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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 1d

a haunted house, but instead of ghosts it's an adorable untouched midcentury modern you're forced to watch undergo a millennial grey transformation

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 3d

Go Jays!

Yankee Stadium tribute to Charlie Kirk on their Jumbotron

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 4d

She is so disciplined

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 4d

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

www.teenvogue.com

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 4d

FYI i wrote about why the lilith fair doc was SO DAMN GOOD and why honestly we need it www.cbc.ca/arts/holding... @peterknegt.bsky.social

The Lilith Fair doc isn't just a very good movie — it's also very good for the soul | CBC Arts

Anne T. Donahue and Peter Knegt discuss their sweet surrender to Ally Pankiw’s documentary in the latest edition of their joint column, Holding Space.

www.cbc.ca

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 5d

we cried actual tears laughing at this

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 5d

my favourite kind of humour is "misunderstanding" aka tonight my mom told me to leave the cooking pots out because she wants to reorganize the kitchen and i spilled a drink at the same time but all she heard me say in response was "oh FUCK" and thought i was being a real dick

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 5d

IT'S HOT IN OCTOBER AND I HATE THE SUN

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 6d

i've reached the coveted point of adulthood where i am tasked with bringing the shrimp ring to family functions, thus ensuring that no matter what, there will be shrimp for me.

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 6d

she is 22 years old and she is braver than all of us.

Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 6d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 6d

it's sunny and unseasonably warm and that disgusts me

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Lynnae Terrill @lynnae.bsky.social · 6d

The unifying factor of almost every single video of ICE rampages: remarkable violence against women.

Misogyny is foundational to the white supremacist project, and they’ve been given free rein to do violence as much as they want.

Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 6d

“He grabbed my breasts,” a detainee named Maria told the NYT in 2018, describing an assault by a male guard. “He put his hands in my pants and he touched my private parts. He touched me again inside the van, and my hands were tied. And he started masturbating.”

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The plainclothes goon squad

The aesthetics of ICE—puff-chested and average bro—do more than shroud Trump’s immigration cops in secrecy.

www.motherjones.com

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 7d

AMEN🫡🫡🫡

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 7d

i had an opinion about the new tswift record after all
www.patreon.com/posts/140377...

“Eldest Daughter" is a symptom of my overall issue with Taylor Swift: the scale of her music just feels fucking off. In 2025, she's no longer a lovelorn kid singing about Romeo and Juliet; she's a 35-year-old billionaire who's played sold out stadiums all over the world. She's Taylor Swift. That's her name. Damn near every living person knows who she is, and she's singing about the internet? About the fucking comments section? When she sings "I'm not a bad bitch," is she even aware that she's lying, that she's worshipped by more girls and women than almost anybody else? Even her love songs feel incorrect to me on these grounds. When I think about the real circumstances of her life, I just start wondering where the songs are about the housekeepers, the assistants, the cooks, the drivers, and every other person who's changed her life way more than the man in the Musso and Frank's booth in "Elizabeth Taylor." I struggle to trust her as the lyrical steward of ordinary human experiences. I am certain it's been many years since she's had one the way I have them, with all the waiting for a table that implies, and the navigating of customer service phone trees, the dithering over $35 travel insurance that I can never decide if I actually need, the frantic emails about unpaid freelance invoices, the trip back to the grocery store for the thing I forgot when I went earlier in the day, and all the other boring crap I have to do because I can't buy up other people's lifetimes so they have to do it for me.

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 7d

"keeping the peace" with someone who doesn't think other people deserve to live freely and safely and happily only tells me that you value personal comfort over helping uphold fundamental human rights

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 7d

i know engaging with what's happening in the world can be depressing but also we live in the world, and so to be an actual citizen requires having information and empathy and finding the guts to stand up to people you might otherwise consider "good" or "nice" who are saying or doing hateful things

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K a s s i e D e e @kassiedee.bsky.social · 8d

Liam Cunningham (aka the Onion Knight from GoT) stands on the right side of history during a time that our future generations will judge harshly.

What will we all tell our children and grandchildren?

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Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 12d

Was talking about this the other day, and I absolutely hate it when people say this

Liam Cunningham

The greatest ally fascism and genocide has are the people who say 'I don't follow the news, it's too depressing!

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 7d

it's BOUQUET

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 7d

that new album is none of my business

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 7d

PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE RAISED ME. rip to an absolute lege.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

Keeping Up Appearances actor Patricia Routledge dies aged 96

The actor was best known for her role as the pretentious housewife Hyacinth Bucket, and for the series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Patricia Routledge, the stage and screen actor best known for starring as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances and Henrietta “Hetty” Wainthropp in the television series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, has died at the age of 96. Routledge was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, in 1929 and attended the University of Liverpool and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She began her career in theatre and musical theatre in 1952, later making her Broadway debut in 1966 in How’s the World Treating You. Routledge would go on to win a Tony award and an Olivier for her stage work, and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for several years, appearing in productions including Richard III, alongside Antony Sher. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9d

Every time the subject of Jimmy Fallon’s spinelessness comes up, I think of this passage from Tina Fey’s Bossypants

66 Amy Poehler was new to SNL and we were all crowded into the seventeenth-floor writers' room, waiting for the Wednesday night read-through to start.
[...] Amy was in the middle of some such nonsense with Seth Meyers across the table, and she did something vulgar as a joke. I can't remember what it was exactly, except it was dirty and loud and
"unladylike"
Jimmy Fallon [...] turned to her and in a faux-squeamish voice said, "Stop that!
It's not cute! I don't like it." Amy dropped what she was doing, went black in the eyes for a second, and wheeled around on him. "I don't fucking care if you like it." Jimmy was visibly startled. Amy went right back to enjoying her ridiculous bit.
With that exchange, a cosmic shift took place. Amy made it clear that she wasn't there to be cute. She wasn't there to play wives and girlfriends in the boys' scenes.
She was there to do what she wanted to do and she did not fucking care if you like it.

Tina Fey, Bossypants

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The Onion @theonion.com · 8d

Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt https://theonion.com/mr-autumn-man-walking-down-street-with-cup-of-coffee-1819574012/

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Emily ✨🎃 @emilyoram.bsky.social · 10d

October

A man dressed as a vampire with the caption coming up goblin time

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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 9d

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arsenalpulp.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social · 11d

New this week! POST-MAN by Alex Manley is a collection of intimate confessionals on contemporary masculinity and neurodivergence from a non-binary perspective.

Available Sep 30, 2025, in Canada & the US.

👉 Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/P/Post...

The cover of the book "Post-Man: Essays on Being a Neurodivergent Non-Binary Person" by Alex Manley, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title, subtitle, and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com.

On the centre of the book cover in large bold letters is the book title, “Post-Man.” A bobby pin rests on top of the title. Below the title is the subtitle, “Essays on Being a Neurodivergent Non-Binary Person.” The subtitle is in black except for the words “Neurodivergent” and “Non-Binary,” which are in shades of dark teal, appearing to fade into the background. At the bottom is the author’s name, “Alex Manley.” The background is a teal colour with faint impressions of flowers.

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