Liz Thurmond
@countmystars.bsky.social
TV/screen/audio writer, copyeditor, witch. Nerdy shit forever. She/her.
http://www.thurmondediting.com
http://www.thurmondediting.com
My condolences to everyone who was doing their own take on Frankenstein and immediately scrapped it on hearing about the del Toro version. My period lesbian Turn of the Screw adaptation salutes you from underneath the gigantic mic Flanagan dropped.
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
My condolences to everyone who was doing their own take on Frankenstein and immediately scrapped it on hearing about the del Toro version. My period lesbian Turn of the Screw adaptation salutes you from underneath the gigantic mic Flanagan dropped.
This is why I will play Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit or Scrabble and nothing else.
I used to think I didn’t like board games or a lot of games really, then I found out that I just don’t like having to learn how to play a game from people who are bad at explaining it. And because some don’t know, you can play a game very well AND be bad at explaining how to play the game.
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is why I will play Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit or Scrabble and nothing else.
Once upon a time I scored a bright pink cashmere Gap hoodie for maybe $20 on sale.
Tonight I idly googled women’s cashmere hoodies and they’re all Sad Beige and $100+
Tonight I idly googled women’s cashmere hoodies and they’re all Sad Beige and $100+
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Once upon a time I scored a bright pink cashmere Gap hoodie for maybe $20 on sale.
Tonight I idly googled women’s cashmere hoodies and they’re all Sad Beige and $100+
Tonight I idly googled women’s cashmere hoodies and they’re all Sad Beige and $100+
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If you rebooted RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK today with the same temporal margins, it’d be set in the 1980s. Neo-Nazi punks would have their faces melted by the opening of a forbidden arcade cabinet at the KB Toys at your local mall. Indiana Jones would wear a Hawaiian shirt and Chuck Taylor sneakers.
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
If you rebooted RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK today with the same temporal margins, it’d be set in the 1980s. Neo-Nazi punks would have their faces melted by the opening of a forbidden arcade cabinet at the KB Toys at your local mall. Indiana Jones would wear a Hawaiian shirt and Chuck Taylor sneakers.
Holidays quit being fun to celebrate after I turned 12 or so if we didn’t visit extended family — having dinner with your parents is just another day as an only child, see also having a “family birthday” when there’s nothing special about you getting all the attention — and now as an adult without+
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Holidays quit being fun to celebrate after I turned 12 or so if we didn’t visit extended family — having dinner with your parents is just another day as an only child, see also having a “family birthday” when there’s nothing special about you getting all the attention — and now as an adult without+
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"Mattias Krantz figured out, by experiment and by seeking advice, how to teach an octopus how to play with a piano. That took about half a year."
Teaching an octopus how to play with a piano
Mattias Krantz figured out, by experiment and by seeking advice, how to teach an octopus how to play with a piano. That took about half a year. Think of it, if you like, as a case of 88 keys and ei…
improbable.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"Mattias Krantz figured out, by experiment and by seeking advice, how to teach an octopus how to play with a piano. That took about half a year."
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Garbage/Noel Gallagher/Metric
Lily Allen
Lady Gaga (Fame Monster)
Camera Obscura
Neko Case
Garbage/Noel Gallagher/Metric
Lily Allen
Lady Gaga (Fame Monster)
Camera Obscura
Neko Case
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Chappell Roan
Ghost
The Flaming Lips
Hall & Oates
Carpenter Brut
Chappell Roan
Ghost
The Flaming Lips
Hall & Oates
Carpenter Brut
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
1: Sinead O’Connor (1987)
2: Depeche Mode
3: Ravi Shankar
4: Uakti
5: Let’s Go Bowling
1: Sinead O’Connor (1987)
2: Depeche Mode
3: Ravi Shankar
4: Uakti
5: Let’s Go Bowling
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Garbage/Noel Gallagher/Metric
Lily Allen
Lady Gaga (Fame Monster)
Camera Obscura
Neko Case
Garbage/Noel Gallagher/Metric
Lily Allen
Lady Gaga (Fame Monster)
Camera Obscura
Neko Case
“You’ll be visited by three spirits”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
I hope to spend the day nesting and reading Brigands & Breadknives. And maybe also The Enchanted Greenhouse if I have time.
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I hope to spend the day nesting and reading Brigands & Breadknives. And maybe also The Enchanted Greenhouse if I have time.
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If you want or need a refresher on how to make and use our wishlists, check out this thread!
And let us know if you need help! We're not the Butterball Hotline, but our team does have some helpful turkeys. 🖤🖤🖤
And let us know if you need help! We're not the Butterball Hotline, but our team does have some helpful turkeys. 🖤🖤🖤
In order to create a wishlist, you'll need to create an account on our website.
There are a few ways to do this, but the fastest is probably clicking the little heart next to any listing you see - our site will direct you to a sign up page and then you can head right back to shopping!
There are a few ways to do this, but the fastest is probably clicking the little heart next to any listing you see - our site will direct you to a sign up page and then you can head right back to shopping!
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If you want or need a refresher on how to make and use our wishlists, check out this thread!
And let us know if you need help! We're not the Butterball Hotline, but our team does have some helpful turkeys. 🖤🖤🖤
And let us know if you need help! We're not the Butterball Hotline, but our team does have some helpful turkeys. 🖤🖤🖤
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I was at the ER the night before Thanksgiving/early hours of Thanksgiving last year with a family member, and we overheard two doctors call that block of time "The Night of the Mandolines" due to the sheer number of sharps injuries during meal prep.
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I was at the ER the night before Thanksgiving/early hours of Thanksgiving last year with a family member, and we overheard two doctors call that block of time "The Night of the Mandolines" due to the sheer number of sharps injuries during meal prep.
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We've finished uploading the Black Friday goods. You can see them, but they aren't purchasable until noon EST on Friday.
I like my collection of things. I wish I'd gotten to do more forging, but I'll have time before the holiday shut off to get it in.
www.peculiarityshop.com/blackfriday2...
I like my collection of things. I wish I'd gotten to do more forging, but I'll have time before the holiday shut off to get it in.
www.peculiarityshop.com/blackfriday2...
Hillary's Black Friday Collection | Peculiarity Shop
The Peculiarity Shop Black Friday Collection, 11/28/2025, 12pm EST.
www.peculiarityshop.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
We've finished uploading the Black Friday goods. You can see them, but they aren't purchasable until noon EST on Friday.
I like my collection of things. I wish I'd gotten to do more forging, but I'll have time before the holiday shut off to get it in.
www.peculiarityshop.com/blackfriday2...
I like my collection of things. I wish I'd gotten to do more forging, but I'll have time before the holiday shut off to get it in.
www.peculiarityshop.com/blackfriday2...
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I thought this was about Jesus
"Hey guys! We're all talking about cooking birds, huh? Big birds? Have you, perhaps, considered...the biggest bird?"
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I thought this was about Jesus
Happy foods day, my fellow Americans.
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Happy foods day, my fellow Americans.
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The reason that we reporters are focused so intensely on the L'affair Nuzzi is that, as Olivia notes, it is a basically apocalyptic scandal in the most literal sense of that term: a dropping of masks. It's acting as confirmation of every hideous story anybody's ever told about political journalists
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The reason that we reporters are focused so intensely on the L'affair Nuzzi is that, as Olivia notes, it is a basically apocalyptic scandal in the most literal sense of that term: a dropping of masks. It's acting as confirmation of every hideous story anybody's ever told about political journalists
I… just have a backpack for my cat. He doesn’t get sat on.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I… just have a backpack for my cat. He doesn’t get sat on.
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read this instead of giving Lizza a dime for coming out with all of this not when it could have prevented a fascist coup but when it embarrasses his ex
To summarize. According to Lizza, Nuzzi, in addition to fucking multiple subjects without disclosure:
1) outed a confidential source
2) fed source information to RFK
3) damaged other people’s reputation through anonymous posts on Reddit
4) advised RFK and repeatedly acted on his behalf
1) outed a confidential source
2) fed source information to RFK
3) damaged other people’s reputation through anonymous posts on Reddit
4) advised RFK and repeatedly acted on his behalf
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
read this instead of giving Lizza a dime for coming out with all of this not when it could have prevented a fascist coup but when it embarrasses his ex
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Guys a frozen Iguana warning was issued for Tuesday for Florida.
But don't worry.
It's just lizard rain.
...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
But don't worry.
It's just lizard rain.
...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Frozen iguanas are falling from trees in Florida – here's why you don't need to worry
Cold temperatures have hit Florida, and that means frozen iguanas start falling out of trees. This year, they’re a major nuisance.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Guys a frozen Iguana warning was issued for Tuesday for Florida.
But don't worry.
It's just lizard rain.
...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
But don't worry.
It's just lizard rain.
...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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I hoe this slimy motherfucker never has a moment of peace ever again, not even in death.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I hoe this slimy motherfucker never has a moment of peace ever again, not even in death.
Ah, it’s that time of year again, where people’s red state red hat Boomer relatives come to visit and I see them walking down the street in tense clusters with their Xennial/millennial offspring. Suggestions for what kind of music to blast out my car windows to give a “MAGA go home” vibe?
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Ah, it’s that time of year again, where people’s red state red hat Boomer relatives come to visit and I see them walking down the street in tense clusters with their Xennial/millennial offspring. Suggestions for what kind of music to blast out my car windows to give a “MAGA go home” vibe?
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2025: You Are Drunk
⚠️ BREAKING:
Vampire Bats in Peru Suspected of Contracting H5N1 Bird Flu, Raising Concerns Over Wider Spread
Vampire Bats in Peru Suspected of Contracting H5N1 Bird Flu, Raising Concerns Over Wider Spread
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
2025: You Are Drunk
CURSED. I was so enjoying sleeping all the way through the night but I’ve been waking up twice a night the past few nights because the house gets so warm during the day that it doesn’t cool off enough at night to sleep despite what temperature it is outside.
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
CURSED. I was so enjoying sleeping all the way through the night but I’ve been waking up twice a night the past few nights because the house gets so warm during the day that it doesn’t cool off enough at night to sleep despite what temperature it is outside.
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Translation: "If you don't use AI then the guys using our chips can't pretend to make money and can't pay the loans they took out to pay for the original loans they took out for all the money they're not making and it all falls apart and we can't sell chips to fuel the money they're not making."
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Translation: "If you don't use AI then the guys using our chips can't pretend to make money and can't pay the loans they took out to pay for the original loans they took out for all the money they're not making and it all falls apart and we can't sell chips to fuel the money they're not making."
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The only kind of people who’d pay for this garbage (something to do work so they don’t have to learn) are the kind of people who pirate books (because they think writing should be free), and they WON’T pay, so… I don’t think he’s given this quite enough thought.
Exclusive: OpenAI has projected 220 million people will be paying for a basic ChatGPT subscription by 2030 as it follows Slack’s and Spotify’s business playbook.
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OpenAI Projected at Least 220 Million People Will Pay for ChatGPT by 2030
To boost ChatGPT revenue, OpenAI is following a playbook enterprise apps Zoom and Slack have used to increase paid users. It’s hooking up most of its users—which now number more than 800 million—with ...
thein.fo
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The only kind of people who’d pay for this garbage (something to do work so they don’t have to learn) are the kind of people who pirate books (because they think writing should be free), and they WON’T pay, so… I don’t think he’s given this quite enough thought.
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you dare to insult my food and my culture? our bitter loveless families? our judgmental parochialism? our refusal to admit the slightest joy into our lives? the yankee is inside you too, just stay quietly desperate. it will find you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
you dare to insult my food and my culture? our bitter loveless families? our judgmental parochialism? our refusal to admit the slightest joy into our lives? the yankee is inside you too, just stay quietly desperate. it will find you.