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I have a new story out in @oysterriverpages.bsky.social. It's about Crown Vics and the Everglades and exotic finches and life as a ghost. You can also hear me read an excerpt, if you're into that sort of thing...
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Christianity Today is an influential magazine in Evangelical circles, and it's a noteworthy signpost that they're doing stories like this because it's the kind of story that pops bubbles.
They Led at Saddleback Church. ICE Said They Were Safe. - Christianity Today
A Colombian couple prayed with neighbors and raised their children in one of America’s most influential churches. What did we gain from their deportation?
www.christianitytoday.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Christianity Today is an influential magazine in Evangelical circles, and it's a noteworthy signpost that they're doing stories like this because it's the kind of story that pops bubbles.
Book #109 of 2025: Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin. Does anyone remember how to write a short story
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November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Book #109 of 2025: Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin. Does anyone remember how to write a short story
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andrew cuomo ran one of the worst political campaigns in modern history but i think my favorite part was in this ai ad, the pregnant bill cited chatgpt as a source and a chatgpt phone walks onto the screen and goes “that’s right”
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
andrew cuomo ran one of the worst political campaigns in modern history but i think my favorite part was in this ai ad, the pregnant bill cited chatgpt as a source and a chatgpt phone walks onto the screen and goes “that’s right”
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
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TRIBECA ALREADY EMPTY. THOUSANDS OF PATAGONIA VESTS ABANDONED. SOHO HOUSE TAKEN OVER BY EXOTIC ZOO ANIMALS. BATTERY PARK SHAKE SHACK NOW A BISEXUALS-ONLY CERAMICS STUDIO
NEARLY A MILLION NEW YORKERS TO REPORTEDLY FLEE NYC AS MAMDANI BECOMES MAYOR — POSSIBLY IGNITING MASS EXODUS, PER NYP
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
TRIBECA ALREADY EMPTY. THOUSANDS OF PATAGONIA VESTS ABANDONED. SOHO HOUSE TAKEN OVER BY EXOTIC ZOO ANIMALS. BATTERY PARK SHAKE SHACK NOW A BISEXUALS-ONLY CERAMICS STUDIO
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Illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues (ca. 1880s) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues #newyearseve #fireworks
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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This is a bit from a Naipaul novel btw
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is a bit from a Naipaul novel btw
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also while we’re at it a bodega is distinct from a sheetz! fuck you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
also while we’re at it a bodega is distinct from a sheetz! fuck you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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zohran: good morning rama my wife
rama: hello mamdani
rama: hello mamdani
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
zohran: good morning rama my wife
rama: hello mamdani
rama: hello mamdani
Book #108 of 2025: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa. With the addition of Peru, my "Countries Read" list is at 113. I've also now read 58/128 Nobel laureates. This was good.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Book #108 of 2025: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa. With the addition of Peru, my "Countries Read" list is at 113. I've also now read 58/128 Nobel laureates. This was good.
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18 years today since we moved into this house here on the shore in Newfoundland. The view out the front window hasn't changed in any way
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
18 years today since we moved into this house here on the shore in Newfoundland. The view out the front window hasn't changed in any way
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Why yes I think driving down Trump's approval would be helpful in the midterms! If Ds had let the hazy concept of "salience" cloud their thinking, they might not have engaged on Abrego Garcia, missing the chance to bring his #s down on his "strong" issue,which did happen against your advice.
This is definitely a good way to raise the salience of immigration relative to the health care fight that congressional democrats are trying to center politics on.
And that in turn is definitely helpful to Pritzker's presidential ambitions.
Does it help win a senate majority?
And that in turn is definitely helpful to Pritzker's presidential ambitions.
Does it help win a senate majority?
Please note what happened here. By challenging Trump to pause his terror raids for Halloween, Pritzker forced Kristi Noem to come out *for* continuing to traumatize kids. Polarizing these debates draws attention/forces MAGA depravity into the light.
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Why yes I think driving down Trump's approval would be helpful in the midterms! If Ds had let the hazy concept of "salience" cloud their thinking, they might not have engaged on Abrego Garcia, missing the chance to bring his #s down on his "strong" issue,which did happen against your advice.
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noteworthy that rather than funding experiments into challenging conservative message domination on the local level or building between-election outreach capacity at the state level, centrist donors are throwing millions at what amount to online factional battles among a couple dozen people
it is mostly driven by this guy who represents large dollar donors.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
October 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
noteworthy that rather than funding experiments into challenging conservative message domination on the local level or building between-election outreach capacity at the state level, centrist donors are throwing millions at what amount to online factional battles among a couple dozen people
One important thing about this analysis is that nobody gives a shit what's in a party platform.
what the hell are you talking about man, biden's entire presidency was about the middle class. it was the entire political theory behind deliverism and the economy
October 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
One important thing about this analysis is that nobody gives a shit what's in a party platform.
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My main takeaway on the “moderation” debate is that Democrats would be better served by other debates besides left-right positioning, like how to develop new valence issues (corruption!) as wedge issues, and how to get attention for their policy proposals in the first place
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
My main takeaway on the “moderation” debate is that Democrats would be better served by other debates besides left-right positioning, like how to develop new valence issues (corruption!) as wedge issues, and how to get attention for their policy proposals in the first place
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also, i agree with the idea that this problem is probably downstream of a party that has no particular set of ideals or values with which voters can identify. i have even argued as much! take this post for what it is: something i threw together while eating rice and beans and scrolling on my phone.
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
also, i agree with the idea that this problem is probably downstream of a party that has no particular set of ideals or values with which voters can identify. i have even argued as much! take this post for what it is: something i threw together while eating rice and beans and scrolling on my phone.
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even the democratic consultants are evaluating the democratic party according to the caricatures put out by republican-aligned media
Incredible to claim that “abolish the police” is in any way a Democratic policy
October 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
even the democratic consultants are evaluating the democratic party according to the caricatures put out by republican-aligned media
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Every one of these analyses that the centrist consultants produce reads like the result of a dare: "write about US politics as though media doesn't exist." They just carefully talk around it. The American people "came to believe" things. They "blamed" immigrants. Why? Don't ask! Just accept.
October 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Every one of these analyses that the centrist consultants produce reads like the result of a dare: "write about US politics as though media doesn't exist." They just carefully talk around it. The American people "came to believe" things. They "blamed" immigrants. Why? Don't ask! Just accept.
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This article quotes the university president saying Lia was on the women's swimming and diving team, but she's not on this year's roster on their athletic department website. The NCAA banned her from being on the team when Trump first took office.
Lía Smith, a missing trans student in Vermont has been found dead.
"Vermont State Police touted the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for those in distress or their loved ones." This is the same lifeline the Trump admin cut for LGBTQ people in crisis.
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
"Vermont State Police touted the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for those in distress or their loved ones." This is the same lifeline the Trump admin cut for LGBTQ people in crisis.
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Missing Middlebury College student confirmed dead after dayslong search, Vermont police say
Middlebury student Lia Smith, 21, was found dead Thursday, Vermont police confirmed. She had been reported missing several days prior.
www.boston.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This article quotes the university president saying Lia was on the women's swimming and diving team, but she's not on this year's roster on their athletic department website. The NCAA banned her from being on the team when Trump first took office.
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the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
Book #107 of 2025: Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner. Can you do a little less, please
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October 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Book #107 of 2025: Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner. Can you do a little less, please
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Imagine being 17, your little brother by your side, begging to speak to your dad as he’s dragged away. You may never see him again. And this is every day. Soul shattering, nightmarish stuff, never to be forgiven.
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Imagine being 17, your little brother by your side, begging to speak to your dad as he’s dragged away. You may never see him again. And this is every day. Soul shattering, nightmarish stuff, never to be forgiven.
Book $106 of 2025: Henry VIII by William Shakespeare--and John Fletcher, thank you very much.
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October 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Book $106 of 2025: Henry VIII by William Shakespeare--and John Fletcher, thank you very much.
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Im learning that a lot of 90s anime dubs were recorded in North Carolina and it makes SO much sense now why i find that era of dubs so cozy. Now that i know i cant stop picking up more small nc things haha
The North Carolinian Anime Cadence
YouTube video by James Dahlbender
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October 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Im learning that a lot of 90s anime dubs were recorded in North Carolina and it makes SO much sense now why i find that era of dubs so cozy. Now that i know i cant stop picking up more small nc things haha