alex pareene

alex pareene

@pareene.bsky.social

this is a Star Trek opinions account

15,416 Followers 302 Following 40 Posts Joined May 2023
1 month ago

It's been really lovely reading all the tributes to Dan. Many people have asked if they can contribute to support his wife and son. You can do so here: everloved.com/life-of/dan-...

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Princess Diana Bought That Eagles Jacket Herself | Defector PHILADELPHIA — The photos are absurd. When you first see them, you cannot believe they are real. They are. Paparazzi took them in 1991. Princess Diana, by then estranged from Prince Charles, dropped…

By Dan McQuade: Princess Diana bought that Eagles jacket herself

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Dan McQuade Got Philly Like No One Else The writer, who died Wednesday, was one of the most gifted chroniclers of the Philadelphia experience.

“Without Dan’s voice, Philly Mag wouldn’t be Philly Mag. And, I’d argue, Philadelphia wouldn’t quite be Philadelphia.”

Dan’s editor here, Brian Howard, on what our friend meant to this magazine and, more importantly, this city.

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The Wildwood Boardwalk T-Shirts Of 1978 I have long chronicled the t-shirts of the Wildwood boardwalk, an economy and uniquely Wildwood culture that continues today. But what a summer it was for shirts in 1978—legally, you had to wear one o...

The Wildwood Boardwalk t-shirts of 1978: defector.com/the-wildwood...

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Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...

Dan was a friend and a legend, and it’s been extremely touching to read everyone’s remembrances of him; Dan forever. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

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Abolish Ice? No! This fantastic essay details a pragmatic, workable and very conservative training program for current agents that will solve all its problems and address civilian concerns. Bravo!

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The great thing about this idea is that DHS already operates, via third party contractors, excellent re-training facilities to accommodate their entire force. It's perfect, really.

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I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...

I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...

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I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...

well well WELL well WELL well well, look who it is on defector dot com defector.com/i-have-a-gre...

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2 years ago

I feel that

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2 years ago

yeah don delillo has a cool name and most of the guys he makes up didn't

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only one author in the history of English language literature had a cooler real name than the guys he made up: Rex Stout.

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What do we call it when a politician holds a public rally calling for the expulsion of homeless people from public space?

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number one thing that makes me feel like I'm living in an RPG is the messianic cult depositing Lore everywhere

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There's their idealized version of Eric Adams, where a black moderate, socially tolerant former cop can assemble a politically viable, diverse coalition to address serious systemic problems.

Then there's the actual, real-life Eric Adams, who is a corrupt moron and quite possibly insane.

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When I met Jim Starlin, he told me “There’s only one difference between writing for Marvel and and writing for DC. The editors at Marvel are tyrants, and the editors at DC are idiots.”

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Don't Call Him Deacon Blues

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oh wow

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NIXON: This Gerwig is she, er...
ZIEGLER: I don't believe so, no.
NIXON: But the husband.
HALDEMAN: Baumbach.
NIXON: I see.

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yet again I must give it up for trees

their cooling effect is so obvious in this newly mapped data on the heat island effect in nyc

https://projects.thecity.nyc/2023_07_heat-island-nyc/index.html

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Opinion | More Public Pools Could Save Thousands of Lives The biggest reason so many Americans can’t swim is that they have too few places to learn how.

"There are more than 10 million private swimming pools in the United States, according to a C.D.C. estimate, compared with just 309,000 public ones."

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All-Star Superman is like the only modern mainstream Superman book I have/share with the kid, otherwise it's all old reprints

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Hey it's me, Sonic the Hedgehog!

BIG NEWS: AEGIS-CWA won its union election - SEGA of America has Unionized!

Remember, unionizing your workplace is way past cool! Just like the Chaos Emeralds, workers are stronger when we're together.

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big nonprofit with massive testing facilities and rigorous standards and member survey data basically

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great point!

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2 years ago

I'm always trying to tell my friends to ditch Wirecutter and just subscribe to Consumer Reports. they have a product category issue of skewing older/homeowner like their audience but you can fundamentally trust their reviews and tests.

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proposal: on the signup page for this website there should be a jpeg of fentanyl used as talisman to ward away any police officers

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yeah he's good. seems like he's having fun and not just cashing a check

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