Tony Palumbi
@tonypalumbi.bsky.social
Author/historian. Books: The Extreme Life of the Sea, Blood Plagues and Endless Raids, At The Base Of The Giant's Throat. Narrative Design for The Sims 3.
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Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his…
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January 29, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Sure it was coercive but they got a constitutional amendment passed, hard to imagine a higher threshold of democratic consent within our system
Today on The Outfit, we continue "Al Capone All-American" with a timely episode: Prohibition is remembered now as the greatest gift to gangsters ever, but it spelled a massive expansion of coercive government power to serve a right-wing, racist Evangelical agenda: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Al Capone All American: Prohibition
Podcast Episode · The Outfit · 01/22/2026 · 1h 2m
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January 23, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Sure it was coercive but they got a constitutional amendment passed, hard to imagine a higher threshold of democratic consent within our system
Saving the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance by convincing Donald Trump that the events of the novel Rainbow Six actually happened. "Ding Chavez, one of our greatest heroes," he'll say on live television
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Saving the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance by convincing Donald Trump that the events of the novel Rainbow Six actually happened. "Ding Chavez, one of our greatest heroes," he'll say on live television
Ellie communing with Bella the ancient sunbather
January 18, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Ellie communing with Bella the ancient sunbather
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Whisky Friday can't even compare
January 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Whisky Friday can't even compare
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elected democrats who want their constituents to remain non-violent in their protests of these abuses must actually offer a path for ending the abuses non-violently. they currently are not as a party and it’s a major problem.
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM
elected democrats who want their constituents to remain non-violent in their protests of these abuses must actually offer a path for ending the abuses non-violently. they currently are not as a party and it’s a major problem.
Further evidence for my "guitar guys and sword guys are the same guys" hypothesis. Love the idea of a budget-range odachi, like the Squier or Epiphone of odachis. If you have a little more cash to throw around you can go for the PRS SE odachi.
Odachi by Shadow Dancer
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January 15, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Further evidence for my "guitar guys and sword guys are the same guys" hypothesis. Love the idea of a budget-range odachi, like the Squier or Epiphone of odachis. If you have a little more cash to throw around you can go for the PRS SE odachi.
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the coupling break happens in the mid aughts before the rise of smartphones and really even The Apps. main cause is clearly blizzard changing warcraft from an rts to an mmorpg
and the main reason seems to be that smartphones and social media have driven an epic collapse in coupling and marriage. not great in terms of basic human flourishing www.ggd.world/p/why-is-fer...
Why is Fertility Collapsing, Globally?
Something dramatic is happening everywhere all at once: fertility is plummeting, with major implications for economic growth and social stability.
www.ggd.world
January 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
the coupling break happens in the mid aughts before the rise of smartphones and really even The Apps. main cause is clearly blizzard changing warcraft from an rts to an mmorpg
Scott Adams' 27yo widow has contracted Brandon Sanderson to carry on his legacy. "The Dilbert universe has so much more to give us," she said through tears
January 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Scott Adams' 27yo widow has contracted Brandon Sanderson to carry on his legacy. "The Dilbert universe has so much more to give us," she said through tears
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I have to work at the New York Times. It's where I work.
January 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I have to work at the New York Times. It's where I work.
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Those of you who still insist on drawing a distinction between ICE and police should be aware that the police are not drawing that distinction.
Thank you for telling us you neither serve nor protect. Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud. That was state murder in broad daylight, captured from multiple angles by multiple witnesses, and the people of Minneapolis have eyes.
You support murder.
You support murder.
January 10, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Those of you who still insist on drawing a distinction between ICE and police should be aware that the police are not drawing that distinction.
I simply can't believe the Oregon Ducks are getting stomped out on a huge national stage
January 10, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I simply can't believe the Oregon Ducks are getting stomped out on a huge national stage
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there is no positive route forward for the United States without mass arrests and trials for DHS employees
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 10, 2026 at 12:16 AM
there is no positive route forward for the United States without mass arrests and trials for DHS employees
Jamelle Bouie, every day of every week
you dont understand. i HAVE to work for the NYT. its where i work at!
January 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Jamelle Bouie, every day of every week
Written up by HR for addressing all my white coworkers as "cornbread" since last year
December 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Written up by HR for addressing all my white coworkers as "cornbread" since last year
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Eoin wrote a great book, the core of which is that these supposed Brave Truth-Teller post-left guys don't actually care about free speech whatsoever, which makes a suit like this pretty darkly ironic. Eoin's book and his newsletter deserve your support.
December 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Eoin wrote a great book, the core of which is that these supposed Brave Truth-Teller post-left guys don't actually care about free speech whatsoever, which makes a suit like this pretty darkly ironic. Eoin's book and his newsletter deserve your support.
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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This cannot be reformed, their leadership needs to be imprisoned; and the rank and file involved need to lose their immunity, these are felonies under color of authority
One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This cannot be reformed, their leadership needs to be imprisoned; and the rank and file involved need to lose their immunity, these are felonies under color of authority
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the status of the trans person in the terf brain is some Ur-Fascism deal: every trans person is so clockable that their very existence is ridiculous and offensive, but also anyone could be trans and you'd never know it
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
the status of the trans person in the terf brain is some Ur-Fascism deal: every trans person is so clockable that their very existence is ridiculous and offensive, but also anyone could be trans and you'd never know it
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Good Ray Ratto blog here: defector.com/coach-john-b...
Coach John Beam's Legacy Is Everywhere | Defector
Coach John Beam’s murder has been a national story, which seems like something that John Beam would find simultaneously hilarious and troublesome. His adult life was dedicated to teaching, and to comf...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Good Ray Ratto blog here: defector.com/coach-john-b...
I'd like to think that if I ever wrote a book called American Canto my agent would summon the courage to have me killed in a quiet and dignified manner
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I'd like to think that if I ever wrote a book called American Canto my agent would summon the courage to have me killed in a quiet and dignified manner
Wielding my lute as menacingly as possible but I wore the wrong gloves and my playing sounds like shit
This guy always awaits me when I fall asleep and insists on following me around the dreamscape each night
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Wielding my lute as menacingly as possible but I wore the wrong gloves and my playing sounds like shit