@apholmes.bsky.social
I’m just here to get news. I’m not interested in the political messaging LARPing yall do around here.
“Helpful” is not “saying this makes me, personally, feel better in the moment and I don’t care what effect it has on the larger messaging ecosystem.”
Every single time one of you whines about a strongly worded letter (which is actually fulfilling a notice requirement) in public, it hurts us.
Every single time one of you whines about a strongly worded letter (which is actually fulfilling a notice requirement) in public, it hurts us.
Y’all were obviously not around in the 20 aughts when we discovered George Lakoff bc you are incapable of his number 1 lesson: KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING HELPFUL TO SAY. And “helpful” ONLY means “that which ACTUALLY helps your preferred candidate/ally advance their message.”
January 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM
“Helpful” is not “saying this makes me, personally, feel better in the moment and I don’t care what effect it has on the larger messaging ecosystem.”
Every single time one of you whines about a strongly worded letter (which is actually fulfilling a notice requirement) in public, it hurts us.
Every single time one of you whines about a strongly worded letter (which is actually fulfilling a notice requirement) in public, it hurts us.
Y’all were obviously not around in the 20 aughts when we discovered George Lakoff bc you are incapable of his number 1 lesson: KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING HELPFUL TO SAY. And “helpful” ONLY means “that which ACTUALLY helps your preferred candidate/ally advance their message.”
January 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Y’all were obviously not around in the 20 aughts when we discovered George Lakoff bc you are incapable of his number 1 lesson: KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING HELPFUL TO SAY. And “helpful” ONLY means “that which ACTUALLY helps your preferred candidate/ally advance their message.”
Reminder…..
If you spend ANY amount of time publicly critiquing an political ally’s anodyne pro forma press instead of relentlessly harping on an opponent’s extremely unpopular mistake, then maybe you’re bad at politics & shouldn’t tell others how to politic (because you’re so bad at it).
January 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Reminder…..
Or maybe the “political ally” is the real opponent, in your eyes.
January 5, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Or maybe the “political ally” is the real opponent, in your eyes.
If you spend ANY amount of time publicly critiquing an political ally’s anodyne pro forma press instead of relentlessly harping on an opponent’s extremely unpopular mistake, then maybe you’re bad at politics & shouldn’t tell others how to politic (because you’re so bad at it).
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 AM
If you spend ANY amount of time publicly critiquing an political ally’s anodyne pro forma press instead of relentlessly harping on an opponent’s extremely unpopular mistake, then maybe you’re bad at politics & shouldn’t tell others how to politic (because you’re so bad at it).
Just being a Nosy Nellie, but I recorded this for posterity’s sake this morning around 5:30am EST…..
January 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Just being a Nosy Nellie, but I recorded this for posterity’s sake this morning around 5:30am EST…..
Intellectually I know God doesn’t care about sports, but this does hurt on a spiritual level as a Tar Heel born and bred.
December 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Intellectually I know God doesn’t care about sports, but this does hurt on a spiritual level as a Tar Heel born and bred.
I really like BlueSky as a news source, but there is definitely a currency of reactive DemHating and refusal to engage in harm reduction strategies on here that prevents me from fully engaging with this site as my main social media outlet.
December 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I really like BlueSky as a news source, but there is definitely a currency of reactive DemHating and refusal to engage in harm reduction strategies on here that prevents me from fully engaging with this site as my main social media outlet.
I’m sure it’s very good, but RIP Chicken Kitchen, forever and always
December 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I’m sure it’s very good, but RIP Chicken Kitchen, forever and always
Can confirm. The Episcopal Church has saints, rituals, & communion every Sunday like the Catholic Church but is also kind of like “You made it to church today! Good for you! Thanks for working us into your schedule, buddy!”
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Can confirm. The Episcopal Church has saints, rituals, & communion every Sunday like the Catholic Church but is also kind of like “You made it to church today! Good for you! Thanks for working us into your schedule, buddy!”
You are usually viewed by straights as the masc one in your lesbian relationship bc of your personal style, but on the DL everyone’s like, “You know she actually has a *really* pretty face…”
September 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
You are usually viewed by straights as the masc one in your lesbian relationship bc of your personal style, but on the DL everyone’s like, “You know she actually has a *really* pretty face…”
Media criticism isn’t the same thing as amplification. Maybe he knows his followers will read the caption he provided, understand that the framing is problematic, and then BOLO for similar framing in future pieces?
August 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Media criticism isn’t the same thing as amplification. Maybe he knows his followers will read the caption he provided, understand that the framing is problematic, and then BOLO for similar framing in future pieces?
School lunch tables seeing Clipse releasing a new album.
a man in a white shirt is standing in front of a sky sign
Alt: Gif montage of Andre the Giant freaking out in a wrestling ring and screaming out “No!” over and over. Jake the Snake Roberts is off screen, threatening Andre with his snake
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July 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
School lunch tables seeing Clipse releasing a new album.
Why is targeting black folks in the interests of other groups? How am I or an elected official going to change the hearts and minds of people who think it’s in their self interest that black folks get targeted? Also, these malicious voting pattern have been happening since Jim Crow so……
June 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Why is targeting black folks in the interests of other groups? How am I or an elected official going to change the hearts and minds of people who think it’s in their self interest that black folks get targeted? Also, these malicious voting pattern have been happening since Jim Crow so……
But I need to grant clemency to Trump voters “as a group”? Ok. Thanks, that makes total sense, internet stranger!
June 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
But I need to grant clemency to Trump voters “as a group”? Ok. Thanks, that makes total sense, internet stranger!
Why didn’t black folks fall for it tho? Why are they, as a group, able to vote for harm reduction over and over, year after year, without succumbing to the propaganda?
June 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Why didn’t black folks fall for it tho? Why are they, as a group, able to vote for harm reduction over and over, year after year, without succumbing to the propaganda?
Don’t even *think* about going near water or a window.
June 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Don’t even *think* about going near water or a window.
Also “pretty” being the only thing men seem to desire in a romantic partner in this scenario is kind of a big issue, too, maybe?
May 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Also “pretty” being the only thing men seem to desire in a romantic partner in this scenario is kind of a big issue, too, maybe?
I’ve watched this movie literally hundreds of times and I just noticed for the first time ever Mr. Green conducting in the background. The layers! The richness of this movie!
April 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I’ve watched this movie literally hundreds of times and I just noticed for the first time ever Mr. Green conducting in the background. The layers! The richness of this movie!