Jules
@juleswritesstuff.bsky.social
Nurse and professional fangirl. Former Content Assistant/Editor at Nerds & Beyond. Co-host of On The Road Again: A ‘Winchesters’ Podcast and Your Bat Is Dead: A ‘Gotham Knights’ Podcast. Opinions mine. 💜🤍🩶🖤🩷💜💙
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Wrote about how the late, great Rob Reiner had the most impossible 7-movie beginning to any director's career, and yet that's not even what he was most famous for:
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Wrote about how the late, great Rob Reiner had the most impossible 7-movie beginning to any director's career, and yet that's not even what he was most famous for:
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Today is the 13th anniversary of Sandy Hook and it is gut wrenching that this country learned absolutely nothing from that horrific tragedy. It is just one tragic piece of news after another today. I am tired. We are all tired. It’s just never ending grief.
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Today is the 13th anniversary of Sandy Hook and it is gut wrenching that this country learned absolutely nothing from that horrific tragedy. It is just one tragic piece of news after another today. I am tired. We are all tired. It’s just never ending grief.
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I also feel like his body of work really disproves the persistent claim that joyful, hopeful, funny, romantic or lighthearted stories are inherently intellectually lesser and can't be Real Art
Taking a break from the sickening tragedy to focus on the beauty for a moment. Rob Reiner achieved something so rare and coveted that artists and entertainers dream of and rarely achieve: cultural permanence. How many times have you made a reference to something going to 11? Shouted "Inconceivable"?
December 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I also feel like his body of work really disproves the persistent claim that joyful, hopeful, funny, romantic or lighthearted stories are inherently intellectually lesser and can't be Real Art
“This is not strange for a Syrian individual, the community is lovely, supportive, with strong bonds. We’ve refused injustice and persecution [in Syria] and it’s not strange that one of us had the feeling: ‘No, I will not watch, I will die to help.’”
Fantastic quote.
Fantastic quote.
When we remember the names of Bondi Beach - victims, survivors, perpetrators - let’s remember, too, this hero: Ahmed al-Ahmed.
A Muslim Australian fruit shop owner of Syrian descent, al-Ahmed risked his life & took 2 bullets to save Jewish strangers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A Muslim Australian fruit shop owner of Syrian descent, al-Ahmed risked his life & took 2 bullets to save Jewish strangers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘It was a matter of conscience’: Ahmed al-Ahmed’s family reveal why he risked his life to disarm alleged Bondi shooter
Family say al-Ahmed ‘doesn’t discriminate’ and would have done anything to save lives during the attack
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“This is not strange for a Syrian individual, the community is lovely, supportive, with strong bonds. We’ve refused injustice and persecution [in Syria] and it’s not strange that one of us had the feeling: ‘No, I will not watch, I will die to help.’”
Fantastic quote.
Fantastic quote.
In a weekend full of horrific tragedy, this one hit hard. The Princess Bride was the movie that made me fall in love with movies. I watched the making of documentary hundreds of times as a kid. Rob Reiner is a giant for many other reasons, but giving the world this perfect film is top for me.
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In a weekend full of horrific tragedy, this one hit hard. The Princess Bride was the movie that made me fall in love with movies. I watched the making of documentary hundreds of times as a kid. Rob Reiner is a giant for many other reasons, but giving the world this perfect film is top for me.
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I don’t know how to process the horrific fire hose of tragedy that has been omnipresent but has spiked this weekend, and I suspect I’m not alone. We aren’t meant to carry this much suffering and be able to function at “normal” capacity. Be gentle with yourself and others, if you can.
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I don’t know how to process the horrific fire hose of tragedy that has been omnipresent but has spiked this weekend, and I suspect I’m not alone. We aren’t meant to carry this much suffering and be able to function at “normal” capacity. Be gentle with yourself and others, if you can.
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I’ve gotten a few replies like this today and I just want to point out
1. None of them have come from Palestinians
2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment
3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism
1. None of them have come from Palestinians
2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment
3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism
Tragically, Israel has done its best to ruin these Jewish symbols for everyone and brought danger to all Jews by constantly conflating the IDF’s barbarism with the Jewish people. That is unforgivable.
December 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I’ve gotten a few replies like this today and I just want to point out
1. None of them have come from Palestinians
2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment
3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism
1. None of them have come from Palestinians
2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment
3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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The headline I feel like is that all the philanthropic donations from billionaires typically have a shitload of restrictions.
Mackenzie is like “you’re doing work to stop something horrible or to help something good? Cool. Here’s a few hundred million.” and the paper is like “wow… so novel”
Mackenzie is like “you’re doing work to stop something horrible or to help something good? Cool. Here’s a few hundred million.” and the paper is like “wow… so novel”
Mackenzie Scott’s signature philanthropic style is giving unrestricted gifts—a rarity in the industry. trib.al/DjrurgM
MacKenzie Scott's $19 billion donations have turned philanthropy on its head—why her style of giving actually works | Fortune
The billionaire philanthropist’s giving style is a rarity in the industry.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The headline I feel like is that all the philanthropic donations from billionaires typically have a shitload of restrictions.
Mackenzie is like “you’re doing work to stop something horrible or to help something good? Cool. Here’s a few hundred million.” and the paper is like “wow… so novel”
Mackenzie is like “you’re doing work to stop something horrible or to help something good? Cool. Here’s a few hundred million.” and the paper is like “wow… so novel”
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For World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1 and which is being ignored by the Trump administration because they dislike the World Health Organization, other countries, science, and queer people, I'm reposting a piece I wrote earlier this year. (They also hate history.) www.vulture.com/article/hiv-...
The List Keepers
The AIDS crisis shattered Broadway, and the scope of the loss has never been fully accounted for. Some kept their own records.
www.vulture.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
For World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1 and which is being ignored by the Trump administration because they dislike the World Health Organization, other countries, science, and queer people, I'm reposting a piece I wrote earlier this year. (They also hate history.) www.vulture.com/article/hiv-...
Great essay. I loved seeing Blanc interact with Jud - Daniel Craig played such a genuine curiosity opposite Josh O’Connor’s sincerity. That duo keeps the film interesting more than the mystery aspect, which I guessed fairly early on.
Don’t read this if you haven’t watched the new Knives Out movie but I wrote about how the series only works because Blanc doesn’t treat the mysteries like a game but is always protecting the most vulnerable individual in the case
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Benoit Blanc’s road to Damascus
There’s several tensions at work in the new Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man — religious belief vs nonbelief / atheism, innocence vs guilt, love vs hate, what a community looks like, what is the tru...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Great essay. I loved seeing Blanc interact with Jud - Daniel Craig played such a genuine curiosity opposite Josh O’Connor’s sincerity. That duo keeps the film interesting more than the mystery aspect, which I guessed fairly early on.
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Please read this beautiful, sad thread in honor of World AIDS Day.
LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
December 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Please read this beautiful, sad thread in honor of World AIDS Day.
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
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This was entirely preventable and in fact trends were starting to stabilise and minimise across different regions before these cuts were implemented.
And this unnecessary and cruel decision will echo through time for many generations to come, globally.
And this unnecessary and cruel decision will echo through time for many generations to come, globally.
After years of decline, Trump’s cuts to HIV/AIDS funding, mirrored by the UK and others, mean that AIDS death and HIV infections are rising again.
#WorldAIDSDay
#WorldAIDSDay
Aid cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core – and will mean millions more infections ahead
Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This was entirely preventable and in fact trends were starting to stabilise and minimise across different regions before these cuts were implemented.
And this unnecessary and cruel decision will echo through time for many generations to come, globally.
And this unnecessary and cruel decision will echo through time for many generations to come, globally.
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Today is World AIDS Day
we gathered a collection of books whose words say more than we ever could: libbyapp.com/library/quee...
we gathered a collection of books whose words say more than we ever could: libbyapp.com/library/quee...
Libby
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December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Today is World AIDS Day
we gathered a collection of books whose words say more than we ever could: libbyapp.com/library/quee...
we gathered a collection of books whose words say more than we ever could: libbyapp.com/library/quee...
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December 1. 2025. World AIDS Day. For those gone and for those who fought so the rest of us could live. We remember you.
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
December 1. 2025. World AIDS Day. For those gone and for those who fought so the rest of us could live. We remember you.
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The House will have been in session for fewer than 30 days between July 1-December 31 and just had a 53-day recess. He makes $223K/year plus benefits including 75% of all health expenses for his entire family. Affordable Care Act subsidies expire Dec 31st for everyone else’s healthcare coverage.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The House will have been in session for fewer than 30 days between July 1-December 31 and just had a 53-day recess. He makes $223K/year plus benefits including 75% of all health expenses for his entire family. Affordable Care Act subsidies expire Dec 31st for everyone else’s healthcare coverage.
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Something I keep thinking about in convos about 'when to leave' is that finances really ARE an insurmountable barrier for people, as are qualifications (e.g. 'digital nomad' visas are great, but what if you're a barista, or a pipefitter?), and, of course, disability penalties.
When Is It Time to Flee?
Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Something I keep thinking about in convos about 'when to leave' is that finances really ARE an insurmountable barrier for people, as are qualifications (e.g. 'digital nomad' visas are great, but what if you're a barista, or a pipefitter?), and, of course, disability penalties.
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
My childhood waterpark and the town I grew up in!
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My childhood waterpark and the town I grew up in!
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Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
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Remembrance is not enough.
Remembrance Is Not Enough: HRC’s Annual Report Outlines Ongoing…
In Almost 400 Cases of Fatal Violence Against Transgender People Tracked Since 2013, 70% were Against Black People, Nearly 60% Were Black Trans Women, and…
www.hrc.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Remembrance is not enough.
I will be honoring the 69 people we lost in the US this year, as well as those lost around the world. One is too many. #TransDayOfRemembrance
CW: trans related death & violence
On each #TransDayOfRemembrance, I go onto the Remembering Our Dead website to see the list of trans people we have lost to violence in the UK & the Philippines, & read about them.
Here is the website if you wish to do the same: tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports
On each #TransDayOfRemembrance, I go onto the Remembering Our Dead website to see the list of trans people we have lost to violence in the UK & the Philippines, & read about them.
Here is the website if you wish to do the same: tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I will be honoring the 69 people we lost in the US this year, as well as those lost around the world. One is too many. #TransDayOfRemembrance
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Its World Children’s Day and Transgender Day of Rememberance.
Both of these on the same day seems especially fitting.
A day to remind us to protect the kiddos we have and remember those we have lost👼🏻🏳️⚧️
Both of these on the same day seems especially fitting.
A day to remind us to protect the kiddos we have and remember those we have lost👼🏻🏳️⚧️
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Its World Children’s Day and Transgender Day of Rememberance.
Both of these on the same day seems especially fitting.
A day to remind us to protect the kiddos we have and remember those we have lost👼🏻🏳️⚧️
Both of these on the same day seems especially fitting.
A day to remind us to protect the kiddos we have and remember those we have lost👼🏻🏳️⚧️
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I'm having complicated and frustrated thoughts about having to see reminders all over my feed that the president said something jaw-droppingly fatphobic in public while at the same time wondering how many of those people themselves make fat jokes and only clock this one as bad because Trump said it
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I'm having complicated and frustrated thoughts about having to see reminders all over my feed that the president said something jaw-droppingly fatphobic in public while at the same time wondering how many of those people themselves make fat jokes and only clock this one as bad because Trump said it