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· Nov 17
“For the truth changes so much for us that other people can hardly keep track of it.” –Proust (V, p11)
Is Knopf not deckle-edging their books anymore?? Has this been happening and I just noticed it? I’ve read a number of new Knopf releases this year, but I’m realizing they were all digital copies…
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Is Knopf not deckle-edging their books anymore?? Has this been happening and I just noticed it? I’ve read a number of new Knopf releases this year, but I’m realizing they were all digital copies…
sometimes you (I) just want/have to be like “I’m a proud Sodomite (:”
November 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
sometimes you (I) just want/have to be like “I’m a proud Sodomite (:”
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If ICE has nothing to hide from its raid in San Antonio, why did they smash security cameras?
If authorities are so sure they arrested 51 members of Tren de Aragua, why can’t they offer proof? www.kens5.com/article/news...
If authorities are so sure they arrested 51 members of Tren de Aragua, why can’t they offer proof? www.kens5.com/article/news...
The latest: 51 of 143 detained in major San Antonio raid are Tren de Aragua members, FBI says
The Nov. 16 raid in the area of San Pedro and Basse was the result of an investigation into a drug dealer, according to records.
www.kens5.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If ICE has nothing to hide from its raid in San Antonio, why did they smash security cameras?
If authorities are so sure they arrested 51 members of Tren de Aragua, why can’t they offer proof? www.kens5.com/article/news...
If authorities are so sure they arrested 51 members of Tren de Aragua, why can’t they offer proof? www.kens5.com/article/news...
why does the wiki page for A Thousand Acres (film) have a more extensive plot summary than the wiki page for A Thousand Acres (book)?
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 AM
why does the wiki page for A Thousand Acres (film) have a more extensive plot summary than the wiki page for A Thousand Acres (book)?
rereading never let me go (I’ve read it twice, in 09 and 19) and damn it is still so fucking good. Ishiguro is the master of perspective
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
rereading never let me go (I’ve read it twice, in 09 and 19) and damn it is still so fucking good. Ishiguro is the master of perspective
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
so buddenbrooks just kind of ends like that, huh
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
so buddenbrooks just kind of ends like that, huh
LMAO my boss just said (archly) that she uses Australian male Siri “because he’s the only one who can understand my [Texas panhandle] accent”
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
LMAO my boss just said (archly) that she uses Australian male Siri “because he’s the only one who can understand my [Texas panhandle] accent”
Here in San Antonio.
NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Here in San Antonio.
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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📣📣📣 NEW: Conservative Poll: CLEAR majority of swing district Americans support preserving enhanced #ACA premium tax credits:
acasignups.net/25/11/18/con...
acasignups.net/25/11/18/con...
Conservative Poll: Clear majority of swing district Americans support preserving enhanced premium tax credits
Americans for a Balanced Budget is a conservative think tank. Earlier today they published the results of a poll taken by Trump/Republican pollster John McLaughlin which finds...well... Americans for ...
acasignups.net
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
📣📣📣 NEW: Conservative Poll: CLEAR majority of swing district Americans support preserving enhanced #ACA premium tax credits:
acasignups.net/25/11/18/con...
acasignups.net/25/11/18/con...
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If the president can just raise taxes and spend money without Congressional approval, the constitution is null and void.
BREAKING: Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval, per Bloomberg.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If the president can just raise taxes and spend money without Congressional approval, the constitution is null and void.
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“'Conditions at Camp East Montana are dangerous and inhumane,'” Escobar wrote. 'It is increasingly clear that it is not a safe nor professionally managed facility.'"
www.reuters.com/world/us/mig...
www.reuters.com/world/us/mig...
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“'Conditions at Camp East Montana are dangerous and inhumane,'” Escobar wrote. 'It is increasingly clear that it is not a safe nor professionally managed facility.'"
www.reuters.com/world/us/mig...
www.reuters.com/world/us/mig...
I can’t tell if The Marble Faun is actually not very good or if I just shouldn’t have read it right after Portrait of a Lady
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I can’t tell if The Marble Faun is actually not very good or if I just shouldn’t have read it right after Portrait of a Lady
the old copy of Proust IV I own that’s titled “Cities of the Plain” and the newer copy titled “Sodom and Gomorrah”
alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
the old copy of Proust IV I own that’s titled “Cities of the Plain” and the newer copy titled “Sodom and Gomorrah”
replies and quotes, one can tell who doesn’t know Trump loves musicals
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
replies and quotes, one can tell who doesn’t know Trump loves musicals
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Ate them all up
Pelosi: "Trump is a vile creature. The worst thing on the face of the earth. Because he's the president of the United States and he doesn't honor the Constitution of the United States."
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Ate them all up
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The next time there's an article about how voter registration numbers are an omen for the next election remember: This piece ran two days before New Jersey Democrats pulled off a blowout win.
These 13 N.J. towns saw a surprise surge in Republican voter registrations
Republicans made huge gains in some traditionally Democratic strongholds in New Jersey in recent years. See the list.
www.nj.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The next time there's an article about how voter registration numbers are an omen for the next election remember: This piece ran two days before New Jersey Democrats pulled off a blowout win.
the pigeons, I'm welling up
Next week's @newyorker.com cover. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
the pigeons, I'm welling up
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Sexual harassment allegations by MANY subordinates should have been more of a dealbreaker for folks than it was today in NYC.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Sexual harassment allegations by MANY subordinates should have been more of a dealbreaker for folks than it was today in NYC.
I ALWAYS BELIEVED 60 WAS THE FLOOR!!!
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I ALWAYS BELIEVED 60 WAS THE FLOOR!!!
circling back on this
REPUBLICAN EARLE-SEARS WINS VIRGINIA GOVERNOR RACE, ACCORDING TO AP
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
circling back on this
in all seriousness, this showed very bad judgment on his part. If i say more i will be cancelled 2019-style so i shall not but.
The worst thing Jay Jones did was have a Republican friend in 2022.
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
in all seriousness, this showed very bad judgment on his part. If i say more i will be cancelled 2019-style so i shall not but.