Alison Byrne Fields
@byrnefields.bsky.social
I am a Seattleite, owner of https://www.whatisaggregate.com, documentary producer and impact producer, raging Democrat, fan of evidence-informed policy, basketball fan (Go Storm!), and John Hughes' pen pal. My favorite movie of all time is Badlands.
I got around to reading the transcript (well, as much as I could bear) of the president's "speech" to the gathering of US military leaders and it truly is insane.
rollcall.com/factbase/tru...
rollcall.com/factbase/tru...
Roll Call Factba.se - Speech: Donald Trump Addresses Military Leadership in Quantico, Virginia - September 30, 2025
Full transcript of Donald J. Trump: Speech: Donald Trump Addresses Military Leadership in Quantico, Virginia - September 30, 2025
rollcall.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I got around to reading the transcript (well, as much as I could bear) of the president's "speech" to the gathering of US military leaders and it truly is insane.
rollcall.com/factbase/tru...
rollcall.com/factbase/tru...
Had a great week of film viewing: CHRISTY — had zero interest and wouldn't have seen it if I had not been invited, but got caught up by the performances and story; THE MASTERMIND — my love for Kelly Reichardt persists and my love for Josh O'Connor grows, also, dang those Thompson boys;
September 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Had a great week of film viewing: CHRISTY — had zero interest and wouldn't have seen it if I had not been invited, but got caught up by the performances and story; THE MASTERMIND — my love for Kelly Reichardt persists and my love for Josh O'Connor grows, also, dang those Thompson boys;
No one cares about truth any more.
The narrative is written and then facts are selected to illustrate the chosen tale.
I honestly feel like I am going to lose my mind.
The narrative is written and then facts are selected to illustrate the chosen tale.
I honestly feel like I am going to lose my mind.
September 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
No one cares about truth any more.
The narrative is written and then facts are selected to illustrate the chosen tale.
I honestly feel like I am going to lose my mind.
The narrative is written and then facts are selected to illustrate the chosen tale.
I honestly feel like I am going to lose my mind.
I said this before and I am sure I will say it again; the frequency with which male colleagues talk shit about their female colleagues in airline lounges is astounding.
Listening to two men discuss abducting and killing a female colleague they dislike.
"She is too confident."
I love bears.
Listening to two men discuss abducting and killing a female colleague they dislike.
"She is too confident."
I love bears.
September 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I said this before and I am sure I will say it again; the frequency with which male colleagues talk shit about their female colleagues in airline lounges is astounding.
Listening to two men discuss abducting and killing a female colleague they dislike.
"She is too confident."
I love bears.
Listening to two men discuss abducting and killing a female colleague they dislike.
"She is too confident."
I love bears.
I fucking love this woman with every ounce of my soul.
August 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I fucking love this woman with every ounce of my soul.
When I was 10, my friend Wendy got tickets to see #Ozzy on the Blizzard of Oz tour and asked me to join her. My mother, never one for active parenting, said yes and Wendy's mom dropped us off at the Hartford Civic Center.
He did not bite a bat; he did throw a crucifix. I got my first contact high.
He did not bite a bat; he did throw a crucifix. I got my first contact high.
July 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
When I was 10, my friend Wendy got tickets to see #Ozzy on the Blizzard of Oz tour and asked me to join her. My mother, never one for active parenting, said yes and Wendy's mom dropped us off at the Hartford Civic Center.
He did not bite a bat; he did throw a crucifix. I got my first contact high.
He did not bite a bat; he did throw a crucifix. I got my first contact high.
In case you're wondering what the GOP/MAGA tax cut bill will do to #Seattle in particular, the Select Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes of the City Council has pulled this presentation together.
seattle.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...
seattle.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...
seattle.legistar.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In case you're wondering what the GOP/MAGA tax cut bill will do to #Seattle in particular, the Select Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes of the City Council has pulled this presentation together.
seattle.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...
seattle.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...
Reposted by Alison Byrne Fields
This is a meaningless trick. A court cannot violate rule 6(e), which prohibits public disclosure.
July 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is a meaningless trick. A court cannot violate rule 6(e), which prohibits public disclosure.
Reposted by Alison Byrne Fields
One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert
July 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert
IDEA: @pbs.org and @npr.org create a 24/7 paid subscriber channel featuring whatever the fuck programming #Colbert wants: late night talk show, Amy Sedaris, Keanu Reeves blowing our minds, Jon Stewart, Evi, LOTR trivia, and Father Jim. Each paid subscription subsidizes 1 for someone w/o the means.
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Two men at bar talking about how no American has dominated in tennis since Sampras retired more than 2 decades ago.
July 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Two men at bar talking about how no American has dominated in tennis since Sampras retired more than 2 decades ago.
The anti-graffiti ordinance that the #Seattle City Council is about to pass is being handled by their Public Safety Committee.
Seattle, where white people feel unsafe because they are forced to look at things that make them uncomfortable.
Performative bullshit, once again.
Seattle, where white people feel unsafe because they are forced to look at things that make them uncomfortable.
Performative bullshit, once again.
July 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The anti-graffiti ordinance that the #Seattle City Council is about to pass is being handled by their Public Safety Committee.
Seattle, where white people feel unsafe because they are forced to look at things that make them uncomfortable.
Performative bullshit, once again.
Seattle, where white people feel unsafe because they are forced to look at things that make them uncomfortable.
Performative bullshit, once again.
If you haven't watched Judgement at Nuremberg, this might be a good day.
July 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
If you haven't watched Judgement at Nuremberg, this might be a good day.
Reposted by Alison Byrne Fields
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
July 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
The condescension dripping from the lips of the GOP is astounding. They are liars and I pray for a vengeful God.
I cannot wait for the day when that snivelly little fuck Johnson hands over the gavel to Jeffries.
I cannot wait for the day when that snivelly little fuck Johnson hands over the gavel to Jeffries.
July 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The condescension dripping from the lips of the GOP is astounding. They are liars and I pray for a vengeful God.
I cannot wait for the day when that snivelly little fuck Johnson hands over the gavel to Jeffries.
I cannot wait for the day when that snivelly little fuck Johnson hands over the gavel to Jeffries.
I was already excited about Sentimental Value, but I didn't know that Anders Danielsen Lie was in the cast.
I will be running, not walking on November 7.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKbc...
I will be running, not walking on November 7.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKbc...
SENTIMENTAL VALUE - Official Trailer - In Theaters 11.7
YouTube video by NEON
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I was already excited about Sentimental Value, but I didn't know that Anders Danielsen Lie was in the cast.
I will be running, not walking on November 7.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKbc...
I will be running, not walking on November 7.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKbc...
If you are in close proximity to someone experiencing dementia and you want to cry and snot in your popcorn.
Familiar Touch
Familiar Touch
June 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If you are in close proximity to someone experiencing dementia and you want to cry and snot in your popcorn.
Familiar Touch
Familiar Touch
Reposted by Alison Byrne Fields
The Getty Images Archive isn’t fucking around today: “85 years ago today, the residents of Paris were waking up to the sound of a loudspeaker announcement, informing them not to leave their homes—the Nazi occupation of the capital had begun.”
www.instagram.com/p/DK4Gg5ZNYda/
www.instagram.com/p/DK4Gg5ZNYda/
June 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Getty Images Archive isn’t fucking around today: “85 years ago today, the residents of Paris were waking up to the sound of a loudspeaker announcement, informing them not to leave their homes—the Nazi occupation of the capital had begun.”
www.instagram.com/p/DK4Gg5ZNYda/
www.instagram.com/p/DK4Gg5ZNYda/
Via @criterion.bsky.social - This is astounding.
"a series of interactive timelines that break down movies… scene by scene to answer the question: Did that really happen?"
informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...
"a series of interactive timelines that break down movies… scene by scene to answer the question: Did that really happen?"
informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...
Information is Beautiful
Distilling the world's data, information & knowledge into beautiful infographics & visualizations
informationisbeautiful.net
June 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Via @criterion.bsky.social - This is astounding.
"a series of interactive timelines that break down movies… scene by scene to answer the question: Did that really happen?"
informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...
"a series of interactive timelines that break down movies… scene by scene to answer the question: Did that really happen?"
informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...
Reposted by Alison Byrne Fields
I came on here to see who was talking about basketball and apparently you're talking about a couple of old queens scratching each other's eyes out.
Priorities.
OKC could win the finals and need to thank a CANADIAN.
Priorities.
OKC could win the finals and need to thank a CANADIAN.
June 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I came on here to see who was talking about basketball and apparently you're talking about a couple of old queens scratching each other's eyes out.
Priorities.
OKC could win the finals and need to thank a CANADIAN.
Priorities.
OKC could win the finals and need to thank a CANADIAN.
Yay, @awalkerinla.bsky.social!
Yay, LA mass transit!
Yay, LA mass transit!
Huge kudos to @awalkerinla.bsky.social for all she’s done to champion and normalize transit use in LA!
We’re working towards a world where nobody’s mind will be blown if you tell them you took transit to get where you were going.
We’re working towards a world where nobody’s mind will be blown if you tell them you took transit to get where you were going.
May 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Yay, @awalkerinla.bsky.social!
Yay, LA mass transit!
Yay, LA mass transit!
Reposted by Alison Byrne Fields
Last night, we were one of the first outlets to report the ADULT ban on gender affirming care for Medicaid recipients who depend on it to access it.
This morning, that bill passed 215-214-1.
It now goes to the senate.
It's a bleak day for transgender Americans.
This morning, that bill passed 215-214-1.
It now goes to the senate.
It's a bleak day for transgender Americans.
1. Terrifying news for transgender people across the United States. In a late night development, the House Spending Bill was amended to ban transgender coverage for transgender ADULTS on medicaid!
A manager's amendment removed the words "for minors."
Subscribe to support my journalism.
A manager's amendment removed the words "for minors."
Subscribe to support my journalism.
House Spending Bill Now Bans Medicaid For Transition Care For Adults
The provision was stricken late at night to appeal to hardline conservatives.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Last night, we were one of the first outlets to report the ADULT ban on gender affirming care for Medicaid recipients who depend on it to access it.
This morning, that bill passed 215-214-1.
It now goes to the senate.
It's a bleak day for transgender Americans.
This morning, that bill passed 215-214-1.
It now goes to the senate.
It's a bleak day for transgender Americans.
Watching Brittany Shyne's Seeds made me think of why I first loved Frederick Wiseman. I came to him via City Hall, which managed to celebrate the labor of municipal employees, just as Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros celebrated the artistry of chefs.
May 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Watching Brittany Shyne's Seeds made me think of why I first loved Frederick Wiseman. I came to him via City Hall, which managed to celebrate the labor of municipal employees, just as Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros celebrated the artistry of chefs.
Reposted by Alison Byrne Fields
Boycott Microsoft every way you can
May 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Boycott Microsoft every way you can