Zora O'Neill
@zoraoneill.com
Author, ALL STRANGERS ARE KIN (now an AUDIOBOOK!). Editor. I comment on: Arabic, refugees, travel, grammar, Queens, more. she/her. Profile pic: black tee with “love” in white, in Arabic and English. Banner: mosaic of Manhattan skyline seen f/ Queens.
I think JCO is in the process of writing the same novel I was working on briefly last year, about an obscenely rich man who finally gets brought around to doing good. And if she's not, she should be.
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I think JCO is in the process of writing the same novel I was working on briefly last year, about an obscenely rich man who finally gets brought around to doing good. And if she's not, she should be.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
Totally thought these were new postage stamps.
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Totally thought these were new postage stamps.
I was just accosted by a stranger in the grocery store, an angry person who wanted to pick a fight, and for the first time ever, I found myself thinking...maybe it would feel good to be that kind of person! Shouting whatever you want and calling people names--maybe there's something to it!
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I was just accosted by a stranger in the grocery store, an angry person who wanted to pick a fight, and for the first time ever, I found myself thinking...maybe it would feel good to be that kind of person! Shouting whatever you want and calling people names--maybe there's something to it!
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The payment, made from a fund for migration and refugee assistance, would be the first government-to-government transfer from that account, which was set up by Congress to respond to humanitarian crises.
The payment, made from a fund for migration and refugee assistance, would be the first government-to-government transfer from that account, which was set up by Congress to respond to humanitarian crises.
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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The payment, made from a fund for migration and refugee assistance, would be the first government-to-government transfer from that account, which was set up by Congress to respond to humanitarian crises.
The payment, made from a fund for migration and refugee assistance, would be the first government-to-government transfer from that account, which was set up by Congress to respond to humanitarian crises.
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As an author who gets astonishingly screwed by Audible for the privilege of listing an audiobook there, I encourage this boycott. (Get All Strangers Are Kin from your library or anywhere else — even off Hoopla I make more than from Audible!)
Amazon charge up to 40% rent to use their services.
80% of all profits are directly removed from the UK and into tax havens. Depletion of money in the UK economy.
Sell a great invention—they will copy it and sell it for themselves.
They steal & sell PRIVATE data.
This is a PREDATORY COMPANY
80% of all profits are directly removed from the UK and into tax havens. Depletion of money in the UK economy.
Sell a great invention—they will copy it and sell it for themselves.
They steal & sell PRIVATE data.
This is a PREDATORY COMPANY
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
As an author who gets astonishingly screwed by Audible for the privilege of listing an audiobook there, I encourage this boycott. (Get All Strangers Are Kin from your library or anywhere else — even off Hoopla I make more than from Audible!)
Fine let them all think this while we get the guillotines sharpened.
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fine let them all think this while we get the guillotines sharpened.
Encouraging. (This is the same guy who had the spine to go find Kilmar Abrego García in El Salvador.)
"When it comes to the issue of Palestinian rights going forward, I will say that the younger generation, of both Jews and non-Jews, take seriously the idea that we should have a principled, rights-based foreign policy— something I've long believed in"
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Encouraging. (This is the same guy who had the spine to go find Kilmar Abrego García in El Salvador.)
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
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Hot take: All industry reports, no matter how long, should have a suggested citation somewhere - either the title page or maybe somewhere in the back matter. #AmEditing
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hot take: All industry reports, no matter how long, should have a suggested citation somewhere - either the title page or maybe somewhere in the back matter. #AmEditing
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Are we still doing these?
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Are we still doing these?
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We can't vote Schumer out until 2028 but we can make him being the senate majority leader a litmus test for 2026 candidates. Every single Dem senate candidate should be forced to go on the record and state they will not vote for him as majority leader.
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
We can't vote Schumer out until 2028 but we can make him being the senate majority leader a litmus test for 2026 candidates. Every single Dem senate candidate should be forced to go on the record and state they will not vote for him as majority leader.
Ygtfkmwtfbs
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Ygtfkmwtfbs
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New postcard print from Monica Trinidad! justseeds.org/product/soli...
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New postcard print from Monica Trinidad! justseeds.org/product/soli...
This will be my platform if I ever run for anything.
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This will be my platform if I ever run for anything.
Jesús now do I have to adopt a great replacement theory about republicans trying to boost their trash worldview by importing white immigrants to replace decent non-racist people in the US
A prominent far-right German activist has applied for political asylum in the U.S., as the Trump administration has signaled plans to prioritize protections for White refugees and Europeans who claim they are being targeted for their populist views.
German far-right activist seeks asylum in U.S. as Trump ties deepen
Social media influencer Naomi Seibt, a supporter of the nationalist AfD party, said she is being persecuted in Germany for her political views.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Jesús now do I have to adopt a great replacement theory about republicans trying to boost their trash worldview by importing white immigrants to replace decent non-racist people in the US
Always a good day when you see the finished book in the bookstore and the author has actually taken your deeply pedantic yet reputation-saving editorial advice.
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Always a good day when you see the finished book in the bookstore and the author has actually taken your deeply pedantic yet reputation-saving editorial advice.
“Yuppies”?! Did I wake up in 1987?
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“Yuppies”?! Did I wake up in 1987?
ooh teeth chattering with excitement!
I hate having to wait a whole year for China Miéville’s new book, but I think it will be worth it.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/picad...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/picad...
Picador unveils China Miéville’s new novel, 20 years in the making
Picador will publish a new novel from award-winning author China Miéville. The Rouse will be Miéville’s first single-authored novel for an adult audience since 2011.
www.thebookseller.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
ooh teeth chattering with excitement!
Mamdani is going to implement Shasta law. He's going to make it so everyone hasta.
Mamdani is going to implement Shalamar law. He’s going to make it a night to remember
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Shasta law. He's going to make it so everyone hasta.
Minneapolis bikeways and pro-refugee policy have together made me look seriously at it as a place to live.
New bikeways that have opened (or are very close to opening) in Minneapolis this year:
- Hennepin Avenue S
- University Avenue SE
- 24th Street E
- 1st Avenue S
(1/2)
- Hennepin Avenue S
- University Avenue SE
- 24th Street E
- 1st Avenue S
(1/2)
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Minneapolis bikeways and pro-refugee policy have together made me look seriously at it as a place to live.
We haven't had a #MedicareForAll conversation in a few years. Maybe it's time!
Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.
November 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We haven't had a #MedicareForAll conversation in a few years. Maybe it's time!
Is the fentanyl so cheap because they bought it on the street? The Tylenol so pricey because RFK Jr hates it? WTF is wrong with out health care system?
November 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Is the fentanyl so cheap because they bought it on the street? The Tylenol so pricey because RFK Jr hates it? WTF is wrong with out health care system?
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.