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No document will protect you. All they have to do is take it from you and "lose" it; take it from you and say you never gave it to them; claim it's fake ⬇️; make a new rule that you need ANOTHER document. Citizenship is a made-up status that governments decide the rules for. No one is free until all.
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was born in Maryland. She has a valid U.S. birth certificate, medical and immunization records, and sworn affidavits.
Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.
Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
No document will protect you. All they have to do is take it from you and "lose" it; take it from you and say you never gave it to them; claim it's fake ⬇️; make a new rule that you need ANOTHER document. Citizenship is a made-up status that governments decide the rules for. No one is free until all.
I was in the hospital for a few days recently (nothing bad!) and lost track of my Duolingo obligations and was discharged to find out that my Duolingo friends had donated streak freezes to keep my streak alive, so I’m basically that one scene in the Tobey McGuire Spider-Man
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I was in the hospital for a few days recently (nothing bad!) and lost track of my Duolingo obligations and was discharged to find out that my Duolingo friends had donated streak freezes to keep my streak alive, so I’m basically that one scene in the Tobey McGuire Spider-Man
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Trump calling Somalis "garbage" en route to a literal militarized purge of the community is a real litmus test for Democratic party politicians. Imagine being so worthless that they can't find time even to speak up about it.
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trump calling Somalis "garbage" en route to a literal militarized purge of the community is a real litmus test for Democratic party politicians. Imagine being so worthless that they can't find time even to speak up about it.
I bought a twenty dollar magazine because it had a story by and interview with Robert Plunkett and that might be the best money I spent all year
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I bought a twenty dollar magazine because it had a story by and interview with Robert Plunkett and that might be the best money I spent all year
I just really feel like this post should have had the self-help tag attached to it
World’s most normal goalie: “Nothing matters, nobody cares, we’re all gonna die” defector.com/worlds-most-...
World's Most Normal Goalie: "Nothing Matters, Nobody Cares, We're All Gonna Die" | Defector
When seeking optimism, one wouldn’t typically look to a backup goaltender for the Calgary Flames. The Wet Logs are bringing up the league’s rear, and they’ve contractually and metaphorically hitched…
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November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I just really feel like this post should have had the self-help tag attached to it
Sitting down to write 5000 words about how the mystery box phenomenon is actually a fertility rite — the unknown but anticipated emerging out of . . .
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sitting down to write 5000 words about how the mystery box phenomenon is actually a fertility rite — the unknown but anticipated emerging out of . . .
I am super excited to have a short story in this; I should note that it is a story I wrote entirely in the notes app on my phone after being inspired by Emily Gould’s interview with Jen Beagin www.vulture.com/2023/02/jen-...
October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I am super excited to have a short story in this; I should note that it is a story I wrote entirely in the notes app on my phone after being inspired by Emily Gould’s interview with Jen Beagin www.vulture.com/2023/02/jen-...
I was for on the kind of shitty woman’s health app that has a lot of ads for mahjong for seniors and one of the other ads was for Warhammer and there was something weirdly soothing about that
October 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I was for on the kind of shitty woman’s health app that has a lot of ads for mahjong for seniors and one of the other ads was for Warhammer and there was something weirdly soothing about that
It feels dumb to say that something obviously really good is in fact really good, but this is really good
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It feels dumb to say that something obviously really good is in fact really good, but this is really good
Over the weekend I got to play this game as the US and I won, but in the course of winning I was like, yeah, but the deserve-to-win-o-meter was all the other way, and that’s why it’s a bad idea to go onto sports statistics pages
October 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Over the weekend I got to play this game as the US and I won, but in the course of winning I was like, yeah, but the deserve-to-win-o-meter was all the other way, and that’s why it’s a bad idea to go onto sports statistics pages
So there’s this poster on the wall of my hotel room and I cannot come up with a single word that ends “pevted” which no doubt is a failure of imagination on my part
October 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
So there’s this poster on the wall of my hotel room and I cannot come up with a single word that ends “pevted” which no doubt is a failure of imagination on my part
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Kaleb Horton was an amazing writer and it is really cool to read another amazing writer write about him.
Put together some thoughts here.
In an earlier time he would have been the kind of writer being paid $5 a word by magazines to go write about whatever he pleased. And no one would be pissed off or jealous about it either.
www.welcometohellworld.com/life-is-a-pr...
In an earlier time he would have been the kind of writer being paid $5 a word by magazines to go write about whatever he pleased. And no one would be pissed off or jealous about it either.
www.welcometohellworld.com/life-is-a-pr...
September 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Kaleb Horton was an amazing writer and it is really cool to read another amazing writer write about him.
The absolute best case scenario for writing anything is that someone will read and remember it and when that someone is also a genius that’s way beyond the best case scenario. Anyway this is a crappy week for a lot of reasons but it was amazing to be included in this defector.com/our-favorite...
Our Favorite Defector Blogs From The Last Five Years | Defector
In celebration of Defector’s fifth birthday, a bunch of staffers have selected their favorite Defector blogs. If you’re only just now becoming familiar with the site, consider this something like a no...
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September 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The absolute best case scenario for writing anything is that someone will read and remember it and when that someone is also a genius that’s way beyond the best case scenario. Anyway this is a crappy week for a lot of reasons but it was amazing to be included in this defector.com/our-favorite...
Holy shit this is good
Taylor Swift turned me straight: defector.com/taylor-swift...
Taylor Swift Turned Me Straight | Defector
I finally get Midnights. I don’t just mean, “Oh, I thought this album was whatever when I first heard it, and now I really love it,” though I do mean that a little bit. I mean I get it get it. Like, I...
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August 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Holy shit this is good
The thing about the Trump/Epstein dialogue thing that I can’t get over is that it replicates perfectly the tone of booze ads in the 80s New Yorker
July 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The thing about the Trump/Epstein dialogue thing that I can’t get over is that it replicates perfectly the tone of booze ads in the 80s New Yorker
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Nick rocks. Great teacher. Go, if you're able.
Hey Bay Area, my intro to fiction (all genres, not just sf/fantasy) class starts up again at month's end. Check me out!
sfwriting.institute/course/intro...
sfwriting.institute/course/intro...
June 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Nick rocks. Great teacher. Go, if you're able.
Great night for @downgoesbrown.bsky.social’s theory that the Leafs do fine with adversity, it’s success they can’t handle
May 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Great night for @downgoesbrown.bsky.social’s theory that the Leafs do fine with adversity, it’s success they can’t handle
I enjoy knowing that the refs are reviewing the Sports Net broadcast despite being located in the US
May 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I enjoy knowing that the refs are reviewing the Sports Net broadcast despite being located in the US
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Disappearing an elected official.
Alina Habba tells Fox News that Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested and is being held in a secret location right now.
Martha MacCallum: "Where is he being held?"
Habba: 'I'm not going to speak to that right now. He's obviously in New Jersey."
Martha MacCallum: "Where is he being held?"
Habba: 'I'm not going to speak to that right now. He's obviously in New Jersey."
May 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Disappearing an elected official.
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The best thing about wearing a dopey activity tracking device is that you can see what playoff overtime hockey does to your heart rate
April 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The best thing about wearing a dopey activity tracking device is that you can see what playoff overtime hockey does to your heart rate
It’s no Mark Messier Award for leadership voted on by Mark Messier, but it’s got its own kind of humble beauty
April 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It’s no Mark Messier Award for leadership voted on by Mark Messier, but it’s got its own kind of humble beauty
The Paris Review interview with Margo Jefferson (done by Hilton Als) is really really good and worth reading
April 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Paris Review interview with Margo Jefferson (done by Hilton Als) is really really good and worth reading
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worried we’re spending too much time emphasizing that someone is a Student or Writer or Not A Criminal or Not Involved In Protests or just a Good Person and not enough time remembering that *no one* should be disappeared, detained, deported to horrific camps
March 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
worried we’re spending too much time emphasizing that someone is a Student or Writer or Not A Criminal or Not Involved In Protests or just a Good Person and not enough time remembering that *no one* should be disappeared, detained, deported to horrific camps