Letters From Inside the Whale
@lasleyg.bsky.social
Author, teacher of film, literature, and American Studies
Get the sarcasm, but can there be a stranger thing than this abduction of Jesus and codified destruction of the soul of Christianity? Does “they know not what they do” meet the defense strategy? I think not.
December 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Get the sarcasm, but can there be a stranger thing than this abduction of Jesus and codified destruction of the soul of Christianity? Does “they know not what they do” meet the defense strategy? I think not.
Wasn’t on my Christmas wish list either…
December 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Wasn’t on my Christmas wish list either…
Why does it take so many so long to get it?
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Why does it take so many so long to get it?
Can’t we recycle those and use to make an “And Justice for all” cap of the remnants?
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Can’t we recycle those and use to make an “And Justice for all” cap of the remnants?
She’s waving. Wave back when morning comes with the sun.
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
She’s waving. Wave back when morning comes with the sun.
Paradox: investigating leaders bringing truth to power about military response to “illegal” orders while Noem and Bove ignore judicial rulings regarding deportation flights without due process.
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Paradox: investigating leaders bringing truth to power about military response to “illegal” orders while Noem and Bove ignore judicial rulings regarding deportation flights without due process.
Go Bama! This could be a championship moment for the state if you elect Doug, not Tommy
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Go Bama! This could be a championship moment for the state if you elect Doug, not Tommy
Not least of which, an urge for joy in the USA.
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Not least of which, an urge for joy in the USA.
UVA friends of mine loved President Ryan.
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
UVA friends of mine loved President Ryan.
Please, somebody, make them stop! Jet planes, ballrooms, marble and gilded everything, Argentina, ICE bonus offers, renaming…ad nauseum.
Cutting healthcare, SNAP benefits, Pepfar and USAID, mass firings, lies, lies, and more lies…how is any of this ok?
Cutting healthcare, SNAP benefits, Pepfar and USAID, mass firings, lies, lies, and more lies…how is any of this ok?
renaming.how
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Please, somebody, make them stop! Jet planes, ballrooms, marble and gilded everything, Argentina, ICE bonus offers, renaming…ad nauseum.
Cutting healthcare, SNAP benefits, Pepfar and USAID, mass firings, lies, lies, and more lies…how is any of this ok?
Cutting healthcare, SNAP benefits, Pepfar and USAID, mass firings, lies, lies, and more lies…how is any of this ok?
On this harvest moon…swoon song.
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
On this harvest moon…swoon song.
How can a party without balls have a ballroom?
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
How can a party without balls have a ballroom?
Election night chuckle!
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Election night chuckle!
So desperate for prizes. So thoroughly undeserving.
October 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
So desperate for prizes. So thoroughly undeserving.
Good grief. Opposites Day of the highest order. He wants what he is not and has no idea how to get it. Attention to this matter is to see the vapor rising.
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Good grief. Opposites Day of the highest order. He wants what he is not and has no idea how to get it. Attention to this matter is to see the vapor rising.
To my ear, Vance speaks a foreign language. Mean, cruel, inhumane, and yes, stupid.
October 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
To my ear, Vance speaks a foreign language. Mean, cruel, inhumane, and yes, stupid.
Why not just pay more taxes and give something back to the people keeping America running despite a tiny paycheck?
October 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Why not just pay more taxes and give something back to the people keeping America running despite a tiny paycheck?
I spoke with numerous young people marching on Atlanta…one young woman whose grandfather “fought against fascism” in WWII and she’s marching on his behalf. Expressed my gratitude that members of the next generation get it.
October 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I spoke with numerous young people marching on Atlanta…one young woman whose grandfather “fought against fascism” in WWII and she’s marching on his behalf. Expressed my gratitude that members of the next generation get it.
Nature and lovers of democracy in sync.
October 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Nature and lovers of democracy in sync.
Do it! Maybe they missed it the thousands of times we had to watch it in horror
October 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Do it! Maybe they missed it the thousands of times we had to watch it in horror
I think they call it The Liar’s Club
October 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I think they call it The Liar’s Club
This is really sad. Are they serious? Do they really know what they’re advocating?
October 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is really sad. Are they serious? Do they really know what they’re advocating?
So much joy in the togetherness in Atlanta! Raphael Warnock and Stacy Abrams were on fire!
October 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
So much joy in the togetherness in Atlanta! Raphael Warnock and Stacy Abrams were on fire!