Dr. Donna Bowman
@donnadb.bsky.social
Theologian. Knitter. Mom. UCA Schedler Honors College. Prayer shawl, pussyhat and pandemic mask researcher. TV critic (BB, BCS). Atlanta Braves and Ohio Worms fan. Bloblobber main.
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Literally made a Bluesky account so I could come up here and say it was me who created this polish. The vest has been ordered!!!
someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.
the nail polish girlies are going absolutely feral and it’s so good
January 25, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Literally made a Bluesky account so I could come up here and say it was me who created this polish. The vest has been ordered!!!
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Passive voice cited as cowardly distancing maneuver, say some experts
January 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Passive voice cited as cowardly distancing maneuver, say some experts
Noel’s been talking to me about this piece for weeks. I know I’m biased, but after reading it, I honestly don’t think anybody could have written it better.
Taylor Sheridan's politics may be hard to pin down, but his weary, know-it-all worldview is depressingly common.
Taylor Sheridan and the curse of certainty
Taylor Sheridan and the curse of certainty
www.avclub.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Noel’s been talking to me about this piece for weeks. I know I’m biased, but after reading it, I honestly don’t think anybody could have written it better.
Her stitch pattern collections have been, and will continue to be, the building blocks that creative knitters turn into an infinite wealth of designs. She is our Linnaeus and our Diderot.
Barbara G. Walker, Guru to the Kniterati, Is Dead at 95
Barbara G. Walker, Guru to the Kniterati, Is Dead at 95
Barbara G. Walker, Guru to the Kniterati, Is Dead at 95
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Her stitch pattern collections have been, and will continue to be, the building blocks that creative knitters turn into an infinite wealth of designs. She is our Linnaeus and our Diderot.
Barbara G. Walker, Guru to the Kniterati, Is Dead at 95
Barbara G. Walker, Guru to the Kniterati, Is Dead at 95
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Hi hello it’s me, I love TV Club Classic and my old-school AV Club shirt has been long since reduced to rags. You too? What are the odds?
Do you want to help support independent media in a way that will absolutely not allow random users to dole out ratings OR involve paywalling all the things we've already been publishing www.avclub.com/av-club-subs...
The A.V. Club subscriptions are here, along with our 2026 reader survey
The A.V. Club subscriptions are here, along with our 2026 reader survey
www.avclub.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Hi hello it’s me, I love TV Club Classic and my old-school AV Club shirt has been long since reduced to rags. You too? What are the odds?
What a coincidence, I started one of these hats yesterday
We met the new owners of Needle & Skein, a previously sorta sleepy yarn shop in St. Lous Park, a month or two ago.
It isn’t sleepy any more.
Details of their Melt the Ice Hat at the link (and on Ravelry):
m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
It isn’t sleepy any more.
Details of their Melt the Ice Hat at the link (and on Ravelry):
m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
January 19, 2026 at 3:39 AM
What a coincidence, I started one of these hats yesterday
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Catch as Catch Can, by Francis Picabia, 1913
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Catch as Catch Can, by Francis Picabia, 1913
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June 2024: "Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack‘s [(R)] son James Phillip Womack was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine."
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
June 2024: "Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack‘s [(R)] son James Phillip Womack was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine."
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
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[Me, prior to watching screeners of the new season of The Pitt] Pitt. Pitt. Pitt. Pitt.
[Me, after watching the season premiere] PITT! PITT! PITT! PITT!
[Me, after watching the season premiere] PITT! PITT! PITT! PITT!
January 4, 2026 at 4:29 AM
[Me, prior to watching screeners of the new season of The Pitt] Pitt. Pitt. Pitt. Pitt.
[Me, after watching the season premiere] PITT! PITT! PITT! PITT!
[Me, after watching the season premiere] PITT! PITT! PITT! PITT!
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You alright man? I keep seeing small damage numbers coming off you
July 8, 2024 at 7:00 AM
You alright man? I keep seeing small damage numbers coming off you
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“Why are Americans mistrustful of AI?” asks the morning briefing thing I’m skimming while I “no” through literally a dozen questions being asked to me by a robot who stands between me and the person I need to talk to to schedule the x-ray that I really, really need
January 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
“Why are Americans mistrustful of AI?” asks the morning briefing thing I’m skimming while I “no” through literally a dozen questions being asked to me by a robot who stands between me and the person I need to talk to to schedule the x-ray that I really, really need
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this thread makes me crylaugh every time i run across it and read it again. please, treat yourself.
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
January 1, 2026 at 10:05 AM
this thread makes me crylaugh every time i run across it and read it again. please, treat yourself.
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In all cultures throughout all of history, people have loved turning things into little guys
January 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM
In all cultures throughout all of history, people have loved turning things into little guys
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
🥳
January 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM
🥳
MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
December 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM
MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
Tech companies tell us genAI is always getting better, and these live experiments enable that progress. Reminds me of how poisoned children used to be the only detection system for lead paint in old houses.
Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Tech companies tell us genAI is always getting better, and these live experiments enable that progress. Reminds me of how poisoned children used to be the only detection system for lead paint in old houses.
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they should invent a kitchen trash you can take out that is less than 106.8% full
December 31, 2025 at 12:41 AM
they should invent a kitchen trash you can take out that is less than 106.8% full
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"its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do" is one of my all time favorite tweets, but as a public service I share this tumblr collection of the entire 26-tweet reply chain it was part of (courtesy of haywire4) www.tumblr.com/haywire4/173...
![mikefossey: Check this shit out motherfucker [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]
DinkMagic: Ever seen this before [I throw my hat like a frisbee 10 feet away and jump over near it]
mikefossey: [I run down a flight of stairs, stop at the second to last step, I pause, and then I jump the last two steps. I do not land it]
DinkMagic: [i throw a grape up in the air and open my mouth but i get scared that i breathed in some fluff and start choking violently]
mikefossey: [I'm doing a mime act where I pretend to pull on a rope but I somehow accidentally grab a real rope and I pull myself off stage]
DinkMagic: [im cooking an omelette and i flip the pan and snatch the omelette out of the air with my hand burning myself] tadaa](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jir6yritppwxbc3wy6mdbngv/bafkreicpeii4u2iirkgscaerpb5tltbs4ohykg2obbvchzo56pjzo4juie@jpeg)
![mikefossey: [I kick some dust at a guy after losing an argument but the dust flies up into my mouth and I cough so hard I barf]
DinkMagic: [my friend says im going to the store toss me your keys but i see a strange bird and instead throw my wallet in the ditch]
mikefossey: [guy passes me on the highway and flips me off, I throw a full cup of coffee at my own windshield and it spills all over the car]
DinkMagic: [i toss an apple into my elbow-pit to bounce it back out but i miss and try to bite it out of the air but bite my tongue]
mikefossey: [I try to throw a beer can into the recycle but it hits the trash can instead and it's still mostly full so it knocks it over]
DinkMagic: [2 girls are arguing i say here let me solve this and i flip a gold coin i bought on ebay so hard it breaks a fluorescent tube](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jir6yritppwxbc3wy6mdbngv/bafkreid5fec634tvopl2nybom2l7yrys7hrqbgrpq5gneukqiwt3zm44qu@jpeg)
![mikefossey: [I ask the guy at the store to recommend me a beer and he talks to me for 23 minutes before he realizes i think beer is wine]
DinkMagic: [i ask to be excused from dinner to do homework & then phone my mom because i broke my wrist playing street fighter at 7-11]
mikefossey: [I bite a gold coin to see if it's real, but it's chocolate. I try to play it cool and eat the whole thing without unwrapping it]
DinkMagic: [a teams softball rolls near me] i got this my friends a cuban pitcher [i throw the ball into the back of my own head & faint]
mikefossey: Here, let me park for you, Im really good at parallel parking [i walk over to the driver side and slam my dick in the car door]
DinkMagic: [i testify under oath that i thought a mortgage was a special kind of measuring tape]
mikefossey: [I'm cracking my knuckles and limbering up to fight but then a guy who's on his way to another fight accidentally knocks me over]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jir6yritppwxbc3wy6mdbngv/bafkreihgywpjsvklyn2mdkfnvn2e4rknldwwa6brmtfkfkrpimkjj76tp4@jpeg)
![DinkMagic: [i ask the butcher for two pounds of boneless chicken Brent]
mikefossey: [at a dinner party I lean on the grand piano while telling a story, but the lid is open and I fall into it, hitting every string]
DinkMagic: [i get anxious at a fancy bar and order a martini and then say "could you imagine if this was soup" to no one really loud]
mikefossey: I try to open a beer with a lighter but I shatter the bottle and cut my hand, and also light my shirt on fire with the lighter]
DinkMagic: [i ride up on my new dirtbike revving it, and set the kickstand down on my own foot and start crying]
mikefossey: [I get water up my nose while I'm doing the dishes and knock my glasses into the garbage disposal when I go to rub my nose]
DinkMagic: [i get angry that I got confused & told an Italian that pizza came from Russia I drive to little Caesars & throw a stone at it](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jir6yritppwxbc3wy6mdbngv/bafkreifw77g6afsgy7rhshwknw4kcdgujwj4al6ymbwiawohrn6wc5hpme@jpeg)
December 26, 2024 at 9:16 PM
"its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do" is one of my all time favorite tweets, but as a public service I share this tumblr collection of the entire 26-tweet reply chain it was part of (courtesy of haywire4) www.tumblr.com/haywire4/173...
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Buffalo Drive, by William R. Leigh, 1947, 📸 by @sickoscommittee.org
December 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Buffalo Drive, by William R. Leigh, 1947, 📸 by @sickoscommittee.org
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90 days until Opening Day
December 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
90 days until Opening Day
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What's interesting is that he seems to have gotten right to the edge of the realizing that cultural concepts structure how we experience reality and then said "nope!" and ran the other way.
December 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
What's interesting is that he seems to have gotten right to the edge of the realizing that cultural concepts structure how we experience reality and then said "nope!" and ran the other way.
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When the year began, we penciled into our publication calendar the idea to finish 2025 by naming a Portlander of the Year. By the end of autumn, it was clear that this figure wasn’t really a person at all. It was a concept. It was a frog.
Portlander of the Year: The Frog
Rachel Saslow
www.wweek.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
When the year began, we penciled into our publication calendar the idea to finish 2025 by naming a Portlander of the Year. By the end of autumn, it was clear that this figure wasn’t really a person at all. It was a concept. It was a frog.