🐈Rex Parker🐈⬛ ✏️ 🧐
@rexparker.bsky.social
Correct crossword opinions / aka Michael Sharp / Teaching lit stuff at Binghamton University / 2025 ACPT Pairs champion (w/ Penelope Harper) / https://letterboxd.com/realrexparker
This rules, read it
February 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This rules, read it
I honestly feel that at 56 I should no longer get colds, it’s just insulting, I’ve done my time and bigger health problems surely await me, give me a break, lord, thank you for your attention to this matter amen
February 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I honestly feel that at 56 I should no longer get colds, it’s just insulting, I’ve done my time and bigger health problems surely await me, give me a break, lord, thank you for your attention to this matter amen
Charles Epstein Cheese, no!!
Just finding out now that the CEO of Chuck E Cheese is mentioned in the Epstein Files
February 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Charles Epstein Cheese, no!!
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"In at least 4,421 cases, more than 400 federal judges ruled since the beginning of October that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is holding people illegally as it carries out its mass-deportation campaign."
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.
www.reuters.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:53 PM
"In at least 4,421 cases, more than 400 federal judges ruled since the beginning of October that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is holding people illegally as it carries out its mass-deportation campaign."
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
This is very funny but also incredibly embarrassing for Canada. (I say this as a citizen of a currently very embarrassing country)
The big Canada-Sweden curling beef, explained: defector.com/the-big-cana...
The Big Canada-Sweden Curling Beef, Explained | Defector
As a sport most people pay intense attention to for two weeks every four years and then not at all the rest of the time, curling can be slightly impenetrable to the casual viewer; its intricacies and ...
defector.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
This is very funny but also incredibly embarrassing for Canada. (I say this as a citizen of a currently very embarrassing country)
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February 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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"we must secure a future for our white children" my white children are fine!!! what's wrong with your kids, aside from measles??
February 15, 2026 at 1:23 AM
"we must secure a future for our white children" my white children are fine!!! what's wrong with your kids, aside from measles??
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I think it's important for white people to vocally denounce this shit as evil and racist but also EMBARRASSING, it is embarrassing to me as a white person!!!
White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I think it's important for white people to vocally denounce this shit as evil and racist but also EMBARRASSING, it is embarrassing to me as a white person!!!
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Gold medal curler 🥇
February 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Gold medal curler 🥇
As good an album cover as I’ve ever seen, your 90s grunge band could never
February 15, 2026 at 2:07 PM
As good an album cover as I’ve ever seen, your 90s grunge band could never
Gold medal curler 🥇
February 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Gold medal curler 🥇
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Thought you'd be free of my nonsense when I am finally gathered up into the arms of the Lord? Think again, assholes.
February 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Thought you'd be free of my nonsense when I am finally gathered up into the arms of the Lord? Think again, assholes.
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A lesson in love for St Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
A lesson in love for St Valentine’s Day
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nothing but respect for MY national bird
February 15, 2026 at 3:10 AM
nothing but respect for MY national bird
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As we predicted, making a "deal" with the Trump administration does not mean that the Trump administration will then leave you be. Cornell now being targeted again.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
We hope our former classmates who were ROTC will publicly express their views on this.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
We hope our former classmates who were ROTC will publicly express their views on this.
Pentagon may bar tuition aid for top universities in Hegseth’s crackdown on ‘biased’ schools | CNN Politics
Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the United States abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign again...
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:52 AM
As we predicted, making a "deal" with the Trump administration does not mean that the Trump administration will then leave you be. Cornell now being targeted again.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
We hope our former classmates who were ROTC will publicly express their views on this.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/p...
We hope our former classmates who were ROTC will publicly express their views on this.
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if the teaser for your puzzle hunt makes extensive use of generative ai assets instead of working with an artist, I have lost all interest in doing your actual puzzle hunt
February 15, 2026 at 4:57 AM
if the teaser for your puzzle hunt makes extensive use of generative ai assets instead of working with an artist, I have lost all interest in doing your actual puzzle hunt
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You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
So pure 🎥 ❤️
February 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
So pure 🎥 ❤️
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Glad you brought this up - this Mexican is the first and only in this sport, and everyone was impressed by her determination - the USA gold medalists were so sweet, she removed her skis and hugged her dearly. The MSNBC cut out all of it. Why? That's the best of the #Olympics! empathy and love.
February 15, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Glad you brought this up - this Mexican is the first and only in this sport, and everyone was impressed by her determination - the USA gold medalists were so sweet, she removed her skis and hugged her dearly. The MSNBC cut out all of it. Why? That's the best of the #Olympics! empathy and love.
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It just keeps happening. www.them.us/story/usa-ca...
Team USA and Team Canada Women's Hockey Players Keep Marrying Each Other
How many lesbian ice hockey rival weddings can there be? As many as possible, we hope.
www.them.us
February 14, 2026 at 9:33 PM
It just keeps happening. www.them.us/story/usa-ca...
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Via @clairegiangrave.bsky.social: Epstein files reveal ties to Catholic conservatives' anti-Francis campaign —> religionnews.com/2026/02/11/e...
Epstein files reveal ties to Catholic conservatives' anti-Francis campaign
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The newly released Epstein files show that Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon discussed opposition to Pope Francis, including a move that Bannon claimed would ‘take down Francis.’
religionnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Via @clairegiangrave.bsky.social: Epstein files reveal ties to Catholic conservatives' anti-Francis campaign —> religionnews.com/2026/02/11/e...
Picked this up for next to nothing at a thrift store in Canada (hence the French subtitle). Have had it for a couple years. Never seen it before. But today I thought “hey, it’s Valentine’s Day, why not?”
February 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Picked this up for next to nothing at a thrift store in Canada (hence the French subtitle). Have had it for a couple years. Never seen it before. But today I thought “hey, it’s Valentine’s Day, why not?”
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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This video is a nice encapsulation of the success of Mamdani’s overall comms strategy - a slightly stunt-y, surprise-and-delight way to celebrate New Yorkers and government in service of New Yorkers
Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
February 14, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This video is a nice encapsulation of the success of Mamdani’s overall comms strategy - a slightly stunt-y, surprise-and-delight way to celebrate New Yorkers and government in service of New Yorkers
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In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p