RichardofWhidbey
@richardpelletier.bsky.social
Writer. Photographer. Opiner. Island dweller. Pacific Northwest. Cat lover. Dry Manhattan.
Pinned
Apparently (per NYT) there are no men currently writing worthy historical fiction.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
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Dazzling New Historical Fiction
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Apparently (per NYT) there are no men currently writing worthy historical fiction.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
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Billie Holiday ~ Paris, Olympia, November 1958
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Billie Holiday ~ Paris, Olympia, November 1958
MAGA world is going to lose their shit now.
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
MAGA world is going to lose their shit now.
Ferry crossing / Whidbey Island
November 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Ferry crossing / Whidbey Island
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I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?
Is it...requesting content moderation?
Is it...requesting content moderation?
October 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?
Is it...requesting content moderation?
Is it...requesting content moderation?
Fascist America at work
This guy should sue. And this police state action needs to stop. Totally unAmerican.
October 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Fascist America at work
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I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
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Can’t even with pundits saying Trump’s literal declaration of hate at Kirk memorial—“I *hate* my opponents & I don’t want the best for them” was “tonally off.” What. The. Eff. Has been the tone of Trumpism for 10 years?
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Can’t even with pundits saying Trump’s literal declaration of hate at Kirk memorial—“I *hate* my opponents & I don’t want the best for them” was “tonally off.” What. The. Eff. Has been the tone of Trumpism for 10 years?
America in September 2025. BROWNSHIRTS. FASCISTS. NAZIS.
Are we great yet?
A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.
September 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
America in September 2025. BROWNSHIRTS. FASCISTS. NAZIS.
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I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
How did a shit poster like EE ever get any traction at all? Oh right
September 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
How did a shit poster like EE ever get any traction at all? Oh right
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Breaking: The @wsj.com is reporting that the comment was not made by Brian Kilmeade but by an unidentified transgender person
In a shocking on-air moment, a “Fox and Friends” co-host said homeless people suffering from mental health issues who refuse help should be killed
'Just Kill 'Em': Fox Host Makes Shocking Comment On Homeless People
"Fox and Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade made a jaw-dropping remark while discussing homelessness and mental health.
www.huffpost.com
September 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Breaking: The @wsj.com is reporting that the comment was not made by Brian Kilmeade but by an unidentified transgender person
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i think every democrat who does a cable news hit should start calling trump the pedophile president
September 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
i think every democrat who does a cable news hit should start calling trump the pedophile president
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Donald Trump, who I do not support, and Vladimir Putin, who I also do not support, have just carried out the greatest piece of diplomacy since the Munich Agreement, which I also do not support.
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald
August 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Donald Trump, who I do not support, and Vladimir Putin, who I also do not support, have just carried out the greatest piece of diplomacy since the Munich Agreement, which I also do not support.
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald
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Trump-Putin Summit: “The Art of the Schlemiel.”
(Schlemiel is Yiddish for an unlucky bungler or chump.)
(Schlemiel is Yiddish for an unlucky bungler or chump.)
August 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Trump-Putin Summit: “The Art of the Schlemiel.”
(Schlemiel is Yiddish for an unlucky bungler or chump.)
(Schlemiel is Yiddish for an unlucky bungler or chump.)
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Room key at the Watergate Hotel:
August 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Room key at the Watergate Hotel:
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genuinely brings me pleasure that no one respects this guy (least of all himself)
Meanwhile in Oxfordshire, UK....
Endlessly vacationing Vance is getting booted out of British pubs.
Even the pints are telling him to fuck off.
Endlessly vacationing Vance is getting booted out of British pubs.
Even the pints are telling him to fuck off.
Staff Mutiny Forces Pub to Turn Away JD Vance
The vice president had reportedly attempted to dine at The Bull in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, weeks after the venue hosted Kamala Harris.
www.thedailybeast.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
genuinely brings me pleasure that no one respects this guy (least of all himself)
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In case anyone saw Law & Order on Thursday...
If your Health Insurance Company denies you coverage. Do this! ⬇️
July 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
In case anyone saw Law & Order on Thursday...
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Remembering Bill Moyers talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remem...
Remembering Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers died last week at the age of 91. TPM Executive...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Remembering Bill Moyers talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remem...
My in laws are / were bedrock republicans but they LOVED Bill Moyers
July 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My in laws are / were bedrock republicans but they LOVED Bill Moyers
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Your book @mollyjongfast.bsky.social is unbelievable. Told in this very straightforward style it is devastating on so many levels. Big lessons for writers and other humans as well. Had to take some real courage to do it.
BRAVO. #howtoloseyourmother
BRAVO. #howtoloseyourmother
June 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Your book @mollyjongfast.bsky.social is unbelievable. Told in this very straightforward style it is devastating on so many levels. Big lessons for writers and other humans as well. Had to take some real courage to do it.
BRAVO. #howtoloseyourmother
BRAVO. #howtoloseyourmother
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Suppose I say summer
-Raymond Carver, “Hummingbird”
(For Tess)
From “A New Path to the Waterfall," completed in the last weeks of Carver's life and published posthumously
#everynightapoem #summersolstice
-Raymond Carver, “Hummingbird”
(For Tess)
From “A New Path to the Waterfall," completed in the last weeks of Carver's life and published posthumously
#everynightapoem #summersolstice
June 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Suppose I say summer
-Raymond Carver, “Hummingbird”
(For Tess)
From “A New Path to the Waterfall," completed in the last weeks of Carver's life and published posthumously
#everynightapoem #summersolstice
-Raymond Carver, “Hummingbird”
(For Tess)
From “A New Path to the Waterfall," completed in the last weeks of Carver's life and published posthumously
#everynightapoem #summersolstice
DEATH CULT
The Trump Admin wants to bring back asbestos!
You can’t make this shit up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
You can’t make this shit up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
DEATH CULT
Musk will come back in to the fold 50x worse than he was. He will park his soul inside the lower intestine of the man he loves and pray for forgiveness. See Rubio, Marco.
June 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Musk will come back in to the fold 50x worse than he was. He will park his soul inside the lower intestine of the man he loves and pray for forgiveness. See Rubio, Marco.