Colette Shade (buy Y2K!!)
@coletteshade.bsky.social
Author, Y2K: How the 2000's Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was). The NYT called me “lean, nimble, and profoundly depressing,” but I think I’m pretty fun. I have a black cat named Camus and I live in Ann Arbor.
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I Uncovered My Fifth Grade Time-Capsule Essay About the New Millennium. It Put So Much Into Perspective.
A look back on the hopefulness and heartbreak of the new millennium.
slate.com
One year ago today, @slate.com published an excerpt from my essay collection Y2K, which came out in January 2025. It’s a braided narrative about Y2K pop culture, time capsules, and millennial disappointment, and I’d appreciate if you gave it a read. slate.com/life/2024/12...
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Kid Rock's dad owned multiple car dealerships and he grew up in the suburbs of Detroit. Bad Bunny went from bagging groceries and recording his songs in his room to winning multiple Grammys. Which one is the better encapsulation of hard work and the American Dream?
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Kid Rock's dad owned multiple car dealerships and he grew up in the suburbs of Detroit. Bad Bunny went from bagging groceries and recording his songs in his room to winning multiple Grammys. Which one is the better encapsulation of hard work and the American Dream?
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JD Vance getting booed, as called around the world (auto transcribed & translated, mostly):
February 8, 2026 at 6:33 AM
JD Vance getting booed, as called around the world (auto transcribed & translated, mostly):
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I wrote about the Epstein Files and the (incredibly unhealthy) need to monitor, to bear witness. lithub.com/finding-the-...
Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files
I did not make good use of my time this past weekend. I could have been doing something fulfilling like doomscrolling or playing an inane game on my phone, but instead I became an armchair detectiv…
lithub.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I wrote about the Epstein Files and the (incredibly unhealthy) need to monitor, to bear witness. lithub.com/finding-the-...
Now she can’t stop losing weight
February 5, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Now she can’t stop losing weight
Woah, just heard @devintoshea.bsky.social on It’s Been a Minute with @bmluse.bsky.social talking about the swoletariat! Love this as a fellow lefty gym-goer. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
The Swoletariat: a history of leftist fitness
Podcast Episode · It's Been a Minute · 02/04/2026 · 19m
podcasts.apple.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Woah, just heard @devintoshea.bsky.social on It’s Been a Minute with @bmluse.bsky.social talking about the swoletariat! Love this as a fellow lefty gym-goer. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Woah, just heard @devintoshea.bsky.social on It’s Been a Minute with @bmluse.bsky.social talking about the swoletariat! Love this as a fellow lefty gym-goer. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
The Swoletariat: a history of leftist fitness
Podcast Episode · It's Been a Minute · 02/04/2026 · 19m
podcasts.apple.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Woah, just heard @devintoshea.bsky.social on It’s Been a Minute with @bmluse.bsky.social talking about the swoletariat! Love this as a fellow lefty gym-goer. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Hey @chapotraphousereal.bsky.social loved the new ep but I want to flag that your girl’s book has a whole essay on Larry Summers’s destruction of the Russian economy and how that created a wholesale global market for young women! bookshop.org/p/books/y2k-...
Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was)
How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was)
bookshop.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Hey @chapotraphousereal.bsky.social loved the new ep but I want to flag that your girl’s book has a whole essay on Larry Summers’s destruction of the Russian economy and how that created a wholesale global market for young women! bookshop.org/p/books/y2k-...
Happy pub day to @dchiasso.bsky.social, whose biography/memoir about Bernie speaks deeply to me as a former Burlington resident and longstanding Bernie Bro. Cover art by famous Vermonter @alisonbechdel.bsky.social! bookshop.org/p/books/bern...
Bernie for Burlington: The Rise of the People's Politician
The Rise of the People's Politician
bookshop.org
February 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Happy pub day to @dchiasso.bsky.social, whose biography/memoir about Bernie speaks deeply to me as a former Burlington resident and longstanding Bernie Bro. Cover art by famous Vermonter @alisonbechdel.bsky.social! bookshop.org/p/books/bern...
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Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
This is the place where I learned to love classical music, jazz, and dance. I hate this so much!
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center will close for 2 years for renovations starting in July, Trump says, after a backlash from performers.
February 2, 2026 at 12:54 AM
This is the place where I learned to love classical music, jazz, and dance. I hate this so much!
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I wrote about the night when I learned that the Recording Academy would always disappoint me, the notorious Two Against Nature night www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
The 2001 Grammys Were a Baby Boomer Y2K Fever Dream
Revisiting the controversial night when Eminem scared the nation, Beyoncé made her onstage debut, and Steely Dan were the conquerors of all they surveyed.
www.vanityfair.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I wrote about the night when I learned that the Recording Academy would always disappoint me, the notorious Two Against Nature night www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
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This tribute is so touching, to me
February 1, 2026 at 2:04 AM
This tribute is so touching, to me
As someone descended from both NYC immigrants and 19th century California settlers I want to say fuck ice :)
January 31, 2026 at 7:01 PM
As someone descended from both NYC immigrants and 19th century California settlers I want to say fuck ice :)
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Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
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Ya gotta read @coletteshade.bsky.social's book!
January 30, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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Unbelievable
January 27, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Unbelievable
Unbelievable
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Unbelievable
I accidentally scheduled a physical that lasted 2 months
January 25, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I accidentally scheduled a physical that lasted 2 months
The administration is smearing a man who was executed by the state
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 2:57 AM
The administration is smearing a man who was executed by the state
So, who in Ann Arbor is protesting against the MURDER that just happened today?
January 25, 2026 at 2:49 AM
So, who in Ann Arbor is protesting against the MURDER that just happened today?
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“Stop comparing our marauding masked death squads to the Gestapo!”
January 25, 2026 at 2:35 AM
“Stop comparing our marauding masked death squads to the Gestapo!”
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YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
January 25, 2026 at 2:10 AM
YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
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Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
January 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
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I wrote a short essay for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome To Hell World about Minneapolis' opposition to ICE.
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
There is no such thing as other people’s children
It is intolerable
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I wrote a short essay for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome To Hell World about Minneapolis' opposition to ICE.
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
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Van Hollen: "The Trump admin has essentially said to folks at ICE, 'Anything goes. You have a license to kill. And by the way, we won't investigate you. We'll take care of this for you.' When they're calling these Americans 'domestic terrorists,' what they're saying to ICE is we got your back."
January 25, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Van Hollen: "The Trump admin has essentially said to folks at ICE, 'Anything goes. You have a license to kill. And by the way, we won't investigate you. We'll take care of this for you.' When they're calling these Americans 'domestic terrorists,' what they're saying to ICE is we got your back."