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writer (the baffler, the boston globe, bright wall dark room, etc) & photographer

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holy shit lol

02.08.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sure why not lol

30.07.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜My Best Friend’s Wedding’ Sequel in the Works With β€˜The Materialists’ Filmmaker Celine Song Song is attached to write the project, which would not necessarily be her next movie.

would be so funny if this were celine song's first good movie www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

30.07.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The time is long overdue for Congress to stop funding Israel’s illegal and horrific war against the Palestinian people.

The U.S. must not support a government which is starving children.

Tomorrow, I will force votes in the Senate to block the sale of weapons to Netanyahu.

29.07.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2993    πŸ” 559    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 55
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An Interview with Mattie Lubchansky Newsletter Recipients,

i had such a great time chatting with @mattielubchansky.com about her wonderful new book, simplicity (in stores today!), for the newsletter! check it out here:

29.07.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An Interview with Mattie Lubchansky Newsletter Recipients,

i had such a great time chatting with @mattielubchansky.com about her wonderful new book, simplicity (in stores today!), for the newsletter! check it out here:

29.07.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gambling Investigation Sidelines Emmanuel Clase Maintaining the integrity of the game β€” more specifically, public belief in the integrity of the game β€” is of existential importance. This much MLB has known since before there was an MLB as we know…

Here's my column on the latest gambling hullabaloo. It's partly the same thing I wrote about the last gambling hullabaloo, with one addendum. But based on what Luis Ortiz allegedly did, you can tell where these scandals are going and how they're going to need to be stopped.

29.07.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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chilling out maxing relaxing all cool

20.07.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

My NYT op-ed this morning
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

15.07.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 520    πŸ” 234    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 32
He became the country's last Jew upon the death of Yitzhak Levi in 2005. The pair famously did not get along. In 1998 Levi wrote to the Taliban interior minister to accuse Simantov of theft of Jewish relics. Simantov responded by telling the Taliban that Levi ran a secret brothel where he sold alcohol. 

The Taliban was so annoyed by their constant fighting that twhy threw them in jail. But they eventually kicked them back out when they continued to fight inside the prison.

He became the country's last Jew upon the death of Yitzhak Levi in 2005. The pair famously did not get along. In 1998 Levi wrote to the Taliban interior minister to accuse Simantov of theft of Jewish relics. Simantov responded by telling the Taliban that Levi ran a secret brothel where he sold alcohol. The Taliban was so annoyed by their constant fighting that twhy threw them in jail. But they eventually kicked them back out when they continued to fight inside the prison.

This account of the relationship between the last two Jews in Taliban Afghanistan is incredible

15.07.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1605    πŸ” 227    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 40
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It’s unanimous, put Macafee on a rocket into the fucking sun

15.07.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 586    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 24
a stack of: 

jurassic park 
a few good men
some like it hot
little women 
lady bird 
conclave 
pride & prejudice 
bottoms 
blockers 
charade
out of sight 
bill durham 
clue

a stack of: jurassic park a few good men some like it hot little women lady bird conclave pride & prejudice bottoms blockers charade out of sight bill durham clue

blu-ray stack for a week on the cape

14.07.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

vote blue no matter who!!!

14.07.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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andreessen is very awful and stupid but rich people everywhere think exactly like this, it’s so weird to think they don’t

14.07.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it’s so good it’s unbelievable

14.07.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sometimes i think the silence is silly but tennis players hit a ball moving significantly faster a significantly higher percentage of the time

13.07.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

very impressive and irritating inning of fielding from aaron judge

12.07.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

james gunn fucking did it, β€œsuperman” is so good

11.07.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
On a background image of stars and dust from the Hubble telescope, this text (a book deal announcement): "Science/Technology. Best American Science and Nature Writing series editor and author of the LA Times Book Prize finalist The Possibility of Life Jaime Green's AT HOME IN THE STARS a narrative journey into the promise and peril of our future in space and what it might mean from a scientific, philosophical, and cultural lens to expand into the cosmos, again to John Glynn at Hanover Square Press by Caroline Eisenmann at Francis Goldin Literary Agency. (World)."

On a background image of stars and dust from the Hubble telescope, this text (a book deal announcement): "Science/Technology. Best American Science and Nature Writing series editor and author of the LA Times Book Prize finalist The Possibility of Life Jaime Green's AT HOME IN THE STARS a narrative journey into the promise and peril of our future in space and what it might mean from a scientific, philosophical, and cultural lens to expand into the cosmos, again to John Glynn at Hanover Square Press by Caroline Eisenmann at Francis Goldin Literary Agency. (World)."

Beyond thrilled to share that I'm writing my next book, AT HOME IN THE STARS. It's about the human expansion into space and space as a human environment. Think Carl Sagan meets Robert Macfarlane. πŸͺβœ¨πŸ§‘β€πŸš€πŸŒ± If you want updates / news when the book is (someday) out: jaimealyse.behiiv.com

11.07.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 13

this guy sucks so fucking much

11.07.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"why didn't you say sorry" is maybe the lamest thing I've ever heard a superstar athlete say while competing lol

10.07.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a Newsletter #67 Newsletter recipients,

new newsletter! i wrote about photographing the green river festival and shared some pictures. rachel wrote about destination x, kesha, and more. please subscribe!!

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Angel Reese loses her contact and still goes to work!!

10.07.2025 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

i do believe that this doofus will be comprehensively rejected by our city and instead we’ll elect a strongly progressive city council and @willieburnleyjr.bsky.social as our next major!!

10.07.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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10.07.2025 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a photo of my dog on a green chair with her ears looking fuckin dumbo, looking fucking huge, one pointing way up and the other drooping way down.

a photo of my dog on a green chair with her ears looking fuckin dumbo, looking fucking huge, one pointing way up and the other drooping way down.

can you believe this shit

10.07.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

him: Hello Bradley. Justin Klekota here, your Democratic State Committeeman.
Thank you for your past support! I'm running for Somerville City Council At-Large to increase funding for our schools & new housing, to reduce our carbon footprint, and to hire more emergency responders so we use less police overtime. My 25 years of experience have prepared me to serve (electjustin.org). Can I count on one of your four at-large votes? Stop2end

me: 
cynical trans hating losers will never get my vote i hope you lose by so so so much

him: Hello Bradley. I'm a member of the LGBTQIA community and have consistently defended our community against hate groups like DSA.
The trans community has no ally stronger than me.

him: Hello Bradley. Justin Klekota here, your Democratic State Committeeman. Thank you for your past support! I'm running for Somerville City Council At-Large to increase funding for our schools & new housing, to reduce our carbon footprint, and to hire more emergency responders so we use less police overtime. My 25 years of experience have prepared me to serve (electjustin.org). Can I count on one of your four at-large votes? Stop2end me: cynical trans hating losers will never get my vote i hope you lose by so so so much him: Hello Bradley. I'm a member of the LGBTQIA community and have consistently defended our community against hate groups like DSA. The trans community has no ally stronger than me.

me: so you've retracted your defense of the transphobic bylaw language and apologized to the trans community and their allies who faced your attacks when they criticized you?

him: I use the same language that our legal community uses. Sex discrimination laws are the legal basis for non-discrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. I will vigorously defend the language that protects our community.
DSA spread a lot of misinformation sadly.
you can't call it misinformation when you didn't even dispute what i said

me: Imao. you just don't think the transphobic language is a problem because you're a transphobic loser. i will be advocating against you in every campaign you run until you retire. you're an embarrassment to our city. i truly hope you fix your hateful heart.

me: so you've retracted your defense of the transphobic bylaw language and apologized to the trans community and their allies who faced your attacks when they criticized you? him: I use the same language that our legal community uses. Sex discrimination laws are the legal basis for non-discrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. I will vigorously defend the language that protects our community. DSA spread a lot of misinformation sadly. you can't call it misinformation when you didn't even dispute what i said me: Imao. you just don't think the transphobic language is a problem because you're a transphobic loser. i will be advocating against you in every campaign you run until you retire. you're an embarrassment to our city. i truly hope you fix your hateful heart.

him: You are attacking a member of the
LGBTQIA community and the legal language that protects us. Please educate yourself: https:// en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Bostock_v._Clayton_County

me: do you have the ability to read to the part of your little Wikipedia page that clearly states this existing legal framework leaves trans people extremely vulnerable because it fails to define its terms? if you willingly outsource your moral and linguistic framework to this debauched supreme court and needlessly deploy their discriminatory language and expect prospective constituents to take that seriously as reasoning, you're an even worse candidate for the council than i thought.

him: This language is all we have. We can't afford to lose it. Yes. SCOTUS is making terrible rulings and specifically targeting gender affirming care which is dangerous.
If Bostock is overturned it will set our legal protections back decades.

him: You are attacking a member of the LGBTQIA community and the legal language that protects us. Please educate yourself: https:// en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Bostock_v._Clayton_County me: do you have the ability to read to the part of your little Wikipedia page that clearly states this existing legal framework leaves trans people extremely vulnerable because it fails to define its terms? if you willingly outsource your moral and linguistic framework to this debauched supreme court and needlessly deploy their discriminatory language and expect prospective constituents to take that seriously as reasoning, you're an even worse candidate for the council than i thought. him: This language is all we have. We can't afford to lose it. Yes. SCOTUS is making terrible rulings and specifically targeting gender affirming care which is dangerous. If Bostock is overturned it will set our legal protections back decades.

me: so it's your serious contention that if you had used trans inclusive language instead of transphobic language in the bylaw, that would have somehow endangered the existing legal precedent? and that obviously infinitesimally, incalculably small theoretical "risk" (which did not at all exist) was more important than actually listening to the trans members of our community?

him: DSA was orchestrating a homophobic attack against my household around the clock over Twitter: litigating anything over Twitter is pointless. DSA does not speak for the LGBTQIA community: they are a hate group not worth any engagement.
Arguing with DSA is like arguing with Neo-Nazis or the KKK. They are filled with hate and incapable of any good faith communication.

me: we're not on twitter. it's just you and me. you didn't answer either of my questions.

me: so it's your serious contention that if you had used trans inclusive language instead of transphobic language in the bylaw, that would have somehow endangered the existing legal precedent? and that obviously infinitesimally, incalculably small theoretical "risk" (which did not at all exist) was more important than actually listening to the trans members of our community? him: DSA was orchestrating a homophobic attack against my household around the clock over Twitter: litigating anything over Twitter is pointless. DSA does not speak for the LGBTQIA community: they are a hate group not worth any engagement. Arguing with DSA is like arguing with Neo-Nazis or the KKK. They are filled with hate and incapable of any good faith communication. me: we're not on twitter. it's just you and me. you didn't answer either of my questions.

not too many people from somerville follow me here but i’m in the middle of an unhinged text exchange with city council candidate justin klekota. don’t vote for this guy!!!

09.07.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

the new visual style of bachelor in paradise is so bad, i'm losing my mind lol. terrible handheld, shallow focus camera work with an awful super orange and teal, desaturated green color grade. so strange.

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The director really wanted you to understand the nickname

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