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Engineer, product designer, fiction junkie, NJ native, Duke alum, cat lover, unhinged leftist, and relentless optimist in a trying time.
Buttery males. Never forget the hypocrisy of classified documents stacked in a gilded bathroom and now this. It was always shallow spin.
March 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Buttery males. Never forget the hypocrisy of classified documents stacked in a gilded bathroom and now this. It was always shallow spin.
Great interview, Pete. You're one of the best communicators working to do good in the US today. Help us save ourselves, please.
March 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Great interview, Pete. You're one of the best communicators working to do good in the US today. Help us save ourselves, please.
Mr. Fenrir is available for moral support and comic relief. 2024 rescue through a local trapping group!
February 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Mr. Fenrir is available for moral support and comic relief. 2024 rescue through a local trapping group!
Same. I hope they enjoy reading all I did last week.
February 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Same. I hope they enjoy reading all I did last week.
We may never know what is in this particular 85 year old writer's heart, but I don't think it's worth much mental energy from any of us.
Critiquing the books is totally fair game tho. We can also go pile on Neil Gaiman—the revelation that he's a bastard cut me all the way
Critiquing the books is totally fair game tho. We can also go pile on Neil Gaiman—the revelation that he's a bastard cut me all the way
February 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
We may never know what is in this particular 85 year old writer's heart, but I don't think it's worth much mental energy from any of us.
Critiquing the books is totally fair game tho. We can also go pile on Neil Gaiman—the revelation that he's a bastard cut me all the way
Critiquing the books is totally fair game tho. We can also go pile on Neil Gaiman—the revelation that he's a bastard cut me all the way
I don't disagree but if shitty writing got people thinking 40 years ago or whatever I appreciate it exists.
February 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I don't disagree but if shitty writing got people thinking 40 years ago or whatever I appreciate it exists.
Seems like it.
Not a fan either but I respect. She was born in 1939 and was publishing stuff challenging social issues long before I was born. In a far less welcoming social context.
This conversation feels like energy misspent—we have much more relevant things to worry about.
Not a fan either but I respect. She was born in 1939 and was publishing stuff challenging social issues long before I was born. In a far less welcoming social context.
This conversation feels like energy misspent—we have much more relevant things to worry about.
February 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Seems like it.
Not a fan either but I respect. She was born in 1939 and was publishing stuff challenging social issues long before I was born. In a far less welcoming social context.
This conversation feels like energy misspent—we have much more relevant things to worry about.
Not a fan either but I respect. She was born in 1939 and was publishing stuff challenging social issues long before I was born. In a far less welcoming social context.
This conversation feels like energy misspent—we have much more relevant things to worry about.
While I still haven't found the article posted above in full, she posts enough stuff like this I think I'm kinda over the idea of pillorying this particular 85 year old.
February 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
While I still haven't found the article posted above in full, she posts enough stuff like this I think I'm kinda over the idea of pillorying this particular 85 year old.
You know it's not real because he would never take time to speak to them.
February 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You know it's not real because he would never take time to speak to them.
Unfortunately this looks like a sober reading of a written speech. It's just actually dumb, which is sorta worse.
February 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Unfortunately this looks like a sober reading of a written speech. It's just actually dumb, which is sorta worse.
it's unfortunate that that toronto star article is paywalled and lacks context + attributions in the headline/caption.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
it's unfortunate that that toronto star article is paywalled and lacks context + attributions in the headline/caption.
I don't know what that headline from means and I thought I saw her saying trans supportive things before.
Did a cursory search—this doesn't sound terfy—is there something clearer I should read?
I don't love her writing but appreciated that she made some think that may not have otherwise.
Did a cursory search—this doesn't sound terfy—is there something clearer I should read?
I don't love her writing but appreciated that she made some think that may not have otherwise.
February 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I don't know what that headline from means and I thought I saw her saying trans supportive things before.
Did a cursory search—this doesn't sound terfy—is there something clearer I should read?
I don't love her writing but appreciated that she made some think that may not have otherwise.
Did a cursory search—this doesn't sound terfy—is there something clearer I should read?
I don't love her writing but appreciated that she made some think that may not have otherwise.
I clicked in from the cat picture to see what you were on about and feel nothing but regret.
February 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I clicked in from the cat picture to see what you were on about and feel nothing but regret.