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Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

So I'm reading the cursed profile and this shows up. Seems throwaway but, in the vernacular, I "couldn't help but wonder," if it's actually significant that this type of political reporter conceives of politicians this way, and I'm very much including her curious use of only one set of pronouns.

November 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

So this WashPo headline is irresponsible. I've been prescribed Lorazepam for 20 years, bc before I had severe, rolling panic attacks. It eases symptoms of panic disorder. It is generally prescribed in wildly low doses & is so far from addictive, in 20 years, I've never run even low, let alone out.

WashPo headline: How ‘The White Lotus’ sparked a surge of interest in this addictive anxiety drug

November 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

I'm sorry but what the fuck kind of challenge is this from a grownup?

"If you can't prove that he's *not* the tooth fairy, than you have to concede that he may *be* the tooth fairy!"

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Thiel’s comments about Trump were more complex, according to the recordings. “If you, in a sincere, rational, well-reasoned way are willing to make the argument that Trump is the Antichrist, I will give you a hearing,” he said. “If you’re not willing to make that argument maybe you have to be open to possibility that he’s at least relatively good.”

A spokesman for Thiel, Jeremiah Hall, said: “Peter doesn’t believe Trump is the Antichrist. His challenge was for Trump’s liberal critics to make that case if they want Peter to hear them out, and he knows that in practice they can’t and won’t do so.” The White House did not return a request for comment.

October 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

The lyrics “like a toy chihuahua barking at me from a tiny purse” came to mind unbidden. Temporarily powerful but pathetic

October 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

I know everything is beyond bleak but submitted for your judgement:

A subway billboard for Bidsy, a dating app where people bid on you; you can “discover your true market value”

September 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

I personally don't think acknowledging the decisive victor of the primary of *his* party in *his* city is enough to cancel out leading a charter school advocacy org and bashing DSA for protesting the US funding Israel's military, but I'm just a simple voter.

www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Lasher will be difficult for anyone to beat. He can count on institutional support on the Upper West Side and Nadler’s endorsement. Though he has made some enemies among progressives – who object to his work for Bloomberg and the charter school lobby – he has recently gained credibility on the left by supporting Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani. Lasher, a staunch supporter of Israel who has harshly criticized the Democratic Socialists of America’s anti-Israel politics, endorsed Mamdani days after he won the primary and has since served as a key validator for pro-Israel Jewish New Yorkers who are wary of the socialist state legislator.

September 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

This #kidlitforceasefire WE THE PEOPLE auction to benefit Gaza, immigrant rights, and trans rights ends TOMORROW
👇👇👇
www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...

August 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

The WE THE PEOPLE Summer Fundraiser to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire and immigrant and trans rights is live! From today, 8/18 - 8/27!

www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...

So many amazing items, plus two FULL manuscript critiques from me. Grateful to @sandraproudman.bsky.social for putting this together

August 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

August 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

I'm a short, plus size clumsy girl who since middle school has had inescapably large breasts and a complete inability to shut up, and who has lived in cities my entire life. Miller, Trump, etc: you are all fucking pussies and wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me.

Stephen Miller claiming in an X post that all city-dwellers are lying about crime rates and live our lives in fear.

August 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

Shocking. But, remind me again how toothpastes and tubes, genies and bottles work? I thought they couldn't be put back. Isn't the emergence of tech relying on language model automation and plagiarism a completely natural force, like the weather!

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/b...

Call it the “the gen. A.I. paradox,” as McKinsey did in its research report. Investments in generative A.I. by businesses are expected to increase 94 percent this year to $61.9 billion, according to IDC, a technology research firm.

But the percentage of companies abandoning most of their A.I. pilot projects soared to 42 percent by the end of 2024, up from 17 percent the previous year, according to a survey of more than 1,000 technology and business managers by S&P Global, a data and analytics firm.

August 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

And I am the best goddamn dancer at the American Ballet Academy

Cuomo being a little bitch: “In case you forgot, I’m Andrew Cuomo, son of Mario, grandson of Andrea.”

August 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

Skylights are so soothing

August 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

Misogyny in action from the guy who wants to save dems from ourselves. He declares that it's most important to empower *men* to solve a problem that he admits affects all genders equally, bc it's making men big sad. Women / NB people are...OK with it, I guess?

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

August 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

Trekkies: if you see this post your first experience with #startrek

Scared the absolute shit out of me, but they had me forever after

Iman as Martia, a shapeshifter, smoking a cigar in Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country

August 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

Trekkies: if you see this post your first experience with #startrek

Scared the absolute shit out of me, but they had me forever after

August 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

And another: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

A spokesperson for Mamdani said the new stores would be placed in food deserts, where there isn't existing competition

July 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

Also, see quote. To me this says food desert, because generally places that don't have food stores within a five block radius are considered food deserts. www.foxbusiness.com/politics/mam...

"What I hear from so many of my constituents there is, ‘Why is it that there are five or six fast food restaurants in a five-block radius, but I can’t find anywhere where I can actually afford to buy groceries?’" he said in an interview with Bon Appétit.

"What this network of municipally-owned grocery stores would provide is a guarantee of cheaper groceries and a recognition that food is a non-negotiable for New Yorkers," he added.

July 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

Eh. Depends on who you talk to, I guess.

July 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

I mean my god does this lady with a national column really think that a few publicly funded public goods like food, transit, and childcare is going to…destroy the fabric of American retail? What?

July 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM

Maxine Kaplan

@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

This column made me laugh so hard. Do people think that if Mamdani success in setting up a few nonprofit city-owned grocery stores in food deserts, they’re going to be *mandatory*? And I grew up in post-Soviet Moscow so miss me with generational scoffing.