Sarah Welch-Larson
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Melancholy optimist.
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Sarah Welch-Larson
@dodgyboffin.com
· Aug 1
Not now, widening gyre
Reposted by Sarah Welch-Larson
Look at the highlighted claim and keep in mind that since the start of September, federal immigration agents have killed a man, shot a woman with live rounds and who knows how many others with pepper balls, destroyed car windows, caused property damage at residential buildings, etc., etc.
I dunno about that.
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Look at the highlighted claim and keep in mind that since the start of September, federal immigration agents have killed a man, shot a woman with live rounds and who knows how many others with pepper balls, destroyed car windows, caused property damage at residential buildings, etc., etc.
We’ve had this cartoon up on the fridge for as long as we’ve been married and it still makes me laugh every time
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We’ve had this cartoon up on the fridge for as long as we’ve been married and it still makes me laugh every time
Everything I hear about PLURIBUS sounds like it’s extremely my bag
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Everything I hear about PLURIBUS sounds like it’s extremely my bag
Been reading Fratelli Tutti for an essay I’m working on and I keep coming back to this passage
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Been reading Fratelli Tutti for an essay I’m working on and I keep coming back to this passage
Love having no confidence whatsoever in my elected officials to actually represent me and everybody else they’re supposed to represent. Bang-up job everyone, real great work all around, this feeling of powerlessness is just the tops
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Love having no confidence whatsoever in my elected officials to actually represent me and everybody else they’re supposed to represent. Bang-up job everyone, real great work all around, this feeling of powerlessness is just the tops
This week on the newsletter: a double feature!
Train Dreams | Predator: Badlands
Two searches for belonging from very different angles.
seeingandbelieving.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This week on the newsletter: a double feature!
First snow of the season. Nothing’s sticking (yet) but it sure does make me glad I’m in here and not out there
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
First snow of the season. Nothing’s sticking (yet) but it sure does make me glad I’m in here and not out there
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, which took me by surprise because I tend to bounce pretty hard off Carpenter. Loved the dream sequences and the precise mix of setting and surreality
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, which took me by surprise because I tend to bounce pretty hard off Carpenter. Loved the dream sequences and the precise mix of setting and surreality
I have achieved bodily perfection, which is to say I am currently stuffed full of paneer tikka masala
November 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I have achieved bodily perfection, which is to say I am currently stuffed full of paneer tikka masala
Reposted by Sarah Welch-Larson
every sunday, from pulpits in megachurches across america, white evangelicals cry out about some imaginary persecution of christianity. but i can’t stop thinking about the pile of rosaries collected by a janitor at a border crossing or the priest turned away at the gates of the detention camp.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
every sunday, from pulpits in megachurches across america, white evangelicals cry out about some imaginary persecution of christianity. but i can’t stop thinking about the pile of rosaries collected by a janitor at a border crossing or the priest turned away at the gates of the detention camp.
Malört is doing an advent calendar that’s literally just a shot of Malört for each day
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Malört is doing an advent calendar that’s literally just a shot of Malört for each day
Reposted by Sarah Welch-Larson
UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
My publisher is having a major sale this month—all titles 50% off, including mine. If you haven’t picked up a copy of Becoming Alien yet, now’s a great time to do it!
Becoming Alien- Wipf and Stock Publishers
The Alien films are perceived to be a fractured franchise, each one loosely related to the others. They are nonlinear, complicated, convoluted: a collection ...
wipfandstock.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My publisher is having a major sale this month—all titles 50% off, including mine. If you haven’t picked up a copy of Becoming Alien yet, now’s a great time to do it!
Tonight I flipped off a stranger at a party but in my defense he was loudly insulting the work of Andrei Tarkovsky
November 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Tonight I flipped off a stranger at a party but in my defense he was loudly insulting the work of Andrei Tarkovsky
Having a normal one and thinking about HEAT again
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Having a normal one and thinking about HEAT again
I for one welcome the Mountain Goats’ rock opera era
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I for one welcome the Mountain Goats’ rock opera era
I think my next bit is gonna be getting really into butt rock
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I think my next bit is gonna be getting really into butt rock
Reposted by Sarah Welch-Larson
I have lost count of the number of times that Ellis has said the Trump administration's arguments "lack credibility."
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I have lost count of the number of times that Ellis has said the Trump administration's arguments "lack credibility."
Pack it up, folks, I just got served ads for ugly Christmas sweaters for both Lord of the Rings *and* the Alien franchise
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Pack it up, folks, I just got served ads for ugly Christmas sweaters for both Lord of the Rings *and* the Alien franchise
Reposted by Sarah Welch-Larson
Now's a good time for Illinois residents to take advantage of a unique right we have to be removed from Clearview's database. Scroll down to IL opt-out here: www.clearview.ai/privacy-and-...
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Now's a good time for Illinois residents to take advantage of a unique right we have to be removed from Clearview's database. Scroll down to IL opt-out here: www.clearview.ai/privacy-and-...
I can’t stop thinking about how stupid this is. What a weenie
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I can’t stop thinking about how stupid this is. What a weenie
This but, like, in a joyful way
Not now, widening gyre
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This but, like, in a joyful way
Kicked his butt twice, we love to see it
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Kicked his butt twice, we love to see it
Reposted by Sarah Welch-Larson
Onion and Mustard Suite, Third Movement
November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Onion and Mustard Suite, Third Movement
Reposted by Sarah Welch-Larson
For some visual context on today's federal court case about the inhumane conditions in ICE's Broadview facility, this is a rare glimpse inside.
In the background, you can see men in one of the holding cells.
In the background, you can see men in one of the holding cells.
This is from a video on X, showing inside the Broadview ICE facility when Noem was in town on Fri.
For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.
See the orange triangles?
For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.
See the orange triangles?
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
For some visual context on today's federal court case about the inhumane conditions in ICE's Broadview facility, this is a rare glimpse inside.
In the background, you can see men in one of the holding cells.
In the background, you can see men in one of the holding cells.