Erin Maher
@theerinmaher.bsky.social
TV writer (SWAMP THING! SHINING VALE!) Friend to books, horses, and old movies. I am pro-Oxford comma.
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Erin Maher
@theerinmaher.bsky.social
· Mar 23
Reminder, if you care, I am blocking AI users. There are plenty of things you can use as a banner or avatar that aren’t using people’s stolen work or helping destroy the environment.
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Wait, what? My son’s friend, traveling in China, is staying at a hotel chain called ‘James Joyce Coffetel’, and instead of a Gideon Bible, they leave a copy of Ulysses by the bedside.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Wait, what? My son’s friend, traveling in China, is staying at a hotel chain called ‘James Joyce Coffetel’, and instead of a Gideon Bible, they leave a copy of Ulysses by the bedside.
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Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
December 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
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He looks like he’s trying to stop his dog from leaving him
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
He looks like he’s trying to stop his dog from leaving him
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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this man made my life better.
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
this man made my life better.
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This is why, when President Slurs McSundown passes away, it's going to be a battle royale as all these selfish grifters shank each other before the funeral is over.
see the thing about them all being the worst people in the world is that even when one of them gets killed they can't create a proper cult of martyrdom around him because the others get jealous he's getting all the attention.
I'm not quite sure where to start
December 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is why, when President Slurs McSundown passes away, it's going to be a battle royale as all these selfish grifters shank each other before the funeral is over.
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I miss the good old days when most of us had a shared reality.
*More than half of the GOP believe the 2020 election outcome was the result of fraud
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I miss the good old days when most of us had a shared reality.
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This man did a photo opp of himself destroying homeless people's last possessions.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This man did a photo opp of himself destroying homeless people's last possessions.
I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m happy I have quick reflexes because I was at risk of around six accidents in the last two days. Two people flying head-on at me to go around cars that are double parked, two cars blowing red lights, two people cut me off on the freeway. Many Teslas involved.
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m happy I have quick reflexes because I was at risk of around six accidents in the last two days. Two people flying head-on at me to go around cars that are double parked, two cars blowing red lights, two people cut me off on the freeway. Many Teslas involved.
A new friend I met today.
December 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A new friend I met today.
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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
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There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Anyone who knows this history should know there’s no contested issue.
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
I really try only to post about stuff that I like/love. Anyway, Matthew Lillard in Twin Peaks: The Return is genius.
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I really try only to post about stuff that I like/love. Anyway, Matthew Lillard in Twin Peaks: The Return is genius.
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Sinners is a period piece horror film that cost about $95 million. it brought in $367 million worldwide. don't tell me people don't go to the movies anymore. they do. they're just tired of constant remakes.
December 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Sinners is a period piece horror film that cost about $95 million. it brought in $367 million worldwide. don't tell me people don't go to the movies anymore. they do. they're just tired of constant remakes.
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controversial opinion: movie studios should not be be owned by guys who's dream is every living person watching Stranger Things Fireplace For Your Home 24/7
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER would have been just as big on Netflix.
“There’s no reason to believe that the movie itself is better in any size of screen for all people. My son’s an editor, he watched ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ on his phone.”
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@nytimes
“There’s no reason to believe that the movie itself is better in any size of screen for all people. My son’s an editor, he watched ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ on his phone.”
via
@nytimes
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
controversial opinion: movie studios should not be be owned by guys who's dream is every living person watching Stranger Things Fireplace For Your Home 24/7
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A grim reminder he has been a benighted presence in American public life for so long a guy who died in 1998 had a firm opinion about him.
December 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A grim reminder he has been a benighted presence in American public life for so long a guy who died in 1998 had a firm opinion about him.
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I cannot stress enough that is some rando responds to something you reposted trying to draw you into a “but have you considered” discussion of it, they are not acting in good faith, and you just block. Please, embrace the blue sky way. block. block. block.
December 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I cannot stress enough that is some rando responds to something you reposted trying to draw you into a “but have you considered” discussion of it, they are not acting in good faith, and you just block. Please, embrace the blue sky way. block. block. block.
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Favorite images of 2025, Day 6: A roseate spoonbill splashes its wings through the water, causing an explosion of droplets as it looks straight ahead towards the camera. One of my favorite photos I've ever taken. #birds
December 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Favorite images of 2025, Day 6: A roseate spoonbill splashes its wings through the water, causing an explosion of droplets as it looks straight ahead towards the camera. One of my favorite photos I've ever taken. #birds
I may owe my downstairs neighbor cookies or something; I knocked over my water bottle at 2:30 am and in my frenzy to stop water pouring everywhere I knocked a picture off the wall. Now at 6:30 in the morning my cat is wildly banging around with all of her toys. (We are normally very quiet up here.)
December 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I may owe my downstairs neighbor cookies or something; I knocked over my water bottle at 2:30 am and in my frenzy to stop water pouring everywhere I knocked a picture off the wall. Now at 6:30 in the morning my cat is wildly banging around with all of her toys. (We are normally very quiet up here.)
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Sylvia Townsend Warner’s ‘The Corner That Held Them’ (1948) chronicles several decades of life in the English convent of Oby during the 14th century. It’s a rich and brilliant portrayal of the lives of medieval women at the time of the Black Death. Townsend Warner was born #OTD in 1893. #BookWormSat
December 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Sylvia Townsend Warner’s ‘The Corner That Held Them’ (1948) chronicles several decades of life in the English convent of Oby during the 14th century. It’s a rich and brilliant portrayal of the lives of medieval women at the time of the Black Death. Townsend Warner was born #OTD in 1893. #BookWormSat
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In which @angierasmussen.bsky.social rips into the conduct of the latest ACIP vaccine meeting.
"Like most kakistocrats, they do damage simply by being incompetent."
"Like most kakistocrats, they do damage simply by being incompetent."
That’s another horrendous ACIP meeting on the books. This clown show did a lot more than weakly recommend delaying the HBV birth dose and compare vaccines to planes.
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Say Hello to Hepatitis B, Baby
Anti-vax ACIP are bumbling their way to higher rates of pediatric liver cancer...and worse
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In which @angierasmussen.bsky.social rips into the conduct of the latest ACIP vaccine meeting.
"Like most kakistocrats, they do damage simply by being incompetent."
"Like most kakistocrats, they do damage simply by being incompetent."
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Fucking Pennywise ruining it for everyone else
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Fucking Pennywise ruining it for everyone else