Gail Drakes
@gaildrakes.bsky.social
Bad at bios, but I’m not a bot. 💁🏽♀️ 🏳️🌈
Trained as a historian, surviving late-stage capitalism by giving away Other People’s Money.
Trained as a historian, surviving late-stage capitalism by giving away Other People’s Money.
So grateful for this post. Just bought a ticket! Thanks @ginamurrell1.bsky.social & @alwaystheself.bsky.social!
SUN, NOV 30 at the Museum of Modern Art: “Sinners” (2025), showing in Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1, 5PM. For tickets and additional info: www.moma.org/calendar/eve... #movies #SinnersMovie #NYC
a woman is touching a man 's neck while he looks away
Alt: GIF of Hailee Steinfeld and Michael B. Jordan in the hit film Sinners (2025). Steinfeld is clutching Jordan’s neck while he leans his head back in ecstasy.
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
So grateful for this post. Just bought a ticket! Thanks @ginamurrell1.bsky.social & @alwaystheself.bsky.social!
These are the whitest turkeys I have ever seen.
If the pardon hadn’t worked out, they were probably white enough to qualify for refugee status.
If the pardon hadn’t worked out, they were probably white enough to qualify for refugee status.
Justice will be served at the White House on Tuesday as Trump pardons a pair of turkeys for fowl reasons, participating in the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation. https://cnn.it/48iywxI
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
These are the whitest turkeys I have ever seen.
If the pardon hadn’t worked out, they were probably white enough to qualify for refugee status.
If the pardon hadn’t worked out, they were probably white enough to qualify for refugee status.
QUESTION: I need to play a Steam game on my MacBook Air. How can I do this safely and on the cheap?
Word on the gamer streets 😎is that Whisky was/is the way to go for a newbie, even though it is no longer updated.
My kids just need to play a game on there for a project…help! 😊
Word on the gamer streets 😎is that Whisky was/is the way to go for a newbie, even though it is no longer updated.
My kids just need to play a game on there for a project…help! 😊
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
QUESTION: I need to play a Steam game on my MacBook Air. How can I do this safely and on the cheap?
Word on the gamer streets 😎is that Whisky was/is the way to go for a newbie, even though it is no longer updated.
My kids just need to play a game on there for a project…help! 😊
Word on the gamer streets 😎is that Whisky was/is the way to go for a newbie, even though it is no longer updated.
My kids just need to play a game on there for a project…help! 😊
People should read this (even though I had to stop reading it).
It brings me back to a truth that has long haunted me: that people eager to enact great cruelty live and walk among us. Only now they work for ICE.
But their existence was never without consequence. Just easier for some to ignore.
It brings me back to a truth that has long haunted me: that people eager to enact great cruelty live and walk among us. Only now they work for ICE.
But their existence was never without consequence. Just easier for some to ignore.
“To be honest,” Etoria added, “it helped me imagine how the slaves might have felt, going to another land in shackles and chains—that loneliness, that disconnect, that sense of loss.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
People should read this (even though I had to stop reading it).
It brings me back to a truth that has long haunted me: that people eager to enact great cruelty live and walk among us. Only now they work for ICE.
But their existence was never without consequence. Just easier for some to ignore.
It brings me back to a truth that has long haunted me: that people eager to enact great cruelty live and walk among us. Only now they work for ICE.
But their existence was never without consequence. Just easier for some to ignore.
New Yorkers did their part to push back against AI “friends” and Chicago is doing the same…
But this war is going to have many battles on many fronts.
Which is to say, WHO THE F*CK is Robyn?!?
But this war is going to have many battles on many fronts.
Which is to say, WHO THE F*CK is Robyn?!?
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
New Yorkers did their part to push back against AI “friends” and Chicago is doing the same…
But this war is going to have many battles on many fronts.
Which is to say, WHO THE F*CK is Robyn?!?
But this war is going to have many battles on many fronts.
Which is to say, WHO THE F*CK is Robyn?!?
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"side effects include: explosive diarrhea, rash, infection, exploding kidneys, bloat, death, swollen eyes, seizures-"
*random white woman in the background while all this is named off*
*random white woman in the background while all this is named off*
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
"side effects include: explosive diarrhea, rash, infection, exploding kidneys, bloat, death, swollen eyes, seizures-"
*random white woman in the background while all this is named off*
*random white woman in the background while all this is named off*
Here’s what I hear: AI needs time and top minds to allow it to grow slowly and thoughtfully without the pressure to make a profit…
If only we had a large, internationally respected higher education system - already a source of tech and medical innovation - where such a thing could happen! Alas.
If only we had a large, internationally respected higher education system - already a source of tech and medical innovation - where such a thing could happen! Alas.
for the visual learners
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Here’s what I hear: AI needs time and top minds to allow it to grow slowly and thoughtfully without the pressure to make a profit…
If only we had a large, internationally respected higher education system - already a source of tech and medical innovation - where such a thing could happen! Alas.
If only we had a large, internationally respected higher education system - already a source of tech and medical innovation - where such a thing could happen! Alas.
This could be a really funny and meaningful movie, yo. Maybe I shouldn’t be giving this away for free on here!
I just invented a movie (heh) in which a perimenopausal woman get a testosterone cream prescription that changes her life.
She’s bold! She starts the business she dreamt of! She’s sexy! Making moves she’d never dared!
Only to find out there had been a mix up and the cream was just lotion.
🫨😏😎
She’s bold! She starts the business she dreamt of! She’s sexy! Making moves she’d never dared!
Only to find out there had been a mix up and the cream was just lotion.
🫨😏😎
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This could be a really funny and meaningful movie, yo. Maybe I shouldn’t be giving this away for free on here!
I just invented a movie (heh) in which a perimenopausal woman get a testosterone cream prescription that changes her life.
She’s bold! She starts the business she dreamt of! She’s sexy! Making moves she’d never dared!
Only to find out there had been a mix up and the cream was just lotion.
🫨😏😎
She’s bold! She starts the business she dreamt of! She’s sexy! Making moves she’d never dared!
Only to find out there had been a mix up and the cream was just lotion.
🫨😏😎
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I just invented a movie (heh) in which a perimenopausal woman get a testosterone cream prescription that changes her life.
She’s bold! She starts the business she dreamt of! She’s sexy! Making moves she’d never dared!
Only to find out there had been a mix up and the cream was just lotion.
🫨😏😎
She’s bold! She starts the business she dreamt of! She’s sexy! Making moves she’d never dared!
Only to find out there had been a mix up and the cream was just lotion.
🫨😏😎
Re: last repost
I was too old for Sesame Street when this aired but somehow (!!) ended up seeing the broadcast that day.
I was old enough to understand the importance of what they were doing and why and I was SO inspired and moved.
I will fight folks over PBS children’s programming.
I was too old for Sesame Street when this aired but somehow (!!) ended up seeing the broadcast that day.
I was old enough to understand the importance of what they were doing and why and I was SO inspired and moved.
I will fight folks over PBS children’s programming.
[November 18th, 1985] In the Season 17 premiere of Sesame Street, Episode 2096, the adults on Sesame Street finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus and realize he is real, not imaginary.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Re: last repost
I was too old for Sesame Street when this aired but somehow (!!) ended up seeing the broadcast that day.
I was old enough to understand the importance of what they were doing and why and I was SO inspired and moved.
I will fight folks over PBS children’s programming.
I was too old for Sesame Street when this aired but somehow (!!) ended up seeing the broadcast that day.
I was old enough to understand the importance of what they were doing and why and I was SO inspired and moved.
I will fight folks over PBS children’s programming.
Reposted by Gail Drakes
This moment was necessitated by real life.
At the time, child sex abuse was a growing topic of conversation & the bit dating back to S3 of adults not believing in Mr. Snuffleupagus’ existence could be seen as the same as adults not believing children who report what happens to them.
At the time, child sex abuse was a growing topic of conversation & the bit dating back to S3 of adults not believing in Mr. Snuffleupagus’ existence could be seen as the same as adults not believing children who report what happens to them.
[November 18th, 1985] In the Season 17 premiere of Sesame Street, Episode 2096, the adults on Sesame Street finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus and realize he is real, not imaginary.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This moment was necessitated by real life.
At the time, child sex abuse was a growing topic of conversation & the bit dating back to S3 of adults not believing in Mr. Snuffleupagus’ existence could be seen as the same as adults not believing children who report what happens to them.
At the time, child sex abuse was a growing topic of conversation & the bit dating back to S3 of adults not believing in Mr. Snuffleupagus’ existence could be seen as the same as adults not believing children who report what happens to them.
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He chose violence today 🤣
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
He chose violence today 🤣
💅🏾
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
💅🏾
I’m typing this response in the hope that it allows me to focus enough to stop laughing hysterically at this!!
But I know I’m going to watch it again! “Hell yeah!” 😂😂🤣
But I know I’m going to watch it again! “Hell yeah!” 😂😂🤣
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I’m typing this response in the hope that it allows me to focus enough to stop laughing hysterically at this!!
But I know I’m going to watch it again! “Hell yeah!” 😂😂🤣
But I know I’m going to watch it again! “Hell yeah!” 😂😂🤣
YO. I thought that #AllHerFault was just a miniseries based on an airport bookstore book abt white people problems. 💁🏽♀️
But cool cast and parenting issues, so, okay, let’s give it a go…
By the end I was literally hollering and running through my apartment! I laughed and clapped. Nuff respeck due!
But cool cast and parenting issues, so, okay, let’s give it a go…
By the end I was literally hollering and running through my apartment! I laughed and clapped. Nuff respeck due!
I’m on the first episode of #AllHerFault and the old woman is already suspicious to me.
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
YO. I thought that #AllHerFault was just a miniseries based on an airport bookstore book abt white people problems. 💁🏽♀️
But cool cast and parenting issues, so, okay, let’s give it a go…
By the end I was literally hollering and running through my apartment! I laughed and clapped. Nuff respeck due!
But cool cast and parenting issues, so, okay, let’s give it a go…
By the end I was literally hollering and running through my apartment! I laughed and clapped. Nuff respeck due!
Reposted by Gail Drakes
Reposted by Gail Drakes
This is one of my favorite sets in my collection. Somewhere out there in the 1960s, a kitten and bird were pals. 💕
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is one of my favorite sets in my collection. Somewhere out there in the 1960s, a kitten and bird were pals. 💕
All I knew was that after months of watching Zohran Mamdani grinning during his months-long mayoral campaign…
…was that there would be nary a tooth on display today with Trump!
I wasn’t ready to see Zohran grumpy, so I’m glad Mamdani chose the bemused and unbothered approach.
…was that there would be nary a tooth on display today with Trump!
I wasn’t ready to see Zohran grumpy, so I’m glad Mamdani chose the bemused and unbothered approach.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
All I knew was that after months of watching Zohran Mamdani grinning during his months-long mayoral campaign…
…was that there would be nary a tooth on display today with Trump!
I wasn’t ready to see Zohran grumpy, so I’m glad Mamdani chose the bemused and unbothered approach.
…was that there would be nary a tooth on display today with Trump!
I wasn’t ready to see Zohran grumpy, so I’m glad Mamdani chose the bemused and unbothered approach.
…and “It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way,” could be the title of a handbook allowing us to find our way to brighter future globally. ✨✊🏾 ✨
"It didn't have to be this way" could be the title of a book on US history
I believe that the trajectory of COVID in the world could have been fundamentally transformed for the better by a different response by the U.S., UK and other large nations.
It didn’t have to be this way.
This haunts and angers me so much, as I struggle to accept where we now find ourselves.
It didn’t have to be this way.
This haunts and angers me so much, as I struggle to accept where we now find ourselves.
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
…and “It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way,” could be the title of a handbook allowing us to find our way to brighter future globally. ✨✊🏾 ✨
I believe that the trajectory of COVID in the world could have been fundamentally transformed for the better by a different response by the U.S., UK and other large nations.
It didn’t have to be this way.
This haunts and angers me so much, as I struggle to accept where we now find ourselves.
It didn’t have to be this way.
This haunts and angers me so much, as I struggle to accept where we now find ourselves.
"The inquiry report says imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England"
"Toxic and chaotic" attitude from the government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
"Toxic and chaotic" attitude from the government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Covid inquiry live updates: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
The inquiry says an earlier lockdown could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England - and lockdown could have been avoided altogether with earlier interventions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I believe that the trajectory of COVID in the world could have been fundamentally transformed for the better by a different response by the U.S., UK and other large nations.
It didn’t have to be this way.
This haunts and angers me so much, as I struggle to accept where we now find ourselves.
It didn’t have to be this way.
This haunts and angers me so much, as I struggle to accept where we now find ourselves.
Mind you, I realize the point of broadcast television is to sell stuff…🫤
…but the way in which streaming services add ads to content not made for ads is so annoying! 😣
TV designed to include ads would use that pause intentionally. But these ads don’t even wait until the end of a scene!
…but the way in which streaming services add ads to content not made for ads is so annoying! 😣
TV designed to include ads would use that pause intentionally. But these ads don’t even wait until the end of a scene!
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Mind you, I realize the point of broadcast television is to sell stuff…🫤
…but the way in which streaming services add ads to content not made for ads is so annoying! 😣
TV designed to include ads would use that pause intentionally. But these ads don’t even wait until the end of a scene!
…but the way in which streaming services add ads to content not made for ads is so annoying! 😣
TV designed to include ads would use that pause intentionally. But these ads don’t even wait until the end of a scene!
“The Apple is green. True or False?” (no image included)
This question is from a well-respected, standardized achievement test my kids might have to take.
If this test can’t account for the existence of a damn Granny Smith apple (🍏!)…
…how can it offer insight on my bright & quirky kids?! 💁🏽♀️
This question is from a well-respected, standardized achievement test my kids might have to take.
If this test can’t account for the existence of a damn Granny Smith apple (🍏!)…
…how can it offer insight on my bright & quirky kids?! 💁🏽♀️
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 AM
“The Apple is green. True or False?” (no image included)
This question is from a well-respected, standardized achievement test my kids might have to take.
If this test can’t account for the existence of a damn Granny Smith apple (🍏!)…
…how can it offer insight on my bright & quirky kids?! 💁🏽♀️
This question is from a well-respected, standardized achievement test my kids might have to take.
If this test can’t account for the existence of a damn Granny Smith apple (🍏!)…
…how can it offer insight on my bright & quirky kids?! 💁🏽♀️
So it’s worth noting that NBC NEWS NOW is kinda cool.
There are redundant mornings show puff pieces, but they have:
…the NBC News staff on their bench…
…lo-fi beats during ad breaks
…and a lot more WOC anchors!
(Should I watch less cable news? Yeah, probably, but I’m just sharing facts…😊)
There are redundant mornings show puff pieces, but they have:
…the NBC News staff on their bench…
…lo-fi beats during ad breaks
…and a lot more WOC anchors!
(Should I watch less cable news? Yeah, probably, but I’m just sharing facts…😊)
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
So it’s worth noting that NBC NEWS NOW is kinda cool.
There are redundant mornings show puff pieces, but they have:
…the NBC News staff on their bench…
…lo-fi beats during ad breaks
…and a lot more WOC anchors!
(Should I watch less cable news? Yeah, probably, but I’m just sharing facts…😊)
There are redundant mornings show puff pieces, but they have:
…the NBC News staff on their bench…
…lo-fi beats during ad breaks
…and a lot more WOC anchors!
(Should I watch less cable news? Yeah, probably, but I’m just sharing facts…😊)
So what happens to the huge NBC News structure that fed MSNBC? What does Kelly O’Donnell do all day?
“NBC News Now” doesn’t seem like enough…so what’s the outlet for their news division beyond the blogs and 1/2 hour Nightly News?
“NBC News Now” doesn’t seem like enough…so what’s the outlet for their news division beyond the blogs and 1/2 hour Nightly News?
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So what happens to the huge NBC News structure that fed MSNBC? What does Kelly O’Donnell do all day?
“NBC News Now” doesn’t seem like enough…so what’s the outlet for their news division beyond the blogs and 1/2 hour Nightly News?
“NBC News Now” doesn’t seem like enough…so what’s the outlet for their news division beyond the blogs and 1/2 hour Nightly News?
Did we discuss the Epstein survivor who mentioned that she voted for Trump?
Because…
Because…
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Did we discuss the Epstein survivor who mentioned that she voted for Trump?
Because…
Because…