If the government really is worried about Iranian sleeper cells, then it was probably a mistake to systematically reorient the majority of US counterterror resources toward arresting immigrant grandmothers and five-year-olds in bunny hats
fascist trash
Damn
Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.
He was one of my big ones too
Truly
Which celebrity death hurt you the most?
(recency bias)
may I offer you a loaf in this trying time (one week until Election Day)
Pixar has had movies subjects like: Death & grieving. Depression, anxiety & emotional regulation. Family trauma. Childhood ending. The collapse of reality as you knew it. And suddenly just the existence of LGBTQ+ people in a movie is too hard for kids to deal with? Ok.
What a cover!
porting over my “banger novel openings” thread from the bird site
He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safe for children to grow up in.
I thought you might go with the alligator thing.
45, SoCal
What do you call the fallacy that says,
"We must have zero tolerance for rule-breaking, otherwise the system will collapse. In order to enforce this, our agents of course must be allowed to break the rules."
Because it seems like the whole country runs on this now
Oof Whedon
I really have missed your posts the last few weeks, Alex. Just a balm for the weary nerd’s soul.
Sigh
After I had a cardiac arrest in 2021, this was my #1 reason for getting an Apple Watch and it has given me peace of mind many times over the years.
A Helpful explainer about our wildly misunderstood immigration laws from @sawyerhackett.bsky.social
Your last saved photo of a celebrity is your therapist.
Pretty sure this is going to cross some boundaries.
Hemingway was once bet that he couldn’t write the world’s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied,
Wow.
Yep
Just like when Dana goes out to smoke in season 1.
Yep
I love this
Gratitude to editor Roberta Beary for including my #haibun “Body Work” in the latest Modern Haiku 🎻
