Darby Lyons

I'm in Cincy. Scott and I were in school together in the DC area long long ago.

Oh the irony.
Creepy little man.

People in comments blaming this on maga lunacy, but they forget that pre covid, the anti vaccine crowd was largely on the left.

I watched about 2 minutes of the series, and it was even worse than I expected.

Yes! And 30 Rock, Modern Family... And if you forget about TV and just look at Broadway, he's been nominated for 9 Tony Awards. He directed me when I was in jr high and he was in high school 😊

In the foreground, a round wooden coffee table with a clear bluish glass vase holding varying hues of pink silk peonies. On the table are also candles, books, and eyeglasses. In the background, a mustard colored chair with aqua cushions, a small chest with a houseplant on it, a window and door.

I bought new silk flowers and some perfume today because it was sunny and in the upper 70s, and I felt like treating myself.

I too am interested in bringing back traditional masculinity.

text graphic featuring a portion of Jane Hirshfield's poem. it reads: It was like this: you were happy, then you were sad, then happy again, then not. It went on. You were innocent or you were guilty. Actions were taken, or not.

photograph of poet Jane Hirshfield. She has wavy, hair and is resting her head in her hand.

"Whatever my life has been like, I’m lucky to have lived it. I know that now, and I hope I feel that way at the end," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1471 of The Slowdown.

Read “It Was Like This: You Were Happy” by Jane Hirshfield and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/47utOgF

Occasionally, I see "Directed by Scott Ellis" in the credits of something I'm watching, and I still yell out to no one in particular, "Hey, I know him! He directed ME years ago!" Right now, it's The Closer. Other times: Frasier, Weeds, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Nurse Jackie, Elsbeth...

I was so mad at her for saying that. I'm team Javadi!

Okay, but...why a photo of John Legend?

Cincinnati area folks: there's a survey here about traffic safety in Hamilton County.

Oh no, I can't believe all those slurs forced themselves into that defenseless group chat!

JUST IN: US citizens say fuck it; we're not paying taxes this year.

Go say hi!

Michael Griffith, a white man with salt-and-pepper hair and tortoiseshell glasses, sits on an outdoor patio. He smiles gently.

Rebecca Lindenberg, a white woman with a gray bob in a white collared shirt, smiles.

Speak with our genre editors today in AWP booth 1065! Catch Fiction Editor Michael Griffith between 9:30am and 10:30am, and Poetry Editor Rebecca Lindenberg from 11am-1pm!

I wish more people understood the 🫏👒ery that ICE has been doing in Nashville. They grabbed the guy who drove the unhoused to &from church during Room at the Inn (churches offer shelter). Literally the best of us!
I am so sorry for her and her family. She too sounds like the best of us. 💔💔💔

Greg Landsman is horrible and must go.

Fortunately, he has a primary challenger:
friendsofdamonlynch.com

It's spouting bullshit, so I think that's how to know.

What a lame ass headline. You really defending this? JFC.

Replacing Noem with Mullin is like replacing Aileen Wuornos with John Wayne Gacy.

Wtf, @welch.senate.gov ??
Have you gone 'round the bend? Markwayne is dumber than a sack of hair and a hotheaded oaf to boot.

Not just you!

Proof that when you think it's as bad as it can get, it can always get worse.

Phew! They definitely need you.🤦🏼‍♀️

Chotiner: Trump said Gaza could be the "Riviera of the Middle East." Landsman: Well, I don't share his vision in that regard. I believe that Gaza should be led by Gazans, and they should rebuild based on what they want without corruption and terrorism. The same with Yemen, the same with Syria, the same with Iraq. All of a sudden, you can imagine a Middle East where you land in Dubai, and you make your way to Beirut, down to Tel Aviv, to Gaza City, to Cairo. Chotiner: It's like the domino theory, but in reverse. Landsman: Yeah, yeah. Exactly. Chotiner: You mentioned this becoming a much bigger moment. And then you laid out this positive vision of the region. Do you think there's any tension between that and saying what you did earlier, that you wanted this to be a very limited, very small operation that you didn't want to call a war? Landsman: There could be. Yeah, there could be. Yeah. There could be. Chotiner: That's what I was thinking.

My congressman @repgreglandsman.bsky.social thought it was a good idea for him to do a Chotiner interview, but it turns out the interview was good for @damon4congress.bsky.social instead🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

Why a Democratic Congressman Is Supporting Trump’s War with Iran Representative Greg Landsman explains his hope that the conflict remains limited but also creates an entirely new Middle East.

If my assistant told me that Isaac Chotiner was on line 1, waiting to talk to me, I would do the sensible thing & grab my go-bag with loose cash & fake passports & make for the border.

At this point getting a Chotiner interview is almost a guarantee that you're doing something very stupid and should stop.

I thought @repgreglandsman.bsky.social had already reached peak loathsome embarrassment, but nope...he did a Chotiner interview, and outdid himself on utter cluelessness (or pure evil...hard to tell which he is🤷🏼‍♀️).

All of these people are already on my "Never Trust These People to Do the Right Thing" list.