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Lore Goodwin
@spookylaura.bsky.social
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The weirder, the better. Mommy to Feefers. Wife to JDG. Sober since 2019. Public libraries & public radio. Office Wizard at STLPR. “heathen atheist” and “bleeding heart liberal.” Ecogoth. 50% macabre, 50% squee. She/her/hers.
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spookylaura.bsky.social
The President calls human beings TRASH. What in the comic book villainy is this bullshit!?
December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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jeremydgoodwin.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm delighted to drop links to the 2025 iteration of "A non-ironic, not (very) cheesy Christmas" — which I submit as the greatest such playlist ever assembled, but you do you!

Apple Music definitive; other platforms threaded tho miss a song or 2 music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
With much joy I present the updated 2025 edition of “A non-ironic, not (very) cheesy Christmas,” a revisionist holiday playlist full of bangers that I’ve been curating and expanding annually for about 13 years. An alternate title could be “A no-cringe Christmas.” For much of its history, this was a playlist you could comfortably enjoy in one sitting/standing/dancing, with gatherings and parties always the ideal setting. But it keeps growing, as new recordings are released and I discover older ones I’d missed. Over the years I’ve gradually built out little corners of the playlist that originated as quick stopoffs at one genre or another. It’s now almost a series of sub-playlists within the greater one, with 1 to 3 song transitions between sections — all framed by opening and closing stretches that freely mix styles. I continue to sweat out every additional song, every sequence. New songs only make it these days if they’re playlist-worthy and they fill a need in the flow, as it’s come to be. Even with those strict conditions, this year I somehow ended up adding 1 hour and 45 minutes of music, which stuns me. I just kept coming across stuff that needed to be included, much of it released in recent years. In 2015 the playlist was 1 hour and 23 minutes. In 2019, 2 hours and 15 minutes. 2023: 4 hours and 3 minutes. “Non-ironic” is now a 7 hour and 14 minute playlist that is not merely a pile of good songs to shuffle (which would be fine), but an epic musical story whose every page has been considered and reconsidered through hours of listening and testing. So whereas I used to say that you really gotta start with the first song and let it play, lately I’ve given my endorsement to do that or to scan the list and start at the beginning of a section that particularly appeals. But it remains my dear wish that, wherever you start it, you let it play in sequence and go along on the ride. All you have to do is hit play once, but FYI this is how it breaks down. (Transition songs between sections aren’t represented.) “A non-ironic, not (very) cheesy Christmas” 2025 1. Introductory Survey (28 min) (“Aint No Chimneys in the Projects” by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings through “Here Comes Santa Claus” by Ramsey Lewis Trio) 2. Slinky R&B & Other Beats (52 min) (“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” by Robert Glasper through “Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto” by Snoop Dogg) 3. Girl Groups and Progeny (40 min) (“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) [Live]” by Darlene Love through “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday” by Kylie Minogue) 4. Acoustic Christmas (63 min) (“Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” by Sam Bush through “The Christians and the Pagans” by Dar Williams 5. Rock N’Roll N’ Relatives (63 min) (“”Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses through “Merry Christmas Baby” by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band) 6. Funky, Soulful Christmas (74 min) (“Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” by Jackson 5 through “Christmas Will Really Be Christmas” by Lou Rawls) 7. Jazz Bands Big and Little (59 min) (“Deck the Halls” by Teo Macero and His Orchestra through “O Tannenbaum” by Vince Guaraldi Trio) 8. Anthems & Encores (35 min) (“White Christmas” by Otis Redding through “Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne” by Jimi Hendrix) Notes on 2025 changes I am thrilled by the bounty of really good holiday recordings that have been released in the past two years. “Non-ironic” now has five songs from 2024 and eight from 2025. That’s not by design, but I’m happy it’s how it worked out. It’s great that artists are still doing interesting work in holiday music, and I know most folks aren’t exactly keeping up on that. Excitingly to me, I added an original song by Jennifer Hudson from 2024 as the fourth one of the whole playlist (the opening five songs had been locked in for many years) and a remarkable “Silent Night (Noche de Paz)” by Lucía released on Halloween of this year is now the penultimate (!) song of the entire playlist. Wild debut! In less intensely high-profile slots, we welcome Willie Nelson, Lady Gaga, Coco Jones, She & Him, Michael McDonald, Trick Daddy, C.J. Chenier and others to the playlist. Shea Diamond stormed onto the scene, debuting here with two original (I believe) songs and so becoming just the fifth or so artist to repeat on the playlist (it depends in some cases on how you count). But I needed those songs! P.S. Finally, a context for Dylan One exciting-to-me detail … Bob Dylan’s version of “Must Be Santa” been on “Non-ironic” pretty much forever, but never had a spot that really made specific sense. For several years it’s been paired with Matisyahu’s “Happy Hanukkah” as a non sequitur, collar-grabbing pallet cleanser before the funk & soul section. Now “Must Be Santa” is in the acoustic sequence, completing a trio of songs that have accordion in them. I think it lands much better now, in a context that makes sense. When I worked that out, it was a fist-pumping moment.
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Thank you for speaking up, Eloise! 👏🏼
14-Year-Old Girl Has Mic Drop Message For Megyn Kelly After She Suggests Epstein Wasn't A Pedophile
www.comicsands.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
spookylaura.bsky.social
Eagerly awaiting the #rottenmango coverage of the updates on Celeste Rivas Hernandez
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
spookylaura.bsky.social
I like how some Republicans think that Bill Clinton potentially being implicated in those files is going to change our minds about the topic. We don’t blindly follow our leaders the way some of those folks do. If he’s guilty, take him! Reminds me of a little ditty called “no one is above the law”
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
spookylaura.bsky.social
It’s 2AM and I think I just woke up with heartburn?? ❤️‍🔥
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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thedailybeast.bsky.social
Jimmy Kimmel thinks the pressure of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal is finally getting to President Donald Trump.
Kimmel Rips Into Trump’s Shameful ‘Quiet Piggy’ Meltdown
Kimmel was disgusted by the new low in Trump’s behavior.
trib.al
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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duncanweldon.bsky.social
I know this is obvious. And I know we all know this.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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riotgrlerin.bsky.social
book covers featuring the muppets: thread
Fozzie Bear’s Hat on the cover of The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera.
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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riotgrlerin.bsky.social
i’m a 10 but in the psych ward i’m a 13.
October 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
spookylaura.bsky.social
The destruction of the East Wing is so symbolic of this administration.
October 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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selkies.bsky.social
Oh yeah burn more public resources that people will have to pay to replace or go without as you scream that it's the immigrants who have taken away our resources, great idea
October 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
spookylaura.bsky.social
Is George Strait a legend? Absolutely. Is he much better than who could have been picked to be the Bad Bunny alternative? A resounding yes. But did Mr. Strait even approve this? What if Mr. Strait wants to see Bad Bunny? Dios mío, what if we 😱 learn some Español!? ¡El horror!
October 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
spookylaura.bsky.social
“I told you I ain’t got no salami!”
— overheard on bus
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
spookylaura.bsky.social
It can only good happen!
September 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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riotgrlerin.bsky.social
album covers but with muppets: thread
Beaker on the cover of Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen.
August 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
spookylaura.bsky.social
Someone on NPR just said, “I worked in Congress 20 years ago, when Obama was President…” my brain immediately aged 20 years.
September 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
spookylaura.bsky.social
An extensive list of his most disgusting views. How does a person come to believe this bullshit!?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’
The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
spookylaura.bsky.social
Just to head off any claims of this quote being "out of context." Here's the full quote and a video of him saying those disgusting words.

www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk: “It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment”
www.mediamatters.org
September 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
spookylaura.bsky.social
Let us not forget about this sadly overshadowed event, and one that CK would probably shrug at.
September 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
spookylaura.bsky.social
Bottom line: no one, no one at all, deserves to die the way he did. It was murder. It was fucked up.
September 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
spookylaura.bsky.social
I keep reading folks saying CK was respectful to those he disagreed with. That's an admirable trait, if true. However, one can be respectful to those he disagrees with while simultaneously holding worldviews that supported a world in which his own murder was acceptable.
September 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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thegodpodcast.com
Thou shalt not listen to a damn thing that RFK Jr. says.
August 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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diversityhorror.bsky.social
The struggles of reading with ADHD
An old cartoon of a young white man in a yellow sweater vest reading a blue book in his bedroom. The next picture is a close up of his face shedding a single tear. The caption above says “When you realize you've been reading with your eyes but not your brain for the last 3 pages.”
August 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
spookylaura.bsky.social
Goddammit Fleabag stomped all over my heart, but it was so good.
August 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM