Helena Fitzgerald
@hellafitzgerald.bsky.social
feelings, now more than ever!
wrote some stuff in some places
wrote some stuff in some places
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“I don’t think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don’t take the toys out of their hands, we’re fools.” — Ray Bradbury
February 10, 2026 at 1:46 AM
“I don’t think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don’t take the toys out of their hands, we’re fools.” — Ray Bradbury
I know every sport is some kind of weirdo hyperniche masochism, that’s what we all like about sports, but man, luge
February 10, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I know every sport is some kind of weirdo hyperniche masochism, that’s what we all like about sports, but man, luge
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¡Es culpa tuya, conejito malo!
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
¡Es culpa tuya, conejito malo!
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Virginia Woolf
Sports even when I’m bad at it
Powell & Pressberger
Going to bed early
Mad Men
Elena Ferrante
Iris Murdoch
Notorious (1946)
Atlantics (2019)
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Saying “that’s none of my business” when something is none of my business
Michael Mann
Anchovies
Doctors
Sports even when I’m bad at it
Powell & Pressberger
Going to bed early
Mad Men
Elena Ferrante
Iris Murdoch
Notorious (1946)
Atlantics (2019)
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Saying “that’s none of my business” when something is none of my business
Michael Mann
Anchovies
Doctors
OK, now let's play
PEOPLE OR THINGS IT TOOK YOU FAR TOO LONG TO APPRECIATE
If I may begin:
• Kim Novak
• Natalie Wood
• Moonstruck
• Richard Strauss
• Barbara Stanwyck
OK, you're up.
PEOPLE OR THINGS IT TOOK YOU FAR TOO LONG TO APPRECIATE
If I may begin:
• Kim Novak
• Natalie Wood
• Moonstruck
• Richard Strauss
• Barbara Stanwyck
OK, you're up.
February 9, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Virginia Woolf
Sports even when I’m bad at it
Powell & Pressberger
Going to bed early
Mad Men
Elena Ferrante
Iris Murdoch
Notorious (1946)
Atlantics (2019)
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Saying “that’s none of my business” when something is none of my business
Michael Mann
Anchovies
Doctors
Sports even when I’m bad at it
Powell & Pressberger
Going to bed early
Mad Men
Elena Ferrante
Iris Murdoch
Notorious (1946)
Atlantics (2019)
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Saying “that’s none of my business” when something is none of my business
Michael Mann
Anchovies
Doctors
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🎶 DEBI TIRAR MÁS FOTOS… 🎶
:: sudden car horns from the street ::
:: cheers from open windows ::
:: pots and pans banging together ::
:: champagne corks popping ::
:: sudden car horns from the street ::
:: cheers from open windows ::
:: pots and pans banging together ::
:: champagne corks popping ::
February 8, 2026 at 11:31 PM
🎶 DEBI TIRAR MÁS FOTOS… 🎶
:: sudden car horns from the street ::
:: cheers from open windows ::
:: pots and pans banging together ::
:: champagne corks popping ::
:: sudden car horns from the street ::
:: cheers from open windows ::
:: pots and pans banging together ::
:: champagne corks popping ::
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This is beyond reprehensible
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:33 AM
This is beyond reprehensible
good evening to everyone else who has become extremely invested in curling in the last 24 hours
February 8, 2026 at 2:37 AM
good evening to everyone else who has become extremely invested in curling in the last 24 hours
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
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And now whereas Woke did lade you with a heavy yoke, Woke 2 will add to your yoke: Woke hath cancelled you with whips, but Woke 2 will cancel you with scorpions.
February 5, 2026 at 2:49 AM
And now whereas Woke did lade you with a heavy yoke, Woke 2 will add to your yoke: Woke hath cancelled you with whips, but Woke 2 will cancel you with scorpions.
in general I’m severely opposed to remakes of existing masterpieces, but I’d watch the hell out of this remake of Persona
February 5, 2026 at 2:32 AM
in general I’m severely opposed to remakes of existing masterpieces, but I’d watch the hell out of this remake of Persona
on the whole, I would not recommend “the long september 11th” as an era in which to spend one’s entire adult life
I don’t particularly like living in the “leadup to” paragraph
February 5, 2026 at 2:27 AM
on the whole, I would not recommend “the long september 11th” as an era in which to spend one’s entire adult life
::cameron winter voice:: I’m gonna eat my keys
Democratic Presidential Polling:
🔵 Harris 34%
🔵 Newsom 20%
🔵 Shapiro 10%
🔵 Buttigieg 10%
🔵 AOC 7%
🔵 Booker 6%
🔵 Moore 3%
Rasmussen / Jan 27, 2026
🔵 Harris 34%
🔵 Newsom 20%
🔵 Shapiro 10%
🔵 Buttigieg 10%
🔵 AOC 7%
🔵 Booker 6%
🔵 Moore 3%
Rasmussen / Jan 27, 2026
February 5, 2026 at 1:29 AM
::cameron winter voice:: I’m gonna eat my keys
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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I have thought long and hard about starting up a new books publication, given how much criticism has been cut across the board. The business model is really difficult. The return on investment is low. We used to be okay with some parts of media not growing rapidly year over year forever.
February 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I have thought long and hard about starting up a new books publication, given how much criticism has been cut across the board. The business model is really difficult. The return on investment is low. We used to be okay with some parts of media not growing rapidly year over year forever.
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If there is a more perfect definition of stupidity and cowardice than what Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis have done to the @washingtonpost.com, I can't think of it. Imagine having all the resources, all the talent, and all the information you need to do the right thing, and doing exactly the opposite.
February 4, 2026 at 1:11 PM
If there is a more perfect definition of stupidity and cowardice than what Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis have done to the @washingtonpost.com, I can't think of it. Imagine having all the resources, all the talent, and all the information you need to do the right thing, and doing exactly the opposite.
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Last year Will Lewis told WaPo staff that "people aren't reading your stuff." As though it was their fault that he and Bezos had corrupted the opinion section, demolished local coverage, and alienated thousands of subscribers. Now a great newsroom is being destroyed to hide their gross incompetence.
February 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Last year Will Lewis told WaPo staff that "people aren't reading your stuff." As though it was their fault that he and Bezos had corrupted the opinion section, demolished local coverage, and alienated thousands of subscribers. Now a great newsroom is being destroyed to hide their gross incompetence.
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I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
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Stanley Kubrick did not know who Jeffrey Epstein was and had not left England for several years before making the movie, I hope this helps
Where I'm at right now on the "is EYES WIDE SHUT about Jeffrey Epstein?" question is that I'm no longer sure if the movie even makes sense if it is not about him
February 4, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Stanley Kubrick did not know who Jeffrey Epstein was and had not left England for several years before making the movie, I hope this helps
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The Kennedy Center shutdown breaks my heart. These are real flesh-and-blood people and our idiot president is taking food out of their mouths because a bunch of hateful rich people want to be able to do anything they can think of without consequences
My first non-temp job out of college was in a windowless office here working the phones for symphony & theater subscribers. It was a crummy paycheck job I took because I needed my wisdom teeth removed but sometimes they’d give us tickets to an undersold symphony performance and the people were great
Now that Trump has fired the Kennedy Center leadership and installed a bunch of cronies who made him the new chair, the theater is canceling programs with even a hint of LGBTQ themes and scrubbing them from its website. Dark stuff. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
February 2, 2026 at 4:06 AM
The Kennedy Center shutdown breaks my heart. These are real flesh-and-blood people and our idiot president is taking food out of their mouths because a bunch of hateful rich people want to be able to do anything they can think of without consequences
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The other thing is that when that kid gets out, when any of those kids get out, they don’t pay for shit their whole lives. The state should fully fund their lives, from school to food to a fucking PS5 if he wants one. That child should not have to worry about shit the rest of his life on our dime
January 27, 2026 at 1:30 AM
The other thing is that when that kid gets out, when any of those kids get out, they don’t pay for shit their whole lives. The state should fully fund their lives, from school to food to a fucking PS5 if he wants one. That child should not have to worry about shit the rest of his life on our dime
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new yorkers survive in the city long-term by traveling in a kind of invisible force field bubble that maintains another body's amount of space between you & everyone else whenever possible. the snowbanks are collapsing this & everybody is riding a knife's edge of irritation that is starting to give
February 1, 2026 at 8:21 PM
new yorkers survive in the city long-term by traveling in a kind of invisible force field bubble that maintains another body's amount of space between you & everyone else whenever possible. the snowbanks are collapsing this & everybody is riding a knife's edge of irritation that is starting to give
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every morning I wake up, read the news, walk down into hell, share a strong cup of tea with the devil who assures me it will and can get worse, walk backwards out of darkness, and emerge into the light to witness the world collapse
January 31, 2026 at 4:06 AM
every morning I wake up, read the news, walk down into hell, share a strong cup of tea with the devil who assures me it will and can get worse, walk backwards out of darkness, and emerge into the light to witness the world collapse
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give me the opinion journalist job. every week the opinion will be ‘full communism now’
I'm confused. I thought Washington Post was doing mass layoffs?
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
give me the opinion journalist job. every week the opinion will be ‘full communism now’