Dr. Sheila Addison
@drsaddison.bsky.social
Couple & Family Therapist | she/her | LGBTQ+ advocate | end white supremacy | invisibly disabled fat lady | relationship wizard | Runs BlueskyTherapists 💬👂🏽 https://linktr.ee/drsaddison 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿♿🍞🌹🖤🦇
As a Campbell up both sides of my family, I feel rather bad....
February 2, 2026 at 6:19 AM
As a Campbell up both sides of my family, I feel rather bad....
We should go to NOLA sometime. I only managed a few things when I was there solo but it was interesting to experience in a low-key way.
February 2, 2026 at 5:59 AM
We should go to NOLA sometime. I only managed a few things when I was there solo but it was interesting to experience in a low-key way.
Good point. Kevin Hassett and JD Vance (oh and Miller!) definitely trigger an Uncanny Valley response from me.
February 2, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Good point. Kevin Hassett and JD Vance (oh and Miller!) definitely trigger an Uncanny Valley response from me.
"that middle one"
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 AM
"that middle one"
This is a prime example of the form, but there are many such cases.
February 2, 2026 at 4:24 AM
This is a prime example of the form, but there are many such cases.
Mmmm where are we on NOFX and misogyny these days?
February 2, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Mmmm where are we on NOFX and misogyny these days?
Sadly this is also true in the couples therapy world.
February 2, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Sadly this is also true in the couples therapy world.
Absolute record scratch moment, but Chotiner has already lulled him into a completely smooth-brained place. Man has no idea the shark has bitten his leg completely off.
February 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Absolute record scratch moment, but Chotiner has already lulled him into a completely smooth-brained place. Man has no idea the shark has bitten his leg completely off.
That "... or our job" cut was so sharp, Spinotti didn't realize he was missing all his fingers until he went to remove his tie afterwards.
February 2, 2026 at 1:21 AM
That "... or our job" cut was so sharp, Spinotti didn't realize he was missing all his fingers until he went to remove his tie afterwards.
Victims of shark bites often don't realize how badly they're wounded at first because shock temporarily masks the pain.
By the time Chotiner drops the "Heat 2" questions, I suspect Spinotti has noticed he can't feel his feet, but still hasn't made the connection to the shoe bobbing in the water.
By the time Chotiner drops the "Heat 2" questions, I suspect Spinotti has noticed he can't feel his feet, but still hasn't made the connection to the shoe bobbing in the water.
February 2, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Victims of shark bites often don't realize how badly they're wounded at first because shock temporarily masks the pain.
By the time Chotiner drops the "Heat 2" questions, I suspect Spinotti has noticed he can't feel his feet, but still hasn't made the connection to the shoe bobbing in the water.
By the time Chotiner drops the "Heat 2" questions, I suspect Spinotti has noticed he can't feel his feet, but still hasn't made the connection to the shoe bobbing in the water.
![Chotiner: There have been some critiques of the movie. People have said that it was essentially a payoff from Amazon to the White House, and that you’re doing propaganda for an authoritarian President. I know you said you don’t want to get into politics, but what do you think of that critique?
Spinotti: Well, you know, I felt like I was a reporter.
Chotiner: I see. [Jaws theme is implied here, not actually present]
Spinotti: You see what I mean?
Chotiner: Sure.
Spinotti: It’s, like, would you do an interview with Melania or President Trump yourself? Probably yes. It doesn’t mean that you think the same way or that you approve of him doing what he’s doing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fttbktxc5fwcga7jyj6ezh7q/bafkreiffom2poo5kxpzuh6fu2zdtuuzhh6pq5cgkmn3bhg3t6o25l2p67e@jpeg)
![Chotiner: You and I are two journalists talking, essentially. [implication of Jaws theme intensifies]
Spinotti: Yeah. So, I mean, to me, the experience was about, yes, being a reporter—being a cinematographer in a documentary, and doing my best to make Melania look visually beautiful with the lighting.
Chotiner: One thing reporters try to do is to spotlight ideas or news stories, and what you’re trying to do is spotlight her face and its beauty. I do see a real similarity there. [a thin ribbon of blood in the water is implied, not shown]
Spinotti: Yeah. We were trying to do the best we could. Again, as I told you, I was the guy with a camera, with a couple of assistants in the Trumps’ apartment when they came back to the White House at night. So there’s an interview with Melania at that point, and we organized the lights in the best possible way. [remember shock often deadens pain at first]
Chotiner: It’s important to make them look as good as possible, too. That’s part of your job, or our job. [imagine a human foot bobs to the surface]
Spinotti: It’s not about making them look as good as possible. It is about making them look as they are without having anything that is distinctively not nice or proper. [presumably he looks very clammy at this point]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fttbktxc5fwcga7jyj6ezh7q/bafkreiab3vw32oftintuqgku4kxlwe3652vvpbpln7zfbdy6gitkjlu4n4@jpeg)
No it's better, it reads like the title of one of those 80s "humor" books about political incorrectness.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:01 AM
No it's better, it reads like the title of one of those 80s "humor" books about political incorrectness.
www.amazon.com/How-Test-Neg...
www.amazon.com/How-Test-Neg...
You need one of those devices like on really new cars that tracks your eye movements and tells you to pull off and take a rest, but for your computer.
a cat is laying on its back on a bed with its tongue out
Alt: a cat is laying on its back on a bed with its tongue out
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:55 AM
You need one of those devices like on really new cars that tracks your eye movements and tells you to pull off and take a rest, but for your computer.
Shh, the Louvre is closed.
February 2, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Shh, the Louvre is closed.
Er, congratulations on posting something that is both unreadable by itself, and that lampshades its lack of alt-text???
a man in a black suit is sitting in a red chair
Alt: Greg Davies from Taskmaster (a white man with receding grey hair and grey beard, wearing black heavy-rimmed glasses and a black suit) sits on a red velvet and "gold" throne. He kisses his fingertips in a "chef's kiss" gesture.
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Er, congratulations on posting something that is both unreadable by itself, and that lampshades its lack of alt-text???
Being blocked by people like that is a gift.
Being quote posted is solved by "detach this post." Beautiful tool, that.
Being quote posted is solved by "detach this post." Beautiful tool, that.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Being blocked by people like that is a gift.
Being quote posted is solved by "detach this post." Beautiful tool, that.
Being quote posted is solved by "detach this post." Beautiful tool, that.
Oh, I see you were on rec.music.tori-amos in the mid 90s.
(We literally created a very small list of thread tags so people who only wanted on-topic conversations could easily find them. Didn't stop people from wandering in and having a tantrum about people talking about other stuff.)
(We literally created a very small list of thread tags so people who only wanted on-topic conversations could easily find them. Didn't stop people from wandering in and having a tantrum about people talking about other stuff.)
February 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Oh, I see you were on rec.music.tori-amos in the mid 90s.
(We literally created a very small list of thread tags so people who only wanted on-topic conversations could easily find them. Didn't stop people from wandering in and having a tantrum about people talking about other stuff.)
(We literally created a very small list of thread tags so people who only wanted on-topic conversations could easily find them. Didn't stop people from wandering in and having a tantrum about people talking about other stuff.)
That's why we need *smart* humor. There's a reason that people talk about good humor punching UP, not DOWN. The South Park ethos was "it's dumb to care about anything." Smart humor mocks those who don't care about anything but themselves.
February 1, 2026 at 11:55 PM
That's why we need *smart* humor. There's a reason that people talk about good humor punching UP, not DOWN. The South Park ethos was "it's dumb to care about anything." Smart humor mocks those who don't care about anything but themselves.
Reposted by Dr. Sheila Addison
Be mad! But be mad AND make jokes.
Or at least don't finger wag when others do it.
It's called COPING.
Signed, the lady who, when the surgeon asked "do you want an autopsy" after her husband died after 9 months with a brain tumor, she asked "why, doctor? do you think he was murdered?"
Or at least don't finger wag when others do it.
It's called COPING.
Signed, the lady who, when the surgeon asked "do you want an autopsy" after her husband died after 9 months with a brain tumor, she asked "why, doctor? do you think he was murdered?"
February 1, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Be mad! But be mad AND make jokes.
Or at least don't finger wag when others do it.
It's called COPING.
Signed, the lady who, when the surgeon asked "do you want an autopsy" after her husband died after 9 months with a brain tumor, she asked "why, doctor? do you think he was murdered?"
Or at least don't finger wag when others do it.
It's called COPING.
Signed, the lady who, when the surgeon asked "do you want an autopsy" after her husband died after 9 months with a brain tumor, she asked "why, doctor? do you think he was murdered?"
Reposted by Dr. Sheila Addison
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February 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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