Lily Mars
@lilymarswrites.bsky.social
Playwright/librettist/mystery writer. Crime plotter. Yacht rocker. Yarn looper. Snoot booper. she/her
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The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
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I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
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November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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In 1968, a soldier named Hugh Thompson defied orders to save Vietnamese lives during the My Lai massacre. Eventually seen as a hero, in real time he was vilified and nearly court-martialed
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Catch-22 around Trump’s illegal orders | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Pennsylvania chooses a budget over the planet.
www.inquirer.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In 1968, a soldier named Hugh Thompson defied orders to save Vietnamese lives during the My Lai massacre. Eventually seen as a hero, in real time he was vilified and nearly court-martialed
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
he thinks... he thinks they serve food on flights?
US transportation chief wants healthier snacks on flights reut.rs/48qXbjY
US transportation chief wants healthier snacks on flights
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants airlines to ditch salty pretzels and calorie-laden cookies in favor of on-board healthier options.
reut.rs
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
he thinks... he thinks they serve food on flights?
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When you are smiling because you know you found just the right stick for the nest and your partner will be SO happy!
#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography
#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
When you are smiling because you know you found just the right stick for the nest and your partner will be SO happy!
#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography
#LakeCasitas #BaldEagles #Birds #Nature #Photography
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This is one of those things that rarely gets talked about that has had a massive effect.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is one of those things that rarely gets talked about that has had a massive effect.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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i can not be the only person wondering about the five percent gap between bigfoot and the yeti
i mean is this where u draw the line
i mean is this where u draw the line
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
i can not be the only person wondering about the five percent gap between bigfoot and the yeti
i mean is this where u draw the line
i mean is this where u draw the line
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Explaining to my Canadian wife that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursdays because Thanksgiving is the Thursday of holidays
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Explaining to my Canadian wife that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursdays because Thanksgiving is the Thursday of holidays
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NASHVILLE Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social on voting for @aftynbehn.bsky.social in TN-7: “You will never have a chance to have as much impact in an election as you do right now.”
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NASHVILLE Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social on voting for @aftynbehn.bsky.social in TN-7: “You will never have a chance to have as much impact in an election as you do right now.”
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Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
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AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here's why that's happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
The AI Invasion of Knitting and Crochet
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here’s why that’s happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here's why that's happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
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I really like how all the financial advice lately is simultaneously "you're about to be broke as hell so maybe you should make your holiday gifts" and "you stupid assholes are ruining the economy by not buying things you don't need"
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I really like how all the financial advice lately is simultaneously "you're about to be broke as hell so maybe you should make your holiday gifts" and "you stupid assholes are ruining the economy by not buying things you don't need"
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SHAMELESS PLUG INCOMING
If you ever had the question of "what would Peaky Blinders and Sopranos be like if set in 1920s NOLA" well do I have news for you!!! :)
Buy here:
Books2read.com/thepikeboys
If you ever had the question of "what would Peaky Blinders and Sopranos be like if set in 1920s NOLA" well do I have news for you!!! :)
Buy here:
Books2read.com/thepikeboys
September 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
SHAMELESS PLUG INCOMING
If you ever had the question of "what would Peaky Blinders and Sopranos be like if set in 1920s NOLA" well do I have news for you!!! :)
Buy here:
Books2read.com/thepikeboys
If you ever had the question of "what would Peaky Blinders and Sopranos be like if set in 1920s NOLA" well do I have news for you!!! :)
Buy here:
Books2read.com/thepikeboys
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Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
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"polyworking" is the kind of newspeak that births spree killers
Workers turn to 'polyworking' to combat frozen salaries and inflation
Working professionals in the U.S. are taking on side jobs to supplement their incomes amid frozen salaries, inflation and fear of layoffs.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"polyworking" is the kind of newspeak that births spree killers
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Now is not the time to call attention to the enormous amount of public subsidies that help keep the family that owns the Yankees enormously wealthy, right?
Well, then you wouldn't be Hal Steinbrenner, who ran his mouth about it on a call with reporters on Monday.
hellgatenyc.com/hal-steinbre...
Well, then you wouldn't be Hal Steinbrenner, who ran his mouth about it on a call with reporters on Monday.
hellgatenyc.com/hal-steinbre...
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Now is not the time to call attention to the enormous amount of public subsidies that help keep the family that owns the Yankees enormously wealthy, right?
Well, then you wouldn't be Hal Steinbrenner, who ran his mouth about it on a call with reporters on Monday.
hellgatenyc.com/hal-steinbre...
Well, then you wouldn't be Hal Steinbrenner, who ran his mouth about it on a call with reporters on Monday.
hellgatenyc.com/hal-steinbre...
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
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The caption for this great shot of the Dave Brubeck Quartet was "Foursome in a Free Form".
Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Joe Dodge, Bob Bates.
From Eliot Elisofon's Jazz Essay in Life magazine, 1954
youtube.com/watch?v=j9Gg...
Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Joe Dodge, Bob Bates.
From Eliot Elisofon's Jazz Essay in Life magazine, 1954
youtube.com/watch?v=j9Gg...
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The caption for this great shot of the Dave Brubeck Quartet was "Foursome in a Free Form".
Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Joe Dodge, Bob Bates.
From Eliot Elisofon's Jazz Essay in Life magazine, 1954
youtube.com/watch?v=j9Gg...
Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Joe Dodge, Bob Bates.
From Eliot Elisofon's Jazz Essay in Life magazine, 1954
youtube.com/watch?v=j9Gg...
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Remembering Paul Desmond on his birthday 🎂
📷 Bob Willoughby, LA, 1954
"He used to try and trick me, & play the worst possible note in a chord & see if I could resolve it. I thought, 'Wow he's playing a very wild note in this chord, I'd better get on it'."
- Dave Brubeck
📷 Bob Willoughby, LA, 1954
"He used to try and trick me, & play the worst possible note in a chord & see if I could resolve it. I thought, 'Wow he's playing a very wild note in this chord, I'd better get on it'."
- Dave Brubeck
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Remembering Paul Desmond on his birthday 🎂
📷 Bob Willoughby, LA, 1954
"He used to try and trick me, & play the worst possible note in a chord & see if I could resolve it. I thought, 'Wow he's playing a very wild note in this chord, I'd better get on it'."
- Dave Brubeck
📷 Bob Willoughby, LA, 1954
"He used to try and trick me, & play the worst possible note in a chord & see if I could resolve it. I thought, 'Wow he's playing a very wild note in this chord, I'd better get on it'."
- Dave Brubeck
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November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been ordered to start serving his 27-year sentence in a 12 sq metre bedroom in a police base in the capital, Brasília, after his conviction for plotting a coup.
The far-right populist, who governed Latin America’s largest democracy from 2019 until 2022, was handed the punishment in September after the supreme court found him guilty of leading a criminal conspiracy to stop his leftwing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, taking power. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
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I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
The Antisemitism Post (tm)
Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
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When people insist we have to learn to live with people saying things we disagree with, this is what they’re referring to euphemistically. They’re telling you we have to accept the idea of bigotry as a valid political position.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
When people insist we have to learn to live with people saying things we disagree with, this is what they’re referring to euphemistically. They’re telling you we have to accept the idea of bigotry as a valid political position.