Maura McKenna
@mauramckenna.bsky.social
Chef, retired attorney, dilettante, very left. Official dues-paying BTS 아미. Philadelphian - kind, but not always nice.
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This.
Look at just one paragraph from the Philanthropy section of his wikpedia page.
Look at just one paragraph from the Philanthropy section of his wikpedia page.
December 25, 2023 at 8:53 PM
This.
Look at just one paragraph from the Philanthropy section of his wikpedia page.
Look at just one paragraph from the Philanthropy section of his wikpedia page.
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People insist that Santa is white. Some say, he is Black. Isn’t this all just wrong? I once saw Santa in the internment camps, and he was most definitely Asian.
December 22, 2023 at 9:10 PM
People insist that Santa is white. Some say, he is Black. Isn’t this all just wrong? I once saw Santa in the internment camps, and he was most definitely Asian.
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a note to Washington Post readers: On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes.
A letter to our readers
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December 5, 2023 at 4:55 PM
a note to Washington Post readers: On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes.
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the gradual replacement of “exchanging money for goods” with “exchanging money for a license to use goods as a service” has been one low key one of the worst changes of the 21st century
this is exactly why i still buy discs in 2023. it's crazy to think that we are reaching a point where piracy will be the only option to own media once dvds and blu-rays are gone.
December 2, 2023 at 1:29 PM
the gradual replacement of “exchanging money for goods” with “exchanging money for a license to use goods as a service” has been one low key one of the worst changes of the 21st century
I cannot be the only person deeply impressed that the contestants of Squid Games:Hunger Games Edition (sponsored by Fortnite and Battle Royale) have full-throatedly embraced socialism.
December 2, 2023 at 4:28 PM
I cannot be the only person deeply impressed that the contestants of Squid Games:Hunger Games Edition (sponsored by Fortnite and Battle Royale) have full-throatedly embraced socialism.
Wondering whether Santos has to leave the island immediately, or this is one of those second chance seasons.
December 1, 2023 at 4:26 PM
Wondering whether Santos has to leave the island immediately, or this is one of those second chance seasons.
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From now on, I’m using “he continued to offer his views and ideas” as a shiv in letters of evaluation for terrible people
December 1, 2023 at 12:11 AM
From now on, I’m using “he continued to offer his views and ideas” as a shiv in letters of evaluation for terrible people
When the history books are written, Biden may go down as the most appropriately c*nty president since Miss Buchanan.
This statement from Biden about Henry Kissinger is one cold-blooded shiv of a paragraph, to a degree that I truly didn't expect we were going to get.
I'm impressed.
I'm impressed.
December 1, 2023 at 12:19 AM
When the history books are written, Biden may go down as the most appropriately c*nty president since Miss Buchanan.
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Tbh I think the fact that lots of people don't understand this is because their perceptions of what it's appropriate for a sitting president can say were reset by Trump. Presidents shouldn't actually say "fuck that guy." But they can say "I can confirm that he attended my class."
seriously, if you’re not in the habit of reading White House statements, this is the most brutal one about an individual that I think I’ve ever seen
This statement from Biden about Henry Kissinger is one cold-blooded shiv of a paragraph, to a degree that I truly didn't expect we were going to get.
I'm impressed.
I'm impressed.
December 1, 2023 at 12:09 AM
Tbh I think the fact that lots of people don't understand this is because their perceptions of what it's appropriate for a sitting president can say were reset by Trump. Presidents shouldn't actually say "fuck that guy." But they can say "I can confirm that he attended my class."
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Sometimes it is still amazing to me that we have the internet. When I was a boy we had a thing called "not the internet." It wasn't as good. I would be like, "What is Viet Nam?" and I would look at the 1964 edition of the Encyclopedia Americana and say "Oh boy, I hope that worked out"
November 26, 2023 at 2:34 AM
Sometimes it is still amazing to me that we have the internet. When I was a boy we had a thing called "not the internet." It wasn't as good. I would be like, "What is Viet Nam?" and I would look at the 1964 edition of the Encyclopedia Americana and say "Oh boy, I hope that worked out"
Oh my fucking God, Andre: please make these raps.
November 16, 2023 at 3:29 PM
Oh my fucking God, Andre: please make these raps.
I love New York.
November 5, 2023 at 7:21 PM
I love New York.
Can it be a Bluesky rule that we trust experts here and challenge their statements respectfully? Or are we all just here briefly hunkering in a kiddie pool while the brush fire creeps in on all sides?
Ran into a wall of "Oh, you're an expert? Let me tell you why you're wrong with my secondhand anecdotal evidence!" today.
Disappointed that so many people felt the need to bring their Twitter baggage along with them.
Disappointed that so many people felt the need to bring their Twitter baggage along with them.
October 17, 2023 at 12:32 PM
Can it be a Bluesky rule that we trust experts here and challenge their statements respectfully? Or are we all just here briefly hunkering in a kiddie pool while the brush fire creeps in on all sides?
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THIS....IS ....WAWA!!!!!
*kicks you into dumpster*
*kicks you into dumpster*
October 15, 2023 at 11:43 PM
THIS....IS ....WAWA!!!!!
*kicks you into dumpster*
*kicks you into dumpster*
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Our pocket computers are
deluging us with terrible news from far away that we can do nothing about. I recommend acting as if good in the world is a global commodity, and you can add to it by doing something locally.
deluging us with terrible news from far away that we can do nothing about. I recommend acting as if good in the world is a global commodity, and you can add to it by doing something locally.
October 15, 2023 at 1:40 PM
Our pocket computers are
deluging us with terrible news from far away that we can do nothing about. I recommend acting as if good in the world is a global commodity, and you can add to it by doing something locally.
deluging us with terrible news from far away that we can do nothing about. I recommend acting as if good in the world is a global commodity, and you can add to it by doing something locally.
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Gonna leave these words by Esther Perel here and log off for a little bit and think about literally anything else.
October 12, 2023 at 1:18 AM
Gonna leave these words by Esther Perel here and log off for a little bit and think about literally anything else.
This feels like the right environment to quietly lurk and learn some stuff. And then pop off sometimes, too.
September 29, 2023 at 2:54 AM
This feels like the right environment to quietly lurk and learn some stuff. And then pop off sometimes, too.