Kashana
@kashana.blacksky.app
TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife.
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Kashana
@kashana.blacksky.app
· Jul 15
The Payback is out today, and you can buy it wherever books are sold. It comes highly recommended by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, The Boston Globe, Vanity Fair, the LA Times, the NYT, and dozens of people who hang out on this very website.
Crazy that Costco’s we value our customers message is so much more effective than everyone else telling us to fuck off
February 14, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Crazy that Costco’s we value our customers message is so much more effective than everyone else telling us to fuck off
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Tough times in line at the ol UPS store when the lady in front of me responds to a question about what she’s shipping with “Electronic in what way?”
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Tough times in line at the ol UPS store when the lady in front of me responds to a question about what she’s shipping with “Electronic in what way?”
This is a really nice piece on what it means to make art in an era where the idea that someone will pay you for it or that tons of people might see it seems to be going away.
felt inspired to blog for the first time in a while because of good work from @charoshane.bsky.social @thelincoln.bsky.social et al newsletter.bijanstephen.blog/what-does-it...
What does it mean to make something?
Last night I did something unusual: I went to a comedy show to see a friend's friend do standup. I know, right? Thing is, it was delightful. (This is a rare thing.) And it got me thinking again about ...
newsletter.bijanstephen.blog
February 13, 2026 at 7:16 PM
This is a really nice piece on what it means to make art in an era where the idea that someone will pay you for it or that tons of people might see it seems to be going away.
Henry Kissinger’s turning over in his grave, furious that he didn’t come up with the idea of paying for his security with dead brown and black people
February 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Henry Kissinger’s turning over in his grave, furious that he didn’t come up with the idea of paying for his security with dead brown and black people
They’re just out there setting records at everything.
Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days
Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
They’re just out there setting records at everything.
Can’t believe they don’t want to share evidence with some of our nation’s finest podcasters
February 13, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Can’t believe they don’t want to share evidence with some of our nation’s finest podcasters
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been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
I’m going to win the war on protein. I eat nothing but beef tallow dipped in pork fat rolled inside a chicken stuffed in a duck. My family doesn’t talk to me anymore. I smell like a used wig from the 1700s.
February 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I’m going to win the war on protein. I eat nothing but beef tallow dipped in pork fat rolled inside a chicken stuffed in a duck. My family doesn’t talk to me anymore. I smell like a used wig from the 1700s.
“Hey bro, how’d you get so swole?”
“Stopped eating everything except protein Doritos.”
“Stopped eating everything except protein Doritos.”
February 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
“Hey bro, how’d you get so swole?”
“Stopped eating everything except protein Doritos.”
“Stopped eating everything except protein Doritos.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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and of course his masterwork: the character of james van der beek in the bitch in apartment 23
James Van Der Beek, the actor best known for playing the lead in hit 90s teen drama Dawson’s Creek, has died.
February 11, 2026 at 9:19 PM
and of course his masterwork: the character of james van der beek in the bitch in apartment 23
It turns out that the only thing standing between us and a version of the pentagon that closes airspace to shoot down party balloons were those diversity trainings at work
February 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
It turns out that the only thing standing between us and a version of the pentagon that closes airspace to shoot down party balloons were those diversity trainings at work
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I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
“They’re coming to get us!”
*shots fired, object falls*
“Thank goodness we defeated our nation’s worst enemy, Timmy’s 5th birthday.”
*shots fired, object falls*
“Thank goodness we defeated our nation’s worst enemy, Timmy’s 5th birthday.”
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
“They’re coming to get us!”
*shots fired, object falls*
“Thank goodness we defeated our nation’s worst enemy, Timmy’s 5th birthday.”
*shots fired, object falls*
“Thank goodness we defeated our nation’s worst enemy, Timmy’s 5th birthday.”
Also it’s really fucking funny!
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Also it’s really fucking funny!
Man, I wish they’d bring back cool trends like bell bottoms or swing dancing instead of COINTELPRO
NEW: CBP signs a new deal with Clearview AI to access its scraped image database for "tactical targeting," including efforts to “disrupt, degrade, and dismantle” networks of people labeled security threats.
CBP Signs Clearview AI Deal to Use Face Recognition for ‘Tactical Targeting’
US Border Patrol intelligence units will gain access to a face recognition tool built on billions of images scraped from the internet.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Man, I wish they’d bring back cool trends like bell bottoms or swing dancing instead of COINTELPRO
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There’s a great influencer on Instagram whose entire thing is making Black survival foods from the Depression Era, buddy, I am afraid.
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
There’s a great influencer on Instagram whose entire thing is making Black survival foods from the Depression Era, buddy, I am afraid.
A little sad at how much generational analysis is just “look at these self-starters who know exactly how to work seven jobs to afford a carrot”
‘I am never off the clock’: inside the booming world of gen Z side hustles
‘I am never off the clock’: inside the booming world of gen Z side hustles
More young Americans are taking on side gigs to explore their passions and make extra cash while navigating an unstable job market
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:37 PM
A little sad at how much generational analysis is just “look at these self-starters who know exactly how to work seven jobs to afford a carrot”
We’ve all had days where we’ve woken up, forgotten to brush our teeth, and closed all El Paso airspace for an hour instead.
February 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
We’ve all had days where we’ve woken up, forgotten to brush our teeth, and closed all El Paso airspace for an hour instead.
How very black history month to suddenly discover even more underground railroad
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 4:43 AM
How very black history month to suddenly discover even more underground railroad
Can you believe the poors are irresponsibly choosing not to starve to death?
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Can you believe the poors are irresponsibly choosing not to starve to death?
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i got so mad about this article that i blogged about it aftermath.site/ai-romance-n...
No, AI Written Romance Novels Are Not Inevitable
The New York Times interviewed two authors who claim AI is the future of romance novels, who coincidentally also sell courses about how to use AI to write romance novels.
aftermath.site
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
i got so mad about this article that i blogged about it aftermath.site/ai-romance-n...
Listening to “yo perreo sola” until conditions improve
February 10, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Listening to “yo perreo sola” until conditions improve
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This is a famously messy Norwegian biathlete who was banned in 2023 from the Biathlon World Cup because he accidentally fired his competition rifle in his hotel room (he was also teary and apologetic then)
new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This is a famously messy Norwegian biathlete who was banned in 2023 from the Biathlon World Cup because he accidentally fired his competition rifle in his hotel room (he was also teary and apologetic then)
Every jobs report is like look, we wrecked the economy, but we swear that’s a good thing
February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Every jobs report is like look, we wrecked the economy, but we swear that’s a good thing