Kim McLarin
@kimmclarin.bsky.social
Writer, mother, teacher, baker, Baldwin acolyte and aspiring waterbender. Latest book is EVERY DAY SOMETHING HAS TRIED TO KILL ME AND HAS FAILED and, child, I know you know what I mean.
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I need somebody to read this WIP essay that's the hardest thing I've ever written but everybody is so busy (end of semester) and also I don't want just ANYBODY to read it but somebody with a kind-but-discerning eye who will tell me the truth but gently and also for free, kinda stuck I guess.
November 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I need somebody to read this WIP essay that's the hardest thing I've ever written but everybody is so busy (end of semester) and also I don't want just ANYBODY to read it but somebody with a kind-but-discerning eye who will tell me the truth but gently and also for free, kinda stuck I guess.
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Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
Unfortunately, I have to second this.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Unfortunately, I have to second this.
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Carlos Santana / Rob Thomas - Smooth 1999 Live Video
YouTube video by NEA ZIXNH
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November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
These people are soulless ghouls.
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
These people are soulless ghouls.
bell hooks tried to tell y'all:
White supremacist imperialist capitalist heteropatriarchy.
Das it.
White supremacist imperialist capitalist heteropatriarchy.
Das it.
i mean what are these "western values" these guys are so hopped up about? they are directly antagonistic to western europe. they don't believe in civil liberties. they reject democracy. and don't get me started on christianity, they hate their white neighbors almost as much as the brown ones
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
bell hooks tried to tell y'all:
White supremacist imperialist capitalist heteropatriarchy.
Das it.
White supremacist imperialist capitalist heteropatriarchy.
Das it.
Correct.
My family thinks he's evil. But they don't realize how insane he is because they don't see his raging tweets or the garbage his administration spews on Twitter. (I'm not on Twitter but y'all keep bringing it here.)
My family thinks he's evil. But they don't realize how insane he is because they don't see his raging tweets or the garbage his administration spews on Twitter. (I'm not on Twitter but y'all keep bringing it here.)
A note on SaneWashing: I read part of this post to family (all liberal Democrats who consume a lot of news, but not social media), and it blew their mind. They all thought it was parody: if Corporate Media did not SaneWash, it would shock US, his approval would plummet from low (30s) to lower(20s).
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Correct.
My family thinks he's evil. But they don't realize how insane he is because they don't see his raging tweets or the garbage his administration spews on Twitter. (I'm not on Twitter but y'all keep bringing it here.)
My family thinks he's evil. But they don't realize how insane he is because they don't see his raging tweets or the garbage his administration spews on Twitter. (I'm not on Twitter but y'all keep bringing it here.)
There are days I hate humanity
After Tierra Walker died, her family was confused by her medical care.
“They didn’t want to offer to end the pregnancy, because the government or someone says you can’t?” her aunt said. “So you’d rather let somebody die?”
“They didn’t want to offer to end the pregnancy, because the government or someone says you can’t?” her aunt said. “So you’d rather let somebody die?”
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
There are days I hate humanity
Shameful
Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million as a part of a deal with the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions in federal funding www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Shameful
I really went into the wrong business. I should have become a carpenter.
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I really went into the wrong business. I should have become a carpenter.
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This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
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the fact that the news media isn't blasting across every front page of the country how completely unhinged the president is on a 24/7/365 basis, tells me that the news media is completely complicit in Trump's regime.
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
the fact that the news media isn't blasting across every front page of the country how completely unhinged the president is on a 24/7/365 basis, tells me that the news media is completely complicit in Trump's regime.
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The Reichstag has unanimously enacted the following law, which is promulgated herewith:
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The Reichstag has unanimously enacted the following law, which is promulgated herewith:
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Everyone in politics, everyone in media knows what’s happening here: the White House is controlled by a repellant white supremacist who waits with bated breath for any opportunity to run nonwhite people out of America. They know who it is, what he’s doing. But they won’t SAY it.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Everyone in politics, everyone in media knows what’s happening here: the White House is controlled by a repellant white supremacist who waits with bated breath for any opportunity to run nonwhite people out of America. They know who it is, what he’s doing. But they won’t SAY it.
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Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
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This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
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Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
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"Timed to open theatrically on Black Friday— it is not by accident; it is by design— the film premieres in twelve cities including Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, London, and Paris.
Its release turns a day defined by consumption into a moment of collective reflection…"
#FilmSky #BlackSky
Its release turns a day defined by consumption into a moment of collective reflection…"
#FilmSky #BlackSky
Kahlil Joseph’s ‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions‘ Turns Black Friday into Cultural Intervention - Los Angeles Sentinel
Kahlil Joseph’s “BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions” transforms Black Friday into a sprawling cinematic act of African and African American memory, media and resistance.
lasentinel.net
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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What the hell is wrong with The NY Times???? The 19th paragraph!
“Trump said he would ‘permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries” and denaturalize migrants “who undermine domestic tranquillity.’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
“Trump said he would ‘permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries” and denaturalize migrants “who undermine domestic tranquillity.’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Trump Uses National Guard Shooting to Cast Suspicion on Refugees
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
What the hell is wrong with The NY Times???? The 19th paragraph!
“Trump said he would ‘permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries” and denaturalize migrants “who undermine domestic tranquillity.’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
“Trump said he would ‘permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries” and denaturalize migrants “who undermine domestic tranquillity.’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
He loves attacking women.
What a vile, misogynistic, amoral, dementia-addled, horrible human being.
What a vile, misogynistic, amoral, dementia-addled, horrible human being.
Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
He loves attacking women.
What a vile, misogynistic, amoral, dementia-addled, horrible human being.
What a vile, misogynistic, amoral, dementia-addled, horrible human being.
I could listen to these two talk all night. Not just the content, the aaaacentssss....
I think I shall begin to speak this way. Kind of through my nose.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCfK...
I think I shall begin to speak this way. Kind of through my nose.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCfK...
Maya Angelou and James Baldwin - Conversation with a Native Son
YouTube video by thepostarchive
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November 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I could listen to these two talk all night. Not just the content, the aaaacentssss....
I think I shall begin to speak this way. Kind of through my nose.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCfK...
I think I shall begin to speak this way. Kind of through my nose.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCfK...
How long, Lord? How. Long?
Trump claims he personally redesigned Coast Guard ships because he’s a “looks” person
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
How long, Lord? How. Long?
All these years I thought it was "Well, I got down on my KNEES and I began to pray" but it's really "and I pretend to pray" and that, like, completely changes the song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK...
The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin'
YouTube video by Folk Experience
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
All these years I thought it was "Well, I got down on my KNEES and I began to pray" but it's really "and I pretend to pray" and that, like, completely changes the song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK...
Mfers
“When the men did not believe Miles’ tribal ID, she pointed to a phone number for the Umatilla Tribal enrollment office on the back of the card.
“Call it,” she said.
When they didn’t, she took out her phone to call the office herself, but the agents tried unsuccessfully to take her phone...”
“Call it,” she said.
When they didn’t, she took out her phone to call the office herself, but the agents tried unsuccessfully to take her phone...”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Mfers