Fern Macguffin
@fernmacguffin.bsky.social
Don't want to be an American idiot
Ross Douthat’s career is (even) less significant than you think
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ross Douthat’s career is (even) less significant than you think
Little-known fact: the Lincoln bedroom originally boasted a shovel with “live, laugh, love“ written on it in coal mounted on the wall.
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Little-known fact: the Lincoln bedroom originally boasted a shovel with “live, laugh, love“ written on it in coal mounted on the wall.
Ways Trump resembles Gatsby:
He’s a poser
Ostentatious displays of wealth
No real friends
Material possessions will never fill the gaping void in his soul
He’s a poser
Ostentatious displays of wealth
No real friends
Material possessions will never fill the gaping void in his soul
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Ways Trump resembles Gatsby:
He’s a poser
Ostentatious displays of wealth
No real friends
Material possessions will never fill the gaping void in his soul
He’s a poser
Ostentatious displays of wealth
No real friends
Material possessions will never fill the gaping void in his soul
It seems disingenuous that with all the talk on 90 Day Fiance about having a job or needing a job, nobody acknowledges that their job is being on tv.
#90DayFiance
#90DayFiance
October 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It seems disingenuous that with all the talk on 90 Day Fiance about having a job or needing a job, nobody acknowledges that their job is being on tv.
#90DayFiance
#90DayFiance
It was great to see so many #lubbock peeps at the protest on Saturday. Unless I missed something, the Avalanche Journal didn’t mention it at all. Hundreds of people protesting in Lubbock should be newsworthy.
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It was great to see so many #lubbock peeps at the protest on Saturday. Unless I missed something, the Avalanche Journal didn’t mention it at all. Hundreds of people protesting in Lubbock should be newsworthy.
I’m sure Zuckerberg doesn’t care what I think, but he’s ruining Instagram. My feed is turning into nothing but videos (sorry, ”reels”) from people I don’t know, and when I do a search a stupid little AI thing pops up at the top in case I was confused about what, say, a chair is.
October 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I’m sure Zuckerberg doesn’t care what I think, but he’s ruining Instagram. My feed is turning into nothing but videos (sorry, ”reels”) from people I don’t know, and when I do a search a stupid little AI thing pops up at the top in case I was confused about what, say, a chair is.
I'm not a metallurgist, but if 24 karat gold is 99.9 percent gold, can there be variations in quality? Or is this just another example of POTUS being full of crap?
September 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm not a metallurgist, but if 24 karat gold is 99.9 percent gold, can there be variations in quality? Or is this just another example of POTUS being full of crap?
It’s gotta be unprecedented for a president to go on tv and tell the nation not to take a certain medication. That‘s not how that’s supposed to work.
September 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It’s gotta be unprecedented for a president to go on tv and tell the nation not to take a certain medication. That‘s not how that’s supposed to work.
Super disappointed in @msnbc.com for covering the Charlie Kirk memorial. Obviously I’m not watching it.
September 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Super disappointed in @msnbc.com for covering the Charlie Kirk memorial. Obviously I’m not watching it.
@warren.senate.gov, I think you would find that many of your constituents didn't know who Charlie Kirk was before his death, and many of those who did would not think him worthy of honoring.
September 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
@warren.senate.gov, I think you would find that many of your constituents didn't know who Charlie Kirk was before his death, and many of those who did would not think him worthy of honoring.
What am I going to do with all these little glass yogurt jars? It would be awesome, though probably not efficient, if you could return them to the company to be refilled with yogurt. There isn’t even glass recycling in this godforsaken hellhole I call home.
September 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
What am I going to do with all these little glass yogurt jars? It would be awesome, though probably not efficient, if you could return them to the company to be refilled with yogurt. There isn’t even glass recycling in this godforsaken hellhole I call home.
I really needed a new episode of South Park this week.
September 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I really needed a new episode of South Park this week.
Moi, je ne suis pas Charlie.
September 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Moi, je ne suis pas Charlie.
Couldn’t log into my work computer today. I called IT and they want me to install the Duo Mobile app on my personal cellphone. Is this something I should be worried about? #duomobile
September 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Couldn’t log into my work computer today. I called IT and they want me to install the Duo Mobile app on my personal cellphone. Is this something I should be worried about? #duomobile
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social, can you do something with this?
September 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social, can you do something with this?
What is Bluesky's stance on bot accounts?
September 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What is Bluesky's stance on bot accounts?
When Trump watches Casablanca, he thinks Major Strasser is the hero.
September 7, 2025 at 5:36 AM
When Trump watches Casablanca, he thinks Major Strasser is the hero.
Running the same commercial twice in a row is psychological torture and it needs to stop.
September 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Running the same commercial twice in a row is psychological torture and it needs to stop.
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It’s almost as if appointing an anti-vax lunatic with zero qualifications to oversee America’s health was a numbskull idea and everybody with a functioning brain knew it.
August 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It’s almost as if appointing an anti-vax lunatic with zero qualifications to oversee America’s health was a numbskull idea and everybody with a functioning brain knew it.
I’d like to see a lot more public resistance to RFK’s policies from physicians and pharmacists. Remember how he wasn’t going to take away anyone’s vaccines? SSRIs are probably next on his chopping block. Then he’ll say diabetes is a moral failing and you don’t need insulin—just will it away!
August 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I’d like to see a lot more public resistance to RFK’s policies from physicians and pharmacists. Remember how he wasn’t going to take away anyone’s vaccines? SSRIs are probably next on his chopping block. Then he’ll say diabetes is a moral failing and you don’t need insulin—just will it away!
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“CDC hasn’t reached out to us locally,” Katherine Wells, the public health director in Lubbock, Texas, wrote in a Feb. 5 email exchange with a colleague two weeks after children with measles were hospitalized in Lubbock. “My staff feels like we are out here all alone,” she added.“
As measles exploded, West Texas officials looked to CDC scientists. No one answered.
Emails show how overwhelmed West Texas officials were as they asked CDC for guidance on how to respond to the explosive outbreak.
www.texastribune.org
August 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“CDC hasn’t reached out to us locally,” Katherine Wells, the public health director in Lubbock, Texas, wrote in a Feb. 5 email exchange with a colleague two weeks after children with measles were hospitalized in Lubbock. “My staff feels like we are out here all alone,” she added.“
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3/ As measles took off in Feb, the Trump admin was interfering with CDC reports, censoring data, and laying off CDC staff.
Amid the chaos, CDC experts told me they felt restrained from advising local health officials grappling with measles in Texas. www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...
Amid the chaos, CDC experts told me they felt restrained from advising local health officials grappling with measles in Texas. www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...
As measles surged in Texas, Trump administration's actions hampered CDC's response
Trump officials sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists, slowing their response to the measles outbreak in West Texas.
www.cbsnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
3/ As measles took off in Feb, the Trump admin was interfering with CDC reports, censoring data, and laying off CDC staff.
Amid the chaos, CDC experts told me they felt restrained from advising local health officials grappling with measles in Texas. www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...
Amid the chaos, CDC experts told me they felt restrained from advising local health officials grappling with measles in Texas. www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...
I just got an email from Jodey Arrington praising RFK Jr for ending the measles outbreak. I sent back an email calling him a moron. #lubbock #JodeyArrington
August 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I just got an email from Jodey Arrington praising RFK Jr for ending the measles outbreak. I sent back an email calling him a moron. #lubbock #JodeyArrington
Yesterday I walked into a taco place that had Fox News on and the chyron said “Mayor Eric Adams talks about crime.” Is that like the old saying “write what you know”? Because Eric Adams knows crime!
August 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Yesterday I walked into a taco place that had Fox News on and the chyron said “Mayor Eric Adams talks about crime.” Is that like the old saying “write what you know”? Because Eric Adams knows crime!
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DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
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August 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
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@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
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