Caitlin Welsh
@caitlinwelsh.bsky.social
editor, writer, anxious DJ, snack wizard, the Ricky Bobby of pub trivia
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One of my all-time favorite clips of Rob Reiner, from his Friars Club Roast in 2000, as he reads aloud Roger Ebert's infamous scathing review of his movie North. The man had an amazing sense of humor about himself. RIP.
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
One of my all-time favorite clips of Rob Reiner, from his Friars Club Roast in 2000, as he reads aloud Roger Ebert's infamous scathing review of his movie North. The man had an amazing sense of humor about himself. RIP.
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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oh great, thanks, good to know
There is definitely AI enhanced images coming through on the tiktoks.
December 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
oh great, thanks, good to know
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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"Yes, the population has increased at the same time but there is now a larger number of guns in the community per capita than in the aftermath of Port Arthur, with at least 2,000 new firearms lawfully entering the community every week."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
"Yes, the population has increased at the same time but there is now a larger number of guns in the community per capita than in the aftermath of Port Arthur, with at least 2,000 new firearms lawfully entering the community every week."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.
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Rob Reiner news is too horrible to think about
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Rob Reiner news is too horrible to think about
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A crazy streak of not just hits but movies that are permanently woven into the culture. Turn it to 11. Inconceivable. I’ll have what she’s having. Wanna see a dead body?
In the hands of a lesser director…
In the hands of a lesser director…
The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
A crazy streak of not just hits but movies that are permanently woven into the culture. Turn it to 11. Inconceivable. I’ll have what she’s having. Wanna see a dead body?
In the hands of a lesser director…
In the hands of a lesser director…
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The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
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Minns very clearly saying at this presser that Firearms Act reform will be happening in NSW and the details are coming.
There would be less than ten thousand people Australia wide that have a legitimate business reason to keep a firearm in their home. The vast majority of people who need firearms for work would access them through a managed armoury.
Why do we have 4 million registered firearms in Australia?
Why do we have 4 million registered firearms in Australia?
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Minns very clearly saying at this presser that Firearms Act reform will be happening in NSW and the details are coming.
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this would have been a dangerous, disgusting talking point for the coalition of even ten years ago
in 2025 its just another nail in the party's electoral coffin
in 2025 its just another nail in the party's electoral coffin
Sussan Ley, touting the Antisemitism Envoy’s report, demanding that it be immediately implemented.
The plan has been emphatically rejected by the Australian Human Rights Institute,
Amnesty Internatjonal and a coalition of 9 Jewish groups.
The plan has been emphatically rejected by the Australian Human Rights Institute,
Amnesty Internatjonal and a coalition of 9 Jewish groups.
December 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
this would have been a dangerous, disgusting talking point for the coalition of even ten years ago
in 2025 its just another nail in the party's electoral coffin
in 2025 its just another nail in the party's electoral coffin
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Kids can see stuff on most of the platforms without being logged in, just quietly
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Kids can see stuff on most of the platforms without being logged in, just quietly
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Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
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Ahmed the Fruiterer being the everyday hero that saved multiple lives of mostly Jewish people today is the only politics worth a pinch of shit in this act of terrorism
December 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Ahmed the Fruiterer being the everyday hero that saved multiple lives of mostly Jewish people today is the only politics worth a pinch of shit in this act of terrorism
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when the media starts platforming Hanson on this remember she believes and promotes the insane lie that Port Arthur was a government operation.
December 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
when the media starts platforming Hanson on this remember she believes and promotes the insane lie that Port Arthur was a government operation.
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That this evil act is being harnessed by the worst people is predicable and dispiriting.
As with October 7th, there's a double nausea: the pain of the victims is intolerable, while the knowledge of how their pain will be used to punish innocents by association is gut-churning.
Make it stop.
As with October 7th, there's a double nausea: the pain of the victims is intolerable, while the knowledge of how their pain will be used to punish innocents by association is gut-churning.
Make it stop.
December 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
That this evil act is being harnessed by the worst people is predicable and dispiriting.
As with October 7th, there's a double nausea: the pain of the victims is intolerable, while the knowledge of how their pain will be used to punish innocents by association is gut-churning.
Make it stop.
As with October 7th, there's a double nausea: the pain of the victims is intolerable, while the knowledge of how their pain will be used to punish innocents by association is gut-churning.
Make it stop.
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Reach out to your Jewish friends and check on them. Be willing to listen. Learn about us and our history and story, a tiny 0.2% of the world, w/o making us characters in someone else’s story. Correct people who express antisemitic ideas.
And for the next 8 days, see and enjoy our lit menorahs.
And for the next 8 days, see and enjoy our lit menorahs.
December 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Reach out to your Jewish friends and check on them. Be willing to listen. Learn about us and our history and story, a tiny 0.2% of the world, w/o making us characters in someone else’s story. Correct people who express antisemitic ideas.
And for the next 8 days, see and enjoy our lit menorahs.
And for the next 8 days, see and enjoy our lit menorahs.
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somewhere in Uvalde, I hope there are a lot of police officers feeling deeply ashamed of themselves this morning.
Ahmed el-Ahmed, may you live to 120 and never want for anything.
Ahmed el-Ahmed, may you live to 120 and never want for anything.
Watch moment hero bystander tackles Bondi Beach gunman
Chris Minns, the premier of New South Wales, has called the bystander a ‘genuine hero’
www.independent.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
somewhere in Uvalde, I hope there are a lot of police officers feeling deeply ashamed of themselves this morning.
Ahmed el-Ahmed, may you live to 120 and never want for anything.
Ahmed el-Ahmed, may you live to 120 and never want for anything.
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Any journalist who quotes Hanson on anything to do with yesterday without raising this isn't actually a journalist they are a propagandist for white supremacy
December 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Any journalist who quotes Hanson on anything to do with yesterday without raising this isn't actually a journalist they are a propagandist for white supremacy
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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The 50-year-old Bondi beach terror suspect who died was a licensed firearms holder, and had six firearms, NSW police say. Police have the six firearms from the scene yesterday. His 24yo son is in police custody in hospital in a critical but stable condition.
December 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The 50-year-old Bondi beach terror suspect who died was a licensed firearms holder, and had six firearms, NSW police say. Police have the six firearms from the scene yesterday. His 24yo son is in police custody in hospital in a critical but stable condition.
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Heroic bystander, Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim man who put his own life on the line, and saved so many Jews. True safety in solidarity in action
December 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Heroic bystander, Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim man who put his own life on the line, and saved so many Jews. True safety in solidarity in action
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If anything good could come out of this evil day, it's the unhesitating bravery of Ahmed Al Ahmed, who's in hospital himself with gunshot wounds.
Nobody should be in hospital with gunshot wounds in Australia, or anywhere for that matter.
Nobody should have to bear-tackle an armed mass murderer.
Nobody should be in hospital with gunshot wounds in Australia, or anywhere for that matter.
Nobody should have to bear-tackle an armed mass murderer.
Hero suffers two gunshot wounds in Bondi beach shooting | 7NEWS
YouTube video by 7NEWS Australia
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If anything good could come out of this evil day, it's the unhesitating bravery of Ahmed Al Ahmed, who's in hospital himself with gunshot wounds.
Nobody should be in hospital with gunshot wounds in Australia, or anywhere for that matter.
Nobody should have to bear-tackle an armed mass murderer.
Nobody should be in hospital with gunshot wounds in Australia, or anywhere for that matter.
Nobody should have to bear-tackle an armed mass murderer.
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We are horrified and shaken in the wake of the mass shooting at a Chanukah event in Bondi this evening, which has left at least ten people dead and injured many more.
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
December 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We are horrified and shaken in the wake of the mass shooting at a Chanukah event in Bondi this evening, which has left at least ten people dead and injured many more.
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
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People still don’t know if their loved ones are alive or not and a foreign fascist state is already exploiting this to silence critique of their own genocide. Truly vile.
December 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
People still don’t know if their loved ones are alive or not and a foreign fascist state is already exploiting this to silence critique of their own genocide. Truly vile.