Kelly “Free Link” McGonigal
@kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social
Writer, historian, Muse, and Magician. Mama bear of all the weird kids. Rainbow witch 🌈 AuDHD, cPTSD. N95 enthusiast. My husband looks fantastic in a dress. CA and Venmo: KellySMcGonigal
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I’ll go back to my regular Kelly “Town House Cracker” McGonigal name once Link gets reinstated
Moreover, Link must be reinstated
Moreover, Link must be reinstated
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Once again: people are angry for very good reason, and this brand of post is perhaps one of the most tedious and bewildering. Practically every social media platform is rabidly pro-‘AI’ so are govts, academia, companies. This one small space being critical of AI is okay, I think.
February 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Once again: people are angry for very good reason, and this brand of post is perhaps one of the most tedious and bewildering. Practically every social media platform is rabidly pro-‘AI’ so are govts, academia, companies. This one small space being critical of AI is okay, I think.
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Still, the vacuum of space is not as uncomfortable as the Danny Stevens/Karen Baldwin storyline on For All Mankind.
February 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Still, the vacuum of space is not as uncomfortable as the Danny Stevens/Karen Baldwin storyline on For All Mankind.
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next time you see a movie with too much cgi, remember that we used to be a proper country
February 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
next time you see a movie with too much cgi, remember that we used to be a proper country
This looks like a cat is wearing another cat
Everybody stop what you're doing and look at this cat I'm sitting
February 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This looks like a cat is wearing another cat
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I think the greatest gift college professors in the humanities can give to students right now is a seminar room where, for 80 minutes twice a week, nothing that happens to them is a sales pitch for an AI product.
February 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I think the greatest gift college professors in the humanities can give to students right now is a seminar room where, for 80 minutes twice a week, nothing that happens to them is a sales pitch for an AI product.
“Do not take Xelzympta if you are allergic to Xelzympta” well no shit, Sharon
Why is this a thing in every drug ad? If you know you’re allergic to something, you don’t consume it. What am I missing here? Is this another one of those “don’t use hairdryer in bathtub” CYA things?
Why is this a thing in every drug ad? If you know you’re allergic to something, you don’t consume it. What am I missing here? Is this another one of those “don’t use hairdryer in bathtub” CYA things?
February 11, 2026 at 10:28 PM
“Do not take Xelzympta if you are allergic to Xelzympta” well no shit, Sharon
Why is this a thing in every drug ad? If you know you’re allergic to something, you don’t consume it. What am I missing here? Is this another one of those “don’t use hairdryer in bathtub” CYA things?
Why is this a thing in every drug ad? If you know you’re allergic to something, you don’t consume it. What am I missing here? Is this another one of those “don’t use hairdryer in bathtub” CYA things?
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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The yell is the highlight. But the announcer's call deserves mention as well: "Oh my god: the gate to the groin."
February 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The yell is the highlight. But the announcer's call deserves mention as well: "Oh my god: the gate to the groin."
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It should be illuminating that prosecuting sex trafficking, the thing that prosecutors and police across the country have been using as a cash cow to fund surveillance and weaponry, is actually not something government prosecutors care about at all.
The system does not hold people accountable.
The system does not hold people accountable.
February 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
It should be illuminating that prosecuting sex trafficking, the thing that prosecutors and police across the country have been using as a cash cow to fund surveillance and weaponry, is actually not something government prosecutors care about at all.
The system does not hold people accountable.
The system does not hold people accountable.
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What will those feisty Gen-Zers purchase next? Recklessly splurging on the $1.50 hot dog at Costco? An actual vegetable every other day? Perhaps even a second serving of gruel?
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
What will those feisty Gen-Zers purchase next? Recklessly splurging on the $1.50 hot dog at Costco? An actual vegetable every other day? Perhaps even a second serving of gruel?
I haven’t lived in the Bay Area in almost 30 years. Is that still their slogan, or am I just old?
Farms?! In Berkeley?! Moooooo
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I haven’t lived in the Bay Area in almost 30 years. Is that still their slogan, or am I just old?
Farms?! In Berkeley?! Moooooo
February 11, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Farms?! In Berkeley?! Moooooo
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They say, if we couldn't go no contact with our kids raising them, why can they go no contact with us? That attitude is why your kids don't like you. You should've raised them because you brought them into the world & loving them would be nice. People can free themselves from those who hurt them.
Boomers are having major backlash to grown kids going no contact with their parents. They really think a parent has ownership over causing their kid suffering for life. They really think they can force someone to be around them when it makes them miserable due to filial obligations.
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM
They say, if we couldn't go no contact with our kids raising them, why can they go no contact with us? That attitude is why your kids don't like you. You should've raised them because you brought them into the world & loving them would be nice. People can free themselves from those who hurt them.
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Since I have a lot of new followers, I will re-up this. Some folks just wanted to buy a couple whistles from us instead of getting 100-1000 FOR FREE (which you can do at the linktree in my bio!!!!!)
I just kinda stopped doing my day job at this point but etsy keeps us afloat! 🤣💓
I just kinda stopped doing my day job at this point but etsy keeps us afloat! 🤣💓
February 10, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Since I have a lot of new followers, I will re-up this. Some folks just wanted to buy a couple whistles from us instead of getting 100-1000 FOR FREE (which you can do at the linktree in my bio!!!!!)
I just kinda stopped doing my day job at this point but etsy keeps us afloat! 🤣💓
I just kinda stopped doing my day job at this point but etsy keeps us afloat! 🤣💓
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February 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Awesome. Let’s go. Burn it all the way down.
“If all the names in the Epstein files are released then our entire system will collapse.”
Works for me.
Works for me.
February 10, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Awesome. Let’s go. Burn it all the way down.
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I’m asking ICE to curl up and die like a salted slug.
I’m asking for everyone who directed them to spend the rest of their natural lives in prison.
And I’m asking for every quisling Democrat to walk the earth with ceaseless and unavoidable scorn.
Those are my demands.
I’m asking for everyone who directed them to spend the rest of their natural lives in prison.
And I’m asking for every quisling Democrat to walk the earth with ceaseless and unavoidable scorn.
Those are my demands.
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 AM
I’m asking ICE to curl up and die like a salted slug.
I’m asking for everyone who directed them to spend the rest of their natural lives in prison.
And I’m asking for every quisling Democrat to walk the earth with ceaseless and unavoidable scorn.
Those are my demands.
I’m asking for everyone who directed them to spend the rest of their natural lives in prison.
And I’m asking for every quisling Democrat to walk the earth with ceaseless and unavoidable scorn.
Those are my demands.
Age verification? I had the blue iMac when that was the only available option
age verification?
i had the ruby one 🔴🍎
i had the ruby one 🔴🍎
February 10, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Age verification? I had the blue iMac when that was the only available option
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Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
The inventor of plastic:
i’m gonna destroy the ocean
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 AM
The inventor of plastic:
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Everyone was so concerned about the long dong ski jumpers that no one noticed the skaters growing extra legs.
4D chess.
4D chess.
the use of performance enhancing drugs by olympic athletes is getting out of hand
February 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Everyone was so concerned about the long dong ski jumpers that no one noticed the skaters growing extra legs.
4D chess.
4D chess.
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I speak Spanish *and* I lived in the Caribbean as an AP reporter.
But WaPo illegally fired me, so.
Here we are.
But WaPo illegally fired me, so.
Here we are.
You can't expect the country's (formerly) most-respected newspaper to have both someone who understands Spanish (PR dialect) *and* someone who knows their Caribbean history, can you? 🌴🤣
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I speak Spanish *and* I lived in the Caribbean as an AP reporter.
But WaPo illegally fired me, so.
Here we are.
But WaPo illegally fired me, so.
Here we are.
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Bad Bunny performs.
The NYT: What is sugar cane?
WaPo: What are politics?
Fox News: What is Spanish?
The NYT: What is sugar cane?
WaPo: What are politics?
Fox News: What is Spanish?
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Bad Bunny performs.
The NYT: What is sugar cane?
WaPo: What are politics?
Fox News: What is Spanish?
The NYT: What is sugar cane?
WaPo: What are politics?
Fox News: What is Spanish?
“If you have no media literacy whatsoever, no knowledge of history, or understanding of visual and rhetorical metaphor, you too can work for the Washington Post!“
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
“If you have no media literacy whatsoever, no knowledge of history, or understanding of visual and rhetorical metaphor, you too can work for the Washington Post!“
*stage whisper* He’s starting to nod off on the couch lmao
I have had a frankly irresponsible amount of caffeine today.
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 AM
*stage whisper* He’s starting to nod off on the couch lmao