My new trick to keep reading the news is to imagine the entire internet is a really long novel by Kurt Vonnegut and Mary Shelley that's great despite its implausibility, and I'm only 1/3 of the way through it.
October 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My new trick to keep reading the news is to imagine the entire internet is a really long novel by Kurt Vonnegut and Mary Shelley that's great despite its implausibility, and I'm only 1/3 of the way through it.
Democrats Abroad asks we not use the word "king" at Barcelona's #NoKings event. "It's true," said a Catalan friend. "I'm probably just not clever enough to distinguish between my country's politics and your country's." It's hard to show up consistently for a party this tone deaf.
October 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Democrats Abroad asks we not use the word "king" at Barcelona's #NoKings event. "It's true," said a Catalan friend. "I'm probably just not clever enough to distinguish between my country's politics and your country's." It's hard to show up consistently for a party this tone deaf.
@darrenloucaides.bsky.social finds some troubling bedfellows. observer.co.uk/news/busines...
June 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
@darrenloucaides.bsky.social finds some troubling bedfellows. observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Back in early February I wrote the Democratic party's chapter for citizens abroad to ask what members might do to help. Six weeks later they wrote back to suggest calling one's representative and subscribing to a newsletter. I confess my reply to that was knee-jerk and pissy but ffs.
March 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Back in early February I wrote the Democratic party's chapter for citizens abroad to ask what members might do to help. Six weeks later they wrote back to suggest calling one's representative and subscribing to a newsletter. I confess my reply to that was knee-jerk and pissy but ffs.
It was while casually cracking egg four of a projected six-egg omelette that it dawned on me I could never tell my friends in the U.S. about it.
March 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It was while casually cracking egg four of a projected six-egg omelette that it dawned on me I could never tell my friends in the U.S. about it.
Re: the price of eggs, here is the current state of the US strategic egg reserve. The USDA Cold Storage Report scrupulously tracks how much food the US government owns. It's really surreal and tracks stuff like the famous billion (or so) pounds of government cheese we store in caves in Missouri.
March 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Re: the price of eggs, here is the current state of the US strategic egg reserve. The USDA Cold Storage Report scrupulously tracks how much food the US government owns. It's really surreal and tracks stuff like the famous billion (or so) pounds of government cheese we store in caves in Missouri.
"Would I have stepped up against the rise of fascism, like my grandparents," does a soft dissolve into "would I enjoy bootlegging, like my grandparents?"
February 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"Would I have stepped up against the rise of fascism, like my grandparents," does a soft dissolve into "would I enjoy bootlegging, like my grandparents?"
January 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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