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Noah Berlatsky
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he/him, bylines Public Notice, Chicago Reader, Observer, Dame Magazine, Prism. Poetry collection: Not Akhmatova (Ben Yehuda, 2024)
Substack: www.everythingishorrible.net
Poetry: https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/poetry-publications-noah-berlatsky
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"truly it was out of curiosity"
Truly it was out of curiosity: why a person with unlimited resources exhibits so little appreciation or even awareness of the things that most people value as giving meaning to life. Just minimally well to do people donate to charities, local museums & libraries & the like; they support the commonweal. & unlike the very wealthy these people pay high income taxes.
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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underrated Musk defenestration from JCO
JCO: She is impressive! A normal parent would be very proud. quote tweeting: @KindnessnMercy "The grown daughter he disowned radiates joy. She loves movies, music, dancing, fashion, modeling, reading, traveling the world, and exploring other cultures. She's witty, graceful & quite beautiful."
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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got a sub, so here is a boxful of intersex calico, with a bonus purple dinosaur on the side.

subs are $50/yr, $5/month; help me keep scribbling as freelancing opportunities collapse?

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white black and brown calico with very green eyes rests head on edge of box he's curled up in; purple dinosaur legs on rug beside small box and scattered packing material
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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got one more sub, so here are dog and cat ears almost touching.

help me feed all the ears! and keep scribbling! the newsletter is $50/y, $5/mo. www.everythingishorrible.net/subscribe
pit butll eat (white with black spots) and orange kitty ear almost touching; pitbull is wearing a pink collar with squirrels on it. animals are on a quilt.
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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hey, got another sub!

here is our lovely intersex calico in his favorite box.

subs are $5/m, $50/y, and help me keep scribbling. also they feed the cats! www.everythingishorrible.net/subscribe
calico curled up in tiny box; eyes closed, paws every which way.much floof!
November 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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yglesias cannot fail he can only be failed
yglesias : I mean yes misguided progressive criticism of golden has driven him from office and now republicans are going to win the seat. according to me that's bad.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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hey, I got a paid sub. that means I share a pet pic. Here is dog hiding behind kitty.

subs are $50/y, $5/m. make me post more pet pics! and/or help me keep scribbling
white floof with green eyes and very pink ears sits floofily on table; you can see a pit bull with a black eye patch behind her peeking out on the couch
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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really do recomment his book; it's very good.
There are better analogies. October 7 has more in common with the murder, torture, and rape of thousands of Europeans in newly independent Haiti in 1804, or the Fort Mims massacre of white settlers by Creek Indians in what is now Alabama in 1813, or the Lari massacre by Mau Mau rebels seeking to overthrow British colonialism in Kenya in 1953—gruesome, pitiless attacks by oppressed peoples resisting dispossession. For many Jews today, pondering these analogies is alien and uncomfortable—the equivalent of imagining Hagar murdering Abraham and Sarah or the seven nations of Canaan massacring the forces of Joshua Ben Nun. They alter the script that explains who we are. Beinart, Peter. Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning (p. 39). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
November 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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welp
DD calls NYC mayor's race for mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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well it's officially past "very bad night" and into "apocalypse" for the GOP.
decision desk call for Jay Jones, D, AG VA
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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and that was quick
decision desk projecting Sherrill win for NJ governor
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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got a sub! so here is another picture of gusgus in his favorite box of packing material.

subscribe to the newsletter! keep me scribbling! keep gusgus in packing material! it's $50/y, $5/month
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brown kitty with white highlights and green eyes somehow folded into a tiny box, paws over his stomach, looking at you fetchingly
November 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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oh cool; got a subscriber. so here is gusgus sitting in packing material.
brown and white cat sitting in small box; packing material around the edge. also a purple dinosaur dog toy on the rug
November 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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oh cool, got another sub.

so here is gusgus who has bravely brought down a backpack. consider becoming a paid sub for the newsletter so I can feed the kitties (and keep scribbling). it's $5/m, $50/yr

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brown and white kitty sitting on a backpack on a desk. he looks very luxurious; his eyes are green and looking at camera. some books behind him including Uzumaki and Dread of Difference
October 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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hey, got a sub! which gives me an excuse to post one of my favorite Eustacia pictures ever. sleepy kitty!

if you find my writing (and cat pics!) valuable, you can support me! It' s $5/mo, $50/yr

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close up of giant orange floof yawning. you can see right down her throat; big old tongue
October 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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hey, got another sub! so here is gusgus in his usual position on his back, for some reason.

newsletter is $50/yr, $5/month.
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large fluffy brown and white kitty on his back, all legs in the air; front legs bent; very green eyes looking at camera. just a big fat tube of fluff.
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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If you find my writing valuable and want to make sure I can keep this roly poly floofball in crunchies, consider becoming a subscriber! It's $50/yr, $5/month

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brown and white floof on this back, butt towards the camera, on his fack, face obscured, legs in the air. He is an enormous floof.
October 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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condoms are good though? they're also pretty heavily stigmatized and the GOP wants to ban them.

idk. like, I feel like the gop doesn't get enough pushback on their antisex stuff as it is.
cutesy meme about how the gop is changing its symbol from an elephant to a condom because condoms protect a bunch of dicks and halt production
October 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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jeez, I'm having a better day for subscribers than some days during the sale?!

don't really understand what's happening, but...here is kitty.

subs are $50/yr, $5/month. help me keep scribbling!

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lovely orange kitty headshot, with some of floofy neck visible. very greene eyes, head slightly turned. those ears!
October 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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hey, there's a sub. so here is a lovely kitty.
headshot of beautiful white floot with blue green eyes and very pink ears.
October 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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got two more subs, so here are two kitties in very close up.

if you want to make me post more kitty pics (and help me keep scribbling!) there's a 40% off sale for one more day; $30/yr.

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brown and white floof with pink nose and stern green eyes, very close up with head raised orange kitty, just the front of her face as she is very sleepy on a blue fluffy rug; you can just see her green eyes open
October 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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hey, there's another!

and I got a request for a goose pic, so here she is.
head and shoulders and forearms of pitfull on floor. she is white with black eye spots; very big head and nose which are raised and looking at you; forepaws are extended to the front.
October 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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oh hey, there's another! here is a box full of kitten

help me water the kitten box by taking advantage of my newsletter sale! (you also help me keep writing?)
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white siamese kitten with brown details curled up in a too small box; you can't see her head, only the tail and butt and ears
October 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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oh cool; there's another.

and here is gusgus looking startled next to a rock.

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big brown and white floof with very wide green eyes next to a white quartz rock thing on a window sill.
October 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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hey, got another sub! Here is Eustacia being luxurious and large!

again, if you find my writing useful, please consider taking advantage of this sale.

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very large orange cat on blue comforter, reaching out with one large paw; she is looking at you with skeptical green eyes
October 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM