Alison Coffey
@acoffey.bsky.social
Popular with gnomes.
(also: psychotherapist, humanist, existentialist, Iowa City citizen, Survivor fan, reader, vegetarian, and The National stan)
(also: psychotherapist, humanist, existentialist, Iowa City citizen, Survivor fan, reader, vegetarian, and The National stan)
Do those fish tube things still exist?
December 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Do those fish tube things still exist?
Remember when Netflix was that fun new company where you could rent movies through the mail?
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Remember when Netflix was that fun new company where you could rent movies through the mail?
Reposted by Alison Coffey
Here we go -a few reminders to those covering this:
- These are killings outside of armed conflict
- There is no self-defense justification for the killings
- That makes them extrajudicial killings under int'l law; murder under domestic law
- No label ("narcoterrorist" or "DTO") changes any of that
- These are killings outside of armed conflict
- There is no self-defense justification for the killings
- That makes them extrajudicial killings under int'l law; murder under domestic law
- No label ("narcoterrorist" or "DTO") changes any of that
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Here we go -a few reminders to those covering this:
- These are killings outside of armed conflict
- There is no self-defense justification for the killings
- That makes them extrajudicial killings under int'l law; murder under domestic law
- No label ("narcoterrorist" or "DTO") changes any of that
- These are killings outside of armed conflict
- There is no self-defense justification for the killings
- That makes them extrajudicial killings under int'l law; murder under domestic law
- No label ("narcoterrorist" or "DTO") changes any of that
I don't think I can pay attention anymore. I'm not sure why I'm not covered in hives 24/7.
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I don't think I can pay attention anymore. I'm not sure why I'm not covered in hives 24/7.
Reposted by Alison Coffey
You know how this became utterly predictable and inevitable? When absolutely none of the people responsible for the previous thousand family separations were punished in any way
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
You know how this became utterly predictable and inevitable? When absolutely none of the people responsible for the previous thousand family separations were punished in any way
Just absolutely unapologetic and unashamed white supremacy with this administration. An agenda of bigotry and hate. Dems need to be calling it out 24/7. It can't be normalized, forgotten, dismissed, or forgiven.
President Trump unleashed a xenophobic tirade against Somali immigrants on Tuesday during a publicly broadcast cabinet meeting, calling them “garbage” he does not want in the U.S. as he sought to refocus public attention on his anti-immigration rhetoric.
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
The president delivered xenophobic comments during a publicly broadcast cabinet meeting.
nyti.ms
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Just absolutely unapologetic and unashamed white supremacy with this administration. An agenda of bigotry and hate. Dems need to be calling it out 24/7. It can't be normalized, forgotten, dismissed, or forgiven.
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Something joyous for your Tuesday: David Byrne’s Tiny Desk Concert. It’s good for what ails ya. [kottke.org]
David Byrne’s Tiny Desk Concert
There are a few artists where you hear their name and “Tiny Desk” and you think, well, that’s going to be great. David Byrne is one of those and his performance does not disappoint.
Though Byrne and his band do normal
kottke.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Something joyous for your Tuesday: David Byrne’s Tiny Desk Concert. It’s good for what ails ya. [kottke.org]
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The jocular eyebrow-waggling that accompanies Megyn Kelly's bloodthirsty, murderous sadism is so shameful, so ugly and sad.
People put makeup on her and put her in front of a camera, to do that. Edited and published it. How many of them were quietly nauseated? How many of them weren't?
People put makeup on her and put her in front of a camera, to do that. Edited and published it. How many of them were quietly nauseated? How many of them weren't?
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The jocular eyebrow-waggling that accompanies Megyn Kelly's bloodthirsty, murderous sadism is so shameful, so ugly and sad.
People put makeup on her and put her in front of a camera, to do that. Edited and published it. How many of them were quietly nauseated? How many of them weren't?
People put makeup on her and put her in front of a camera, to do that. Edited and published it. How many of them were quietly nauseated? How many of them weren't?
I know it was silly in a lot of ways, but I still loved it.
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I know it was silly in a lot of ways, but I still loved it.
New York Times Cooking tells me the sugar cookies are life changing and, well, look at me heating up my oven.
November 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
New York Times Cooking tells me the sugar cookies are life changing and, well, look at me heating up my oven.
I wish I didn't have to say the name Louis CK to tell you how much I don't want to hear another word about that man and his stupid journey or whatever.
November 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I wish I didn't have to say the name Louis CK to tell you how much I don't want to hear another word about that man and his stupid journey or whatever.
Are Boygenius back together again? Making any albums? I need them.
November 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Are Boygenius back together again? Making any albums? I need them.
Will this be actual news anywhere? When Leavitt is asked about it, will she shrug it off with a non answer? Will the reporter be called stupid? We blow up boats with supposed drug runners but free cartels? I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, AMERICA!
Trump offers no explanation for his decision to suddenly free a leader of a Central American drug cartel from US prison, but observers broadly expect that the pardon was bought for ready cash. www.ft.com/content/04cd...
Donald Trump to pardon former Honduran president serving 45 years on drug charges
Clemency for Juan Orlando Hernández comes ahead of fraught elections in Central American country on Sunday
www.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Will this be actual news anywhere? When Leavitt is asked about it, will she shrug it off with a non answer? Will the reporter be called stupid? We blow up boats with supposed drug runners but free cartels? I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, AMERICA!
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The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
America Is Becoming Dallas
"The common thread that runs through all of the elements of this particular Dallas lifestyle is the implicit belief that the world is here for us, and no one else."
open.substack.com/pub/howthing...
"The common thread that runs through all of the elements of this particular Dallas lifestyle is the implicit belief that the world is here for us, and no one else."
open.substack.com/pub/howthing...
America Is Becoming Dallas
Part Two: Sprawling to Freedom
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
America Is Becoming Dallas
"The common thread that runs through all of the elements of this particular Dallas lifestyle is the implicit belief that the world is here for us, and no one else."
open.substack.com/pub/howthing...
"The common thread that runs through all of the elements of this particular Dallas lifestyle is the implicit belief that the world is here for us, and no one else."
open.substack.com/pub/howthing...
Better we start studying those dystopian novels.
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Better we start studying those dystopian novels.
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This is infuriating. We are shepherds for the voiceless, including the pollinators that we need to help grow our own food. (But also--they need to exist for their own sake!) Not to mention PFAS is a very terrible thing in the human food chain.
UGH.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
UGH.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Trump EPA Approves Its Second ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide in Two Weeks
The Environmental Protection Agency today approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram for golf courses, lawns and food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, and oats. The pesticid...
biologicaldiversity.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is infuriating. We are shepherds for the voiceless, including the pollinators that we need to help grow our own food. (But also--they need to exist for their own sake!) Not to mention PFAS is a very terrible thing in the human food chain.
UGH.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
UGH.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
I thing you do once you're a certain age is obsessively compare yourself to other people around your age and wonder if you look as old as they do. I don't like it, but I do it. Mostly celebrities. I thought I was going to age gracefully and it's not like I'm signing up for plastic surgery but shoot.
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I thing you do once you're a certain age is obsessively compare yourself to other people around your age and wonder if you look as old as they do. I don't like it, but I do it. Mostly celebrities. I thought I was going to age gracefully and it's not like I'm signing up for plastic surgery but shoot.
I mean yeah, for sure. Also, be nice all the time to everybody, Sean Duffy. Like, make it a thing our government does.
Also, I'm sticking to sweats.
Also, I'm sticking to sweats.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air travelers to be nice this holiday season. A new DOT campaign asks passengers to help each other and thank flight attendants. n.pr/4oWRh0K
The U.S. Transportation Department is urging air passengers to be on good behavior
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air travelers to be nice this holiday season. A new DOT campaign asks passengers to help each other and thank flight attendants.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I mean yeah, for sure. Also, be nice all the time to everybody, Sean Duffy. Like, make it a thing our government does.
Also, I'm sticking to sweats.
Also, I'm sticking to sweats.
Do we think they secretly loved each other this whole time?
Fawn Hall marrying Oliver North somehow feels like the most normal thing that happened in 2025.
Iran-Contra figures Oliver North and Fawn Hall marry after 40 years
The pair shredded documents to cover up secret arms sales to Iran in a scandal that rocked Ronald Reagan's White House.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Do we think they secretly loved each other this whole time?
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What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
Everyday annoyances that make me irrationally angry: aggressive driving, cars purposely w/o mufflers, banging pots, litter, men spitting on the sidewalk, gum chewing
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Everyday annoyances that make me irrationally angry: aggressive driving, cars purposely w/o mufflers, banging pots, litter, men spitting on the sidewalk, gum chewing
Ugh, well, Robitussin Maximum Strength Nighttime Cough DM was not the thing that would knock me out and stop me from coughing and not sleeping all night long despite my hopes. Is there a thing? Do I have to double my dose? she asks at 2:30 in the morning after waking yet again b/c of a coughing fit.
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Ugh, well, Robitussin Maximum Strength Nighttime Cough DM was not the thing that would knock me out and stop me from coughing and not sleeping all night long despite my hopes. Is there a thing? Do I have to double my dose? she asks at 2:30 in the morning after waking yet again b/c of a coughing fit.
How is Pluribus going to end? I know you don’t know. I just can’t imagine where it might go. Here for the journey, Vince.
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
How is Pluribus going to end? I know you don’t know. I just can’t imagine where it might go. Here for the journey, Vince.
So many great performances in movies this year. One of those times I’m glad I’m not a voting member of the Academy. *
*I do not know what other times there might have been.
*I do not know what other times there might have been.
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM
So many great performances in movies this year. One of those times I’m glad I’m not a voting member of the Academy. *
*I do not know what other times there might have been.
*I do not know what other times there might have been.