alicia jeanine
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librarian + musician in western mass
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i wrote about what it feels like to live in the collapse of the american empire
"a flake of shale in a great upheaval of the earth"
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
"a flake of shale in a great upheaval of the earth"
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Writing into the Wreck
I, for one, never asked to live in a collapsing empire. The feeling of what you thought to be solid ground turning to a shower of scree under your feet, the...
buttondown.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
i wrote about what it feels like to live in the collapse of the american empire
"a flake of shale in a great upheaval of the earth"
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
"a flake of shale in a great upheaval of the earth"
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Love when I’m proofreading a book and adobe asks if I want an ai summary 🙃
June 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Love when I’m proofreading a book and adobe asks if I want an ai summary 🙃
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This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
In Defense of Despair
The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be so.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
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1. President Trump has fired the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden.
The position of Librarian of Congress is so apolitical that only 14 people have held the role since 1802.
Hayden, who was the first woman and Black American to serve as Librarian of Congress, has held the position since 2016
The position of Librarian of Congress is so apolitical that only 14 people have held the role since 1802.
Hayden, who was the first woman and Black American to serve as Librarian of Congress, has held the position since 2016
May 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
1. President Trump has fired the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden.
The position of Librarian of Congress is so apolitical that only 14 people have held the role since 1802.
Hayden, who was the first woman and Black American to serve as Librarian of Congress, has held the position since 2016
The position of Librarian of Congress is so apolitical that only 14 people have held the role since 1802.
Hayden, who was the first woman and Black American to serve as Librarian of Congress, has held the position since 2016
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#Massachusetts folks: Advocates are hosting an emergency rally for Rumeysa Ozturk in Powder House Square Park in Somerville this evening at 5:30PM.
March 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#Massachusetts folks: Advocates are hosting an emergency rally for Rumeysa Ozturk in Powder House Square Park in Somerville this evening at 5:30PM.
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Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
I’m a real person (not a bot) with many things to say but perhaps nothing to say on here (yet. But I’m reading!).
November 18, 2023 at 4:53 AM
I’m a real person (not a bot) with many things to say but perhaps nothing to say on here (yet. But I’m reading!).