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Opinion | He Was a C.I.A. Psychiatrist During the Nixon Era. His Files Are Revealing.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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OK, Los Angeles and Los Angeles–adjacent: A week from Monday—that is to say the 15th—there's going to be a great Shirley Jackson–oriented evening featuring @kerryomalley.bsky.social, Annabeth Gish, and even me.
Details linked below.
Also: two en dashes in one post.
Details linked below.
Also: two en dashes in one post.
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
OK, Los Angeles and Los Angeles–adjacent: A week from Monday—that is to say the 15th—there's going to be a great Shirley Jackson–oriented evening featuring @kerryomalley.bsky.social, Annabeth Gish, and even me.
Details linked below.
Also: two en dashes in one post.
Details linked below.
Also: two en dashes in one post.
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I assumed the NSS would just ignore/deprioritize Europe (It did that on defense/NATO).
But the actual message was: Europe matters to us, we must save it from itself, the EU and its wokeness. Thus, the USG is going all in on foreign interference to help the far-right win a civilizational war.
But the actual message was: Europe matters to us, we must save it from itself, the EU and its wokeness. Thus, the USG is going all in on foreign interference to help the far-right win a civilizational war.
a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater .
ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I assumed the NSS would just ignore/deprioritize Europe (It did that on defense/NATO).
But the actual message was: Europe matters to us, we must save it from itself, the EU and its wokeness. Thus, the USG is going all in on foreign interference to help the far-right win a civilizational war.
But the actual message was: Europe matters to us, we must save it from itself, the EU and its wokeness. Thus, the USG is going all in on foreign interference to help the far-right win a civilizational war.
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Hey, Angelenos (and Angelenos-adjacent):
Have you made your reservations yet for this thrilling, chilling, shiversome evening?
Have you made your reservations yet for this thrilling, chilling, shiversome evening?
Writers Bloc Presents An Evening of Shirley Jackson Readings
Dec 15, 2025
www.ebellofla.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Hey, Angelenos (and Angelenos-adjacent):
Have you made your reservations yet for this thrilling, chilling, shiversome evening?
Have you made your reservations yet for this thrilling, chilling, shiversome evening?
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“If it wasn’t for the Hispanic population coming to New Orleans after Katrina, we’d still be gutting houses. And I can’t abide and just stand by while my friends get toted off for no reason. I’ve had enough.”
NOLA protests kick off for swamp sweep.
NOLA protests kick off for swamp sweep.
Protesters rally in New Orleans as Trump launches immigration sweep
New Orleans anti-ICE protesters gathered at City Hall to protest Trump's deportation effort known as "Swamp Sweep."
www.nola.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“If it wasn’t for the Hispanic population coming to New Orleans after Katrina, we’d still be gutting houses. And I can’t abide and just stand by while my friends get toted off for no reason. I’ve had enough.”
NOLA protests kick off for swamp sweep.
NOLA protests kick off for swamp sweep.
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This is a beautifully written piece.
"Fractures have emerged in the Maga coalition," writes Guardian columnist Moira Donegan. "Republicans are beginning to imagine what the country – and more importantly, their own careers – will look like without him."
Cracks have emerged in the Maga coalition | Moira Donegan
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is a beautifully written piece.
From my inbox; beyond absurd 🤯
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
From my inbox; beyond absurd 🤯
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There will be no help for the US military after this.
"The only certainty in U.S. foreign policy from the last helicopter out of Saigon in 1975 to the Kurds after the Gulf War in 1991 to the 2020 Doha Accords and the Afghan evacuation in 2021, is that American loyalty comes with an expiration date."
"The only certainty in U.S. foreign policy from the last helicopter out of Saigon in 1975 to the Kurds after the Gulf War in 1991 to the 2020 Doha Accords and the Afghan evacuation in 2021, is that American loyalty comes with an expiration date."
December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There will be no help for the US military after this.
"The only certainty in U.S. foreign policy from the last helicopter out of Saigon in 1975 to the Kurds after the Gulf War in 1991 to the 2020 Doha Accords and the Afghan evacuation in 2021, is that American loyalty comes with an expiration date."
"The only certainty in U.S. foreign policy from the last helicopter out of Saigon in 1975 to the Kurds after the Gulf War in 1991 to the 2020 Doha Accords and the Afghan evacuation in 2021, is that American loyalty comes with an expiration date."
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I had the honor of speaking on a recent panel about the boat strikes with Laura Dib (WOLA), Brian Finucane (Crisis Group), Katherine Yon Ebright (Brennan Center for Justice), and Amanda Klasing (Amnesty Int.). This is the most comprehensive discussion I have yet seen on the topic. Please share.
Uncharted Waters: U.S. Military Action in the Caribbean, WOLA & Amnesty International
YouTube video by WOLA: Washington Office on Latin America
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November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I had the honor of speaking on a recent panel about the boat strikes with Laura Dib (WOLA), Brian Finucane (Crisis Group), Katherine Yon Ebright (Brennan Center for Justice), and Amanda Klasing (Amnesty Int.). This is the most comprehensive discussion I have yet seen on the topic. Please share.
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Exactly 80 years ago this precise moment (8:40am Hamburg time, Nov. 30, 1945), German submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot by Allies in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth needs to lawyer up immediately.
The Peleus War Crimes Trial
After sinking the Greek steamer Peleus in 1944, the captain ordered his crew to attack the survivors, three sailors survived and faced their attackers in a war crime trial.
www.usni.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Exactly 80 years ago this precise moment (8:40am Hamburg time, Nov. 30, 1945), German submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot by Allies in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth needs to lawyer up immediately.
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Hey, Los Angeles (and Los Angeles–adjacent)!
Just two weeks till In the Night. In the Dark. A Shirley Jackson Evening, featuring Annabeth Gish, @kerryomalley.bsky.social, and me.
Chills and shivers guaranteed.
See link below for details!
Just two weeks till In the Night. In the Dark. A Shirley Jackson Evening, featuring Annabeth Gish, @kerryomalley.bsky.social, and me.
Chills and shivers guaranteed.
See link below for details!
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hey, Los Angeles (and Los Angeles–adjacent)!
Just two weeks till In the Night. In the Dark. A Shirley Jackson Evening, featuring Annabeth Gish, @kerryomalley.bsky.social, and me.
Chills and shivers guaranteed.
See link below for details!
Just two weeks till In the Night. In the Dark. A Shirley Jackson Evening, featuring Annabeth Gish, @kerryomalley.bsky.social, and me.
Chills and shivers guaranteed.
See link below for details!
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At long last, here's my conversation with wonderful @elizmccrack.bsky.social, whose wonderful new A Long Game goes on sale (at least in the US) next week!
A Long Game
[my conversation with Elizabeth McCracken]
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
At long last, here's my conversation with wonderful @elizmccrack.bsky.social, whose wonderful new A Long Game goes on sale (at least in the US) next week!
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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Sounds like fun! #kidlitart
Artists & Art lovers!
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
#ArtAdventCalendar
In its 11th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifies th…
earthskyart.ca
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Sounds like fun! #kidlitart
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This is also why universal basic income is such a good idea. Not only would it save money on the costs of poverty, but it would grow GDP and also reduce the costs of healthcare by reducing stress and improving physical and mental health.
Trickle-Down Economics Must Die, Long Live Grown-Up Economics
The myth of inequality-driven economic growth and how to achieve real prosperity for all
“Economics, as it has been practiced in the last three decades, has been positively harmful for most peopl...
www.scottsantens.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is also why universal basic income is such a good idea. Not only would it save money on the costs of poverty, but it would grow GDP and also reduce the costs of healthcare by reducing stress and improving physical and mental health.
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every social media company is bad but Meta really is uniquely evil
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
every social media company is bad but Meta really is uniquely evil
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Isn't it so weird to deeply know in your bones something obvious with no equivocation, for years and years, and then to one day see articles about people wondering if maybe the incredibly obvious thing you've known this whole time might be happening, as if the media is discovering it now??
“This is total armageddon for the online right. It’s looking like half of their large accounts were foreigners posing as Americans all along.”
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Isn't it so weird to deeply know in your bones something obvious with no equivocation, for years and years, and then to one day see articles about people wondering if maybe the incredibly obvious thing you've known this whole time might be happening, as if the media is discovering it now??
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All this to say that Elon is a white supremacist mass murderer and DOGE was not a failure. It functioned as designed. I wish people would cover this accurately. It's not difficult.
November 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
All this to say that Elon is a white supremacist mass murderer and DOGE was not a failure. It functioned as designed. I wish people would cover this accurately. It's not difficult.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Not to minimize what it took to get there, but not only were the charges against Marimar Martinez (shot by CBP in Chicago) dropped, but they're keeping her car to investigate the goons in the incident.
This is the pattern: ICE/CBP initiate violence toward observers and protestors, then they claim they were assaulted in order to use the threat of prison to silence dissent.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Not to minimize what it took to get there, but not only were the charges against Marimar Martinez (shot by CBP in Chicago) dropped, but they're keeping her car to investigate the goons in the incident.
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Me, on how Pam Bondi's shenanigans from last week will likely backfire.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdP...
Back to Bondi
YouTube video by emptywheel
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Me, on how Pam Bondi's shenanigans from last week will likely backfire.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdP...
It’s Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR.) Here are a few links to help you commemorate our lost.
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glaad.org/tdor/
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glaad.org/tdor/
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) | GLAAD
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. You can read m...
glaad.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It’s Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR.) Here are a few links to help you commemorate our lost.
bsky.app/profile/davi...
glaad.org/tdor/
bsky.app/profile/davi...
glaad.org/tdor/
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Today we mourn the overwhelmingly working class and highly marginalized trans people killed by the status quo, and on this day of all days we're prodded to thank a politician whose entire career is propping up that status quo while telling the rest of us to shut up and stop being so angry. Fuck off.
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Today we mourn the overwhelmingly working class and highly marginalized trans people killed by the status quo, and on this day of all days we're prodded to thank a politician whose entire career is propping up that status quo while telling the rest of us to shut up and stop being so angry. Fuck off.
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NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵