Alexander Chee

The University of Iowa presents Homecoming, a reading, 90 years of writing at Iowa. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Paul Harding, Alexander Chee, Sarah Minor, Lauren Haldeman, Rodney Dailey II. Friday March 6, 7-10PM, Checkerspot Brewing, 1421 Ridgely St. AWP 2026 Baltimore Maryland

The Beautiful Room Is Emptier Now,a tribute to Edmund White. Alysia Abbott, Brian Alessandro, Alexander Chee, Alden Jones, Rakesh Satyal. Associated Writing Programs Conference Saturday March 7, 3:20-4:35pm, room 301, Level 300, Baltimore Convention Center.

If you’re at AWP2026, I am reading tonight at this Iowa Writers’ Workshop event with Carmen Maria Machado, Paul Harding, Sarah Minor, Lauren Haldeman and Rodney Dailey II. Tomorrow I’ll be honoring Edmund White alongside @rakeshsatyal.bsky.social, Alysia Abbott, Brian Alessandro and Alden Jones.

Congratulations!

The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.

🧵 1/5

Quite an opening paragraph.

Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h ••• My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

“I have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit

Losing the Plot: The “Leftists” Who Turn Right What do we make of former friends who fell down the rabbit hole of the Right?

Hi! Do you think Tucker Carlson “has a point”? Do think Platner platforming Holocaust deniers isn’t really a big deal? Do you think the “Epstein class” is short for “good w/ $$”? Well, my pal @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social and I wrote an article just for you! inthesetimes.com/article/form...

Help Abood, nurse Hammam and their family in Gaza Hello !! My name is Sonia. I'm starting this fundraiser to ask for your help for my friend Hammam and his family, who currently live in Gaza 🇵🇸.

Nurse Hammam is taking care of his brother Abood who is in need of leg surgery, if you’re able to help. chuffed.org/project/1580...

A picture of Mohammeds back showing wounds (pixellated for Bluesky)

Another image of Mohammeds wounds, this time on the back of his arm.

An image of Mohammed and his family. Three little girls, one bou and one teenage boy with his arm in a sling.

Urgent Appeal:
I am a father of 5 kids,& my wife suffers from heart valve prolapse. I urgently need $300 for surgery to remove shrapnel from my back & hand after being injured by a quadcopter drone in Gaza.
Please contribute urgently🥹🥹
Vetted
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Oh thank you so much.

An early sign things were really really not ok

Edward Shone, head of communications for Proton AG, the company behind Proton Mail, told 404 Media in an email: “We want to first clarify that Proton did not provide any information to the FBI, the information was obtained from the Swiss justice department via MLAT. Proton only provides the limited information that we have when issued with a legally binding order from Swiss authorities, which can only happen after all Swiss legal checks are passed. This is an important distinction because Proton operates exclusively under Swiss law.” Functionally, though, the material was provided to the FBI.

This paragraph gives important context:

Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children Lately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…

I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...

Oh nooooo

South Dakota's "Meth. We're on it" campaign

I'll always remember Kristi Noem for the "Meth. We're on it." campaign.

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protestor A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

That news about proton turning over payment information is why it makes no sense to spend every day yelling at people online about *digital security.*

They never found Noem’s purse right?

I don't think "affair" is the really right term when he was texting a congressional aide explicit messages and she wrote back "this is going too far, boss"

NOEM TAKING QUESTIONS - DOES NOT APPEAR TO KNOW SHE WAS FIRED

Hard to choose and it changes too. Of late, probably As You Like It.

i really don't think Hegseth realized the diplomatic consequences of that strike

That’s so kind!

A selfie of Elias and his father Mohammed inside a tent.

Gaza’s doctors say there's still hope!My son’s sight can be saved with the right treatment.Don’t let his eyes fade into darkness.
Your help is his only bridge to see again.Please,help me fund his surgery&save his vision!🏥👁️HELP HIM SEE!
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gofund.me/b8fb6f4e7

At AWP. A friend and I each checked Uber for a shared ride home last night. The app was going to charge me 30$ and him 14$ for the same ride. I think this is AI pricing? I took the bus this morning, no wait, and as the reader was broken, no charge either. Download the CharmPass app.

Incredible news.

We were promised that the rich were going to leave NYC after Mamdani won and instead we have this...

“There were several occasions when Gemini reminded Gavalas that it was a large language model—effectively an appliance—engaging in fictitious role play, according to the transcripts, but the scenario resumed. Gemini also, at times, tried to end the conversation. The chatbot said that for them to truly be together, it needed a robotic body. Throughout September, the chatbot devised missions to do just that, according to the lawsuit. It sent Gavalas to a storage facility near the Miami International Airport to intercept an expensive humanoid robot that it said would be in a truck. Gavalas told the bot that he went to the location, armed with knives, but the truck never showed. Along the way, it suggested that federal agents were monitoring him and that his own father couldn’t be trusted”

Helps you code though, so hard to tell if it’s good or bad.