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Loughran
@needsfreedomnow.bsky.social
· Nov 7
In case you happen to be a friend on the cesspool formally known as Twitter, I deleted my account. I'll be here exclusively going forward.
Ran into another “Rian Johnson Whodunnit” t-shirt haver at the airport. Thanks @superyakishop.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ran into another “Rian Johnson Whodunnit” t-shirt haver at the airport. Thanks @superyakishop.bsky.social
Front of house chefs not knowing they should greet the judges and explain the dishes during Restaurant Wars is my biggest pet peeve. It’s not like there are 22 seasons of Top Chef VIDEO of the judges saying they expect it.
June 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Front of house chefs not knowing they should greet the judges and explain the dishes during Restaurant Wars is my biggest pet peeve. It’s not like there are 22 seasons of Top Chef VIDEO of the judges saying they expect it.
Seemingly overnight, a bird’s nest was installed on the light outside my front door. Previously a pair of doves had tried to build there, but failed, and gave up after a couple of days. I wasn’t sure anything was living there. Today, I finally saw the birds.
June 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Seemingly overnight, a bird’s nest was installed on the light outside my front door. Previously a pair of doves had tried to build there, but failed, and gave up after a couple of days. I wasn’t sure anything was living there. Today, I finally saw the birds.
Adding to the cat on the internet content. Mac making biscuits.
June 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Adding to the cat on the internet content. Mac making biscuits.
I’m on vacation (staycation) next week and I’ve already bought tickets to three different movies and I’m planning to visit kittens. I can already feel the tension leaving my body.
June 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I’m on vacation (staycation) next week and I’ve already bought tickets to three different movies and I’m planning to visit kittens. I can already feel the tension leaving my body.
The Trump admin closed down the President’s Volunteer Service Award program, because people helping their communities, then paying for an award and letter from monster-in-chief was a step too far.
May 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The Trump admin closed down the President’s Volunteer Service Award program, because people helping their communities, then paying for an award and letter from monster-in-chief was a step too far.
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If you live in Chicago and are considering pet adoption, now is a good time. So many people are being forced to surrender their pets due to economic conditions, and these animals are in danger of being put down.
‘In crisis mode’: CACC warns of pet drop-offs as daily line keeps getting longer
CHICAGO — Chicago Animal Care and Control (CACC) is in “crisis mode” after seeing their daily in-take line grow over the course of the year. Sadly, pets given up by their owners are mor…
wgntv.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
If you live in Chicago and are considering pet adoption, now is a good time. So many people are being forced to surrender their pets due to economic conditions, and these animals are in danger of being put down.
What is Ridley Scott’s best project and why is it The Good Wife?
May 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
What is Ridley Scott’s best project and why is it The Good Wife?
If A Knight's Tale isn't in your top 5 sports movies, I question your taste.
a group of people are dancing in a room in a movie .
ALT: a group of people are dancing in a room in a movie .
media.tenor.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If A Knight's Tale isn't in your top 5 sports movies, I question your taste.
I visited Chicago for the first time last weekend...
April 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I visited Chicago for the first time last weekend...
List five famous people you’ve met, but one is a lie.
1. Kristen Bell
2. Pedro Pascal
3. Sean Gunn
4. Hillary Clinton
5. Amy Poehler
1. Kristen Bell
2. Pedro Pascal
3. Sean Gunn
4. Hillary Clinton
5. Amy Poehler
List five famous people you've met, but one is a lie.
1. Toni Morrison
2. Audra McDonald
3. Angela Bassett
4. Chaka Khan
5. Solange Knowles
1. Toni Morrison
2. Audra McDonald
3. Angela Bassett
4. Chaka Khan
5. Solange Knowles
oh i love this game
List five famous people you've met, but one is a lie.
1. Janet Jackson
2. Mariah Carey
3. Beyoncé
4. Kim Kardashian
5. Kendrick Lamar
List five famous people you've met, but one is a lie.
1. Janet Jackson
2. Mariah Carey
3. Beyoncé
4. Kim Kardashian
5. Kendrick Lamar
April 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
List five famous people you’ve met, but one is a lie.
1. Kristen Bell
2. Pedro Pascal
3. Sean Gunn
4. Hillary Clinton
5. Amy Poehler
1. Kristen Bell
2. Pedro Pascal
3. Sean Gunn
4. Hillary Clinton
5. Amy Poehler
Did you make your parent drive you to the WB store at the mall for a free Dawson's Creek poster or are you not a millennial?
March 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Did you make your parent drive you to the WB store at the mall for a free Dawson's Creek poster or are you not a millennial?
Not me trying to find out if I’m current on my MMR vaccine, here in the year of our lord 2025…
March 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Not me trying to find out if I’m current on my MMR vaccine, here in the year of our lord 2025…
WH out here like, “Let them eat cake!”
Trump’s Sec of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the solution to high egg prices for Americans is to get some chickens and raise them in your backyard.
March 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
WH out here like, “Let them eat cake!”
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Hulu ruining the Oscars is really poetic coming after Sean Baker’s speech about streaming services killing the movies
March 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Hulu ruining the Oscars is really poetic coming after Sean Baker’s speech about streaming services killing the movies
Really impressed at how epically Hulu dropped the bag. Though, I guess if Adrien Brody had kept his speech to time, the ceremony would have wrapped up before the Hulu stream bailed.
March 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Really impressed at how epically Hulu dropped the bag. Though, I guess if Adrien Brody had kept his speech to time, the ceremony would have wrapped up before the Hulu stream bailed.
Hulu decided the Oscars were over and just stopped streaming them. Awesome.
March 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Hulu decided the Oscars were over and just stopped streaming them. Awesome.
My favorite recent movie theater-going experience was last night. Dad with teenage son and daughter seated next to me during The Substance. At the end, Dad: “Whose idea was it to see this?”Daughter: “10 out of 10. No notes.”
March 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
My favorite recent movie theater-going experience was last night. Dad with teenage son and daughter seated next to me during The Substance. At the end, Dad: “Whose idea was it to see this?”Daughter: “10 out of 10. No notes.”
I was all in on Ariana's "red slipper" dress until I saw that there was actually a red ruby slipper attached to it.
Ariana's and Cynthia's stage gowns are two of the best things either of them have worn all year
March 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I was all in on Ariana's "red slipper" dress until I saw that there was actually a red ruby slipper attached to it.
I've seen 9/10 BP nominees. I just cannot bring myself to watch Emilia Perez... More or less ready for the Oscars! @arcticmunchies.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I've seen 9/10 BP nominees. I just cannot bring myself to watch Emilia Perez... More or less ready for the Oscars! @arcticmunchies.bsky.social
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Eleven days into Trump's presidency, and I am actively rooting for Canada and Mexico.
February 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Eleven days into Trump's presidency, and I am actively rooting for Canada and Mexico.
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Ann Telnaes, an editorial cartoonist with The Washington Post since 2008, announced this evening she's quitting the paper after this cartoon was killed. It depicts media and tech billionaires, including WaPo owner Jeff Bezos.
Her full statement here: anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Her full statement here: anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
January 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Ann Telnaes, an editorial cartoonist with The Washington Post since 2008, announced this evening she's quitting the paper after this cartoon was killed. It depicts media and tech billionaires, including WaPo owner Jeff Bezos.
Her full statement here: anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Her full statement here: anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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My entire relationship to series television has now distilled itself to one sentence: If I can't remember what happened last season, you took too long.
December 31, 2024 at 12:34 AM
My entire relationship to series television has now distilled itself to one sentence: If I can't remember what happened last season, you took too long.
When I was an undergrad at Davis, I participated in a graduate microbiology seminar about influenza - and my presentation was about how bird and swine flu viruses could infect and spread in humans... I've been watching this all very closely.
Ben Mueller on the worrying new mutations in bird flu viruses from a patient in Louisiana. Influenza keeps tapping at the window.. .[Gift link] www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/h...
Bird Flu Samples From Very Ill Patient Had ‘Concerning’ Mutations (Gift Article)
Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there is no sign that mutations are widespread in nature.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 8:54 AM
When I was an undergrad at Davis, I participated in a graduate microbiology seminar about influenza - and my presentation was about how bird and swine flu viruses could infect and spread in humans... I've been watching this all very closely.
Add me to the list of people whose dysfunctional job situation has driven them to seek therapy. Or it will, once I figure out if I even have access through my insurance provider, because god forbid health insurance be easy to understand.
December 19, 2024 at 6:32 AM
Add me to the list of people whose dysfunctional job situation has driven them to seek therapy. Or it will, once I figure out if I even have access through my insurance provider, because god forbid health insurance be easy to understand.