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Alexander Chee

@alexanderchee.bsky.social

Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net

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Let this serve as a warning to Dems who abandon trans folks and vote for anti trans bills. You will be primaried, and you will lose.

04.03.2026 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1427    πŸ” 341    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3

It is wild.

04.03.2026 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Edooks.

04.03.2026 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Summer Kitchen When Marg lived in the house, there was a whole other house in the basement where her grandparents lived in the summer. They were from Ireland, the McCabes. They were royalty, Marg thought. That’s how...

Very proud to have shepherded this new Shauna Seliy story into the new @vqr.bsky.social. www.vqronline.org/fall-2025/fi...

04.03.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Cats also but yes exactly.

04.03.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn’t willful naivete just β€œno it won’t” narcissism?

04.03.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Glad people are settling on the term "pervert glasses". Bonus points if you also say it while posting a picture of Mark Zuckerberg or call them Mark Zuckerberg's pervert glasses.

04.03.2026 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2130    πŸ” 658    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 76
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For the first time, we now know how many Black-owned bookstores exist in the U.S. The National Association of Black Bookstores has released the β€œfirst comprehensive national report” on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores.

There has never been an official, comprehensive record of Black-owned bookstores across the United States β€” until now

04.03.2026 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1373    πŸ” 574    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 48

He won’t be able to go anywhere near New England.

04.03.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Could they not know? Maybe. But then they would be engineers who’d never used the internet it seemed, absolute rubes.

04.03.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Somewhat related: Happy International Women’s History Month! Love you too.

04.03.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am happily married and no longer do this! A good reason for readers to marry, honestly.

04.03.2026 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sorry we fired all the missiles. no, there won't be more missiles for a while. the missiles take a long time to make. in fairness you weren't supposed to use them all at once

04.03.2026 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1356    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 3

Google Glasses had this problem. The engineers I recall were allegedly shocked people would use them this way.

04.03.2026 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

I have successfully restrained myself from telling my boring story of how I tried to read the Golden Notebook to impress a boy but it killed my crush on him instead. One must let a woman read in public undisturbed. I am instead minding my business, reading In The Cut, by Susanna Moore.

04.03.2026 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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WATCH β€” @senpeterwelch walks through a no-bid $143,000,000 contract that went to @KristiNoem’s spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin’s husband’s company that had just been formed.

She should be impeached for this outrageous scandal alone.

Yet it’s barely a blip in this corrupt regime.

04.03.2026 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 9731    πŸ” 3845    πŸ’¬ 439    πŸ“Œ 244

Today’s reader report while traveling to Baltimore: the young person next to me is reading Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook, a library copy.

04.03.2026 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 177    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
Israeli map showing all of southern Lebanon in red with yellow arrows pointing to north of the Litani river

Israeli map showing all of southern Lebanon in red with yellow arrows pointing to north of the Litani river

The IDF just ordered the *entirety of south Lebanon* to be forcibly displaced.

They are emptying the land of its population, creating a massive crisis, and will now proceed to further annihilate large parts of Lebanon.

The very nation state of Lebanon is being destroyed.

04.03.2026 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1217    πŸ” 819    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 130
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The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about β€œille...

DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.

Documents show the real story behind the raid was to target alleged squatters β€” with the landlord's blessing.

04.03.2026 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1464    πŸ” 670    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 37

It occurs to me that if the government did force UK writers to hand over their work to the big AI companies, that would now among other things mean contributing to the development of US advanced weapon systems.

04.03.2026 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 314    πŸ” 175    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

It’s like it’s been designed by people who’ve never had a crisis like this. The naΓ―vetΓ© on display.

04.03.2026 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you

04.03.2026 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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IRGC Destroys Second US THAAD System in Gulf, Wipes Out UAE Radar and $1.1 Billion Qatar Early Warning Shield β€” Iran Declares Missile Dominance - Defence Security Asia IRGC precision strikes reportedly destroy a second US THAAD system, its UAE radar, and Qatar’s $1.1 billion early warning system, exposing fractures in America’s Gulf missile defence architecture and ...

so Iran has apparently knocked out and destroyed / disabled to some extent two U.S. THAAD batteries

This is a massive deal. Aside from the expense, this is not a weapon system we just have a ton of lying around. You don't replace these easily.

defencesecurityasia.com/en/irgc-dest...

04.03.2026 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4062    πŸ” 1315    πŸ’¬ 209    πŸ“Œ 257
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β€˜No to war’: SΓ‘nchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East β€˜simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’ * Middle East crisis – live updates * Europe live – latest updates The Spanish prime minister, Pedro SΓ‘nchez, has responded to Donald Trump’s extraordinary threat to cut off all trade with Spain over his government’s refusal to facilitate the US’s ongoing attacks against Iran, comparing the growing conflict in the Middle East to playing β€œRussian roulette with the destiny of millions”. SΓ‘nchez, who has been one of the most vociferous European critics of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, said his government’s position on the widening instability could be summed up in three words: β€œNo to war.” Continue reading...

β€˜No to war’: SΓ‘nchez doubles down after Trump threat to cut off trade with Spain

04.03.2026 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 610    πŸ” 164    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 56
The moon going from full moon to a red moon and starting to go back to a normal full moon, then my camera battery door fell off.

The moon going from full moon to a red moon and starting to go back to a normal full moon, then my camera battery door fell off.

Here's my first edit on the March 3rd Lunar Eclipse. 15 moon shots, 1 foreground. Taken over a 3 hourish period.

04.03.2026 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7748    πŸ” 1646    πŸ’¬ 131    πŸ“Œ 66

There's been a lot of debate within the Democratic establishment about what rhetoric to use via ICE.

Well, an incumbent doesn't lose by 48 percentage points very oftenβ€”and her vote on collaborating with ICE was the defining issue here.

04.03.2026 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7716    πŸ” 2312    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 97

ICE under Trump 2.0 built an unprecedented media operation - deploying videographers to raids, pumping out edgy social posts, swiping pop music for hype videos - and the main metric for evaluating its impact shows that Americans now hate ICE more than ever

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

04.03.2026 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1931    πŸ” 453    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 24

RESULT: Over & over, Democratic lawmaker Shelly Willingham helped the North Carolina GOP override the vetoes of Governor Stein & Cooper.

He lost just now to a progressive challenger, 56% to 44%.

(And he's likely one of several in this position. Stay tuned.)

04.03.2026 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3812    πŸ” 699    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 50

We also just murdered this guy’s parents, his wife, and his son so good luck getting a peace deal

04.03.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3600    πŸ” 703    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 16
Photo of Abood, a thirteen year old Palestinian boy wearing a dark blue and black top looking slightly to the side with a sign saying I’m Abood from Gaza in black pen

Photo of Abood, a thirteen year old Palestinian boy wearing a dark blue and black top looking slightly to the side with a sign saying I’m Abood from Gaza in black pen

Photo of Abood, a thirteen year old Palestinian boy in a tent, looking distressed at his leg which is in a blue cast. He’s wearing a black and green outfit.

Photo of Abood, a thirteen year old Palestinian boy in a tent, looking distressed at his leg which is in a blue cast. He’s wearing a black and green outfit.

Abood, a disabled boy with autism, has a broken leg & is pleading for your help🀲😭
He needs surgery to have a metal plate inserted in his leg, which costs €200. Abood cries from the pain & can't sleep. We urge you to donate, even a small amount🀲
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