From one child of an Irish Catholic to another, you’re almost certainly right.

Overheard at the coffee shop: “Plus they were Catholic. Or worse.” “Not those awful Catholics.”

I really, really want to know who the “or worse” people are supposed to be.

i have read police reports where the investigator proudly explained how he used standard interrogation techniques on the survivor filing the report, got her to contradict herself, and then concluded that she was making it all up! the system does not work the way you want it to

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Is that the bit where he says that he takes off his jacket?

What a great day to have “Big Man on Mulberry Street” running on a loop on my head.

We mustn’t dwell. No not today. We can’t.

*sigh*
If your Kickstarter video/image is AI, I won't back it.
If your book has an AI cover, I won't read it.
If you're a public supporter of AI use for creative work, I will unfollow you.
I cannot stress enough how offensive I find AI use in the arts. It is outright theft, it is lazy, it is gross.

Death is a corgi in a hat

One Thing That Heaven Allows

One Battle

Any new Radu Jude film

Half of Bluesky is people going “tRump is a peepee pedoface” and the other half is people replying “Peepee pedoface!!! You nailed it!!🤣🤣🤣 and the third half is people telling me I can’t have three halves of something.

Tallahassee is definitely the prostate.

A self-inflicted epidemic.

I just want to know what these personality-free spoogesocks get out of being so repulsive.

At the bar tonight, three 20-year old dudes clustered in the bathroom, drinking beers (?), flipping through their phones and throwing around r-slurs like skinny wannabe Claviculars. Most memorable phrase: “I’m not paying to drink here”.

Always a good time for Ace Fireman Rollie Fingers.

It’s Time To Grow Up | Defector HBO’s new Harry Potter TV series is premiering this Christmas Day. Under current plans, it will last at least a decade. The trailer looks like the original films were run through an AI generator, but ...

“It is beneath my dignity to let myself be run over by any trolley, and particularly this trolley, burdened as it is by a cape and a stupid hat.”

I wrote for Defector about boycotting Harry Potter, the ‘safe’, kindly face of anti-trans politics:

defector.com/its-time-to-...

I heard this as a teenager and all I thought was “Cool, free high”.

At a funeral home, no less!

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I liked this movie better when it was And A Baby.

Pierre Poilievre: What she said.👇 Quoting J.K. Rowling Today's ruling by the IOC means a welcome return to fair sport for women and girls, but I'll never forget the scandal of Paris 2024, when people who consider themselves supremely virtuous and progressive publicly cheered on men punching women. Photo of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif in the ring looking angry.

In case you needed any clarification where Poilievre stands on trans rights.

Mr Doppler, also known as Doplr to his immediate family or Doooppppleeer to passing acquaintances.

Finally, a Rube Goldberg machine of death I can use.

In a meeting I heard someone say “large game animal” as “large gay Manimal” and hey networks do I have a pitch for you

If you buy a Harry Potter book, 20% of that money goes in royalties. any marginal money she makes seems to go on funding lawsuits. if you spent £10 on a book for your kid, you are making a £2 donation to hate groups who are winning. up to you, but I'd rather you didn't!

I would also like to be on your podcast
I can talk about:
fundamentalist christianity
neonazis
sandwiches
gay romance
polar exploration
research methods/literary criticism
whaling
smut
gender

the normal stuff

“Risk it for the brisket!” you scream as the room fills with smoke and the minimum wage earning theatre staff look on apathetically.