Nora
@norarallen.bsky.social
Writer, dog enthusiast, and elder millennial. Bay Area born Chicago transplant getting by on snacks, anxiety meds, and trying to make sure my dogs have a better childhood than I did.
The music changed and this crazy bubble just floated quietly out of nowhere. 3 year-old me was NOT having it.
September 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The music changed and this crazy bubble just floated quietly out of nowhere. 3 year-old me was NOT having it.
I stand by all of these
September 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I stand by all of these
Two National Guard soldiers in Chicago accompanied their mother to her immigration check in. Their uniforms, meant to signal allegiance were worn instead as a plea: Please, don't take our mother. More in my newest piece. @nicollewallace.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com bit.ly/4ecCSZN
June 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Two National Guard soldiers in Chicago accompanied their mother to her immigration check in. Their uniforms, meant to signal allegiance were worn instead as a plea: Please, don't take our mother. More in my newest piece. @nicollewallace.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com bit.ly/4ecCSZN
Not to be all hipster about it, but I was calling Musk a ketamine junkie way before the New York Times got on board. Link in bio.
May 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Not to be all hipster about it, but I was calling Musk a ketamine junkie way before the New York Times got on board. Link in bio.
There’s a story that’s been circling just under the surface, and it has me in a state somewhere between unease and quiet panic. @maddow.msnbc.com inspired my latest piece the military buildup along the southern border—not facing out, but in and American citizens. open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
May 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
There’s a story that’s been circling just under the surface, and it has me in a state somewhere between unease and quiet panic. @maddow.msnbc.com inspired my latest piece the military buildup along the southern border—not facing out, but in and American citizens. open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
WHO’S DUST IS THIS? I NEED EVERYONE TO LOOK AROUND THEM AND SEE IF THEYRE MISSING THEIR NORMAL AMOUNT OF DUST.
May 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
WHO’S DUST IS THIS? I NEED EVERYONE TO LOOK AROUND THEM AND SEE IF THEYRE MISSING THEIR NORMAL AMOUNT OF DUST.
*laughs nervously* guys, what the fuck?
May 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
*laughs nervously* guys, what the fuck?
Harlow said to tell your dogs he said hi
May 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Harlow said to tell your dogs he said hi
25% of Americans are using Buy Now, Pay Later apps to buy groceries. And it’s a bellwether of something far more perverse.
open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
April 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
25% of Americans are using Buy Now, Pay Later apps to buy groceries. And it’s a bellwether of something far more perverse.
open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
“She writes like someone who didn’t grow up getting punched for sport.” –Pete Hegseth, in an iMessage voice memo that included fart sounds, names of undercover ops, and the GPS coordinates of a SEAL team extraction in progress, probably.
New on the blog today!
open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
New on the blog today!
open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
April 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“She writes like someone who didn’t grow up getting punched for sport.” –Pete Hegseth, in an iMessage voice memo that included fart sounds, names of undercover ops, and the GPS coordinates of a SEAL team extraction in progress, probably.
New on the blog today!
open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
New on the blog today!
open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
“Don’t get mad, get even?” Too soft. I say: Get mad. Write about it. And then get even by keyword-optimizing a blog post so thoroughly it rises through the Google ranks like a phoenix made of rage and metadata. New blog up now. shorturl.at/olXgS
March 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Don’t get mad, get even?” Too soft. I say: Get mad. Write about it. And then get even by keyword-optimizing a blog post so thoroughly it rises through the Google ranks like a phoenix made of rage and metadata. New blog up now. shorturl.at/olXgS
This limp and flaccid Dick just sold out Illinoisans. He sided with MAGA on the spending bill and every American is about to pay the price. May he never know another moment of peace from his constituents until we vote him out. noraallen.substack.com/p/dick-durbi...
March 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This limp and flaccid Dick just sold out Illinoisans. He sided with MAGA on the spending bill and every American is about to pay the price. May he never know another moment of peace from his constituents until we vote him out. noraallen.substack.com/p/dick-durbi...
I have a lot of anger about last night. I am also deeply ashamed that Al Green was the only member of congress to stand up and speak truth to power. We are all right and truly fucked.
open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
March 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I have a lot of anger about last night. I am also deeply ashamed that Al Green was the only member of congress to stand up and speak truth to power. We are all right and truly fucked.
open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
Alls I’m saying is we know what happens when you drink what these guys hand you.
February 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Alls I’m saying is we know what happens when you drink what these guys hand you.
Elon Musk is the world’s wealthiest junkie. We need to stop enabling him.
Check out this food for thought: open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
@nicollewallace.bsky.social and @maddow.msnbc.com hugely influenced newest piece. Super grateful for their voices right now.
Check out this food for thought: open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
@nicollewallace.bsky.social and @maddow.msnbc.com hugely influenced newest piece. Super grateful for their voices right now.
February 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Elon Musk is the world’s wealthiest junkie. We need to stop enabling him.
Check out this food for thought: open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
@nicollewallace.bsky.social and @maddow.msnbc.com hugely influenced newest piece. Super grateful for their voices right now.
Check out this food for thought: open.substack.com/pub/noraalle...
@nicollewallace.bsky.social and @maddow.msnbc.com hugely influenced newest piece. Super grateful for their voices right now.
Meet Harlow. He beat parvo last week and to celebrate, he decided that coming home with me would be cool. At 13 weeks. His farts are the rankest things I’ve ever smelled. Also he tried to nurse on Ruthie. She was not amused.
February 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Meet Harlow. He beat parvo last week and to celebrate, he decided that coming home with me would be cool. At 13 weeks. His farts are the rankest things I’ve ever smelled. Also he tried to nurse on Ruthie. She was not amused.
Welcome to the new America —now with algorithmic oppression, designer oat milk, and a ketamine-addicted billionaire surrounded by neo-Nazi dirtbags who treat democracy like a failed startup. While they hoard wealth, the rest of us get to perfect cooking on a budget.
bit.ly/4jUEIAU
bit.ly/4jUEIAU
February 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Welcome to the new America —now with algorithmic oppression, designer oat milk, and a ketamine-addicted billionaire surrounded by neo-Nazi dirtbags who treat democracy like a failed startup. While they hoard wealth, the rest of us get to perfect cooking on a budget.
bit.ly/4jUEIAU
bit.ly/4jUEIAU
Where meal prep meets panic, and grocery lists share space with rants about democracy unraveling. If you’ve ever doomscrolled a Senate hearing while ondering what you can make with a can of chickpeas and spite, this blog’s for you. shorturl.at/LJXqk
February 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Where meal prep meets panic, and grocery lists share space with rants about democracy unraveling. If you’ve ever doomscrolled a Senate hearing while ondering what you can make with a can of chickpeas and spite, this blog’s for you. shorturl.at/LJXqk
🚨 Ruthie has fallen to second place! 🚨
The only contestant to denounce fascism, MAGA nonsense, & Gitmo 2.0—and yet? She’s losing. The other dogs? Suspiciously silent.
One vote per person per day. Click. Vote. Do it for democracy. Do it for the goodest girl. 🐾🔥
#Ruthie2024 #VoteAgainstFascism
The only contestant to denounce fascism, MAGA nonsense, & Gitmo 2.0—and yet? She’s losing. The other dogs? Suspiciously silent.
One vote per person per day. Click. Vote. Do it for democracy. Do it for the goodest girl. 🐾🔥
#Ruthie2024 #VoteAgainstFascism
January 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🚨 Ruthie has fallen to second place! 🚨
The only contestant to denounce fascism, MAGA nonsense, & Gitmo 2.0—and yet? She’s losing. The other dogs? Suspiciously silent.
One vote per person per day. Click. Vote. Do it for democracy. Do it for the goodest girl. 🐾🔥
#Ruthie2024 #VoteAgainstFascism
The only contestant to denounce fascism, MAGA nonsense, & Gitmo 2.0—and yet? She’s losing. The other dogs? Suspiciously silent.
One vote per person per day. Click. Vote. Do it for democracy. Do it for the goodest girl. 🐾🔥
#Ruthie2024 #VoteAgainstFascism
Watching Trump dismantle democracy on @nicollewallace.bsky.social’s Deadline White House while Ruthie is laser-focused on dismantling my turkey and Swiss. No concern for the rule of law, no respect for my lunch—just pure audacity, a questionable understanding of consequences & no capacity for shame.
January 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Watching Trump dismantle democracy on @nicollewallace.bsky.social’s Deadline White House while Ruthie is laser-focused on dismantling my turkey and Swiss. No concern for the rule of law, no respect for my lunch—just pure audacity, a questionable understanding of consequences & no capacity for shame.
Did Bill Gates do a N*zi salute too?
January 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Did Bill Gates do a N*zi salute too?
You guys. I just got the most deranged text from a recruiter. I thought this was a scam, but using a rando staffing agency to comb employment platforms for prospective secret service agents also feels very on brand. This feels like something @joyannreid.bsky.social would get a kick out of.
January 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
You guys. I just got the most deranged text from a recruiter. I thought this was a scam, but using a rando staffing agency to comb employment platforms for prospective secret service agents also feels very on brand. This feels like something @joyannreid.bsky.social would get a kick out of.
Can someone make a new photo sharing app? I need the validation that comes with posting one of the thousands of pictures I take of my dog every day. Forcing rando strangers to on the street to say they like her pics feels weird when I do it.
January 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Can someone make a new photo sharing app? I need the validation that comes with posting one of the thousands of pictures I take of my dog every day. Forcing rando strangers to on the street to say they like her pics feels weird when I do it.