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Maggie McNeill
@maggiemcneill.bsky.social
Overeducated and unrepentant whore who talks far too much and writes the popular blog The Honest Courtesan in addition to the usual harlotry.
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If the HPV vaccine had been available 20 years earlier, my beloved Grace might still be alive.

Get vaccinated.
“Healthcare personnel often do not realize that in the U.S., HPV-related mortality far surpasses the mortality from tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis & meningococcal disease combined. Each year, about 4,000 deaths are the result of cervical cancer; most are preventable through pre-exposure vaccination”
Technically Speaking: Why HPV Vaccination Before Age 11 Years Is a Good Idea
Dr. Sean O’Leary, Chair of AAP’s COID, explains why AAP and CDC recommendations about HPV vaccine differ.
www.chop.edu
He looked pretty dressy next to all the T-shirt & shorts dudes.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
That's not what I mean, and I suspect you know it.
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Although you did make me laugh, thinking of Bela Lugosi as a crooner.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Looks like it. He apparently thinks guys buy his fantasy.
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Reposted by Maggie McNeill
#fightchatcontrol #savespeech #DONOTCOMPLY

GERMANS! YOUR GOVERNMEMT WAMTS TO OVERREACH AND DEBANK ADULT SITES WHO DONT HAVE "Adequate age verification."

They imoliment it Dec. 1st. CALL YOUR MEPS AND TELL THEM TO OPPOSE THIS.

segpay.com/blog/germany...

www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/sear...
segpay.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
These are the same group of women who think they should pay half the rent. Not exactly paragons of self-esteem.
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Reposted by Maggie McNeill
'It's hard to look at legislation like this and imagine that it's actually about anything but punishing women who have abortions.' - @enbrown.bsky.social in @reason.org. And punishment is the point, ofc. But, maybe better than North Dakota... & what a closing image... reason.com/2025/11/24/c...
'Catch kits' for fetal remains are Republicans' latest dystopian plan to punish abortions
GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin and elsewhere are pushing the idea that abortions are a water quality issue.
reason.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Crypto-moralists believe anything unpleasant must be “good for you”.
The fuck I will, CNN
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Khan would simply shoot Trump on the grounds that he's not a worthy adversary.
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I still use a 2007 version of Word, so I hear you.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Reposted by Maggie McNeill
The Overton Window has shifted and increasingly wanton overt bigotry and evil are mainstream. Don’t accept it. Fight and defy people like this.

www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-colu...
British columnist Melanie Phillips lashes out at Palestinians at pro-Israel NYC event
The controversial columnist and broadcaster also mocked Christianity and claimed the West is facing a 'death cult' in 'forces of Islam'
www.middleeasteye.net
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Reposted by Maggie McNeill
Trump wrongly indicted me. I’ll rightly impeach him.

Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's much better than that. You'll see.
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Nah, in his case it was just that he thought faded jeans looked shabby.
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Reposted by Maggie McNeill
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
“Often entire sections of networks or company internal networks are running slower than they would if all devices were up to the newer standards”

Boo fucking hoo.
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I wouldn't call Hope a pop star, though; Der Bingle *definitely* was.

I suspect if you think longer you'll realize most '30s stars were NOT also singers. Perhaps we watch different kinds of movies.
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I looked this list over, and 8 of the titles would be on my list of 40 favorite comedies. So about par for the course, I guess.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
"Feminists" and religious fanatics have been allies since the late 19th century. maggiemcneill.com/2015/01/16/f...
Feminists and Other Puritans
This essay first appeared in Cliterati on November 16th; I have modified it slightly to fit the format of this blog. Every time one reads an article that doesn’t mindlessly parrot “sex trafficking”…
maggiemcneill.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I feel similarly about the word "yam" vs. "sweet potato". bsky.app/profile/magg...
I have been told that sweet potatoes are the orange ones, and yams the purple & white ones. But I've always called the orange ones by both names.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Abolish TSA, start treating travelers like citizens again instead of criminals, and force the airlines to reduce the number of seats in an aircraft by at least 15%, and you might see some improvement.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I never really got on that well with my immediate family, except for my brother and sister #3.
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
My favorite cousin's usual casual hanging-with-friends outfit in the 1980s and '90s was a polo shirt with jeans, but only new ones that were still very blue. When they faded he put them aside for work use. He never wore t-shirts or ball caps.
George was right, and the trend of men dressing like little boys with baseball caps and shorts year round was part of our overall cultural decline.
I remember when George Will wrote a whole op ed on how distasteful wearing blue jeans was.

washingtoncitypaper.com/article/3956...
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM