Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They are playing in our faces 409125855970
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialEric Idle @ericidle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I defy you to watch this and not feel the hairs in the back of your neck rise. Sheer genius. 1616740
jay-laurie.bsky.social @jay-laurie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026substack.com/@renegvolpi/...substack.comRené Volpi (@renegvolpi)Pablito waited all day long for her to come back home from school, but he couldn't wait another minute. That is Love. ❤️ 000
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialTim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 15/03/2026The best portrayals of Sherlock Holmes onscreen, ranked : 10.You 9. Can't 8. Possibly 7. Judge 6. So 5. Many 4. Different 3. Great 2. Performances 1. Jeremy Brett 68126
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026AIDE: "Natalia Harp agreed to take your place on the trip to Ireland, Ma'am." MELANIA: "Here, give her this $13,000 diamond cocktail ring as thank you." 2041023164
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026There are at least two provisions in the U.S. Code that make it illegal to offer or accept a $5,000 "GOP Dividend" for voting. Both the offerer (Donald Trump) and the accepter (good luck with that!) are liable for fines and jail time. 1021440512
jay-laurie.bsky.social @jay-laurie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026substack.com/@mairedding/...substack.comMai Redding (@mairedding)These beautifully etched and pierced gauntlets belonged to Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, one of Europe’s most powerful rulers. Attributed to the celebrated armourer Lorenz Helmschmid, they combine ... 000
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Chatbot, create an enormous arch that is equal parts tacky, fascist, and Mormon temple. 1181112197
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Trump routinely accuses his political opponents of treason. We in the democratic opposition don't do this. But if you ask who comes closer to fitting the designation, this from John Harington seems apt: “Treason doth never prosper: what ’s the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.” 1430449
jay-laurie.bsky.social @jay-laurie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026substack.com/@mechanicalp...substack.comLisa Kuznak (@mechanicalpulp)A movie from 1944 has better colour in a medieval film than the dull ass medieval brown of Hollywood movies now https://youtu.be/u0PSkfYl39E?si=qwxkFvxZX40oAruM 000
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It doesn’t get any cuter than this, folks. 😍 1024200934775
jay-laurie.bsky.social @jay-laurie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026An episode of Jeopardy Masters had this for the Final Jeopardy clue: "A literary friendship began when these 2 met in Florence in 1350; the death of one in 1374 inspired a sonnet by the other." I got the answer because I have read the Chivalry series by Christian Cameron. @phokion.bsky.social 010
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialThe Mighty Jungle💙💛 @ocanannain.bsky.social · 29/08/2026 16287542281
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialLee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Canadian Strait of Hormuz Every ocean going ship from the great lakes must pass through the Welland Canal 2103022836
jay-laurie.bsky.social @jay-laurie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026substack.com/@arthistoria...substack.comElla… (@arthistoriandiaries)Imagine being able to carve silk out of stone. 000
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialJohn Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026News just in, via The National Strategic Stockpile of Satire 315731
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I don’t think we talk about this enough. Reps of Taylor Farms, the source of the cyclospora outbreak, went to the White House. Days later, the FDA magically absolved TF of culpability. TF had given a Trump PAC one million dollars. That’s not just corruption, it’s intentional disregard for life.people.comTaylor Farms Met with Trump White House Days Before FDA Backtrack on Cyclosporiasis Findings, Sparking ControversyExecutives at lettuce supplier Taylor Farms met with Trump White House officials days before the FDA walked back a ‘false positive’ detection of the cyclosporiasis parasite that is causing ‘explosive’... 1081907849
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialMr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 22/08/2026Found this recording of Rita Moreno performing “Fever” on The Muppet Show from 1976. 14/10 346119722990
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words. 568198043682
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Just posting this because, as of yesterday, the US national debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time. The GOP: the party of fiscal responsibility. 🥴 900185967153
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialPile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 17/08/2026How to win at most all things: 93102923420
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Backwards thinking Donald wants the Air Force to use steam catapults. What’s next? Propellers on stealth bombers? Sails on frigates? Muskets? 2701512307
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Anyone familiar with history knows that East Germany was notoriously in favor of Western Europe. They even built a wall to prove it. Tucker is either an idiot, a Russian asset, or both. “Al Capone, on the spectrum of extemely violent mobsters, was firmly on the moderate side.” 3191891427
jay-laurie.bsky.social @jay-laurie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026substack.com/@foxwulf/not...substack.comFOX (@foxwulf)Freaky isn’t it? 000
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialAnthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Oh yeah? Well, today I came up with the theological underpinnings for a fictional religion. So who’s the big shot now? …. Yeah, it’s still her isn’t it? 1151
jay-laurie.bsky.social @jay-laurie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026substack.com/@jaredcwellm...substack.comJared C Wellman (@jaredcwellman)The very first page of The Lord of the Rings, handwritten by Tolkien himself. 000
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Trump’s casual, effortless racism is glaring. You don’t need to be “woke” to see it. Racist: 1119238
jay-laurie.bsky.social @jay-laurie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026substack.com/@thegodshow/...substack.comGod (@thegodshow)Can I get an amen? 000
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Tales of everyday corruption. Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned. Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase! 34766173251
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Richard Nixon was never arrested for his crimes, but his Attorney General John Mitchell was—for helping Nixon cover them up. Have fun with the next administration, Todd Blanche! 746212415663
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/08/2026"The Lincoln left for a normal deployment and was diverted to the Middle East. Its crew endured 208 consecutive days at sea without a port visit—a modern carrier record—and families now describe sailors dealing with broken toilets, moldy showers, food shortages..." www.thebulwark.com/p/when-the-d...thebulwark.comWhen the Deployment Doesn’t EndAngry and worried military families don’t need platitudes or pep talks. They need someone to listen. 26394122
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialShelly 🦑 @inki-drop.com · 06/08/2026I drew Momo & Momota 🐻❄️ #cuteart #polarbear #trafficcone 4501176
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026An important reminder to a nation full of pious busybodies: 462693839
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialDavid K. Barnes @davidkbarnes.com · 04/08/2026Here’s the latest stop motion animation from my Tiny Angry Witch team. (I’m the writer, I can’t take credit for the animating!) It’s one of our longest, and it nearly drove us all mad, but we’re really proud of getting it made! 1 x Tiny Angry Witch 1 x broom No AI 441160418
jay-laurie.bsky.social @jay-laurie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026substack.com/@iandunmore/...substack.comIan Dunmore (@iandunmore)This was incredibly clever. 000
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/07/2026“Casualty accounting exists because commanders owe something to families, to the force, and to the nation.” Lt. Gen. @markhertling.bsky.social (Ret.) tells Ben Parker there’s no excuse for leaving four fallen soldiers off the Pentagon’s casualty list. 17660193
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialJ.L. Worrad @worrad.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Here’s something to throw into all this ugly Odysseus discourse. The Odyssey and Iliad were originally part of a lost seven or eight book collection. One of them was about Memnon, king of what we now call Sudan. What might things be like in the classics and western culture generally had it survived? 14310
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Marco Rubio is against birthright citizenship. But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen. Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship. But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother. They are both shameless hypocrites. 748201065962
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Live your life, unlike Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham, so that people still think about you a week after you die. 862224360
jay-laurie.bsky.social @jay-laurie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026substack.com/@raconteurpr...substack.comRaconteur Press (@raconteurpress)You know who you are. 000
jay-laurie.bsky.social @jay-laurie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026substack.com/@thegrumpyni...substack.comThe Grumpy Nihilist (@thegrumpynihilist1)The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in London. Apparently the knight is Count Binface’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. Family resemblance is uncanny. 000
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialAnthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Nah. Simarils. 091
jay-laurie.bsky.social @jay-laurie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026substack.com/@kominkalife...substack.comKominka Life Japan (@kominkalifejapan)… 000
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialBen Aaronovitch @benaaronovitch.bsky.social · 17/07/2026No, cannot resist....this....bandwagon. There goes my street cred. (*like you ever had any*) Shut up. youtu.be/iNp16EPj1Us?...youtu.beBin, Bin, Binface! - Basic Craig | Satirical Music VideoYouTube video by James Cunliffe 6898
Reposted by @jay-laurie.bsky.socialTerrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Turns out Russia hates tap water 1529939
jay-laurie.bsky.social @jay-laurie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026substack.com/@theopoliswo...substack.comTheopolis Wonderbread (@theopoliswonderbread) 000
