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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Sadly, the real corpse--non-sensationalistic soap storytelling itself--was never dug back up again. Ave atque vale, #DaysofourLives.

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Hi Tarrell! Mostly, I just wish to God saying goodbye hadn't been necessary. Drake Hogestyn had charm, class, humor & not-too-shabby looks. He pulled off John's gothic hero phase w/Isabella (fav pairing) beautifully & passionately. Saying farewell onscreen must've been torture for the cast. #DAYS

Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Beautiful tribute to Drake and John Black. Since most are focusing on one family, I'm gonna focus on the little family John had for too brief a time; the one I knew and loved best: John and Isabella--and, of course, Brady. #DAYS www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFMG...

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John and Isabella: The Dance

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Local Counsel @localcounsel.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Is he dead yet asked Pigglet
No says Pooh
Fuck says Pigglet

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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I’m devastated to hear my friend of 50 years has passed. Just spoke to her 2 days ago & she was her usual feisty, hysterically funny self. This is a hard one. I was her 1st house guest in her new home in 1975 & helped her paint her NYC apartment. Just heartbroken. So hard to lose old friends.💔💔💔

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Ooh followed by my belle idéale, which I'm not sure is correct French... but screw it, Isabella was Italian anyway, and the "Belle" pun makes it worth it. Thanks for passing these along, @70judyjack.bsky.social -- gave me a happy little memory boost on this kinda gloomy Sunday. #DAYS #Daysofourlives

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Just because Matthew's face makes me smile and drags me back to the delightful heydays of my crushiest of all actor crushes. My beau idéal for sure. No one could hold a candle to him. #DAYS #JnJ #Daysofourlives

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

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JALEN BRUNSON

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to be completely white. by Stephen Miller

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Kim Lerner @kimclerner.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Who benefits from SNAP in NY State? Millions do!

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

NEW: Another Skadden attorney has resigned in protest, citing the law firm’s decision to strike a deal with Trump. “Skadden is on the wrong side of history. I could no longer stay knowing that someday I would have to explain why I stayed,” the lawyer, Thomas Sipp, wrote in his resignation letter.

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Dear colleagues and friends,
I just spoke to many of you. Thank you for listening. I am writing to let you know that I am leaving this firm.
There was a time when my employment here was so unlikely. For much of my early childhood, I was not a good student. I struggled to focus in class and take anything (other than my friendships) seriously.
But even then, there was one subject I loved: history. I thought it was so wonderful to learn about all that came before me, about the triumphs and tragedies, about the moments of individual bravery and collective complacency. And I loved recognizing the patterns in the stories across time and space. This rhyming nature of history informed and continues to inform my deeply held belief-that self-evident truth-that all humans are created equal. And that our individual differences are the product of our times and circumstances, and that who we are is shaped by what we choose to do.
While learning about these stories, many of them avoidable tragedies, I would often imagine myself faced with the same dilemmas. What would I do if I was there? Would I do the right thing? It always felt like there was no way to know.

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I believe, as I know many of you do, that what the current presidential administration is doing is wrong. That we are sliding into an autocracy where those in power are above the rule of law. Skadden's agreement with the Trump administration sent our country deeper down this descent.
I am sure some of you will question my decision and chalk it up to me being a young attorney too eager to throw his career away. I am sure there will also be those of you who will think of me as naïve.
But there was a time when I sincerely believed that this place was committed to its true pro bono causes and diversity initiatives, even though these things may not always be lucrative, because it believed these things would make the world, and this firm, a better place. Having held itself out as a champion for these values, for this firm to turn its back on them so suddenly and so easily was shameful. I am embarrassed to work here. How can Skadden represent others when it can't even stand up for itself?

It has also become clear to me that this firm no longer tolerates open discourse. Ahead of Friday's announcement, the firm took preemptive action to silence critics by covertly limiting our access to firmwide distribution lists. This was a clear effort to silence criticism of the firm's decision.
The consequences of Skadden's agreement with the Trump administration go beyond our own firm. It legitimized behavior that threatens our democracy.
As lawyers, we have an obligation to uphold the rule of law. This responsibility does not end when profits are threatened by a burgeoning autocracy.
I am making this decision to leave even though I was happy here. I have made so many great friends at this firm and learned from many great mentors.
Thank you so much, I will miss you all dearly. And I am making this decision knowing that not everyone can leave as readily as I can, that many of you have families who depend on the income you earn here—I do not mean to shame you into leaving, only to explain my decision.
Skadden is on the wrong side of history. I could no longer stay knowing that someday I would have to explain why I stayed.
Sincerely,
Thomas Sipp

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

HIya! Thrilled to see new/reboots in a genre that's seemed relatively static. But *was* it static? I'm too ignorant to know. I hesitate to call it a renaissance when I personally know little of the canvas at large. There could be burgeoning projects but I just haven't found them yet. 1/2

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

#BTG deserves its flowers for sure. Still, after a year of intense hype & PR, it'd take a serious nationwide grid outage for its premiere month NOT to beat #GH. The hope is that it keeps the momentum. Networks have long needed to treat their soaps like real TV shows, not afterthoughts.

Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

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Can't believe they left Democracy out of the In Memoriam montage.

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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

old Soviet joke for our times: Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to. Guy says: “looking for an obituary.” Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.” Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize for Volodymyr Zelenskyy starts here.

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Hi Tarrell! ASF was a goofy parody of post-'94 soap plots my cowriters & I hated, an improv email story among ourselves for 2 yrs. CUE PLOT TWIST: we'd accidentally turned it into a genuinely solid saga! In '96 we started over, yanked the dumb stuff (e.g. zombie babies) & launched on the web in 97.

Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

My AVG Antivirus is warning me when I go to my usual x.com/home link. (I only check there 'cause of some stubborn friends in my field whom I follow.) Claims they're trying to scam money. Which, y'know, they're not wrong. Refreshing my timeline throws the error: "Something's wrong, try again."

Screenshot of alert from AVG Web Shield about x.com/home. The pop-up warns that this is a threat of the type "Scam: This threat aims to trick you into giving an attacker your personal information or money."

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Hi Tarrell, happy weekend! Rock/pop: The Beatles, Billy Joel, Donna Summer, Streisand, Michael Jackson, James Ingraham. Tied w/Beatles: Sting (both w/Police & solo) for his haunting melodies, harmonies that lean into dissonance, exquisitely crafted lyrics & sinuous/soulful/unique voice. 1/2

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

People brava-ing Lisa Murkowski for voting "no" on Hesgeth are making me SERIOUSLY ILL. Are y'all kidding me with that shit? You think she'd've voted "no" if they didn't already know he had the votes?

Valerie Bertinelli @wolfiesmom.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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That feeling when you insert the USB-a into the slot, the right way, on the first try…

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Kim Lerner @kimclerner.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Hey...those Americans who thought we were catastrophizing about Project 2025...how're you feeling now?

Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Props to Doug Emhoff's tiny, contemptuous shake of his head, too.

Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

#PresidentBiden leaves DC. Music: "An Irish Blessing." May the road rise to meet you May the wind be always at your back May the sun shine warm upon your face May the rain fall soft upon your fields And until we meet again May God hold you in the palm of his hand. #ThankYouJoe

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

No one cares who I am, but FYI, on #Bluesky my policy is to defend Joe Biden w/all my weapons of words, & blocking anyone posting shit about him. So far mostly it's MFers from the left who are IMO partially to blame for this perfidious day. Biden's the best president of my life so DON'T EVEN.

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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Headline on MSN news: "New poll shows trouble for Democrats." Jesus, the media's still at it. BITCH WE ARE ABOUT TO LOSE DEMOCRACY WHAT THE FUCK MORE TROUBLE CAN WE BE IN?

Heather Antos @heatherantos.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Dona nobis pacem. And may the #ceasefire last past the inauguration. Thank you, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary Blinken. (This clip is courtesy of the terrific ClassicMASH on the bird place; he's classicmash.bsky.social here.)

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/01/2025

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Anyway. Bad crazy day. Here's a cat.

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Belated happy new year! I loved @jackedington.bsky.social's Glendale, the return plans for older webserials, knowing that 1000s more exist on reading apps--& your own advocacy 🥰! As for 2025, recently I saw that websoaps.com was for sale & grabbed it. Open to suggestions for what to use it for!

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

For my fellow soap fans. #YR's Eric Braeden spitting facts about Trump.

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · 22/12/2024

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Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring. All iterations of The Doctor could resist it, but the Capaldi version would resist it the most

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a man in a suit is holding a piece of paper and says no

Alt: A gif of Peter Capaldi's Doctor in the TARDIS, eating something

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Holy motherfucking shit, what does team ElonTrump have on Uygur's family to turn him into this disgraceful simp?! The horseshoe theory proves itself again. Yeah Cenk, MAGA's welcoming as fuck--until your family gets deported. Or was preventing that part of the deal you made to bend over?

Tweet from "Young Turk" and former semi-sane far-left commentator Cenk Uygur, happily extolling the virtues of MAGA as he speaks at one of their events, with the quote: "What's most important is how much we agree on core issues like corruption and war. You have to give credit to MAGA for wanting to have a conversation and being really welcoming."

Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

My guide to blocking people here and elsewhere whose values I can't comprehend: Are they MAGA? Block. On the other hand, do they call an assassin by his first name? Hell yeah that's a block. Because either a) they think he's a martyr, or b) they can't remember how to spell a vaguely ethnic surname.

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a man in a military uniform says " believe it or not jail " in front of a crowd

Alt: From the TV show Parks and Recreation: Actor Fred Armison in a military uniform as the representative of Pawnee, Indiana's sister city in Venezuela says " believe it or not jail " in front of a crowd.

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I've never felt so politically abandoned before. First Nov 5, by the majority of the country. Then the Democrats who want Biden to pardon Trump but not his own son. Now from the other side, gleeful would-be Mme. DeFarges. It's made me angry & unmoored & TBH I've just been tuning out because I can't.

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

You and me both, sis. I cannot even FUCKING believe Fetterman. Those recommending a pardon for the POSUS-elect are quislings, cowards and whores.

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Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Hi Tarrell! I'm loving the spate of returnees and reboots. Why should the websoap world be diffferent from every other entertainment genre? Definitely looking forward to see more of Rob's storytelling and how it's developed over the years since we last saw Euphoria!

Kira J. Lerner (not the journalist) @kiralerner.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Didn't think the 1st ppl I blocked here'd be lefties. But anyone cheering a cowardly assassination because the victim led a big company, & then mock his wife's shocked reaction, you're as morally bankrupt as any MAGA psycho in Muskland. Rethink your goddamned values, you ice-cold loonies.