Ann
@annecdotally.bsky.social
Former newspaper journalist. Current secular homeschooling parent. Common sense gun law activist. Big fan of logic, travel and Gamecock football.
Thanksgiving Eve feels like a perfect time to share my favorite headline thus far:
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
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Michael Dukakis doesn't want any more turkey carcasses this year
Former Gov. Michael Dukakis sits at his kitchen table with a bowl of turkey soup at his home in Brookline. Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe, File PSA: Keep your turkey carcasses this year. Michael D...
www.boston.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Thanksgiving Eve feels like a perfect time to share my favorite headline thus far:
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
As if all of this [gestures wildly] isn’t enough, now I’m expected to survive through “We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to time. Reliving in our eloquence. Another auld lang syne,” season?
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
As if all of this [gestures wildly] isn’t enough, now I’m expected to survive through “We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to time. Reliving in our eloquence. Another auld lang syne,” season?
I can’t be the only one wondering if @kenjennings.bsky.social and Ken Burns have get togethers where they just play “I’m Just Ken” and talk about Kenergy and stuff.
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I can’t be the only one wondering if @kenjennings.bsky.social and Ken Burns have get togethers where they just play “I’m Just Ken” and talk about Kenergy and stuff.
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I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
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I don't know if the Epstein vote is a one-off or not, but I've been thinkin of that very thin, translucent sticker film that comes when you order, say, a new monitor. It's devilishly hard to get the first little bit of the corner to separate but once you do, the entire thing pulls off very easily.
November 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I don't know if the Epstein vote is a one-off or not, but I've been thinkin of that very thin, translucent sticker film that comes when you order, say, a new monitor. It's devilishly hard to get the first little bit of the corner to separate but once you do, the entire thing pulls off very easily.
One thing we are NOT going to do is mention Monica Lewinsky in connection with these vile situations.
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
One thing we are NOT going to do is mention Monica Lewinsky in connection with these vile situations.
The man is living in government-subsidized housing. And we, his landlords, are just standing here, watching him tear it down.
What is wrong with us?
What is wrong with us?
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The man is living in government-subsidized housing. And we, his landlords, are just standing here, watching him tear it down.
What is wrong with us?
What is wrong with us?
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
President Kennedy once hosted a White House dinner for 49 Nobel and Pulitzer winners, distinguished writers, scientists, etc. It was a tribute to intellectual achievement, a chance for the leader of the world to surround himself with the brightest minds in the arts and sciences. I’m just saying.
September 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
President Kennedy once hosted a White House dinner for 49 Nobel and Pulitzer winners, distinguished writers, scientists, etc. It was a tribute to intellectual achievement, a chance for the leader of the world to surround himself with the brightest minds in the arts and sciences. I’m just saying.
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
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Last week Trump said he likes the idea of starting a war so he can declare “no more elections” and stay in office forever.
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
August 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Last week Trump said he likes the idea of starting a war so he can declare “no more elections” and stay in office forever.
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
Today he just said “a lot of people” want “a dictator.”
See where this is going?
I’m old enough to remember when newspapers of record broke stories about government corruption.
Now, apparently, they’re covering the ways in which women are able to easily adapt to the patriarchy (which won’t let us have any damn pockets.)
Now, apparently, they’re covering the ways in which women are able to easily adapt to the patriarchy (which won’t let us have any damn pockets.)
Purses? Pockets? Not necessary when you can palm a dozen items.
The phenomenon, in which women are gripping their necessities without the aid of pockets or bags, is called the claw grip, and on social media, it has been crowned as a secret superpower.
The phenomenon, in which women are gripping their necessities without the aid of pockets or bags, is called the claw grip, and on social media, it has been crowned as a secret superpower.
Their Superpower? Holding Things.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I’m old enough to remember when newspapers of record broke stories about government corruption.
Now, apparently, they’re covering the ways in which women are able to easily adapt to the patriarchy (which won’t let us have any damn pockets.)
Now, apparently, they’re covering the ways in which women are able to easily adapt to the patriarchy (which won’t let us have any damn pockets.)
On the way to the bookstore at the mall, which is a mile from our house. Couple of cops go through the intersection. Then a couple more. I say “I bet it’s a mall shooting.”
Sure enough.
America is not okay.
Sure enough.
America is not okay.
July 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
On the way to the bookstore at the mall, which is a mile from our house. Couple of cops go through the intersection. Then a couple more. I say “I bet it’s a mall shooting.”
Sure enough.
America is not okay.
Sure enough.
America is not okay.
Everything is depressing, to be sure, but this sentence is hitting hard.
CBS News capitulates to Trump’s extortion, agreeing to pay him $16 million to settle his bogus lawsuit.
The New York Times story has this very sad, very true sentence.
The New York Times story has this very sad, very true sentence.
July 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Everything is depressing, to be sure, but this sentence is hitting hard.
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Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.
June 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.
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Everything is terrible and terrifying.
But here’s my 12-year old tying the shoe of a 3-year old cousin at a funeral.
But here’s my 12-year old tying the shoe of a 3-year old cousin at a funeral.
June 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Everything is terrible and terrifying.
But here’s my 12-year old tying the shoe of a 3-year old cousin at a funeral.
But here’s my 12-year old tying the shoe of a 3-year old cousin at a funeral.
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When you went to the Iowa Writers Workshop but ended up in journalism
June 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
When you went to the Iowa Writers Workshop but ended up in journalism
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Da Pope. Online now, in Chicago soon. #raygun www.raygunsite.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Da Pope. Online now, in Chicago soon. #raygun www.raygunsite.com
I’m not up on Catholicism, but this new pope could be the first to have watched The Super Bowl Shuffle.
I assume he’s walking around Vatican City singing,
“You're lookin' at the Pope,
I'm the rookie.”
I assume he’s walking around Vatican City singing,
“You're lookin' at the Pope,
I'm the rookie.”
May 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I’m not up on Catholicism, but this new pope could be the first to have watched The Super Bowl Shuffle.
I assume he’s walking around Vatican City singing,
“You're lookin' at the Pope,
I'm the rookie.”
I assume he’s walking around Vatican City singing,
“You're lookin' at the Pope,
I'm the rookie.”
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The question is, should I spend all the money I’ve saved by boycotting Target and Amazon on tickets to see Rilo Kiley at Fenway the day we are going to be in Boston anyway?!
April 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The question is, should I spend all the money I’ve saved by boycotting Target and Amazon on tickets to see Rilo Kiley at Fenway the day we are going to be in Boston anyway?!
You just thought I was unhinged the first 94 days. Now it’s go for a jog/cold shower/still sweating/have to put on lotion season. It’s gonna get worse.
April 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
You just thought I was unhinged the first 94 days. Now it’s go for a jog/cold shower/still sweating/have to put on lotion season. It’s gonna get worse.
Excited to have Robert Edsel’s new book a week before its pub date. W’s a big WW2 buff and was surprised to find out there is something he hasn’t yet learned.
April 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Excited to have Robert Edsel’s new book a week before its pub date. W’s a big WW2 buff and was surprised to find out there is something he hasn’t yet learned.
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Daniel Defense chose to celebrate Easter by featuring their DDM4 V7 rifle—the same weapon an 18-year-old used to massacre 19 children and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
This isn’t just callous. It’s dangerous.
This isn’t just callous. It’s dangerous.
April 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Daniel Defense chose to celebrate Easter by featuring their DDM4 V7 rifle—the same weapon an 18-year-old used to massacre 19 children and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
This isn’t just callous. It’s dangerous.
This isn’t just callous. It’s dangerous.