@jadamrussell.bsky.social
Liberal - Lover of most things Pittsburgh. Playwright, Screenwriter: - 2023 Academy Nicholls Fellowship QF, 2022 QF Screencraft Feature, 2020 Finalist Screencraft Stage Drama.
I know a lot about nothing. I am aware that you won’t silence me.
I know a lot about nothing. I am aware that you won’t silence me.
A friend informed me that she watched “Cool Hand Luke,” felt it was too slow, and she didn’t understand why men love this film.
I attempted to mansplain that this is the quintessential film that defined manhood and nonconformity.
And the movie is almost 60 years old.
Newman deserved an Oscar.
I attempted to mansplain that this is the quintessential film that defined manhood and nonconformity.
And the movie is almost 60 years old.
Newman deserved an Oscar.
a man in a blue shirt looking out a window
Alt: Paul Newman as “Cool Hand Luke,” looking out a window
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A friend informed me that she watched “Cool Hand Luke,” felt it was too slow, and she didn’t understand why men love this film.
I attempted to mansplain that this is the quintessential film that defined manhood and nonconformity.
And the movie is almost 60 years old.
Newman deserved an Oscar.
I attempted to mansplain that this is the quintessential film that defined manhood and nonconformity.
And the movie is almost 60 years old.
Newman deserved an Oscar.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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waiting for 2025 to end
December 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
waiting for 2025 to end
Please do not forget.
Thousands of federal employees fired their jobs.
Millions of the poor, the elderly removed from health care, no food benefits for a month.
Millions kidnapped off the street based on the color of their skin.
All by the GOP.
How to stop it? Vote during the midterms.
Thousands of federal employees fired their jobs.
Millions of the poor, the elderly removed from health care, no food benefits for a month.
Millions kidnapped off the street based on the color of their skin.
All by the GOP.
How to stop it? Vote during the midterms.
a kermit the frog is holding a sign that says vote .
ALT: a kermit the frog is holding a sign that says vote .
media.tenor.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Please do not forget.
Thousands of federal employees fired their jobs.
Millions of the poor, the elderly removed from health care, no food benefits for a month.
Millions kidnapped off the street based on the color of their skin.
All by the GOP.
How to stop it? Vote during the midterms.
Thousands of federal employees fired their jobs.
Millions of the poor, the elderly removed from health care, no food benefits for a month.
Millions kidnapped off the street based on the color of their skin.
All by the GOP.
How to stop it? Vote during the midterms.
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Nearly 20 US states will raise their minimum wage in 2026, impacting millions of workers. Increases are scheduled in states ranging from Arizona to New Jersey. #MinimumWage #News
These states will raise the minimum wage in 2026
Nearly 20 US states will raise their minimum wage in 2026, impacting millions of workers. Increases ...
abcnews.go.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Nearly 20 US states will raise their minimum wage in 2026, impacting millions of workers. Increases are scheduled in states ranging from Arizona to New Jersey. #MinimumWage #News
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35 million Americans live in poverty, and yet, this is what our president is focused on.
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
35 million Americans live in poverty, and yet, this is what our president is focused on.
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The Trump administration says it arrested 4,500 people in a mission targeting “the worst of the worst.” The reality is most of them were people with brown skin who were at the right place —their landscaping jobs, the hardware store, a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru— at the wrong time.
December 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Trump administration says it arrested 4,500 people in a mission targeting “the worst of the worst.” The reality is most of them were people with brown skin who were at the right place —their landscaping jobs, the hardware store, a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru— at the wrong time.
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A TikTok journalst was shot, brutalized and held in conditions tantamount to torture. ICE says he assaulted an officer. The Court dismisses the case with prejudice. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations
Days before Carlitos Ricardo Parias was set to to go to trial for assault on a federal officer, a federal judge dismissed the case against him. The judge cited the deprivation of Parias' access to cou...
www.latimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A TikTok journalst was shot, brutalized and held in conditions tantamount to torture. ICE says he assaulted an officer. The Court dismisses the case with prejudice. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Rogers seems to be playing (himself against Garrett) than for the @pittsburghsteeler.bsky.social
a man with a beard wearing sunglasses is smiling and making a funny face .
ALT: a man with a beard wearing sunglasses is smiling and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Rogers seems to be playing (himself against Garrett) than for the @pittsburghsteeler.bsky.social
Not my day.
I’d tossed out ten years worth of college year playboys in 2008 before I got married, yet I kept these four.
In the process of multi-texting various people, I mistakenly asked my 70 year old neighbors if they wanted them.
I’d tossed out ten years worth of college year playboys in 2008 before I got married, yet I kept these four.
In the process of multi-texting various people, I mistakenly asked my 70 year old neighbors if they wanted them.
December 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Not my day.
I’d tossed out ten years worth of college year playboys in 2008 before I got married, yet I kept these four.
In the process of multi-texting various people, I mistakenly asked my 70 year old neighbors if they wanted them.
I’d tossed out ten years worth of college year playboys in 2008 before I got married, yet I kept these four.
In the process of multi-texting various people, I mistakenly asked my 70 year old neighbors if they wanted them.
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GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Someone recently commented on one of my favorite films, A Lion in Winter, which is based upon a play. Here are my favorite films based upon plays:
Amadeus
A Lion in Winter
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
A Streetcar Named Desire
Glengarry Glenn Ross
Crossing Delancey
Dangerous Liasions
Amadeus
A Lion in Winter
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
A Streetcar Named Desire
Glengarry Glenn Ross
Crossing Delancey
Dangerous Liasions
December 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Someone recently commented on one of my favorite films, A Lion in Winter, which is based upon a play. Here are my favorite films based upon plays:
Amadeus
A Lion in Winter
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
A Streetcar Named Desire
Glengarry Glenn Ross
Crossing Delancey
Dangerous Liasions
Amadeus
A Lion in Winter
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
A Streetcar Named Desire
Glengarry Glenn Ross
Crossing Delancey
Dangerous Liasions
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About 50 of Planned Parenthood’s nearly 600 clinics have shut down this year, largely because of Republican moves to cut the organization off from government money. As the closures mount, a different kind of organization is seeking to fill the void: anti-abortion pregnancy centers.
The Planned Parenthood Closed. A Christian Clinic Seized the Moment.
About 50 Planned Parenthoods have shut down this year, largely a result of efforts by President Trump and Republicans to target the organization.
nyti.ms
December 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
About 50 of Planned Parenthood’s nearly 600 clinics have shut down this year, largely because of Republican moves to cut the organization off from government money. As the closures mount, a different kind of organization is seeking to fill the void: anti-abortion pregnancy centers.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Before going home for the holidays, I prepared some gifts for some very deserving people across our nation’s capital.
December 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Before going home for the holidays, I prepared some gifts for some very deserving people across our nation’s capital.
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Scott Pelley slams new CBS boss for canning 60 Minutes segment: 'Not a part-time job'
www.rawstory.com/scott-pelley/
www.rawstory.com/scott-pelley/
Scott Pelley slams new CBS boss for canning 60 Minutes segment: 'Not a part-time job'
CBS News anchor Scott Pelley fired off in frustration against the network's new boss, Bari Weiss, over her intervention to spike a long-developing story that was going to cover the brutal conditions i...
www.rawstory.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Scott Pelley slams new CBS boss for canning 60 Minutes segment: 'Not a part-time job'
www.rawstory.com/scott-pelley/
www.rawstory.com/scott-pelley/
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CBS burying the 60 Minutes CECOT story is exactly why the Ellison family shouldn’t be allowed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
CBS burying the 60 Minutes CECOT story is exactly why the Ellison family shouldn’t be allowed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery
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December 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Too old school. I go to a coffee shop and they have brownies with chocolate chips which, in my opinion, is superfluous.
Brownies and walnuts or no walnuts.
That is it.
Brownies and walnuts or no walnuts.
That is it.
a young man wearing headphones with the letter a hanging on the wall behind him
Alt: a young man wearing headphones with the letter a hanging on the wall behind him offering a brownie
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Too old school. I go to a coffee shop and they have brownies with chocolate chips which, in my opinion, is superfluous.
Brownies and walnuts or no walnuts.
That is it.
Brownies and walnuts or no walnuts.
That is it.
We need to be reprogrammed by 1970s television programming to understand what it’s like to get by on hard work and the love of family.
a house is lit up at night with the words good night john boy
Alt: a house is lit up at night with the words good night john boy from the television programming, The Waltons.
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
We need to be reprogrammed by 1970s television programming to understand what it’s like to get by on hard work and the love of family.
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"Imam Fouad’s death is not an isolated tragedy, it is the predictable outcome of a violent detention system that continues to cage people for profit and punishment."
Eritrean imam dies in ICE custody as detainee deaths hit 20-year high
(RNS) — Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir is one of four people who died in immigration detention over a four-day period this month, raising alarm among advocates about deteriorating conditions at immigration fa...
religionnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Imam Fouad’s death is not an isolated tragedy, it is the predictable outcome of a violent detention system that continues to cage people for profit and punishment."
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The leaders of Denmark and Greenland insisted Monday that the United States won’t take over Greenland and demanded respect for their territorial integrity after President Donald Trump announced the appointment of a special envoy to the semi-autonomous territory. https://to.pbs.org/4ju7NUl
Trump's envoy appointment sparks new tension with leaders of Greenland and Denmark
The leaders of Denmark and Greenland are insisting that the U.S. won’t take over Greenland after President Donald Trump announced the appointment of a special envoy to the semi-autonomous territory.
www.pbs.org
December 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The leaders of Denmark and Greenland insisted Monday that the United States won’t take over Greenland and demanded respect for their territorial integrity after President Donald Trump announced the appointment of a special envoy to the semi-autonomous territory. https://to.pbs.org/4ju7NUl
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Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice'
Seven federal circuit courts have upheld the First Amendment right to record and monitor the police.
reason.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.