Nathan Alderman
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Nathan Alderman
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· Nov 28
Look, it's simple.
Be kind.
Be curious.
Tell the truth.
Ask for help.
Help others if you can.
Don't hurt people.
If you do, say you're sorry, mean it, and prove it.
Think before you speak.
Say less.
Say please.
Say thank you.
Be kind.
Be curious.
Tell the truth.
Ask for help.
Help others if you can.
Don't hurt people.
If you do, say you're sorry, mean it, and prove it.
Think before you speak.
Say less.
Say please.
Say thank you.
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Our friends at The Haven just sent a message asking for donations to support over 80 community members who are homeless that The Haven and other partners have placed in hotels during this winter weather. They need to raise $27k. Please consider donating today.
www.thehaven.org/give-online
www.thehaven.org/give-online
Give Online — The Haven
www.thehaven.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Our friends at The Haven just sent a message asking for donations to support over 80 community members who are homeless that The Haven and other partners have placed in hotels during this winter weather. They need to raise $27k. Please consider donating today.
www.thehaven.org/give-online
www.thehaven.org/give-online
This post got me curious -- see, in some cases us mere mortals can read transcripts of quarterly earnings calls from public companies like Palantir for ourselves. So I decided to see what Palantir execs have been saying...
The thing to remember is that Lonsdale is so emotionally unregulated and drug-addled that on quarter investor updates — boring financial calls! — he can’t refrain from screaming about “woke” and spewing extremist conspiracy theories. A rational company would fire him; Palantir enables him.
The VCs bros have convinced themselves they are on some moral crusade. They will be behind the scenes trying to cling to power in the midterms and beyond.
Side note, they are also the biggest bunch of dorks
Side note, they are also the biggest bunch of dorks
January 26, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This post got me curious -- see, in some cases us mere mortals can read transcripts of quarterly earnings calls from public companies like Palantir for ourselves. So I decided to see what Palantir execs have been saying...
We, the Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce, call upon both the counselors of Camp Crystal Lake and Jason Voorhees to de-escalate the situation and end this regrettable and tragic series of events.
January 26, 2026 at 2:03 AM
We, the Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce, call upon both the counselors of Camp Crystal Lake and Jason Voorhees to de-escalate the situation and end this regrettable and tragic series of events.
I'm sure that corn tortillas have some magical midway point between "so dry and brittle that they crack at the slightest provocation" and "so moist that they literally disintegrate," but I'll be danged if I can find it.
January 26, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I'm sure that corn tortillas have some magical midway point between "so dry and brittle that they crack at the slightest provocation" and "so moist that they literally disintegrate," but I'll be danged if I can find it.
Come to think of it, why do we need a special police force just for criminals who happen to be immigrants? Do they do some extra super level of crime that non-immigrants don't?* Why can't the police and FBI handle them?
(*Immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans.)
(*Immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans.)
January 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Come to think of it, why do we need a special police force just for criminals who happen to be immigrants? Do they do some extra super level of crime that non-immigrants don't?* Why can't the police and FBI handle them?
(*Immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans.)
(*Immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans.)
The thing about Dakota Fanning is that if you watch her in Paul McGuigan's exquisitely cast PUSH, she is incredibly funny and deserved/s to have a long and successful career in comedy.
I absolutely forgot that these two were related AND voiced the sisters in the English dub of Totoro
January 25, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The thing about Dakota Fanning is that if you watch her in Paul McGuigan's exquisitely cast PUSH, she is incredibly funny and deserved/s to have a long and successful career in comedy.
Really interesting, nuanced, thoughtful information here.
Minnesota lawmakers have pleaded with the Trump administration to withdraw ICE agents from the state.
But why can’t they do more?
The answer is deeply unsatisfying, troubling, and well worth understanding at this critical moment for our country’s future:
But why can’t they do more?
The answer is deeply unsatisfying, troubling, and well worth understanding at this critical moment for our country’s future:
Why Minnesota Can't Do More to Stop ICE
Democratic lawmakers have few options that wouldn't trigger something like civil war.
www.wired.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Really interesting, nuanced, thoughtful information here.
In hindsight, it was a tactical error to shower BEFORE I shoveled snow.
January 25, 2026 at 4:22 PM
In hindsight, it was a tactical error to shower BEFORE I shoveled snow.
As I look at Liam Conejo Ramos’s little bunny hat, I remember that “conejo” is Spanish for “rabbit.”
January 25, 2026 at 2:20 PM
As I look at Liam Conejo Ramos’s little bunny hat, I remember that “conejo” is Spanish for “rabbit.”
I had occasion to research this very topic last week. Found this outstanding, crystal-clear explanation: explaininghistory.org/2025/09/30/i...
January 25, 2026 at 5:03 AM
I had occasion to research this very topic last week. Found this outstanding, crystal-clear explanation: explaininghistory.org/2025/09/30/i...
A modest proposal on immigration:
- You come to America. At the border, you register with the gov, get something like an SSN.
- That number follows you as you move, get jobs.
- You pay taxes. Not eligible for federal benefits.
- 7 years, no violent felony convictions? You’re a citizen.
- You come to America. At the border, you register with the gov, get something like an SSN.
- That number follows you as you move, get jobs.
- You pay taxes. Not eligible for federal benefits.
- 7 years, no violent felony convictions? You’re a citizen.
January 25, 2026 at 1:24 AM
A modest proposal on immigration:
- You come to America. At the border, you register with the gov, get something like an SSN.
- That number follows you as you move, get jobs.
- You pay taxes. Not eligible for federal benefits.
- 7 years, no violent felony convictions? You’re a citizen.
- You come to America. At the border, you register with the gov, get something like an SSN.
- That number follows you as you move, get jobs.
- You pay taxes. Not eligible for federal benefits.
- 7 years, no violent felony convictions? You’re a citizen.
Please take a moment to ponder that our government runs at least one facility, paid for by our tax dollars, called a “family detention center.”
Let that phrase linger with you a moment.
“Family detention center.”
Let that phrase linger with you a moment.
“Family detention center.”
There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
January 25, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Please take a moment to ponder that our government runs at least one facility, paid for by our tax dollars, called a “family detention center.”
Let that phrase linger with you a moment.
“Family detention center.”
Let that phrase linger with you a moment.
“Family detention center.”
My eldest just referred to VHS as “the Blu-ray of the past.” 🪦
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
My eldest just referred to VHS as “the Blu-ray of the past.” 🪦
I don’t think walking into a church and speaking — especially if that speech contains no threats or slurs — is or should be a crime.
January 24, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I don’t think walking into a church and speaking — especially if that speech contains no threats or slurs — is or should be a crime.
@kaine.senate.gov, I really wish your office would leave voice mail on during the weekend.
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
@kaine.senate.gov, I really wish your office would leave voice mail on during the weekend.
This is pretty huge for Virginia. We just put a Constitutional amendment on the ballot to fix this!
Before, felony conviction meant losing your right to vote for life unless the governor restored it. (Jim Crow holdover.) Our previous governor declined to restore rights for anyone.
Before, felony conviction meant losing your right to vote for life unless the governor restored it. (Jim Crow holdover.) Our previous governor declined to restore rights for anyone.
January 24, 2026 at 3:58 AM
This is pretty huge for Virginia. We just put a Constitutional amendment on the ballot to fix this!
Before, felony conviction meant losing your right to vote for life unless the governor restored it. (Jim Crow holdover.) Our previous governor declined to restore rights for anyone.
Before, felony conviction meant losing your right to vote for life unless the governor restored it. (Jim Crow holdover.) Our previous governor declined to restore rights for anyone.
Ten seconds of Googling found this report on conditions in Equatorial Guinea, including documented accounts of torture, written by ... the State Department in 2024.
January 24, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Ten seconds of Googling found this report on conditions in Equatorial Guinea, including documented accounts of torture, written by ... the State Department in 2024.
This story has people flying around on tubas. TUBAS. I don't know how I could recommend it more highly.
If you want to start at the beginning, start here: www.patreon.com/collection/1... Chapter 1, free to read, 39 pages. It's cold and gloomy and a lot of us are maybe about to be snowed in. Grab a cup of something hot, and watch me redirect what once was a fondness for HARRY POTTER. #fuckJKR
SETTLERS Chapter 1 | Collection from Carla Speed McNeil | 13 posts
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January 23, 2026 at 9:43 PM
This story has people flying around on tubas. TUBAS. I don't know how I could recommend it more highly.
Man, I just don't know about SINNERS's Oscar chances. A film about white people trying to trick nonwhite people into opening the door for them, so that the former can come inside and prey on the latter, hardly seems relevant at the moment.
January 23, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Man, I just don't know about SINNERS's Oscar chances. A film about white people trying to trick nonwhite people into opening the door for them, so that the former can come inside and prey on the latter, hardly seems relevant at the moment.
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We are grateful for PACEM and the other organizations and individuals working to support people experiencing homelessness in our area as Charlottesville faces severe weather this week.
Today is a good day to make a financial contribution to PACEM if you’re able: pacemshelter.org/where-will-t...
Today is a good day to make a financial contribution to PACEM if you’re able: pacemshelter.org/where-will-t...
January 23, 2026 at 12:25 PM
We are grateful for PACEM and the other organizations and individuals working to support people experiencing homelessness in our area as Charlottesville faces severe weather this week.
Today is a good day to make a financial contribution to PACEM if you’re able: pacemshelter.org/where-will-t...
Today is a good day to make a financial contribution to PACEM if you’re able: pacemshelter.org/where-will-t...
One reason I find DHS's hue and cry over the church protest interesting: Last year, after a Trump executive order, they removed churches' sanctuary protections. ICE can enter your church with guns and no warrant. You can't go into someone else's church with words & signs.
Immigration Enforcement Guidance for Places of Worship | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:54 PM
One reason I find DHS's hue and cry over the church protest interesting: Last year, after a Trump executive order, they removed churches' sanctuary protections. ICE can enter your church with guns and no warrant. You can't go into someone else's church with words & signs.
#Charlottesville folks, we have a sighting of an unmarked white SUV with flashing lights, spotted turning onto 250E at the McIntire Road / John Warner Parkway overpass, near the fire station. Trying to verify which agency it's with. Got info? DM me or email news at c dash ville dot com.
January 22, 2026 at 7:45 PM
#Charlottesville folks, we have a sighting of an unmarked white SUV with flashing lights, spotted turning onto 250E at the McIntire Road / John Warner Parkway overpass, near the fire station. Trying to verify which agency it's with. Got info? DM me or email news at c dash ville dot com.
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an ... interesting writer, but the way his GODS OF MARS treats religion as a gradually revealed nesting doll of predation, with each layer of unveiled "gods" literally feeding on the layer below that prays to them, has always struck me as kinda genius.
I have long been oddly haunted by Ovid's observation that the homes of the gods have household shrines to other, unknown gods.
January 22, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an ... interesting writer, but the way his GODS OF MARS treats religion as a gradually revealed nesting doll of predation, with each layer of unveiled "gods" literally feeding on the layer below that prays to them, has always struck me as kinda genius.
HERA: ... you must also clean the Augean stables
HERCULES: piece of cake
HERA: slay the Nemean Lion
HERC: he's donezo
HERA: defeat the dread hydra
HERC: lil' tough but no biggie
HERA: and remove all the bots from your Bluesky followers
HERC: whoa whoa WHOA lady hold on a sec
HERCULES: piece of cake
HERA: slay the Nemean Lion
HERC: he's donezo
HERA: defeat the dread hydra
HERC: lil' tough but no biggie
HERA: and remove all the bots from your Bluesky followers
HERC: whoa whoa WHOA lady hold on a sec
January 22, 2026 at 3:23 PM
HERA: ... you must also clean the Augean stables
HERCULES: piece of cake
HERA: slay the Nemean Lion
HERC: he's donezo
HERA: defeat the dread hydra
HERC: lil' tough but no biggie
HERA: and remove all the bots from your Bluesky followers
HERC: whoa whoa WHOA lady hold on a sec
HERCULES: piece of cake
HERA: slay the Nemean Lion
HERC: he's donezo
HERA: defeat the dread hydra
HERC: lil' tough but no biggie
HERA: and remove all the bots from your Bluesky followers
HERC: whoa whoa WHOA lady hold on a sec