Reposted by David ParkeCitizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Bob Hope and Barbara Eden during a USO show aboard the amphibious assault ship USS OKINAWA (LPH-3) in 1987 0183
Reposted by David ParkeP. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The nation’s audacious 1960s rocket programme was met with ridicule. Now, more than 60 years on, this curious episode is inspiring film-makers, playwrights and a circus show at the fringe.theguardian.com‘It’s a Pan-African story’: the artists telling the amazing true tale of Zambia’s mission to reach spaceThe nation’s audacious 1960s rocket programme was met with ridicule. Now, more than 60 years on, this curious episode is inspiring film-makers, playwrights and a circus show at the fringe 312432
Reposted by David ParkeWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Noah Smith: Iran is Trump's Katrinanoahpinion.blogIran is Trump's KatrinaThoughts on the fallout from the Iran debacle. 43711
Reposted by David ParkeSam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I wrote about the reign of Stephen Colbert, a decent man pressed into service by indecent times.slate.comIn His Final Episodes, Stephen Colbert’s Greatest Asset Wasn’t His Comedy. It Was Something Else.The late-night host ended his show by doing what he does best. 427965
David Parke @davidparke.bsky.social · 29/04/2026@redgingersonja.bsky.social Finished the Traitor Baru Cormorant last night almost 10 years after you recommended it on your blog and I bought it almost immediately. Devastating. Those last 40 pages kept me awake all night. 110
Reposted by David Parkezensoul.bsky.social @zensoul.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Comparing this administration to the Titanic is probably the most accurate metaphor Vance could have used. 192251141
Reposted by David Parkemaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 18/12/2025*smashes the buzzer so hard it shatters into a million pieces* WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU’D SAY IN BED 291031163
David Parke @davidparke.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Can’t believe I’ve never seen this before… @reevesgabrels.bsky.social youtu.be/heuSXoXVky0?...youtu.beDavid Bowie ~ Dead Man Walking ~ Acoustic Live 1997 on TV Show ~ Absolutely Amazing PerforYouTube video by Carl Quintanilla 010
Reposted by David ParkeMad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 10/09/2025How would you know this Actually, don't answer that 7625
David Parke @davidparke.bsky.social · 01/09/2025@aptshadow.bsky.social Daughter tested positive for COVID last night, and now I feel like I’m on the Excavations team. (PS - saw you speak in Edinburgh two weeks ago!) 010
Reposted by David ParkeAlissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Via @status.news. Ah. 2105
Reposted by David ParkeDana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 02/08/2025The problem with classic movies is that too few of them frame the actors as tiny figures dwarfed by a Mac OS screensaver. 1542063
Reposted by David ParkeSam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 12/06/2025briefly lifting my “no talking about Bluesky on Bluesky” policy to say: you cannot make any place like the good old days of Twitter anymore than you can lose your virginity twice. We had one day of hashtag games on here when the big anti-Elon bump hit but the world’s not that fun anymore either 1392
Reposted by David ParkeCitizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Anne Bancroft celebrating the news of her Academy Award win for THE MIRACLE WORKER with soon-to-husband Mel Brooks in 1963. 0457
Reposted by David ParkeMad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 02/06/2025“I question the value for a reader of an apparently-computer-written review from a two-movie critic being the top result.” 512128
Reposted by David ParkeGremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 26/05/2025I have no desire to move to England except for the cool way they pronounce the word “privacy,” but that’s a strong motive 4234010
Reposted by David ParkeHoward French @hofrench.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Calling it by its name. By me. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/23/t...foreignpolicy.comWe Can No Longer Dismiss Trump’s Blatant RacismThe meeting with Ramaphosa marked a reversion to the open racism of U.S. presidents long past. 15383137
Reposted by David ParkeCitizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 20/04/2025A light lunch with an adorable Shirley MacLaine in 1959. 2659
Reposted by David ParkeWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 17/04/2025"Olson, of the Cato Institute, said that while 'Elon Musk has been spreading unverified and unverifiable claims about illegal voting by noncitizens for a year or more.… by overwhelming majorities, those who lack citizenship neither attempt to vote nor succeed in voting.” [@factcheck.org]factcheck.orgMusk's Unsupported Claim to Have Unveiled Massive Illegal Voting by Noncitizens - FactCheck.orgElon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency he leads claim to have unearthed evidence to prove a longstanding conspiracy theory about Democrats orchestrating illegal voting by noncitizens on... 33012
Reposted by David ParkeSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14/04/2025Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont was illegally detained by ICE during what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process. Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the US, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention. 291129704087
David Parke @davidparke.bsky.social · 07/04/2025@kathyvalentine.bsky.social Just saw the news about Clem. So sorry for your loss. 010
Reposted by David ParkeUncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Congratulations to Sarah Pinsker! Sarah's novelette “Signs of Life” is a finalist for the Best Novelette Hugo Award! You can read it here! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/sign... 03512
Reposted by David ParkeMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Great pic of a Turkish student reading Jean Jacque Rousseau's Social Contract against the backdrop of anti-terror armoured vehicles in Ankara where protests against Erdogan’s coup are in full fling. 11402122
Reposted by David ParkeWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Supposed free speech platform conducts itself remarkably like regime media. 37116
Reposted by David ParkeWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Listen: Trump’s targeting of law firms endangers the right to counsel and the Constitution . @foxmike90.bsky.social and I speak to @cob.bsky.social at the Cato Daily Podcast www.cato.org/multimedia/c...cato.orgBy Targeting Certain Law Firms, the President Is Threatening the ConstitutionFeaturing Walter Olson, Mike Fox, and Caleb O. Brown 14717
Reposted by David ParkeMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 18/03/2025We're all going to have to learn a lot about law, courts, judges, procedure, precedent etc. in the next weeks/months/years. And that means a lot of people here will overconfidently imagine they're experts. I recommend following a couple of real ones: @chrisgeidner.bsky.social and @mjsdc.bsky.social. 47805157
Reposted by David ParkeEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Solidarity with Columbia law profs, who are doing what they can. This is a hell of a statement. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...balkin.blogspot.comA Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)By Kate Andrias, Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Jamal Greene, Olatunde Johnson, Jeremy Kessler, Gillian Metzger, and David Pozen On Thursday, the ... 5243100
Reposted by David ParkeKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Mike has been a friend of mine since we were young reporters at the @washingtonpost.com in the 1980s. He brims with talent, integrity and commitment to the truth. This is exactly what I expected and he had hoped he could stave off, which is a trash move by trash people. Throw them out. 574141984228
Reposted by David ParkeDanny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Happy 122nd birthday to Lawrence Welk. Please enjoy his fever dream rendition of California Dreamin'. 2922635
Reposted by David ParkeBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 27/02/2025They just fired hundreds of FAA employees. 44124049210638
Reposted by David ParkeShameka ❤️🏀 @shameka23.bsky.social · 10/02/2025New Nike commercial with Sha’ccari Richardson, Caitlin Clark, A’ja Wilson, Juju Watkins, and Jordan Chiles. #nike #wnba #wnba #unrivaled #ncaaw #ncaawbb 21778316
Reposted by David ParkeWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 03/02/2025This is apropos of nothing, but I just blocked two puddingheads who said "You supported him" or the equivalent. First, your slur directly attacks my reputation. Second, if you don't bother looking up what my actual positions have been, it bodes poorly for ever getting a sensible word out of you. 2322
Reposted by David ParkeSarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 03/02/2025The alarm has been sounded by brave government employees and independent journalists, @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov --we need you to put out the fire. 04017
Reposted by David ParkeAlice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social · 28/01/2025This photo of national leaders is going viral But what’s the real cause of Nordic equality, where leaders share similar status to ordinary people, and how does this affect gender?? Excited to present my research in Lund! 🇸🇪 www.ggd.world/p/scandinavi... www.ggd.world/p/does-egali... 1231
David Parke @davidparke.bsky.social · 08/01/2025@samadams.bsky.social From my daughters reading for her class “Ancient World in Popular Culture”. Maybe you can volunteer as a guest speaker 040
Reposted by David ParkeEmily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Saw some Easter shit out there today. I feel like we've gotten so vigilant about Christmas creep that we forgot to watch out for the other holidays. 3132211
Reposted by David ParkeMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Learn about Andrei Tarkovsky and watch all of his movies (I've only seen Solaris). 321875
David Parke @davidparke.bsky.social · 01/01/2025open.substack.com/pub/wilkinso...open.substack.comwelcome.And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done, full of tasks, claims, and demands; and let us se... 030
Reposted by David Parkeweird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 23/12/2024snowball fight, italy, ca. 1400 404010871
Reposted by David ParkeMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 23/12/2024happy 61st birthday to Donna Tartt 722217
David Parke @davidparke.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Stayed up late last night to finish Home Sweet Haunted. @sarahpinsker.bsky.social knocks it out of the park again with this wonderfully spooky and humanist take on the haunted house story. 0121
David Parke @davidparke.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Decisions, decisions @redhead5318.bsky.social @rosegibson.bsky.social 030
