David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Rereading Joan Didion's "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" and this paragraph makes me stop and think. It's an aside in a profile on another person, but it reveals so much about her: 010
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026No-mentum for Trump, as GOP candidates run away from and scrub websites of traces of the crashing leader. 000
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I used to think “Ford to New York: Drop Dead” was a onetime headline. 010
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I remember! I think the Drug Vulture looked like this: 020
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Someone needs to go to Alito’s home and perform a kick-ass, conservative Catholic intervention. 010
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Shattered norms” is a weird way to say “corrupted America.” 042
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The gas price run up under is Trump is more dramatic than under any leader since Jimmy Carter, who was thrown out of office. www.mentalfloss.com/live-smarter... 043
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Maine outlets have strong 2nd day of the Susan Collins corruption story. This from the @bangordailynews.bsky.social 07127
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Attention “Mad World” fans: They’re re-releasing “Donnie Darko” in theaters Oct. 3 to mark its 25th anniversary. 000
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026But did this ejército de siete hombres also play these? 130
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This was America in October 2024, before Trump got his hands on it. 122
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Trump on Canada, AI, omnigambling, crypto, RFK/public health and U.S. National Park — it’s all the same cartoon. 09110
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Maybe Texans just have crook exhaustion. This search atop Google doesn't include the $1,000 pen theft. 02812
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Plus, Tony noms for "Amadeus," "My Favorite Year," and "Spamalot." And, of course: that film version of "Clue." 020
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Reading Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros” and every bit of deflection and distraction from the central truth — there are wild animals rampaging through out town — seems so 2026. “WeekendReads 120
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Eve’s photo of Ronstadt was the cover of “Heart Like a Wheel.” 010
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Until today, I'd always thought "nanny state" was a GOP attack line. Via @christopherweyant1.bsky.social @globeopinion.bsky.social 172
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The Washington Post is no better (at least AP blames “Trump allies” for the rubber stamping). 001
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This NYT headline is missing the first three words: “Majority Trump-Appointed.” Without those three words, the reader is misled to think this is normal. 68125
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Hours after seeing the luminous “Tony,” I finally figured out who Emilia Jones was channeling. Here’s Eve Babitz’s “Heart Like a Wheel” photograph of Linda Ronstadt. 001
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If you can spend $100 million fighting paying your fair share in taxes, isn't that exactly why you should be paying your fair share in taxes? 165
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Princeton/Harvard guy runs from the part of his past that doesn’t involve being a black-out drunk, philanderer and bankrupter. 020
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This Washington Post headline makes it seem like refusing to accept the rule of law is steadfastness, not criminal. 1712503712
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Never thought i’d see the NYT give cover to an authoritarian American leader to carry out pogroms. 131
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Your “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” headline of the day. 142
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Thanks, @wmarybeard.bsky.social for the quote. (I don’t believe we are related, to my great regret.) 000
David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Bari Weiss: I need a guy who represents the zeitgeist, who figures it out before it happens. Aide: What about Ross? He really called this. Bari: Brilliant! 000