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Tess Malone
@temalone.bsky.social
Queer Jewish writer in the South (she/her)
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This is how they cover up what abortion bans do — fire anyone who helps tell the stories of harm. Everyone who is or can be pregnant will pay the price.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2024 at 12:41 PM
“Over Helmuth's tenure, she steered the magazine toward coverage that understands that science has never been ‘objective.’ Science is and has always been social and political.” @sabs.bsky.social defector.com/do-not-accep...
Do Not Accept An Unscientific American | Defector
Laura Helmuth was named editor-in-chief of Scientific American in March 2020, shortly before the magazine was set to celebrate its 175th year in print. Helmuth, who had previously directed health and ...
defector.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Currently I’m at the stage of writing where I spent like 20mn reading various Wikipedia pages of the Kennedy family
November 21, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Man Sharon Horgan knows how to write the most evil characters.
November 21, 2024 at 1:55 AM
“‘I always looked to Cormac’s books to see how I was doing.” She takes a comedic beat. “Which was usually dead.’” This whole thing is so disturbing. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
Cormac McCarthy’s Secret Muse Breaks Her Silence After Half a Century: “I Loved Him. He Was My Safety.”
When he was 42, Cormac McCarthy fell in love with a 16-year-old girl he met by a motel pool. Augusta Britt would go on to become one of the most significant—and secret—inspirations in literary history...
www.vanityfair.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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I haven’t processed that man’s cabinet picks because it’s so damn stupid that my brain makes the Windows 96 shutdown sound if I try to read an article about it.
November 20, 2024 at 2:32 AM
I started on Twitter interning for literary centers, websites, and journals, and let me tell you it was a relief to decide not to follow every lit journal on here.
November 20, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Oh cool one of my cats had decided to disappear into some completely unknown hiding space in 2 years of living here. Guess I’ll just assume he died. Chill Tuesday.
November 20, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Always know it’s gonna be a banger when @jamellebouie.net Apple is back.
November 20, 2024 at 2:12 AM
I’ve never heard a more accurate description of Scotland than “seasonal depression and year-round alcoholism” on The Diplomat.
November 20, 2024 at 1:00 AM
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Friends remember you’re always 5 min & a good food processor away from wonderful, cheap, genocide free humus.

It’s 4:1 chickpeas to tahini, lemon for acid, as much garlic as you like, cumin/paprika & salt. Add ice cubes instead of water to make it creamy. Drench olive oil on top.

That’s it!
what?!?
November 20, 2024 at 12:35 AM
As cute as the parachute scene was on the latest Abbott, it really just reeked of improv class exercise.
a man in a white shirt is looking to his left
ALT: a man in a white shirt is looking to his left
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Wow even Georgia O’Keeffe was involved in Wicked promotion…in 1926.
November 18, 2024 at 12:56 AM
I was today years old when I learned you can adjust exposure on iPhone cameras.
November 18, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Highly recommend the Georgia O’Keeffe New York exhibition at the High.
November 18, 2024 at 12:09 AM
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My dog-nephew dressed up as Lowly Worm for Halloween and won three costume contests, if that’s the sort of Busytown-related news you’d be interested in.
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Had two instances tonight when the cashier basically refused to card me.
a woman says i 'm like the cryptkeeper with her hands on her face
ALT: a woman says i 'm like the cryptkeeper with her hands on her face
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Watching one of those candlelit string quartets play Taylor Swift, and I bet everyone in this group feels like Lydia Tar after she got canceled.
November 17, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Is it just me or does that Bonhoeffer movie look like fake AF? Like a 30 Rock level trailer?
November 16, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Hobbies include taking photo of cat at golden hour:
November 16, 2024 at 9:22 PM
I’m surprised to report that the Timmy Bob Dylan movie actually looks good.
November 16, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Can food publications stop reinventing the wheel every year for Thanksgiving? Turkey is going to taste like napkins regardless. Give up.
November 16, 2024 at 8:28 PM
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resolved: people who insist that all social media sites must be places where users are constantly encountering and arguing with people over fundamental disagreement do so because their actual, real lives are echo chambers where they do not encounter any meaningful difference from day-to-day.
November 16, 2024 at 6:12 PM
What I love about personal training is every weekend I discover a new fun way for my body to hurt. Today it’s pain while sneezing.
November 16, 2024 at 8:24 PM