DebmBudd
@tuppenceforthem.bsky.social
Perpetual reader and tsundoku builder, cat-mom, Democrat since Reagan, Holmes fan (Sherlock, not Larry), retired advertising designer/writer
I'm craving a Nutcracker Ballet, but the only one locally is on Christmas Eve. So Ima just sharing my Coldstream Guard...
December 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I'm craving a Nutcracker Ballet, but the only one locally is on Christmas Eve. So Ima just sharing my Coldstream Guard...
Schrodinger's Dog putting in an appearance...
I have a quantum dog, she is both fed and unfed at all times.
At least that's her opinion based on her observations of her bowl at any one moment in time.
At least that's her opinion based on her observations of her bowl at any one moment in time.
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Schrodinger's Dog putting in an appearance...
Reposted by DebmBudd
We shouldn’t have to debate who “deserves” food, healthcare and housing.
We should be angry that these things aren’t guaranteed to everyone.
We should be outraged that the wealthy & corporations continue to profit off the misery and suffering of others.
We should be angry that these things aren’t guaranteed to everyone.
We should be outraged that the wealthy & corporations continue to profit off the misery and suffering of others.
December 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We shouldn’t have to debate who “deserves” food, healthcare and housing.
We should be angry that these things aren’t guaranteed to everyone.
We should be outraged that the wealthy & corporations continue to profit off the misery and suffering of others.
We should be angry that these things aren’t guaranteed to everyone.
We should be outraged that the wealthy & corporations continue to profit off the misery and suffering of others.
A classic from the Marketoonist, 2014, which seems ever more apt...
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A classic from the Marketoonist, 2014, which seems ever more apt...
This is a fabulous story about a Philadelphia trans icon "Harlow" who is speaking out now to remind people that trans people have always been here, and shouldn't have to live in the shadows. Gifted.
share.inquirer.com/hiCRF6
share.inquirer.com/hiCRF6
Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
share.inquirer.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is a fabulous story about a Philadelphia trans icon "Harlow" who is speaking out now to remind people that trans people have always been here, and shouldn't have to live in the shadows. Gifted.
share.inquirer.com/hiCRF6
share.inquirer.com/hiCRF6
#Booksky I'm reading Louise Penny's *The Grey Wolf.* I love her prose so much. She puts readers inside her characters heads. Wonderful turns of phrase.
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 AM
#Booksky I'm reading Louise Penny's *The Grey Wolf.* I love her prose so much. She puts readers inside her characters heads. Wonderful turns of phrase.
Sunday, December 7, Pearl Harbor Day. My Dad was 11. He remembered listening on the radio as news reports came in. Remembering all those who died that day.
December 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Sunday, December 7, Pearl Harbor Day. My Dad was 11. He remembered listening on the radio as news reports came in. Remembering all those who died that day.
My fifth-grader great niece has chickens, which are now laying eggs. She wants chicken things for Christmas. 😄
Not sure what that even means. But, LOL. 🐓
Not sure what that even means. But, LOL. 🐓
December 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
My fifth-grader great niece has chickens, which are now laying eggs. She wants chicken things for Christmas. 😄
Not sure what that even means. But, LOL. 🐓
Not sure what that even means. But, LOL. 🐓
Spent the morning with my sister and one of her daughters. Breakfast, a large local craft show. Then, they wanted to do an evening event tonight. Does anyone else have problems with too much Christmas all at once? I needed a break... Sitting feet up with cocoa and a tacky holiday movie.
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Spent the morning with my sister and one of her daughters. Breakfast, a large local craft show. Then, they wanted to do an evening event tonight. Does anyone else have problems with too much Christmas all at once? I needed a break... Sitting feet up with cocoa and a tacky holiday movie.
LOL. 🎄
As long as we’re talking about Rudolph and his team…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7sm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7sm...
Hamildolph (An American Christmas Story) - Hamilton Parody - Eclipse 6
YouTube video by Eclipse 6
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
LOL. 🎄
I was today years old when I learned "misogny" was coined in 1656. "Misogynoir" has been around, too, but wasn't so named until 2010.
These are your words of the week
monsoon
war crime
misogynoir
affordability
pulldoo
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
monsoon
war crime
misogynoir
affordability
pulldoo
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
The Words of the Week - Dec. 5
Dictionary lookups from social media, Southeast Asia, and the bayou
www.merriam-webster.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I was today years old when I learned "misogny" was coined in 1656. "Misogynoir" has been around, too, but wasn't so named until 2010.
Reposted by DebmBudd
Ok, with this year being what it has, we all deserved and needed this today. Do yourself a favor and watch it. You deserve it.
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Ok, with this year being what it has, we all deserved and needed this today. Do yourself a favor and watch it. You deserve it.
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
Took my Archie cat to the vet for a booster shot. In and out in 3 minutes, home within the hour. But he's been clingy since then. Like, if I'm extra nice to Mom, she'll never take me to the Bad Place again...
#CatsOfBluesky
#CatsOfBluesky
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Took my Archie cat to the vet for a booster shot. In and out in 3 minutes, home within the hour. But he's been clingy since then. Like, if I'm extra nice to Mom, she'll never take me to the Bad Place again...
#CatsOfBluesky
#CatsOfBluesky
"We just can't stop demonstrating our insane levels of incompetence," said an unnamed DOJ spokesperson. /s 🙄
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"We just can't stop demonstrating our insane levels of incompetence," said an unnamed DOJ spokesperson. /s 🙄
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
I really, REALLY hate these people...
Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I really, REALLY hate these people...
For all the word nerds...
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
For all the word nerds...
Great art ripples ever outward...
#RIPTomStoppard
#RIPTomStoppard
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Great art ripples ever outward...
#RIPTomStoppard
#RIPTomStoppard
#Booksky Just checked and realized I've read the most books this year than in any year since I started tracking my reading. Over 100, with a month to go, and three in progress. Hoping for a book gift card for Christmas...
Who else tracks their books?
Who else tracks their books?
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
#Booksky Just checked and realized I've read the most books this year than in any year since I started tracking my reading. Over 100, with a month to go, and three in progress. Hoping for a book gift card for Christmas...
Who else tracks their books?
Who else tracks their books?
A miserable gray, damp November day here in Southeastern PA. Hunkered down with my cat, snacks and books. Nearly finished #HowToKillAWitch by two podcasters who successfully got the Scottish premier to apologize for the many Scots women murdered as witches under Scots law.
#BookSky
#History
#BookSky
#History
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
A miserable gray, damp November day here in Southeastern PA. Hunkered down with my cat, snacks and books. Nearly finished #HowToKillAWitch by two podcasters who successfully got the Scottish premier to apologize for the many Scots women murdered as witches under Scots law.
#BookSky
#History
#BookSky
#History
📽️ For the first time, I watched #Scrooged today. Loved the cast of comedians (Bobcat!) and Murray's Scrooge-esque TV producer. But wow--on cable with the crazed "BUY NOW" Xmas ads, the script seemed ever more apt, and more disturbing. (Never realized Mitchum was their Paley-ish CEO...)
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
📽️ For the first time, I watched #Scrooged today. Loved the cast of comedians (Bobcat!) and Murray's Scrooge-esque TV producer. But wow--on cable with the crazed "BUY NOW" Xmas ads, the script seemed ever more apt, and more disturbing. (Never realized Mitchum was their Paley-ish CEO...)
And this is why so many people do not trust the police. 🖕
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
And this is why so many people do not trust the police. 🖕
JFC
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
JFC
Reposted by DebmBudd
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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