This feels like a missed opportunity for NYT Pitchbot.

One of the marvelous things about Halloween is that when I drag the decorations up from the cellar, I don’t have to dust them off.

Vocabulary for the near future.

Did I read too many novels about the Holocaust as a kid? Because Ive never been able to shake the belief that concentration camps and genocide are bad.

If all my taxes went to feed and educate children, I would kiss my return before sending.

My partner in business and love is on a tour of gloom this week, meeting with customers about the 25% price increase. That distressing number is just to stay afloat (in a rowboat, most definitely not in a yacht). Thanks tariffs, climate change, and their enablers!

If we put everyone’s name in a hat and randomly pulled instead of elections, we might be better off.

My library vs the Trump administration in terms of protecting sensitive data? We win.

Could someone please announce their candidacy for Schumer’s seat? I want to write a check TODAY.

If you want to understand what motivates Putin and his impulse for destruction, please read Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich.

My child in a customer-facing position educated me again about the microagressions she has to deal with. She said, “I’m always wondering—am I dealing with a White woman or a woman who is white?” Thus extending more grace to us than perhaps we deserve.

I was at my State House today protesting and Patriot Front showed up in their chinos. It was unexpectedly invigorating to see them with my own eyes. Our 2000 to their 20.

What a farce.

My tandem read: Cold Crematorium by József Debreczeni on audio and Autocracy, Inc. by Ann Applebaum on paper. In the interest of intellectualizing the coming disaster.