‘Robot Monster (Don Ross)’ - Adrian Bellue Project
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How your family looks while you unwrap the gift you thought you weren’t getting this year… 😏🎁
It’s #ChristmasEve! What are your favorite holiday traditions or memories?
Learn more about this work: https://t.co/YPj5QSk9fA pic.twitter.com/YN86NN26sT— The Met (@metmuseum) December 24, 2019
I really love it when he goes high on the neck.
One of the last veterans of the 1942 Kokoda Track campaign, Bill Ryan, has died in Sydney at the age of 97. Bill was also one of Australia’s foremost environmental campaigners, still protesting, still being arrested, to the very end. https://t.co/TWh1KQycs4 @ChrisReason7 #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/IBQU7C1w5d
— 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) December 24, 2019
re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The Kokoda track region appears much as it did in 1942 when the Australian soldiers fought there. Along the track, trenches and rusted weapons can still be seen. There are almost none of the facilities a tourist might expect to find: no electricity, no shops, and each madly rushing stream is crossed by means of a simple log bridge. Following in the steps of the Australian soldiers remains a physically challenging task, to be attempted by only the fittest of bushwalkers amongst us.
Totally stupid Dad Joke that I am ripping off from a podcast I listen to:
How do you find Will Smith after a snow storm?
Follow the fresh prints.
At first glance I thought you said “sleep like a yule dog”
Wooof! pic.twitter.com/KiJOnqEKTA— Lou Pine (@pinewoodsdojo) December 24, 2019
Throwing the evangelicals a bone.
@realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS welcomed by the lead pastor at Family Church in downtown West Palm Beach for Christmas Eve services pic.twitter.com/Qev7f38NVt
— Alex Alper (@alexalper) December 24, 2019
Amazing talent in that video! I think I saw sparks flying from his fingertips.
People have been watching how many times he’s played golf, stayed at his properties, had Press Confs, everything.
Has anybody kept track of how many times he’s actually been to a church to speak or even attend services?
Off for the festivities shortly.
To all Lizards - wishing you peace, and thanking you for helping maintain what precious little sanity I have left.
re: #9 BigPapa
People have been watching how many times he’s played golf, stayed at his properties, had Press Confs, everything.
Has anybody kept track of how many times he’s actually been to a church to speak or even attend services?
The people who care about church attendance think he goes everyday and twice on Sunday.
Back from church. No incense … :(
But got some extra coin today so Chinese takeout, beer & Famous Grouse came home with me :)
Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, and every other solstice holiday to all here.
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
The one time I ever heard my father speak about his service in WWII, it was a reminisce of his combat service in New Guinea. The main themes of his (fairly short) tale were heat, humidity, and the horror of jungle warfare. So I read up on that campaign later, and I realize it must have been way worse than anyone could ever adequately describe. RIP Bill Ryan: he was lucky to have survived.
Dad had been working on Wall Street in 1942 when he got drafted (age 26). He asked one of his business connections to pull some strings for him to keep him out of the infantry. So it happened: and he was assigned to train as a paratrooper. And got his wings. And then got sent to New Guinea, where airborne operations were, to say the least, superfluous.
“The Army Way”….
Trump has used his veto 6 times. 4 of those were to protect Saudi Arabia. Congress could’ve made him again choose between an embarrassing veto or letting MBS face consequences. Republican+Democratic political calculations & Jared Kushner got in the way.https://t.co/wtlVEUwayT
— Akbar Shahid Ahmed (@AkbarSAhmed) December 24, 2019
There is no cannibalism in the Christian religion, absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount.
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) December 24, 2019
I need to get to work but I cannot wait to get home and continue my lamb stock. Here’s a photo last night of the bones after about an hour simmer. I nailed the color. No spices or salt, just bones, heat, and water. Was dipping Ritz in the stock to taste: holy shit was it already yummers. Need 6-8 hours of total low simmer/heat to fully break down all the collagens and get that marrow out.
If Xenophon’s Socrates were able to dunk on me from a distance of some 2,380 years, I would simply consider that he might have a valid point
— Ryan Baumann (@ryanfb) December 24, 2019
re: #13 Jay C
perfect example of “be careful what you wish for…”
Muah pic.twitter.com/5ULLt5CYTE
— Just Maria💦 (@Bettie003) December 24, 2019
Is the Auschwitz Museum stupid as well?
You’re just embarrassingly bad at this. https://t.co/wycjmDX2za https://t.co/5C2BOAPpzD— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) December 24, 2019
re: #22 Joe Bacon 🌹
That’s beautiful.
re: #7 Teddy’s Person
Throwing the evangelicals a bone.
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Melania looks PISSED. That card he gave her wasn’t an AmEx Centurion.
re: #24 The Pie Overlord!
Melania looks PISSED. That card he gave her wasn’t an AmEx Centurion.
She always looks pissed. That keeps the wrinkles away. And innocent bystanders as well.
The romance writing world is currently being shook up by the decision of the Romance Writers of America to suspend writer Courtney Milan for a year. Milan’s crime? She called out racism.
The Romance Writers of America has suspended Courtney Milan, one of the genre’s most popular and outspoken novelists, for tweets criticizing the work of other romance authors, The Wrap reports.
Milan was the subject of complaints by authors Kathryn Lynn Davis and Suzan Tisdale, who were upset over Milan’s tweets about Davis’ 1999 novel Somewhere Lies the Moon. Milan, who is Chinese American, called Davis’ book “a fucking racist mess” because of its portrayal of a character with Chinese heritage.
The RWA ethics committee ruled that Milan had violated “the organization’s express purpose of creating a ‘safe and respectful environment’ for its community of writers.” The committee recommended that Milan be censured, suspended from the RWA for a year, and banned from holding any leadership positions on the RWA board.
On Twitter, Milan called the committee’s opinion “appallingly bad.” “It decided that saying that a book was ‘a fucking racist mess’ was something that a writer could not do,” she wrote. “The Board accepted this opinion.”
(more at the link)
Here’s the Twitter thread from August:
Okay, so you know how Glenfinnan publishing has two editors listed on this page?https://t.co/6N3w38747S
— Courtney!!! Milan 🦖 (@courtneymilan) August 26, 2019
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books is also covering the story, but they are decidedly in Milan’s corner: smartbitchestrashybooks.com
One thing you should know about Courtney Milan, is that in a previous life, before she started writing bodice rippers, she was a lawyer. In fact, Heidi Bond (her real name) was one of six women who spoke to the Washington Post about 9th Circuit judge Alex Kozinski’s sexist or sexually inappropriate behavior and forced him to resign in 2017. In other words, before she started writing full time, she was a clerk on an important appellate court. I really think the RWA screwed up big time.
CL’d downstairs…
Imagine thinking that the very definition of eternal bliss is to cause the death and suffering of another animal. One you no longer need to eat or use, since you know, it’s “heaven” where you’re dead and that stuff has no meaning.
— Donald J. Quixote (@Unabogie) December 25, 2019
re: #27 Unabogie
CL’d downstairs…
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No Mike. It will be your first day in Hell, and YOU are the duck.
Time to sit down and watch It’s a Wonderful Life.
Wait ‘till they hear about climate change. https://t.co/NA6jta1RFV
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 25, 2019
re: #29 Shropshire Slasher
Time to sit down and watch It’s a Wonderful Life.
Same Same
Happy Holidays All…
God bless you https://t.co/G5cZopsFa5
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 25, 2019
Time to finish a bit of work, then walk the dog while doing a pinch of Rude Boi OG. Whatever that is.
Illustration by Everett Patterson #ChristmasEve #MerryChristmas2019 #NeverAgainIsNow #migrants #CloseTheCamps #resist pic.twitter.com/qBLdmLrkm9
— Hanukkah Doughnuts Overlord (@Pie_Overlord) December 25, 2019
Hundreds of kids in Texas are spending Christmas Eve taking care of each other. Freezing cold, insufficient food, water, medical attention, hygienic resources. No contact with their parents. Many as young as 1. pic.twitter.com/JJ1OC9KZur
— Charles Finch (@CharlesFinch) December 24, 2019
re: #34 The Pie Overlord!
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Steven Miller needs to be arrested and tried for kidnapping and murder.
WATCH: Sen. Van Hollen: Trump violated another law with Ukraine aid hold. https://t.co/BgRZzBO9uL #inners
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) December 25, 2019
Underneath the Christmas dinner table. pic.twitter.com/AuoG7R88b6
— Blue Heron Farm (@BlueHeronFarmTX) December 25, 2019
re: #26 mmmirele
The Romance Writers of America have rescinded its suspension of Courtney Milan after a blast-ex of responses from the membership.
Now they are getting a second blast-ex on Twitter over their weasely non-pology.
At a meeting today that identified a gap between policy and process, RWA’s Board of Directors rescinded its vote accepting the findings of the Ethics Committee report and the consequent penalties against Courtney Milan pending a legal opinion. 1/2
— RWA (@romancewriters) December 25, 2019
RWA reiterates its support for diversity, inclusivity and equity and its commitment to provide an open environment for all members. 2/2
— RWA (@romancewriters) December 25, 2019
RWA figured out she’s a lawyer, and now they’re consulting with a lawyer to determine if they need to cover their butts.
The board simply accepted a complaint and only posted one side of the complaint before suspending her? And didn’t consult with a lawyer on an ethics case?
Damn, my village board should be running RWA. We would have not fallen into such a trap (and we have a lawyer on staff).
“We screwed up, and people are leaving the organisation and demanding refunds on our upcoming conference; how can we cover our butts?”
re: #40 Anymouse 🌹🎃
Hey, I’m glad you saw this! RIP re your stepfather.
I’m talking online to a friend of mine about it right now. She wrote a tweet.
My favorite comment on the File 770 piece about the RWA censure of @CourtneyMilan: “Who picks a fight with this person? What the hell is wrong with them?” https://t.co/NYaHEOYIKV #IStandWithCourtney pic.twitter.com/nqan1cThmC
— Deirdre Saoirse Moen (@deirdresm) December 25, 2019
I am not much into romance novels. I read them in the 1970s to see what they would get away with after “Sweet Savage Love,” not so much for the sex itself. Then I went to law school and read crime procedurals. Now that I’m older, it’s page down, page down, page down through the sex scenes, I’m just not interested. My friend is telling me about ace (asexual) romance novels and I am intrigued.
ETA: RWA KNEW Courtney was a lawyer, she served on their board and got a special award last year for bringing issues of race to the RWA’s attention. Somehow, though, they lost their frigging minds and decided to pander to flat-out racists.
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