Sara Lippmann holding the gorgeous new issue of Epiphany in front of her gorgeous face

Wah-Ming Chang holding a tray of photos before starting her reading

John Weir at the microphone

Sara Lippmann smiling and talking into the microphone

I had the best time at Epiphany’s holiday reading celebrating their gorgeous new issue! Absolutely adored Wah-Ming Chang’s memoir, @jweirdo.bsky.social’s fiction and @saralippmann.bsky.social’s lovely words about the importance of literature and community at times like these. ❤️

Thanks for liking the thing I read! And have a swell night!

Is Bluesky really all that? I never got Twitter, so I don't know what I'm comparing it to. Who's worth following? I seem to be following, & followed by, a lot of sex workers, which: fine, they need to get the word out, there's a living to make, but I was looking for political content. Suggestions?

You are such a rock star! Thanks for trying. A bunch of Democrats made the wrong choice!

The 3 AM guy got up early tonight - 11PM, NYC time - to tell me that he supports Joe Biden’s preemptive pardoning of anyone at risk of Trump’s vengeance; and he is sure that “if my thought dreams could be seen,” Trump would “probably put my head in a guillotine.” (Apologies to Bob Dylan.)

I'm at my local Brooklyn bookstore/café, buying a copy of *Middlemarch*, & the cashier guy says, "You telling me you don't already own this?", & the barista says, "You give up on Henry James?", and I was all, "I mean, I know I've been here before, but I am really feeling *seen* this afternoon. . ."

Biden was 150% right to pardon Hunter. Trump would’ve had him in jail for life for nothing. Do not engage MAGA in debate about this. Do not justify, do not apologize. Scroll on by.

What are you doing today to intervene against Trumpism? Against its corruption, its preaching of hatred? Me, I'm a petty, petty man, so I posted snarky comments on several of anti-trans Rep. Nancy Mace's X posts, calling her a bully and a liar and a disgrace. And those are her *best* qualities! You?

Dear Bluesky: I've been trying to post a photo - a snapshot, saved on my laptop deskstop - to Bluesky, but it keeps not appearing. What am I doing wrong? Anybody know? Thanks! John Weir

Why is my photo not appearing? Anybody know? Thanks!

Why is my photo not appearing?

We have to keep telling MAGA they’re lying. Whenever they are. Which is often! That’s my Thanksgiving prayer. May we keep pointing out their lies. Let there be a record of our refutations. It will matter later! It matters now.

X is so poisonous. I try to see what it is about us that makes Trumpies feel attacked; but my god, are they contemptuous of difference. They find difference sinister, they want it erased. Yet I thrive on difference, it’s what I cherish. “The different ways in which we are all alike”: Gertrude Stein.

X is filled - my feed, anyway, is filled - with Trump fans sharing lies with each other, and heaping hatred and abuse on trans women. (Trans men don't appear to worry them.) It's overwhelming. I choose to stay there and clap back at their lies. Is that wrong of me? I can't believe what they believe.

Explain this: Trumpies have been posting anti-gay memes about Transportation Secy Pete Buttigieg for the past 4 years. So Trump nominates, as Treasury Secy, Scott Bessent, gay guy with a husband & 2 kids, like Pete. Will the Trumpies post anti-gay memes about him? Does God only hate Democratic f**s?

"Nancy Mace explains on a weekly basis that she was the victim of sexual assault... but she also breathlessly supports someone like Donald Trump, who is an adjudicated rapist and was credibly accused of sexual assault by 26 different women. So the cognitive dissonance at play here is incredible."

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Democratic members:

Ranking Member Susan Wild, Pennsylvania
(202) 225-6411

Veronica Escobar, Texas
(202) 225-4831

Mark DeSaulnier, California
(202) 225-2095

Deborah K. Ross, North Carolina
(202) 225-3032

Glenn F. Ivey, Maryland
(202) 225-8699

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Republican members:

Chairman Michael Guest, Mississippi
(202) 225-5031

David P. Joyce, Ohio
(202) 225-5731

John H. Rutherford, Florida
202) 225-2501

Andrew R. Garbarino, New York
(202) 225-7896

Michelle Fischbach, Minnesota
(202) 225-2165

1/ Call the House Ethics Committee, demand that the Gaetz report be released, whether he's in Congress or not:

202-225-7103

And call members of the House Ethics Committee and demand the report be released to the taxpayers who paid for it:

PS: *BUT*: re. Matt Gaetz: There is still a report that we, the taxpayers, paid for, because Representatives work for us, they are our proxies in Congress, that's what "representative democracy" means; and: we have the right to see the contents of the Gaetz report. Whether he's gonna be AG or not.

The headline is misleading. The Committee made no decision. They will meet again on December 5th to decide. That's what news reports said yesterday, anyway.

Praise to all who called the House Ethics Committee to demand release of the report on Matt Gaetz. He has withdrawn from consideration to be DT's AG. We still need to see the report, though, as the Committee is doing the taxpayers' work in our stead, which is what "representative government" means.

Yay you!

Post from Adam If Matt Gaetz DIDNT rape a minor, the GOP would have released the report. Just fyi

Raw unvarnished truth here.

Don't Give Trump This Much Power This is potentially a massive, dangerous power grab by the Trump Administration

Word is this House bill goes for a vote on Thursday 21 Nov:

H.R. 9495 would grant Donald Trump sole power to investigate and shut down any tax-exempt organization that criticizes him.

Call your Representatives, tell them to vote no! #s here:

www.house.gov/representati...

The Ethics Committee did *not* come to agreement about releasing the Gaetz report, despite what their GOP Chair said. They are meeting again December 5th. In the meantime, call the Committee, demand the report's release:

202-225-7103

Call the Committee! 202-225-7103.

The report is not for them, it's for us, the American people.

We need the facts.

How dare they try to suppress the truth.

House Ethics Committee will keep Matt Gaetz report under wraps Rep. Susan Wild said there was "no consensus" on the issue and the committee agreed to reconvene on Dec. 5.

What're you doing to intervene against Trump's corrupt interregnum? I'm gonna call the House Ethics Committee again, demand the release of the Gaetz report. They met 20 Nov, reached no agreement; they meet again 5 Dec. GOP members of course want the report suppressed. Call again!

202-225-7103

RFK Jr. is a massive public health threat Dems like Jared Polis shouldn't pretend pretend otherwise.

What are you doing today to fight Trump’s corrupt interregnum? I’m reading about RFK, Jr., so as to have talking points at hand, in case I run into a Trumpy at the Mobil Mart!