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Michael Varrati @michaelvarrati.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Pussywillows, Dottie! On this week's @midnightmasspod.bsky.social, Peaches and I are celebrating 1994's SERIAL MOM! We're joined by author Gabrielle Moss and producer Brian Nolan to talk Kathleen Turner, John Waters, Suzanne Somers, true crime, & more! midnightmass.buzzsprout.com/1796691/epis...

A still from the finale of SERIAL MOM, featuring Kathleen Turner and Suzanne Sommers looking backward in alarm.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 07/10/2026

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.

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The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

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maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

And that the opportunity to debate him is so enticing they’re lining up to *leave heaven* for it.

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Assuming for a second he remotely knows what he’s talking about (huge assumption, I know), he’d only want this to get Ireland out of the EU and into Great Britain.

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Lauren Miller @laurenmiller.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Happy Primary Day and happy Allston Christmas, Massachusetts! May your moving trucks keep their roofs and may you send @edmarkey.bsky.social back to the United States Senate. ✊

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"Lake America" sounds like a summer camp for men whose wives have left them.

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Such a great song of an underrated album (“Two Doors Down” is a solid bop, as well).

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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

We heard you like capybaras. What else do you have in common with Poppy Leathers? @angelluiscolon.com's POP! is out 8.18.26! There's still time to pre-order wherever you buy books, whether you want paperback, ebook, audio. Direct with a discount: links.ruadanbooks.com/POP #BookSky #ThrillerSky

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Serving notice that when you all hatewatch the Beatles biopic that you know is going to be awful, thereby making it successful instead of letting it receive the empty silence it merits, clogging the TL for days with Beatles biopic opinions, I’m gonna be quietly, privately mad at you

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Gambling apps partnering with news organizations are the natural endpoint of horserace journalism. What’s the point of a horserace if you can’t bet on it

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I forgot who described it this way (I’m sadly going to butcher), but I once came across a writer saying the most depressing part of getting asked “how do you become a writer” was seeing the hope the asker might finally get the Big Secret and watching them shut down after hearing “you have to write.”

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The only man with the skills to track down and recover the movie? Nicholas Cage.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

After my parents were visiting set for the first time, I asked my dad what he thought. He said “I didnt realize, it’s like you’re building a house, and once an hour good looking people run in and put on a play for five minutes. Then they leave and you go back to construction.”

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 17/10/2025

I generally don’t argue with people online if I clock that they rely on attention as a business model

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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

POP!'s online launch party promises a pugnacious protagonist & potentially puns: join us 08.18 at 8 PM ET on Zoom! We are thrilled that @libbycudmore.bsky.social will emcee as @angelluiscolon.com reads from POP! and answers your questions. REGISTER: links.ruadanbooks.com/POPLaunch #BookSky #TBR

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I honestly thought I was the only one who makes that mistake post-Postcards from the Edge.

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

And yes, your reusable bag now only has one use, but it is the best possible use.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

SURVIVING THE LIE is out in less than one month. Let's take a look at my paranoid thriller that's a little too close to home in 2026 America and we can all panic together.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/07/2026

Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor who was perhaps best known for his star turn as Dr. Alan Grant in the “Jurassic Park” series, died on Monday in Sydney, Australia. He was 78. Read more about his life and legacy: nyti.ms/3SWU8vI

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/07/2026

Breaking News: Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer who soared to No. 1 with “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” a titanic pop anthem of the 1980s, died at 75. nyti.ms/4y8Y9x6

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I feel like Elizabeth Taylor could’ve done quite well in one, also.

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Heat stroke or full on struck by lightning… I’m not picky but the fact one solidly argues God is well over this bullshit is mighty appealing.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Uncertain FM is so good and Internet radio is a better and more important use of the internet than all the other stuff we use it for

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

THE VATICAN IS CALLING IT A SCHISM I REPEAT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A SCHISM

Therefore, this Dicastery, in the faithful exercise of the functions entrusted to it, considers it necessary to state that this act constituted the delict of schism, with the canonical consequences for the sacred ministers and lay faithful involved. Indeed, as was already declared in 1988, "such disobedience-which implies in practice the rejection of the Roman primacy—constitutes a schismatic act" (cf. John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Ecclesia Dei, 3).

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I’m coming to understand that maintaining hope is radical.

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

You can set your watch by these “Juice the Week’s Market Opening” lies.

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Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

You would be hard pressed to find someone who writes about San Diego, or place in general, better than @curtisippolito.bsky.social

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Best thing about Mamdani is that he's one of the only Democrats who understands you can just do things

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DoSomeDamage @dosomedamage.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"Why are women writers only giving us these slightly messy characters but completely avoiding the line where things might get a little (okay, a lot) R-Rated?" -- Kayleigh Suggett open.substack.com/pub/dosomeda...

open.substack.com

Forget Nice: Why Female Detectives Should Be Allowed to Swear

In a mystery market obsessed with likable women, I wrote a heroine who’s cynical, filthy-mouthed, and unapologetically herself.

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I don’t think I ever lived anywhere near this sidewalk giveaway, but I think I worked with someone in college with this same collection in their car (and I’d be positive if they smell vaguely of cigarettes).

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Bassano @bassano.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect #Vermeer

A Japanese mascot dressed as Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring in front of a promotional poster for the same at a press conference in Japan

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It’s true that doubling an effective tax rate of zero is still zero, so let’s try changing that effective tax rate to “Bezos actually pays something %”

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

1. Good Boy 2. Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker 3. Hush 4. Revenge 5. Psycho Goreman

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The Scientology "Speed Running" trend has gone global, with incidents spreading from L.A. to other parts of California, NYC and Canada -- even as the Church and social media companies take steps to stop it. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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'Speed running' trend spreads despite Scientology and social media sites trying to stop it

So-called speed running incidents at Church of Scientology buildings have expanded from Los Angeles to other cities and countries. The organization has issued a legal warning to an online content crea...

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only— Twin Peaks X-Files Star Trek (TOS) Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood Kids in the Hall Columbo The Dick Van Dyke Show Golden Girls Doctor Who The French Chef Tales from the Crypt Justified Night Court The Simpsons Animaniacs

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

'Speed running' Scientology -- While the church labels the chaotic TikTok trend a "hate crime," runners tell me they're engaging in something that's part prank and part activism. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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'Speed running' Scientology: TikTok trend causes havoc, church alleges 'hate crimes'

Several groups of teens have stormed into Scientology buildings in Hollywood in recent weeks as part of a viral trend. While some see a form of activism, church officials have reported the incidents t...

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Mikel Strom @mikelstrom.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

She is trying to telepathically tell Siri to start playing Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel.”

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

in limited defense of michelle she is taking the L squarely, on the chin. like just absolutely clotheslining herself with the L. if people took their L's like this more often we'd be doing much better. L-taking should be a sacred rite

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