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Senior Poetry Editor at The Rumpus (Ret.), author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011) and Another Poem to Love https://brian-spears.com I also crochet stuff.

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Pop culture I think had a lot to do with it too. I was a teenager for Reagan’s time in office, where a lot of popular movies aimed at teen boys were very pro-military and conservative. Also Michael J Fox as a cool conservative teenager and the rise of Christian conservatism in politics.

07.12.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Plus, and as a white Gen Xer it hurts to admit this, but my cousins are the biggest supporters of the chud in charge and his party in demographic terms. If Boomers beat them, it’s not by much.

07.12.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m going to Japan next May for a teaching abroad. I’ll definitely be hitting the 100 yen stores there.

07.12.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Didn’t she supposedly hook up with Bill Maher too?

06.12.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a deeply personal one that I’m not going to get into detail here about for reasons, but it’s someone who has failed up a couple of times since he did me dirty and oh, the chance to open him up to scrutiny would be delicious.

06.12.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A friend of mine called him TL:RodDreher and I’ve never been able to think of him in any other way.

06.12.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My wife’s last name is Letter and at one point her grandmother, dad, three uncles and her older brother all worked for the post office. Ripley’s Believe It or Not did a comic about it.

06.12.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s a good one

06.12.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The glebe cow drooled.

06.12.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there

01.12.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3514    πŸ” 906    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 22

Quote with your model of masculinity

06.12.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

They’re not NOT in the title race for now.

06.12.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Goddamn

06.12.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nothing beats a last minute winner. (beIN SPORTS)

06.12.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 8

I imagine Amazon thinks it will make up some of those losses by not paying its drivers nearly what letter carriers make

05.12.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no

04.12.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Fellowship

Hey all,

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Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.

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03.12.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5480    πŸ” 2745    πŸ’¬ 189    πŸ“Œ 120

Institute of Pees on Himself

I should probably be better than that, but not tonight.

04.12.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For the next two weeks we will be fundraising for our winter ministry project … consider partnering with our local ministry in providing grocery gift cards for the community venmo.com/u/solomon-MI...

28.11.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 465    πŸ” 425    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 50

The Honda Fit, mostly because mine is 14 years old now and I’d like a new one.

03.12.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And if you can, make hats available to others who might need them. bsky.app/profile/bria...

03.12.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I’m hoping it won’t be so bad now that the Dems have kicked us out of the top spot but we’ll see.

03.12.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m going to ask Acrobat to summarize the executive summary of one my student papers and then summarize the summary and so on until it decides it’s tired of my shit.

03.12.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s not one word, but β€œThe Iowa Caucuses,” especially when you live here.

03.12.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been told my whole life that college football is a religion unto itself, so I’m still working through the math here.

03.12.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the natural next step of the consumer model of education.

03.12.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I Think Her Party Should Be Making Statements In Her Defense And The Greater Somali Community

03.12.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3380    πŸ” 760    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 7

Given how the Christmas season has expanded to include Labor Day at this point, I am pleased to announce that I have started listening to Mardi Gras music now.

02.12.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At least they waited until after Thanksgiving?

02.12.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah the line in that piece that stuck out to me was that even Bondi said it was non-binding guidance, which feels like the equivalent of β€œhere’s an out if you want it.”

02.12.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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