Kristin | First Impressions Podcast
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I do a podcast about Jane Austen with my friend Maggie! We talk about our love for Jane and give a middle finger to all the haters (that was our mission statement back in 2015 and we're sticking to it).
I have read Wuthering Heights twice and both times I felt like it was just kink. Someone’s elaborate private fantasy. Feels intrusive to read it.
February 16, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I have read Wuthering Heights twice and both times I felt like it was just kink. Someone’s elaborate private fantasy. Feels intrusive to read it.
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I'm not trying to add snark. I keep hearing versions of this and think it's useful to consider.
Let's assume for the sake of argument that it is true that the lower courts are working. That forcing lawyers for immigrants to prove 4,400 times that the .gov breaking the law is the system working. +
Let's assume for the sake of argument that it is true that the lower courts are working. That forcing lawyers for immigrants to prove 4,400 times that the .gov breaking the law is the system working. +
February 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I'm not trying to add snark. I keep hearing versions of this and think it's useful to consider.
Let's assume for the sake of argument that it is true that the lower courts are working. That forcing lawyers for immigrants to prove 4,400 times that the .gov breaking the law is the system working. +
Let's assume for the sake of argument that it is true that the lower courts are working. That forcing lawyers for immigrants to prove 4,400 times that the .gov breaking the law is the system working. +
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The best case scenario is that Trump will waste $38 billion. The more likely outcome is that these will become warehouses of human suffering, and a permanent stain on America's history.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:09 AM
The best case scenario is that Trump will waste $38 billion. The more likely outcome is that these will become warehouses of human suffering, and a permanent stain on America's history.
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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You really really REALLY have to read the whole thing.
February 13, 2026 at 5:05 AM
You really really REALLY have to read the whole thing.
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It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
Some beautiful Mrs. Bennet energy here
Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Some beautiful Mrs. Bennet energy here
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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Calling an emergency council so we can all get on the same page about what the phrase “out of pocket” means
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Calling an emergency council so we can all get on the same page about what the phrase “out of pocket” means
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Sorry to be Radical Left but I don't think we should put people who haven't committed a crime, and aren't even accused of committing a crime, into any sort of "Detention"
February 10, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Sorry to be Radical Left but I don't think we should put people who haven't committed a crime, and aren't even accused of committing a crime, into any sort of "Detention"
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super bowl ads are always annoying and bad but i think this is the first year they were legitimately Evil
February 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
super bowl ads are always annoying and bad but i think this is the first year they were legitimately Evil
I have agreed to travel to Bath, England to attend a Regency ball this year and now I need a costume that will seem like I didn’t order the cheapest thing on Amazon, and I’m panicking.
February 8, 2026 at 7:06 AM
I have agreed to travel to Bath, England to attend a Regency ball this year and now I need a costume that will seem like I didn’t order the cheapest thing on Amazon, and I’m panicking.
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I once saw a skeet that was like "I love worldbuilding fiction because creative ppl will literally build whole imaginary societies just to talk about their fetishes and hyperfixations, it's all a huge self-report" And
If a skeet could stab you in the heart, man
If a skeet could stab you in the heart, man
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I once saw a skeet that was like "I love worldbuilding fiction because creative ppl will literally build whole imaginary societies just to talk about their fetishes and hyperfixations, it's all a huge self-report" And
If a skeet could stab you in the heart, man
If a skeet could stab you in the heart, man
Why is it that I just get rubbed the wrong way by Bridgerton? Like every single character bugs me. But especially Eloise! Am I an old grouch now?
February 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Why is it that I just get rubbed the wrong way by Bridgerton? Like every single character bugs me. But especially Eloise! Am I an old grouch now?
I dreamed I was @jamellebouie.net ‘s manager and had to tell him to stop making videos during his shift at my library, even though I love his videos and think they are so important for this moment, but I had to tell him no more videos on work time. And he got mad at me. I woke up devastated, lol
February 7, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I dreamed I was @jamellebouie.net ‘s manager and had to tell him to stop making videos during his shift at my library, even though I love his videos and think they are so important for this moment, but I had to tell him no more videos on work time. And he got mad at me. I woke up devastated, lol
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We as a society need to confront how I’m supposed to know that I’m allergic to Skyrizi before I ever take Skyrizi
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 AM
We as a society need to confront how I’m supposed to know that I’m allergic to Skyrizi before I ever take Skyrizi
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
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The world factbook was an invaluable resource in asylum petitions—a place where the federal government acknowledged in writing that, for example, Tibetans face systematic repression in China. I don’t like to have it vanish.
Add the CIA World Factbook to the long and growing list of disappearing government datasets: www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
February 5, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The world factbook was an invaluable resource in asylum petitions—a place where the federal government acknowledged in writing that, for example, Tibetans face systematic repression in China. I don’t like to have it vanish.
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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
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For decades the Right has daydreamed about saving their country from monsters, they finally got the chance and it turns out they love the monsters. The monsters are even monstrous in the exact ways they fantasized about! You never have to listen to these guys about anything again
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
For decades the Right has daydreamed about saving their country from monsters, they finally got the chance and it turns out they love the monsters. The monsters are even monstrous in the exact ways they fantasized about! You never have to listen to these guys about anything again
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Tens of thousands have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, protesting and striking against ICE’s occupation.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Tens of thousands have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, protesting and striking against ICE’s occupation.
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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“Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.”
This is a very powerful video from comedian Josh Johnson. Not just because what he says that's meaningful. But because it shows an emerging trend that high profile people have finally started speaking up, despite concerns it might alienate their followers.
It is time to choose sides.
It is time to choose sides.
January 30, 2026 at 3:46 AM
“Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.”
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people prob gonna get worked up about other stuff here but please understand: this is what hotel rooms were supposed to look like. we have lost our way
January 30, 2026 at 2:40 AM
people prob gonna get worked up about other stuff here but please understand: this is what hotel rooms were supposed to look like. we have lost our way