susan sontag
@susansontag.bsky.social
all this
and a brain
too
and a brain
too
when i came to college, i swore off creative work because it too often led me to feel my feelings. now my honors thesis is getting entwined with those nasty things.
February 10, 2026 at 5:13 AM
when i came to college, i swore off creative work because it too often led me to feel my feelings. now my honors thesis is getting entwined with those nasty things.
first time getting the flu!
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
first time getting the flu!
i look more like my dad with every passing year.
February 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM
i look more like my dad with every passing year.
"Waka Waka" is becoming the Boyd family song
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"Waka Waka" is becoming the Boyd family song
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Macbeth: SHIT
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Macbeth: SHIT
no one has ever loved a vocabulary builder like seven-year-old me
February 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
no one has ever loved a vocabulary builder like seven-year-old me
this is my first hangover. i feel christened.
February 7, 2026 at 8:34 PM
this is my first hangover. i feel christened.
"Unwritten" was literally written for forcing yourself to the library at 9:00 a.m. with a pounding headache on a Saturday morning
February 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
"Unwritten" was literally written for forcing yourself to the library at 9:00 a.m. with a pounding headache on a Saturday morning
i understand that buddhism is prostelytizing but john kabat-zinn sucks
February 6, 2026 at 2:26 AM
i understand that buddhism is prostelytizing but john kabat-zinn sucks
the lair of an evil-genius-23-year-old woman
February 5, 2026 at 1:18 AM
the lair of an evil-genius-23-year-old woman
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ChatGPT ys to intelligence as monopoly moneye ys to diamonds
February 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
ChatGPT ys to intelligence as monopoly moneye ys to diamonds
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Ok, I'll buy the Washington Post. What could it cost? 10 dollars?
February 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Ok, I'll buy the Washington Post. What could it cost? 10 dollars?
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"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
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hot take: newspapers should not be run by people who dislike reading and thinking
February 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
hot take: newspapers should not be run by people who dislike reading and thinking
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there isn’t a better Books desk in the country than the one at the Washington Post. I’m not really sure there’s anything else to say
February 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
there isn’t a better Books desk in the country than the one at the Washington Post. I’m not really sure there’s anything else to say
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“Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments is being laid off”
One-third.
Wow.
apnews.com/article/wash...
One-third.
Wow.
apnews.com/article/wash...
Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments is being laid off
The Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
apnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:09 PM
“Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments is being laid off”
One-third.
Wow.
apnews.com/article/wash...
One-third.
Wow.
apnews.com/article/wash...
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This is absolutely insane: DHS claims the right to subpoena your emails and to send investigators to your house. In this case, because a retiree sent the mildest possible criticism to a prosecutor. No judges involved.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
This is absolutely insane: DHS claims the right to subpoena your emails and to send investigators to your house. In this case, because a retiree sent the mildest possible criticism to a prosecutor. No judges involved.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
i have an intrusive desire to drag people who talk while i’m writing out of the library
February 3, 2026 at 12:06 AM
i have an intrusive desire to drag people who talk while i’m writing out of the library
"helter skelter" is the most criminally underrated beatles song :(
February 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM
"helter skelter" is the most criminally underrated beatles song :(
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this video single-handedly made me download tiktok.
February 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
this video single-handedly made me download tiktok.
if your boyfriend didn’t cause a gas leak at 5:00 am on your 23rd birthday, are you really 23?
January 30, 2026 at 10:58 AM
if your boyfriend didn’t cause a gas leak at 5:00 am on your 23rd birthday, are you really 23?
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You see ICU Nurse Alex Pretti assisting veterans learning to walk again. Donald Trump sees a domestic terrorist and suckers and losers.
January 28, 2026 at 10:31 PM
You see ICU Nurse Alex Pretti assisting veterans learning to walk again. Donald Trump sees a domestic terrorist and suckers and losers.
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New low for Trump approval today, at 39% of U.S. adults on average across dozens of pollsters. fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
January 28, 2026 at 9:15 PM
New low for Trump approval today, at 39% of U.S. adults on average across dozens of pollsters. fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...