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Organizer. Engineer. Writer. Eternally rooting for the San Francisco Giants, even in Homeric Greek. Header by @rabidya.art

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This is real af.

09.03.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's no way this fucking happens, but please keep talking about it.

08.03.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

THE DRAFT?

08.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Man, if gas is $4/gal when ballots drop... hoo boy...

08.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

08.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 7526 πŸ” 3190 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 155

Time is so fake, β€œoh we added more daylight” no you didn’t, daylight is portioned by the cosmos repent of your hubris

08.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 1128 πŸ” 194 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 7

Change your clocks tonight! Change them into doves. Release them into the cold March sky. A single feather drifts down, but your clocks are gone. Hold onto the feather, keep it safe. One day the clocks will return, if they love you.

08.03.2026 04:15 πŸ‘ 195 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
08.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some time in the last few years, I was in a deep depression hole and huddled under a stack of pillows said I'd only watch Ted Lasso with the wife when we had a baby.

Tonight, the baby is asleep on their lap and my God, Jason Sudekis is just relentlessly charming, huh?

08.03.2026 03:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watching the #WBC is just like bonus post-season and it's such a terrific experience.

The stakes are negative.

It's just fun, man.

08.03.2026 01:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The covers of three books. Left to right: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the life of a legend, about the late Sopranos actor. The cover shows Gandolfini looking shy, peering offscreen with one unobstructed eye and another that peeks out between the fingers of his right hand.
CENTER: The cover of Cinema Her Way, a coffee table book by Marya E. Gates about female directors. On the cover is actress Michelle Rodriguez as the boxer heroine of Karyn Kusama's sports drama Girlfight, about a woman boxer. 
RIGHT David Hockney's painting collection The Arrival of Spring in Normandy, showing a painting of a verdant field. In the background of the field is green grass. in the upper foreground are the branches of a tree sprouting white, cottony buds.

The covers of three books. Left to right: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the life of a legend, about the late Sopranos actor. The cover shows Gandolfini looking shy, peering offscreen with one unobstructed eye and another that peeks out between the fingers of his right hand. CENTER: The cover of Cinema Her Way, a coffee table book by Marya E. Gates about female directors. On the cover is actress Michelle Rodriguez as the boxer heroine of Karyn Kusama's sports drama Girlfight, about a woman boxer. RIGHT David Hockney's painting collection The Arrival of Spring in Normandy, showing a painting of a verdant field. In the background of the field is green grass. in the upper foreground are the branches of a tree sprouting white, cottony buds.

A screenshot of the pre-orders section at mzs.press. Three screenshots of books that have not yet been released. I Am The Night, Daniel Dockery's book about Batman the Brave and the Bold, has a silhouette of Batman stretching from the top to the bottom of the cover, with the title of the book and a nighttime Gotham skyline circumscribed by the borders of the Batman silhouette.

CENTER The cover of The Ring Cycle, Matt Zoller Seitz and Odie Henderson's book on the Rocky and Creed films. The cover is white except for a pair of black boxing gloves floating there

RIGHT The cover of Documentary Now!, the 600-page, 7-pound coffee table book celebrating the aforementioned IFC Channel series parodying classic documentaries.

A screenshot of the pre-orders section at mzs.press. Three screenshots of books that have not yet been released. I Am The Night, Daniel Dockery's book about Batman the Brave and the Bold, has a silhouette of Batman stretching from the top to the bottom of the cover, with the title of the book and a nighttime Gotham skyline circumscribed by the borders of the Batman silhouette. CENTER The cover of The Ring Cycle, Matt Zoller Seitz and Odie Henderson's book on the Rocky and Creed films. The cover is white except for a pair of black boxing gloves floating there RIGHT The cover of Documentary Now!, the 600-page, 7-pound coffee table book celebrating the aforementioned IFC Channel series parodying classic documentaries.

Screenshot of three books carried at mzs.press arts bookstore: 
LEFT: Cover of Lead Sister, a biography of Karen Carpenter, featuring a closeup of Carpenter playing and singing with The Carpenters.
CENTER: The cover of Anthony Hopkins' We Did OK, Kid, a memoir of his life and career. On the cover is Hopkins in closeup as he looks presently, narrowed blue eyes looking directly at the spectator. 
RIGHT: Cover of Louis Armstrong In His Own Words, a collection of the bandleader's correspondence. The cover image is a photograph of a probably fortysomething Armstrong seated at the wooden desk in his office where he often wrote letters.

Screenshot of three books carried at mzs.press arts bookstore: LEFT: Cover of Lead Sister, a biography of Karen Carpenter, featuring a closeup of Carpenter playing and singing with The Carpenters. CENTER: The cover of Anthony Hopkins' We Did OK, Kid, a memoir of his life and career. On the cover is Hopkins in closeup as he looks presently, narrowed blue eyes looking directly at the spectator. RIGHT: Cover of Louis Armstrong In His Own Words, a collection of the bandleader's correspondence. The cover image is a photograph of a probably fortysomething Armstrong seated at the wooden desk in his office where he often wrote letters.

Screenshot of the covers of 3 books carried at mzs.press Arts Bookstore. 
LEFT: The cover of Gotham City Cocktails, a book of mixed drink recipes inspired by Batman. Art deco-style flowing border lines flow around and around the interior of the dust jacket. At the center are drawings of two tall cocktail glasses and between them, a shot glass and a tumbler with a sword-pierced cherry in it. 
CENTER: The cover of Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook. Green cover, white writing and graphics. The central image is a teapot with stem lines coming out of it, and at the pot's base, a teacup and saucer and a separate plate of biscuits.
RIGHT: Bob's Burgers "The Re-Recipe Box," a set of recipe cards inspired by the joke hamburger names featured on the small board at the front of Bob's joint. Red sides with small graphics, cover image of the restaurant.

Screenshot of the covers of 3 books carried at mzs.press Arts Bookstore. LEFT: The cover of Gotham City Cocktails, a book of mixed drink recipes inspired by Batman. Art deco-style flowing border lines flow around and around the interior of the dust jacket. At the center are drawings of two tall cocktail glasses and between them, a shot glass and a tumbler with a sword-pierced cherry in it. CENTER: The cover of Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook. Green cover, white writing and graphics. The central image is a teapot with stem lines coming out of it, and at the pot's base, a teacup and saucer and a separate plate of biscuits. RIGHT: Bob's Burgers "The Re-Recipe Box," a set of recipe cards inspired by the joke hamburger names featured on the small board at the front of Bob's joint. Red sides with small graphics, cover image of the restaurant.

Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...

07.03.2026 04:16 πŸ‘ 926 πŸ” 561 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 42

According to my Kindle, I'm now almost a quarter of the way through this epic and I now fully get why this is a classic.

Merlin can do anything and Arthur has absolutely no chill. My man is straight hostile.

08.03.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yeah!

07.03.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No lie!

07.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay, but it's now on my bucket list to watch the WBC in the Tokyo Dome.

Seems like a peak experience.

07.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It makes all the difference in the world!

You can tell who's comfortable and who's not!

07.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My favorite thing about that clip of Bill Clinton flirting with Nancy Mace is that:

1. Clearly intentional
2. Clearly effective

It totally throws off her entire line of questioning, like instantly.

You think Billy hasn't run into Nancy's type for years on end?

A professional flirt.

07.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A campaign manager should be able to organize *the entire electorate* or they shouldn't have their job!

Controversial take to dudes in khakis / chicks in J Crew on U Street, but I stand by it!

07.03.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Rod Serling is probably the coolest guy of the 20th century. Looked cool, sounded cool, fought Nazis, hated John Wayne, wrote the screenplay for Planet of the Apes. Honestly dunks all the hell over any male influencer guy.

07.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 4015 πŸ” 764 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 42

I have, unfortunately, read enough of this unabridged translation of L'Morte d'Arthur that I'm now fully invested and can't distinguish which things of fates and knights and worship I've dreamed in the wee hours and which things I've read to the child to get them back to sleep before dawn.

07.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It's such a simple kindness and it costs nothing!

07.03.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My stance on this, for some time, is that not being comfortable doing "ethnic" outreach among senior campaign staff is disqualifying and segregationist, because POC organizers, of course know how to organize white people, why is the opposite not also an expectation?

07.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm cheering for the DR with everything I have because I'll give my left foot to watch Vladimir Guerrero Jr dance with glee.

07.03.2026 07:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨🚨🚨URGENTE🚨🚨🚨

07.03.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 3365 πŸ” 798 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 234

he’s eliminating the Oklahoma Sooners πŸ™ŒπŸ» thank you sir!!!!

07.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, but we are both dead, for sure.

07.03.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

For years, my birthday present to myself has been a day out by myself.

Sometimes it's dinner and a walk, others it's a festival pass. But it's a truly lovely experience to wander by oneself, however you approach it.

06.03.2026 02:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAccording to Visit Oakland, which is hosting the event with the city, Liu opted not to have a parade and instead asked for β€˜a celebration that shines a light on Oakland’s vibrant community and talented local artists.’”

I JUST LOVE HER 😭

06.03.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
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lots of fog and rain in nyc right now….

05.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 463 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
the cast of Star Trek Voyager in street clothes awkwardly posing with late-90s computer hardware and consumer electronics

the cast of Star Trek Voyager in street clothes awkwardly posing with late-90s computer hardware and consumer electronics

this is what it feels like to post on bluesky

05.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 4979 πŸ” 1334 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 130