Vexed Introvert
@vexedintrovert.bsky.social
Words and math. Taco aficionado. Recovered academic. Dogs and Irish goodbyes. DC forever in my heart. she/her
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I keep seeing kids in their late teens and early 20s romanticize the year 2016. “It’s 2016 and you’re listening to this song…”
Guys, nobody liked 2016. Until 2020, it was considered one of the worst years anyone had ever seen. Everyone cool died. It was fucking miserable. Stop it.
Guys, nobody liked 2016. Until 2020, it was considered one of the worst years anyone had ever seen. Everyone cool died. It was fucking miserable. Stop it.
September 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I keep seeing kids in their late teens and early 20s romanticize the year 2016. “It’s 2016 and you’re listening to this song…”
Guys, nobody liked 2016. Until 2020, it was considered one of the worst years anyone had ever seen. Everyone cool died. It was fucking miserable. Stop it.
Guys, nobody liked 2016. Until 2020, it was considered one of the worst years anyone had ever seen. Everyone cool died. It was fucking miserable. Stop it.
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Gonna be banging this fucking sign for the next three years.
The basic rights of our allies are not luxury beliefs but the core of any solidarity movement. If you can’t see this, you have bo business trying to take the lead in this moment nor do you have any business telling us what to do with our political power.
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Gonna be banging this fucking sign for the next three years.
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This
The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
August 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This
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Remember this the next time the undocumented are called "freeloaders." [Via @_itep]
June 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Remember this the next time the undocumented are called "freeloaders." [Via @_itep]
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background for anyone who’s unaware: paramount wants to merge with another big media company, which has to be approved by the FCC. that merger was under threat unless they caved on this lawsuit. pure extortion.
July 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
background for anyone who’s unaware: paramount wants to merge with another big media company, which has to be approved by the FCC. that merger was under threat unless they caved on this lawsuit. pure extortion.
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"I hate it but I voted for it and I hope that the House fixes it."
Same thing the House republicans said. "I hate this but I voted for it. I hope the Senate fixes it."
What they really mean. "This is horribly unpopular and people will die but my wealthy donors need their tax break."
Same thing the House republicans said. "I hate this but I voted for it. I hope the Senate fixes it."
What they really mean. "This is horribly unpopular and people will die but my wealthy donors need their tax break."
July 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"I hate it but I voted for it and I hope that the House fixes it."
Same thing the House republicans said. "I hate this but I voted for it. I hope the Senate fixes it."
What they really mean. "This is horribly unpopular and people will die but my wealthy donors need their tax break."
Same thing the House republicans said. "I hate this but I voted for it. I hope the Senate fixes it."
What they really mean. "This is horribly unpopular and people will die but my wealthy donors need their tax break."
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“at odds with a federal law” means “illegal”, but God forbid we use plain language. The people making and enforcing this policy are breaking the law. In any new Administration, prosecute them.
“The Department of Homeland Security has formally instituted a new requirement that members of Congress and their staff provide a week of notice before they visit immigration detention facilities, a policy that is at odds with a federal law that allows lawmakers to make unannounced oversight trips.“
ICE to require lawmakers to give a week’s notice before detention visits.
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM
“at odds with a federal law” means “illegal”, but God forbid we use plain language. The people making and enforcing this policy are breaking the law. In any new Administration, prosecute them.
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We are at a red-alert moment with queer stories right now. Literally this morning, I was chatting with a seasoned Hollywood producer who just had a project halted b/c executives were skittish about it being too gay. Not only is a mass-erasure of queer characters plausible... it's already begun.
I hope there's a course correction, but it's incredibly plausible that Hollywood's desire to not offend reactionaries ends up costing us 20-ish years of more diverse stories, roughly akin to the comparative drought of POC and queer stories in the '80s and '90s when compared to the '70s.
I'm no longer shocked when the truths come out but my heart still breaks every time. Queer youth are attacked at every turn and they can’t even have the respite of feeling seen by a movie, all so regressive bigots don’t have to feel discomfort for two hours.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
June 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We are at a red-alert moment with queer stories right now. Literally this morning, I was chatting with a seasoned Hollywood producer who just had a project halted b/c executives were skittish about it being too gay. Not only is a mass-erasure of queer characters plausible... it's already begun.
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It is trivially obvious that Elon wants to kill black people but nobody in the media has the guts to put two and two together.
NEW: The death shadow cast by Musk.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It is trivially obvious that Elon wants to kill black people but nobody in the media has the guts to put two and two together.
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When JD Vance says he’d eagerly make the United States poorer, weaker, unhealthier, and less free if it means he’ll see fewer brown people around and get to enjoy image of cruelty against them, I believe him.
If anything, it’s weird and disturbing that so many still do not.
If anything, it’s weird and disturbing that so many still do not.
I’ve warned about the nativist mind virus for many years. They’d destroy the economy, bankrupt the government, shred the Constitution, trample our freedoms, and imprison their own people to get what they want: not just mass deportation, but something more like ethnic cleansing
July 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
When JD Vance says he’d eagerly make the United States poorer, weaker, unhealthier, and less free if it means he’ll see fewer brown people around and get to enjoy image of cruelty against them, I believe him.
If anything, it’s weird and disturbing that so many still do not.
If anything, it’s weird and disturbing that so many still do not.
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A little something I chipped in at @itep.org ... The predominant feature of the tax and spending bill working its way through Congress is a massive tax cut for the richest 1 percent — a $114 billion benefit to the wealthiest people in the country in 2026 alone. itep.org/trump-megabi...
Trump Megabill Will Give $114 Billion in Tax Cuts to the Top 1% in 2026. How Much In Your State?
The predominant feature of the tax and spending bill working its way through Congress is a massive tax cut for the richest 1 percent — a $114 billion benefit to the wealthiest people in the country in...
itep.org
June 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A little something I chipped in at @itep.org ... The predominant feature of the tax and spending bill working its way through Congress is a massive tax cut for the richest 1 percent — a $114 billion benefit to the wealthiest people in the country in 2026 alone. itep.org/trump-megabi...
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Former FBI agent John Buma, a whistleblower who accused the bureau of suppressing his investigative work on topics including Rudy Guiliani's ties to suspected Russian agents, was arrested yesterday in New York and charged with disclosure of confidential information, per an FBI spokesperson.
March 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Former FBI agent John Buma, a whistleblower who accused the bureau of suppressing his investigative work on topics including Rudy Guiliani's ties to suspected Russian agents, was arrested yesterday in New York and charged with disclosure of confidential information, per an FBI spokesperson.
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SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says
Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.
www.politico.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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When people talk about "American Exceptionalism" they now usually mean that Americans are exceptionally bad a running a country.
March 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When people talk about "American Exceptionalism" they now usually mean that Americans are exceptionally bad a running a country.
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One of the key points of non-violent direct action is to force the authorities to stop you -- to force their hand, to make them arrest you, and yes, perhaps even make them lash out in violence -- and to broadcast those images to an otherwise apathetic public.
Be confrontational, not compliant.
Be confrontational, not compliant.
February 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
One of the key points of non-violent direct action is to force the authorities to stop you -- to force their hand, to make them arrest you, and yes, perhaps even make them lash out in violence -- and to broadcast those images to an otherwise apathetic public.
Be confrontational, not compliant.
Be confrontational, not compliant.
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I guess by the laws of gravity or averages or something the day will come when Rachel Aviv doesn’t file a staggeringly well-reported and written piece but it’s not today
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Alice Munro’s Passive Voice
The celebrated writer’s partner sexually abused her daughter Andrea. The abuse transformed Munro’s fiction, but she left it to Andrea to confront the true story.
www.newyorker.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I guess by the laws of gravity or averages or something the day will come when Rachel Aviv doesn’t file a staggeringly well-reported and written piece but it’s not today
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Then no one should expect fast food.
December 30, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Then no one should expect fast food.
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Short of convincing both houses of Congress to repeal that part of the 14tb Amendment and then getting three fourths of the state to ratify the change, they’re not doing a goddamn thing.
The media needs to stop greasing the wheels for authoritarians
The media needs to stop greasing the wheels for authoritarians
Today in the casual media normalization of patently unconstitutional far right authoritarianism
Birthright citizenship is not a "policy"
Birthright citizenship is not a "policy"
December 22, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Short of convincing both houses of Congress to repeal that part of the 14tb Amendment and then getting three fourths of the state to ratify the change, they’re not doing a goddamn thing.
The media needs to stop greasing the wheels for authoritarians
The media needs to stop greasing the wheels for authoritarians
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I used to have a hard time doing this (it felt presumptuous to me), until *multiple* librarians I'm friends with told me that requesting stuff makes their jobs easier. They have budgets for acquisitions, and if users don't request enough things, they're left guessing what people might want.
Yup, it works. Want a book the library doesn’t have? Ask ‘em for it.
I don't have a good understanding of the behind-the-scenes workings of libraries, but mine keeps buying the books that I request, and my librarian friends have told me that I should keep doing that.
December 22, 2024 at 2:41 PM
I used to have a hard time doing this (it felt presumptuous to me), until *multiple* librarians I'm friends with told me that requesting stuff makes their jobs easier. They have budgets for acquisitions, and if users don't request enough things, they're left guessing what people might want.
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just remembered who the new head of nasa is gonna be and i need to go stand in the yard
December 22, 2024 at 11:45 PM
just remembered who the new head of nasa is gonna be and i need to go stand in the yard
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not to be confused with "Happy Lottery Day, I Hope You Win" day
Happy Shirley Jackson's birthday (part 1)!
How I Copyedited Shirley Jackson
[and lived to tell the tale]
open.substack.com
December 14, 2024 at 6:32 PM
not to be confused with "Happy Lottery Day, I Hope You Win" day
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NY Times=Tech billionaires kiss ring.
WSJ=Tech billionaires kiss ring.
WaPo=😱
WSJ=Tech billionaires kiss ring.
WaPo=😱
December 14, 2024 at 7:48 PM
NY Times=Tech billionaires kiss ring.
WSJ=Tech billionaires kiss ring.
WaPo=😱
WSJ=Tech billionaires kiss ring.
WaPo=😱
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Copyediting Fortune Cookie Wisdom of the Day
It's better to use who and whoever where whom and whomever are called for than vicey versey.
It's better to use who and whoever where whom and whomever are called for than vicey versey.
October 16, 2023 at 11:52 AM
Copyediting Fortune Cookie Wisdom of the Day
It's better to use who and whoever where whom and whomever are called for than vicey versey.
It's better to use who and whoever where whom and whomever are called for than vicey versey.