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nerd for narrative. chaotic good. the people’s princess of the housing crisis.
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· Aug 10
Sometimes I bring a “sings ‘Holland, 1945’ at karaoke” vibe to the party that people don’t always love. But they should.
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Art Briles has been hired as the head football coach at a D2 school and so is back in the news. If you want to understand why this hire is upsetting for many, here's the long piece @dansolomon.com and I wrote back in 2019 about How Baylor Happened: web.archive.org/web/20190208...
How Baylor Happened
WACO, Texas — There’s not much to recommend spending four years in Waco. Driving into town up Interstate 35 from the south, the endless stretch of Texas nothing fills out slowly. It’s flat in the way ...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Art Briles has been hired as the head football coach at a D2 school and so is back in the news. If you want to understand why this hire is upsetting for many, here's the long piece @dansolomon.com and I wrote back in 2019 about How Baylor Happened: web.archive.org/web/20190208...
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If you don't let your theater kid do theater they turn into fascists. That's what I've learned this decade.
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If you don't let your theater kid do theater they turn into fascists. That's what I've learned this decade.
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I love this post because it’s such a well observed and deeply felt reaction but also
I cannot WAIT to be of the age where all my posts start with “I am now thinking about ___” no news peg, no clever way in, it’s so beautiful to know your thoughts now are enough
I cannot WAIT to be of the age where all my posts start with “I am now thinking about ___” no news peg, no clever way in, it’s so beautiful to know your thoughts now are enough
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I love this post because it’s such a well observed and deeply felt reaction but also
I cannot WAIT to be of the age where all my posts start with “I am now thinking about ___” no news peg, no clever way in, it’s so beautiful to know your thoughts now are enough
I cannot WAIT to be of the age where all my posts start with “I am now thinking about ___” no news peg, no clever way in, it’s so beautiful to know your thoughts now are enough
We’re finally watching Wicked, which means I got to unload all the Ariana Grande/Ethan Slater lore on Nolan against his will.
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
We’re finally watching Wicked, which means I got to unload all the Ariana Grande/Ethan Slater lore on Nolan against his will.
Ohhhhh it's the worst job market you've ever seen and I'll be umemployed forever? should we make a linkedin post about it? should we throw a party? should we invite charlie chaplin?
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Ohhhhh it's the worst job market you've ever seen and I'll be umemployed forever? should we make a linkedin post about it? should we throw a party? should we invite charlie chaplin?
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Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
*chugging water in front of Quest Diagnostics*
Plump up the veins
Plump ‘em up
Make ‘em good for sticking
Give phlebotomists an
Easy one for stabbing, tapping
Plump up the veins
Plump ‘em up
Make ‘em good for sticking
Give phlebotomists an
Easy one for stabbing, tapping
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
*chugging water in front of Quest Diagnostics*
Plump up the veins
Plump ‘em up
Make ‘em good for sticking
Give phlebotomists an
Easy one for stabbing, tapping
Plump up the veins
Plump ‘em up
Make ‘em good for sticking
Give phlebotomists an
Easy one for stabbing, tapping
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Terrific video essay — explains with great precision why so many recent movies look and feel so profoundly synthetic.
This is a really remarkable video essay on contemporary film and the theories of Laura Marks. It's making me think about movies in a new way.
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
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November 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Terrific video essay — explains with great precision why so many recent movies look and feel so profoundly synthetic.
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verily I say unto thee, heartbreak feels good in a place like this
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
verily I say unto thee, heartbreak feels good in a place like this
Love this for him.
NEW: In emails sent in 2016 and 2018, former, Jeffrey Epstein lawyer and ousted Baylor U president Ken Starr sent "hugs" & "love" to Epstein. In one Starr defended the 2008 "sweetheart deal" NPA Epstein got.
"Jeffrey Epstein has paid his debt to society," Starr wrote.
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
"Jeffrey Epstein has paid his debt to society," Starr wrote.
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
'Hugs' and holiday wishes: Inside former Baylor president's emails to Epstein
Ken Starr helped Epstein get the 2008 "sweetheart deal" that allowed him to avoid prosecution.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Love this for him.
Leaving the house for the first time in 2.5 weeks to get a CT scan. The dream of being 90 is alive in Austin.
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Leaving the house for the first time in 2.5 weeks to get a CT scan. The dream of being 90 is alive in Austin.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL.,
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL.,
Defendants.
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Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
October 31, 2025
TALWANI, D.J.
Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc.
No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated
below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that
Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested
on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants
to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report
back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiczapq36myqhzcrdp4jfodg5rkso7nuvlta4e5b5r4l5upce7b3le@jpeg)
![As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP
benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4];
Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of
SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138
Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L.
No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature
of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available
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Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT
Document 26 Filed 10/31/25
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through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve
account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at
93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiac7aa6icx44x5xjkilpwj7il5oriyttttnrslzrhkwvw6b32cbnm@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
Bucket brought inside and released a live lizard for the second time this week. This one is now hiding in our bedroom. Trick AND treat!
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Bucket brought inside and released a live lizard for the second time this week. This one is now hiding in our bedroom. Trick AND treat!
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I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger
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I have discovered the game Ball x Pit and I don't know. I really needed this. *disappears into a roguelite hole*
October 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I have discovered the game Ball x Pit and I don't know. I really needed this. *disappears into a roguelite hole*
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I am sure it is hard on parents. But you have no idea what it means to many of us to see your babies and a pumpkin.
October 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I am sure it is hard on parents. But you have no idea what it means to many of us to see your babies and a pumpkin.
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Make like a tree and let squirrels live in you.
October 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Make like a tree and let squirrels live in you.
In the early hours of this morning, my beloved dog daughter Edie burrowed under the covers so that she could vomit directly in my bare back. I’m reclaiming this as a good omen, like a pigeon pooping on you. Excited to see what riches the day has for me?
October 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In the early hours of this morning, my beloved dog daughter Edie burrowed under the covers so that she could vomit directly in my bare back. I’m reclaiming this as a good omen, like a pigeon pooping on you. Excited to see what riches the day has for me?
I am overwhelmingly comforted that the "Mrrrreow?" - "I'm over here, baby" conversation is a truth universally acknowledged.
@catsofyore.bsky.social from a magazine article in 1931. the American writer Sophie Kerr had a cat with an excellent name.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I am overwhelmingly comforted that the "Mrrrreow?" - "I'm over here, baby" conversation is a truth universally acknowledged.
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I cover myself with leeches to get optimal punishmaxxing
Sorry, but “history” proves mass nonviolent community protests NEVER work. The ONLY thing that can bring people together is reading my miserable posts. Smiling people hugging in the sunshine accomplishes NOTHING. Reading my punishing content, indoors and alone, is the only path forward.
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I cover myself with leeches to get optimal punishmaxxing