Alice M. Phillips
@alicemphillips.bsky.social
Prone to falling down rabbit holes.
Humor writer and comedian with work in Reductress, McSweeney's, Points in Case, The Belladonna, Slackjaw, and elsewhere.
https://www.alicemphillips.com
Prev.: Davidson, NYU Law, POTUS 44, and public defense in SC.
Humor writer and comedian with work in Reductress, McSweeney's, Points in Case, The Belladonna, Slackjaw, and elsewhere.
https://www.alicemphillips.com
Prev.: Davidson, NYU Law, POTUS 44, and public defense in SC.
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welcome back. if you're just joining us, nazis are defending pedophiles
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
welcome back. if you're just joining us, nazis are defending pedophiles
Voted early in our muni run-off! Columbia, early vote continues today/tomorrow at 2020 Hampton, and Election Day is Tues, 11/18 at precincts! (Confirm at SCvotes.gov) Voted for Sam Johnson & Julie Lumpkin who I believe will be more compassionate toward ALL Cola folk, including our unhoused citizens.
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Voted early in our muni run-off! Columbia, early vote continues today/tomorrow at 2020 Hampton, and Election Day is Tues, 11/18 at precincts! (Confirm at SCvotes.gov) Voted for Sam Johnson & Julie Lumpkin who I believe will be more compassionate toward ALL Cola folk, including our unhoused citizens.
Tomorrow, my state, SC, will execute a 44-year-old man named Stephen Bryant by firing squad. Gov. McMaster has never granted relief of any sort, so I’m sure it will go forward. I’m still calling him to plead. The last firing squad execution was botched, with Mr. Mahdi taking several minutes to die.
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Tomorrow, my state, SC, will execute a 44-year-old man named Stephen Bryant by firing squad. Gov. McMaster has never granted relief of any sort, so I’m sure it will go forward. I’m still calling him to plead. The last firing squad execution was botched, with Mr. Mahdi taking several minutes to die.
I need the nesting urge to kick in ASAP. Baby is coming in 3 weeks or less, I haven’t packed a hospital bag, I haven’t finished getting our guest room ready yet, and the house is a wreck 😩
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I need the nesting urge to kick in ASAP. Baby is coming in 3 weeks or less, I haven’t packed a hospital bag, I haven’t finished getting our guest room ready yet, and the house is a wreck 😩
HA!!! Kim Davis's cert petition challenging Obergefell denied at SCOTUS. A good sign that ACB's reliance argument won the day with at least one fellow conservative justice (and how interesting that not even Thomas dissented!). A very large bit of good news today.
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
HA!!! Kim Davis's cert petition challenging Obergefell denied at SCOTUS. A good sign that ACB's reliance argument won the day with at least one fellow conservative justice (and how interesting that not even Thomas dissented!). A very large bit of good news today.
Praying folk, need your services please--I'm huge/9 months pregnant and presently have to catch and wrestle a cat into a carrier.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Praying folk, need your services please--I'm huge/9 months pregnant and presently have to catch and wrestle a cat into a carrier.
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
Here's the best way I can illustrate what it's like to have a 3 year old:
You pull your Chapstick out of your bag and remove the cap. The cylinder of balm has been twisted to its maximum height and a bite has been taken out of the end of it.
You pull your Chapstick out of your bag and remove the cap. The cylinder of balm has been twisted to its maximum height and a bite has been taken out of the end of it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Here's the best way I can illustrate what it's like to have a 3 year old:
You pull your Chapstick out of your bag and remove the cap. The cylinder of balm has been twisted to its maximum height and a bite has been taken out of the end of it.
You pull your Chapstick out of your bag and remove the cap. The cylinder of balm has been twisted to its maximum height and a bite has been taken out of the end of it.
Hey, NY Times, The New Yorker has entered the chat.
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hey, NY Times, The New Yorker has entered the chat.
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Cruelty really is the point. Who else would go to court begging for permission to starve their own citizens? Meanwhile, they send $40 billion to Argentina, buying two private jets for ICE “Barbie,” and Trump has already burned through $1 trillion in less than two months.
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Cruelty really is the point. Who else would go to court begging for permission to starve their own citizens? Meanwhile, they send $40 billion to Argentina, buying two private jets for ICE “Barbie,” and Trump has already burned through $1 trillion in less than two months.
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This is really important. Like, I'm pretty left, and very woke (different axis). But I am 100% here for the broad coalition, the popular front, against MAGA. Bulwark-Liberal Currents-Zeteo Alliance.
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This is really important. Like, I'm pretty left, and very woke (different axis). But I am 100% here for the broad coalition, the popular front, against MAGA. Bulwark-Liberal Currents-Zeteo Alliance.
Who would have guessed that a cat we found destroying our basement a year ago would be SO ANNOYING at 5 AM? 😩
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Who would have guessed that a cat we found destroying our basement a year ago would be SO ANNOYING at 5 AM? 😩
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There is nothing “radical” about wanting a more equitable city. About wanting to be able to afford rent. About seeing the gap between the rich and the poor growing beyond comprehension. Any mainstream media organization portraying these promises as such is doing a disservice to the industry.
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
There is nothing “radical” about wanting a more equitable city. About wanting to be able to afford rent. About seeing the gap between the rich and the poor growing beyond comprehension. Any mainstream media organization portraying these promises as such is doing a disservice to the industry.
In this era of generative AI, why does autocorrect suddenly keep trying to sign my name on emails as Slice and Alive 😑
November 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In this era of generative AI, why does autocorrect suddenly keep trying to sign my name on emails as Slice and Alive 😑
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Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
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This game is insane.
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
This game is insane.
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
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Nathan Phillips Square outside Toronto City Hall is PACKED.
Six outs away.
📸 @NickIwanyshyn
Six outs away.
📸 @NickIwanyshyn
November 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Nathan Phillips Square outside Toronto City Hall is PACKED.
Six outs away.
📸 @NickIwanyshyn
Six outs away.
📸 @NickIwanyshyn
Last night our 150 pieces of candy (unattended on our porch while we walked our kids down our block) went crazy fast, right before we got back. Curious, I watched our ring cam. Turns out 3 teen neighbor girls cleaned us out in one go. *first scoops* "OMG leave enough for me!" *scooping the rest* 1/2
November 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Last night our 150 pieces of candy (unattended on our porch while we walked our kids down our block) went crazy fast, right before we got back. Curious, I watched our ring cam. Turns out 3 teen neighbor girls cleaned us out in one go. *first scoops* "OMG leave enough for me!" *scooping the rest* 1/2
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“You’re never too old to get a little spooky!” By The Belladonna Writers
Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/how-the-bell...
Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/how-the-bell...
October 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“You’re never too old to get a little spooky!” By The Belladonna Writers
Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/how-the-bell...
Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/how-the-bell...
Apparently I missed the memo that it’s Dress Like a Demonhunter Day!
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Apparently I missed the memo that it’s Dress Like a Demonhunter Day!
I hate waking to a very realistic and frightening sound (in this case, a shout or scream of terror), and not knowing whether you dreamed it or whether it was real—because it had nothing to do with your dream but no one else woke up and there was no recurrence or response. Hopefully a nightmare?
October 31, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I hate waking to a very realistic and frightening sound (in this case, a shout or scream of terror), and not knowing whether you dreamed it or whether it was real—because it had nothing to do with your dream but no one else woke up and there was no recurrence or response. Hopefully a nightmare?
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“They’re playing fast and loose with people eating!”—Rep. Rosa DeLauro.
40% of the people on SNAP benefits are children.
The richest people in the United States are taking food away from the poorest children before thanksgiving, let that sink in. #Resist
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #SNAP
40% of the people on SNAP benefits are children.
The richest people in the United States are taking food away from the poorest children before thanksgiving, let that sink in. #Resist
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #SNAP
Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
October 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“They’re playing fast and loose with people eating!”—Rep. Rosa DeLauro.
40% of the people on SNAP benefits are children.
The richest people in the United States are taking food away from the poorest children before thanksgiving, let that sink in. #Resist
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #SNAP
40% of the people on SNAP benefits are children.
The richest people in the United States are taking food away from the poorest children before thanksgiving, let that sink in. #Resist
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #SNAP
Who knew Chekhov was such a comedian? Act 3 is a head lice notice from the 5 year old's school!
Was it Anton Chekov who wrote that a preschool classroom notice of head lice in the morning means there will be a louse on your preschooler at night?
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Who knew Chekhov was such a comedian? Act 3 is a head lice notice from the 5 year old's school!