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Yes!

Don't get me wrong - I don't think anyone in that piece comes off as a nice person, but when I first read it I remember being struck by how Talese telegraphed "asshole" with what? Ten lines about the encounter?

That's the one.

Gay Talese told me all I needed to know about Harlan Ellison the person.

Finally replying... I'll be back in southern ME by May & would love to walk/bike ride/whatever if possible. Will either email or actual mail contact info.

I went from here to googling "gas mask eyeglass compatibility" to just now joining r/gasmasks. What a fucking world.

Omg now I'm re-loathing Bill Parcells.

EVERY BILLIONAIRE = A LOOSE NUKE

This! None of these schmucks are brilliant masterminds. They are rich and mean and use their power to abuse people, the planet, and everything else around them.

Neither fendered nor French, in fact she's teutonically themed, but she's what Maisie and I are riding today, so Seeräuber Jenny will be my #ffd2022v contribution. If monstercross is a category, monst... via Instagram instagr.am/p/CjdhBDCOtfU/

Tangential (but that rarely stops me): a favorite bike build. Seeräuber Jenny is a black New Albion Privateer frame with a freighter front fork and an 8 speed rear hub. "Und ein Schiff mit acht Segeln"

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Stealing other people's work is not ok.

I'm betting that max 2 of 'em still have (supervised) visitation, and jumped at the chance to bail on even that.

🙌 that must have been /wild/!

Always the ones you would, of course, suspect.

Not only was I in existence, I blogged it.

1-31-07 NEVAR FORGIT

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A friend, holding up a nautical flag-print shirt.

Special notice to the nautical flag discourse enjoyers: if you haunt vintage clothing places, you can have a shirt like this:

Golden Guides were core texts of my childhood. 😍

The Golden Guides: Pocket-sized Windows to the Natural World Masterpieces of communication design for science education

My article on another masterpiece of science education: The Golden Guide series.
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🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡

Don't die lil thing A note: I am quite urgently looking for paid work right now. I've been unemployed since July, which means the unemployment checks are dried up. And here I sit on the verge of nearly complete state fa...

My brilliant friend Ån wrote a searing-yet-hopeful newsletter about the promises of computers, creativity, and connection in the current moment, where it all seems like a blasted landscape of ashes.

[Also there is a mixtape for you to listen to.]

feralresearch.org/newsletter/d...

This is Lowly Worm slander!! 😉

I'd really hoped to never encounter Richard "500, ok maybe 5,000, covid deaths in the US" Epstein in public discourse again. 🤦‍♂️

I'm heartened by how much the Internet has been talking about this story. Which is why it's worth noting that despite various requests for comment:

Robert Pera, Ubiquiti, the Memphis Grizzlies, the NBA, and Adam Silver have all said absolutely nothing.

Oh, my! This brought back memories of trips to Singing Beach on Cape Ann in MA!!

That is to say, a mugshot of me with the back of a death squad fed. Although I hope to see the day when Bondi gets brought up on charges, using her mugshot? Nope.

Would def use a Bondi mugshot as a dating app profile pic.

Thank you - preemptive blocking, now!

Reposting because that reconstruction is so sweet! (I'm old enough to remember upside down Hallucigenia.)

More morning manatee. Sadly, I'm pretty sure that white line is a scar from a prop strike.

I have heard enough Jimmy Buffett since Jan 1 to last me quite some time. I'm not a hater, but there are limits...

I am not even talking about the state of poor white people -- I mean even the elite white people. I'm white* and grew up in relatively elite circles and you don't know what you're missing when you grow up in a racist elite. But you ARE missing out. Your life IS worse than is should be.