Helena Fitzgerald
@hellafitzgerald.bsky.social
feelings, now more than ever!
wrote some stuff in some places
wrote some stuff in some places
and Tiny Tim, who has escaped alone to tell thee
December 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
and Tiny Tim, who has escaped alone to tell thee
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So much is asked of us on Christmas, so much to remember, to consider, but make room for Mary’s own declaration.
A handful of verses so threatening to Empire that nations have banned it and will continue to do so.
A handful of verses so threatening to Empire that nations have banned it and will continue to do so.
December 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
So much is asked of us on Christmas, so much to remember, to consider, but make room for Mary’s own declaration.
A handful of verses so threatening to Empire that nations have banned it and will continue to do so.
A handful of verses so threatening to Empire that nations have banned it and will continue to do so.
it makes me cry every single year. merry christmas to one and all.
December 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
it makes me cry every single year. merry christmas to one and all.
last week I was embarrassed to find myself weeping in front of arguably the most famous work of art in a museum full of famous works of art and completely unable to explain why even to myself. but I think this paragraph gets at it as well as I imagine anything could
December 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
last week I was embarrassed to find myself weeping in front of arguably the most famous work of art in a museum full of famous works of art and completely unable to explain why even to myself. but I think this paragraph gets at it as well as I imagine anything could
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thinkin about stuff
December 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
thinkin about stuff
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love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
Lydia Tár dating Bari Weiss and somehow managing to become uncancelled by way of their breakup
if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
December 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Lydia Tár dating Bari Weiss and somehow managing to become uncancelled by way of their breakup
In This House We Believe Lydia Tár is real and lives in our neighborhood where she is banned from several local coffee shops
I wish Lydia Tár was real so she could appear on one of the new CBS debate shows
December 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
In This House We Believe Lydia Tár is real and lives in our neighborhood where she is banned from several local coffee shops
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People have historically, and rightfully, seen the evil of Guantanamo, Abu Gharib, and now CECOT for what it is, but I wish more people would also see the evil in our domestic prisons too. How we treat our most vulnerable, including prisoners, really sets the tone for our whole society.
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
People have historically, and rightfully, seen the evil of Guantanamo, Abu Gharib, and now CECOT for what it is, but I wish more people would also see the evil in our domestic prisons too. How we treat our most vulnerable, including prisoners, really sets the tone for our whole society.
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Perform empathy. Please. Perform the fuck out of it. It's so good to act with kindness. I hope it penetrates to a place where you feel it, too, but if you must act some way, act the right way. I'm not here to judge your authenticity, I just want you to be kind, thoughtful, and mortified by meanness.
December 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Perform empathy. Please. Perform the fuck out of it. It's so good to act with kindness. I hope it penetrates to a place where you feel it, too, but if you must act some way, act the right way. I'm not here to judge your authenticity, I just want you to be kind, thoughtful, and mortified by meanness.
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The full Weiss memo is dogshit
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The full Weiss memo is dogshit
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
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ending solitary confinement is the necessary first step in imagining a justice system that truly serves justice, that serves the people. Solitary Watch helps people whose humanity the current system tries to destroy. at the end of the year, consider helping them in their work.
Friends, exciting news! We’ve just received a second matching funds grant from The Public Concern Foundation. TRIPLE MATCH!
That means a gift of $50 now is actually $150 to Solitary Watch!
solitarywatch.org/donate
That means a gift of $50 now is actually $150 to Solitary Watch!
solitarywatch.org/donate
BREAKING: We Have a Triple Match!! - Solitary Watch
Friends: This is really exciting for us. We’ve just received a second matching funds grant from The Public Concern Foundation. TRIPLE MATCH! That means a gift of $50 now is actually $150 to Solitary W...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
ending solitary confinement is the necessary first step in imagining a justice system that truly serves justice, that serves the people. Solitary Watch helps people whose humanity the current system tries to destroy. at the end of the year, consider helping them in their work.
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whatever this is it isn't journalism
December 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
whatever this is it isn't journalism
it is with a heavy heart that I must admit Gen Z’s Bloodbuzz Ohio (Taxes by Geese) is much cooler than our Bloodbuzz Ohio (Bloodbuzz Ohio by The National)
December 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
it is with a heavy heart that I must admit Gen Z’s Bloodbuzz Ohio (Taxes by Geese) is much cooler than our Bloodbuzz Ohio (Bloodbuzz Ohio by The National)
my dad asked “who’s that british guy, he was in that movie Who’s Afraid of Jessica Rabbit” and honestly I’m pretty impressed we managed to get to Bob Hoskins from that clue
December 22, 2025 at 4:25 AM
my dad asked “who’s that british guy, he was in that movie Who’s Afraid of Jessica Rabbit” and honestly I’m pretty impressed we managed to get to Bob Hoskins from that clue
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Bari Weiss is best understood as an anti-speech activist on behalf of power. This is through line from her start trying to get professors fired for critiquing Israel to running interference for Elon Musk to now working as regime censor for Trump at CBS www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News postponed a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about El Salvador’s CECOT prison one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Bari Weiss is best understood as an anti-speech activist on behalf of power. This is through line from her start trying to get professors fired for critiquing Israel to running interference for Elon Musk to now working as regime censor for Trump at CBS www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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I regret to inform you every day is going to be longer after today
December 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I regret to inform you every day is going to be longer after today
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can’t believe I haven’t seen a single dispensary called Touch Grass
December 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
can’t believe I haven’t seen a single dispensary called Touch Grass
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*scuttling across the floors of silent seas* man I should've been a guy who can't decide how to wear his pants
December 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
*scuttling across the floors of silent seas* man I should've been a guy who can't decide how to wear his pants
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The great old comedy writer Larry Gelbart said that your style is formed by what you can’t do. I wish more people understood that. That and the Martha Graham quote about keeping the channel open.
December 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The great old comedy writer Larry Gelbart said that your style is formed by what you can’t do. I wish more people understood that. That and the Martha Graham quote about keeping the channel open.
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December 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
every single time I listen to this song (and I listen to this song a lot, it’s a great song) I’m immediately slammed back to standing in our tiny kitchen in April of 2020 youtu.be/23f7idWbweQ
December 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
every single time I listen to this song (and I listen to this song a lot, it’s a great song) I’m immediately slammed back to standing in our tiny kitchen in April of 2020 youtu.be/23f7idWbweQ
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December 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Also:
We hope it goes without saying, but we don’t use AI in any way, never have and never will.
Humans making things out of a love for that thing, for other humans to enjoy, is the business model.
No ads either.
And none of this works without all of you wonderful humans who subscribe 🙏
We hope it goes without saying, but we don’t use AI in any way, never have and never will.
Humans making things out of a love for that thing, for other humans to enjoy, is the business model.
No ads either.
And none of this works without all of you wonderful humans who subscribe 🙏
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Ask your agent to request anti-AI provisions in the contract/push back against clauses that require them to ok AI use! We kept saying “authors will hate this” and being told “nobody’s complained”
December 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Ask your agent to request anti-AI provisions in the contract/push back against clauses that require them to ok AI use! We kept saying “authors will hate this” and being told “nobody’s complained”
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Hearing murmurs that publishing houses are pushing editors to use AI in their work. How can writers help employees push back against this? If you work in publishing & don’t feel comfortable replying directly, I am opening up my DMs.
December 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Hearing murmurs that publishing houses are pushing editors to use AI in their work. How can writers help employees push back against this? If you work in publishing & don’t feel comfortable replying directly, I am opening up my DMs.