Darby Lyons
@darbylyons.bsky.social
Retired English teacher, poet. Book and music lover. Midwesterner, kind of (Army brat, IYKYK), with Appalachian roots. MFA, Sewanee School of Letters. Senior editorial assistant, Cincinnati Review.
Pinned
"Break out the champagne
If this's really how it's gonna go
Let's get on with the shitshow
Let's get on with the show"
~Amanda Shires, "Break Out the Champagne"
If this's really how it's gonna go
Let's get on with the shitshow
Let's get on with the show"
~Amanda Shires, "Break Out the Champagne"
I've finished my Christmas shopping. A record for me!
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I've finished my Christmas shopping. A record for me!
Cowards.
Just like the now-pointless American networks.
Just like the now-pointless American networks.
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Cowards.
Just like the now-pointless American networks.
Just like the now-pointless American networks.
When Cathy quits teaching in "The Big C," she packs up her classroom and leaves with one box. One box! There's not a single teacher I know who could pack up all their stuff from their classroom in just one box.
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
When Cathy quits teaching in "The Big C," she packs up her classroom and leaves with one box. One box! There's not a single teacher I know who could pack up all their stuff from their classroom in just one box.
In season 3 now, and...
I. Can't. Stand. Adam.
Did the writers think that's just how teenagers are? Because I've known a few thousand teenagers in my life, many going through similar or worse situations, and he's way shittier than most.
I. Can't. Stand. Adam.
Did the writers think that's just how teenagers are? Because I've known a few thousand teenagers in my life, many going through similar or worse situations, and he's way shittier than most.
Watching The Big C for the first time. Laura Linney is a national treasure.
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In season 3 now, and...
I. Can't. Stand. Adam.
Did the writers think that's just how teenagers are? Because I've known a few thousand teenagers in my life, many going through similar or worse situations, and he's way shittier than most.
I. Can't. Stand. Adam.
Did the writers think that's just how teenagers are? Because I've known a few thousand teenagers in my life, many going through similar or worse situations, and he's way shittier than most.
A movie that takes place where you're from:
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A movie that takes place where you're from:
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“If I am killed / for simply living, / let death be kinder / than man.”
— Althea Davis
— Althea Davis
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“If I am killed / for simply living, / let death be kinder / than man.”
— Althea Davis
— Althea Davis
This may be my favorite Bluesky thread so far.
Why grant anonymity to someone who is lying to you with the company line? This adds nothing but misinformation to the story and the person quoted isn't going to get in trouble for saying it.
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This may be my favorite Bluesky thread so far.
Here's a free link to the New Yorker piece by Tatiana Schlossberg. Harrowing. I can't imagine how it feels to be dying of cancer while a family member sets out to destroy healthcare. She addresses that. archive.ph/d6AQl
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Here's a free link to the New Yorker piece by Tatiana Schlossberg. Harrowing. I can't imagine how it feels to be dying of cancer while a family member sets out to destroy healthcare. She addresses that. archive.ph/d6AQl
My parents gave me money for my birthday, and I used it to buy a Chromebook. I've always had laptops that use Windows, so was a tad nervous about setup. SO EASY... because I have an Android phone and Google account. Don't know if it's better, but it's easier.
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My parents gave me money for my birthday, and I used it to buy a Chromebook. I've always had laptops that use Windows, so was a tad nervous about setup. SO EASY... because I have an Android phone and Google account. Don't know if it's better, but it's easier.
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New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...
Marisa Kabas is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi’s tale of dysfunction and deceit
Colby Hall’s Mediaite commentary about Olivia Nuzzi is winning a lot of praise. The redoubtable Jay Rosen goes so far as to call it “the best thing I have read about her.” Sign up…
dankennedy.net
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...
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There’s a moment in the classic film “Paths of Glory” in which an artillery officer, told to commit a war crime, asks for the order in writing.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
Gift link: wapo.st/43FXQfO
detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There’s a moment in the classic film “Paths of Glory” in which an artillery officer, told to commit a war crime, asks for the order in writing.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
Whoa...I did not expect to wake up to whatever the hell is going on in this timeline. Flashbacks to the time people were taking turns on the computer at a colleague's party to read the Ken Starr transcripts. There are some things I do NOT want to know.
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Whoa...I did not expect to wake up to whatever the hell is going on in this timeline. Flashbacks to the time people were taking turns on the computer at a colleague's party to read the Ken Starr transcripts. There are some things I do NOT want to know.
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Wrote about Todd Snider, East Nashville and how the more things change, the more they change.
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
Something good comes along, then it’s gone: Farewell, Todd Snider.
When I moved to East Nashville in 2012, legend had it that if you wanted to find Todd Snider, all you had to do was go to Drifter’s BBQ in Five Points, and he’d be there at the bar. Nashville always h...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Wrote about Todd Snider, East Nashville and how the more things change, the more they change.
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
Wait... SHE'S talking about people being unserious?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
⚡️ Marjorie Taylor-Greene says she is RESIGNING from Congress in January, citing death threats and constant attacks from Trump:
“I refuse to be a battered wife hoping it all goes away and gets better.”
“I refuse to be a battered wife hoping it all goes away and gets better.”
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Wait... SHE'S talking about people being unserious?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
My parents and my aunt and uncle gave me copies of old pictures for my birthday. Me, my mom and my brother when I came home from the hospital; my Granny and me at my cousin's wedding (late 1980s); my mom and her parents (early 1980s).
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My parents and my aunt and uncle gave me copies of old pictures for my birthday. Me, my mom and my brother when I came home from the hospital; my Granny and me at my cousin's wedding (late 1980s); my mom and her parents (early 1980s).
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completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
Changed my profile picture bc the previous one was a couple years old whereas this one's just a month old, and shows my no longer colored and highlighted hair and my 64-year-old face. Getting older is a privilege, so I'm celebrating 🎉
This song hits different today🎯
youtu.be/HCTunqv1Xt4?...
youtu.be/HCTunqv1Xt4?...
When I'm Sixty Four (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Changed my profile picture bc the previous one was a couple years old whereas this one's just a month old, and shows my no longer colored and highlighted hair and my 64-year-old face. Getting older is a privilege, so I'm celebrating 🎉
Watching The Big C for the first time. Laura Linney is a national treasure.
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Watching The Big C for the first time. Laura Linney is a national treasure.
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hassle induced by someone else's shame is still something one can work with!
Important to understand that shame has no power over these people, because they feel no shame over doing things like promoting Nazism, but sufficient "noise" in the form of media attention and complaints from embarrassed Republicans can have some effect on policy.
wapo.st/4rdDQew
wapo.st/4rdDQew
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
hassle induced by someone else's shame is still something one can work with!
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Is there any point, when you’re threatening to break a judge’s car windows so you can detain the teenage Supreme Court intern he’s driving home for protection, that you’re like huh, maybe I’m the bad guy?
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Is there any point, when you’re threatening to break a judge’s car windows so you can detain the teenage Supreme Court intern he’s driving home for protection, that you’re like huh, maybe I’m the bad guy?
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The media: why are Gen z women so uninterested in dating and marriage?
Gen Z men:
Gen Z men:
Gavin and Tanner, planned and trained for nearly a year, legal documents say, in an elaborate attempt to invade a Haitian island, kill its Black men, enslave its Black women and Black children and fulfill their "rape fantasies."
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment
Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged scheme to sail to a foreign island, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children.
www.fox4news.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The media: why are Gen z women so uninterested in dating and marriage?
Gen Z men:
Gen Z men:
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I have hacked
the prompts
that were in
your model
and which
you were probably
stealing
for profit
Forgive me
they were poetic
pithy
and evocative
the prompts
that were in
your model
and which
you were probably
stealing
for profit
Forgive me
they were poetic
pithy
and evocative
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I have hacked
the prompts
that were in
your model
and which
you were probably
stealing
for profit
Forgive me
they were poetic
pithy
and evocative
the prompts
that were in
your model
and which
you were probably
stealing
for profit
Forgive me
they were poetic
pithy
and evocative
This song hits different today🎯
youtu.be/HCTunqv1Xt4?...
youtu.be/HCTunqv1Xt4?...
When I'm Sixty Four (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This song hits different today🎯
youtu.be/HCTunqv1Xt4?...
youtu.be/HCTunqv1Xt4?...
I drove a friend to the airport today so she could go to Paris on her Thanksgiving holiday. I'm going to Lexington, KY, for Thanksgiving.🤷🏼♀️ But she gave me wine, so...all's well.
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I drove a friend to the airport today so she could go to Paris on her Thanksgiving holiday. I'm going to Lexington, KY, for Thanksgiving.🤷🏼♀️ But she gave me wine, so...all's well.