Mollie Wilson O'Reilly
@mollieoreilly.bsky.social
Editor at large for Commonweal magazine; writing at https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/users/mollie-wilson-oreilly-0 and sometimes other places, too. She/her.
See, this is more like it.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
See, this is more like it.
This is a good start, but if you want to make your repellent subject line REALLY stand out, you must remember the rule of threes. Try mentioning something else disgusting: Andrew Cuomo, perhaps, or Olivia Nuzzi's new memoir? So much to choose from!
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is a good start, but if you want to make your repellent subject line REALLY stand out, you must remember the rule of threes. Try mentioning something else disgusting: Andrew Cuomo, perhaps, or Olivia Nuzzi's new memoir? So much to choose from!
I don't know why but it's giving
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I don't know why but it's giving
(Dolan when you get to the part about attacks on law enforcement) "That's the part I put in!"
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
(Dolan when you get to the part about attacks on law enforcement) "That's the part I put in!"
Thought of this immediately when I read that line.
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Thought of this immediately when I read that line.
Update on today's field trip: ya girl got a plenary indulgence AND a cute tee; excellent pilgrimage opportunity, IMO! cabrinishrinenyc.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Update on today's field trip: ya girl got a plenary indulgence AND a cute tee; excellent pilgrimage opportunity, IMO! cabrinishrinenyc.org
Went to the Cabrini Shrine in Washington Heights to let Mother know the city is safely in immigrant hands. (Ok, I am chaperoning a field trip, but good timing, right?) Deo gratias!
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Went to the Cabrini Shrine in Washington Heights to let Mother know the city is safely in immigrant hands. (Ok, I am chaperoning a field trip, but good timing, right?) Deo gratias!
Oh FUCK YOU New York Times
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Oh FUCK YOU New York Times
This is the first post I saw when I opened Facebook just now. If you must show me posts from accounts I don't follow, you need to show them to me the day they are posted and not two days later. Time-sensitivity is your main selling point, and you ruined it! Your algorithm makes your product worse!
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is the first post I saw when I opened Facebook just now. If you must show me posts from accounts I don't follow, you need to show them to me the day they are posted and not two days later. Time-sensitivity is your main selling point, and you ruined it! Your algorithm makes your product worse!
Things that are great:
1. Jane Krakowski
2. Cheyenne Jackson
3. 5 p.m. curtain on a Sunday
4. This show
5. The way all you people managed to talk constantly about this show for a year and a half without spoiling anything for me
6. The preshow playlist for "Oh, Mary!"
1. Jane Krakowski
2. Cheyenne Jackson
3. 5 p.m. curtain on a Sunday
4. This show
5. The way all you people managed to talk constantly about this show for a year and a half without spoiling anything for me
6. The preshow playlist for "Oh, Mary!"
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Things that are great:
1. Jane Krakowski
2. Cheyenne Jackson
3. 5 p.m. curtain on a Sunday
4. This show
5. The way all you people managed to talk constantly about this show for a year and a half without spoiling anything for me
6. The preshow playlist for "Oh, Mary!"
1. Jane Krakowski
2. Cheyenne Jackson
3. 5 p.m. curtain on a Sunday
4. This show
5. The way all you people managed to talk constantly about this show for a year and a half without spoiling anything for me
6. The preshow playlist for "Oh, Mary!"
I hope it’s not too late to hit you with this fun bit of Halloween whimsy from my kids' school party.
November 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I hope it’s not too late to hit you with this fun bit of Halloween whimsy from my kids' school party.
Hello, look at the cool NextGen Acela train I got to ride on yesterday! It was really nice! They did a great job designing it! (Today I rode back homeon a regular old Acela, so I can make a direct comparison.) Fund @amtrak.com, because good trains make life better! 🚄
October 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Hello, look at the cool NextGen Acela train I got to ride on yesterday! It was really nice! They did a great job designing it! (Today I rode back homeon a regular old Acela, so I can make a direct comparison.) Fund @amtrak.com, because good trains make life better! 🚄
The city wouldn't be the same without the contributions of the British [burning down a quarter of it and then occupying it for seven years]
October 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The city wouldn't be the same without the contributions of the British [burning down a quarter of it and then occupying it for seven years]
Weekend plans; who's in
October 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Weekend plans; who's in
Fantastic detail—I almost said "incredible" but no, it's very much credible—in Michael S. Rosenwald's obituary for Ruth A. Lawrence (which you should read in full): www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/h...
October 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fantastic detail—I almost said "incredible" but no, it's very much credible—in Michael S. Rosenwald's obituary for Ruth A. Lawrence (which you should read in full): www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/h...
This, on the other hand, is a correct usage of "dons," because Pope Francis is actually in the act of putting on the headdress in the photo. He is donning it. He is *also* wearing it, which is perhaps why people have gotten confused about "don." In conclusion: use "sporting," and hire copy editors.
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This, on the other hand, is a correct usage of "dons," because Pope Francis is actually in the act of putting on the headdress in the photo. He is donning it. He is *also* wearing it, which is perhaps why people have gotten confused about "don." In conclusion: use "sporting," and hire copy editors.
This lede from the Wirecutter is a good example of how the word gets misused. Donning a sweatsuit in public is still frowned upon, actually, because you should put your pants on in private! What you want to say here is "wearing," or, if you need a cuter term, "sporting." Not "donning." 2/
October 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This lede from the Wirecutter is a good example of how the word gets misused. Donning a sweatsuit in public is still frowned upon, actually, because you should put your pants on in private! What you want to say here is "wearing," or, if you need a cuter term, "sporting." Not "donning." 2/
Listen up, nerds, I just saw "Ragtime" at Lincoln Center, and I want to talk about the prop baby, and the trouble with deliberately noting the passage of time while fudging its effects.
So. Near the beginning of the show, we have a newborn baby (pictured here in Nichelle Lewis's arms)... 1/
So. Near the beginning of the show, we have a newborn baby (pictured here in Nichelle Lewis's arms)... 1/
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Listen up, nerds, I just saw "Ragtime" at Lincoln Center, and I want to talk about the prop baby, and the trouble with deliberately noting the passage of time while fudging its effects.
So. Near the beginning of the show, we have a newborn baby (pictured here in Nichelle Lewis's arms)... 1/
So. Near the beginning of the show, we have a newborn baby (pictured here in Nichelle Lewis's arms)... 1/
If you have 8 minutes to spare, I can tell you the worst way to spend them!
October 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If you have 8 minutes to spare, I can tell you the worst way to spend them!
There was one arrest at #NoKings in Wilkes-Barre, PA, but—in a shocking twist—it was a Trump supporter acting violently. www.thetimes-tribune.com/2025/10/18/w...
October 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
There was one arrest at #NoKings in Wilkes-Barre, PA, but—in a shocking twist—it was a Trump supporter acting violently. www.thetimes-tribune.com/2025/10/18/w...
I hope the person who donated this CD case to the thrift shop WITH NO DISC IN IT is having a miserable day 😡 My singalong plans for my drive home were ruined 😣
October 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I hope the person who donated this CD case to the thrift shop WITH NO DISC IN IT is having a miserable day 😡 My singalong plans for my drive home were ruined 😣
Pretty good gag on my Yale Record calendar for today
October 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Pretty good gag on my Yale Record calendar for today
Time for this again
October 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Time for this again