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Time for tabs. We’ll begin with this 2020 video from Ian McKellen to Patrick Stewart, who died yesterday at 86, reading Sonnet 81 on Stewart’s birthday.
Farewell.
OH NO, TRUMP IS SAD. (Gift link New York Times)
Oh hey, now that Warboner Pete Hegseth has fired the guy in charge of the plans for WAR (The New Republic), that means it’s boots on the ground after the midterms, right?
He’s always lied about golf, why not lie about a golf course? Then a lady judge got mad and Trump lost his goddamn mind. (Balls and Strikes)
Norway: The world’s best shithouses! (The Guardian)
Are solar panels burning up all the animals??? No, you fucking idiot. (Bill McKibben)
“The AI killing us all in the next decade” is one reason to stop saving for retirement! (Business Insider)
Mike Rogers’s wife is selling access to government officials? Well how about that. (The American Prospect)
I’m not buying “tossup in South Carolina,” but what do I know? I’m terrible at this! (The Guardian) Oh wait hmmmm, does South Carolina have any Black voters? IT DOES? Well apparently since Trump’s Supreme Court ruled that the Voting Rights Act is bullshit, Black voters have been Acting by Voting, Right? (Mother Jones / CNN)
LOL :)
We made plans for you this weekend!
Join your friend ZiggyWiggy and the whole gang Saturday at 9 p.m. Eastern for HALLOWEEN MOVIE NIGHT, with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) available with subscription on Peacock, AMC+, and Prime; free with ads on Tubi, Pluto TV, Xumo Play, and Plex; $2.99-3.99 in the usual places.
And another!
THIS SUNDAY! Get out your library cards or visit your preferred local new/used bookseller, because Wonkette Book Club is back, baby! At 11 a.m., we’ll start discussing Bill McKibben’s 2025 bestseller Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization (Wonkette affiliate link), all about how solar energy (and wind ‘n’ storage) can get us out of our climate fix and remake the world’s economies with justice for all (but we gotta do it fast and do it right). More here!
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Have a spooky-good weekend!
Sir Patrick saw his father abuse his mother, and saw British police do "both sides". Sir Patrick became a Feminist, fought for equality, and fought to make men take responsibility for their choices and actions regarding Domestic Violence.
Sir Patrick also advocated for treatment for veterans with PTSD, as his combat vet father almost certainly suffered from.
Sir Patrick advocated and rescued Pit Bulls, and the dog that appeared in Season One of "Picard" was a Pit Bull he had rescued.
He was a great actor, and he was a great man. RIP.