this Thanksgiving Eve, I am grateful for this writer and this thread in particular. Jim!
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QUANDO COMPRI UN NUOVO LETTINO PER I GATTI
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
QUANDO COMPRI UN NUOVO LETTINO PER I GATTI
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what was it that you did here exactly?
A DOGE Exit Interview
It’s the agency’s turn to send a pointless, time-consuming email explaining its accomplishments.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
what was it that you did here exactly?
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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I've grown more conservative as I've grown older but the things I want to conserve are democracy and decency
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I've grown more conservative as I've grown older but the things I want to conserve are democracy and decency
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil
Delegates were evacuated from the conference venue, where thousands from nearly 200 countries had gathered.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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I enjoyed learning this.
When you’re sitting in a jazz bar in NOLA and it occurs to you to wonder who wrote “Tea For Two” and it turns out it was a superstar composer of the 1920s who was also an incredibly prolific alcoholic and horndog who died of tuberculosis before he turned fifty and whose photo is utter perfection.
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I enjoyed learning this.
Subscribe! You won’t regret it!
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Subscribe! You won’t regret it!
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Rev. Woolf is the faith leader in this viral photograph:
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Rev. Woolf is the faith leader in this viral photograph:
Delightful. Captions are a must read.
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Delightful. Captions are a must read.
I went to the taping of the very first #DWTS episode ever because Charlotte Jorgensen was our coach and got us tickets and I’m feeling mushy watching the 20th anniversary show even though we quit watching seasons ago. Tom Bergeron was really the heart and soul of the show. So fun to see him back!
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I went to the taping of the very first #DWTS episode ever because Charlotte Jorgensen was our coach and got us tickets and I’m feeling mushy watching the 20th anniversary show even though we quit watching seasons ago. Tom Bergeron was really the heart and soul of the show. So fun to see him back!
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"So fill to me the parting glass
And drink a health whate’er befall,
And gently rise and softly call,
Good night and joy be to you all."
— Celtic folk song
🌱📷
And drink a health whate’er befall,
And gently rise and softly call,
Good night and joy be to you all."
— Celtic folk song
🌱📷
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"So fill to me the parting glass
And drink a health whate’er befall,
And gently rise and softly call,
Good night and joy be to you all."
— Celtic folk song
🌱📷
And drink a health whate’er befall,
And gently rise and softly call,
Good night and joy be to you all."
— Celtic folk song
🌱📷
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Democrats say Donald Trump molests children. As president, he's been far more likely to starve or deport them. Two Pinocchios.
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Democrats say Donald Trump molests children. As president, he's been far more likely to starve or deport them. Two Pinocchios.
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cannot believe I have to now hand it to the kooks who insisted the government was being run by a shadowy cabal of pedophiles
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
cannot believe I have to now hand it to the kooks who insisted the government was being run by a shadowy cabal of pedophiles
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Me: You need to learn the geography of Italy.
The Geography:
The Geography:
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Me: You need to learn the geography of Italy.
The Geography:
The Geography:
Should be mandatory reading.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Should be mandatory reading.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fight don’t fold.
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Please consider donating. We really don’t want to Have to surrender the pets, but it looks like that could be necessary.
#CatsOfBluesky
gofund.me/0c6d0790b
#CatsOfBluesky
gofund.me/0c6d0790b
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Please consider donating. We really don’t want to Have to surrender the pets, but it looks like that could be necessary.
#CatsOfBluesky
gofund.me/0c6d0790b
#CatsOfBluesky
gofund.me/0c6d0790b
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These negotiations are “should we starve people?
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
These negotiations are “should we starve people?
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”
Or let them die and become disabled from disease and treatable illness and lack of health care?
How should we destroy people?”