duncanwhitmire.bsky.social
Words in McSweeneys IT, CRAFT, the Rumpus, Colorado Review, and Quarterly West. MFA-Fiction grad from Bennington Writing Seminars. #FreePalestine
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Yeah, Japan emphasizes de-escalation and public safety in their police training, while here in the US... not so much.
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They can if you trust her with a small torch or a good lighter.
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I love the pride he takes informing the world of this word he discovered while combing the archives. Is it arcane, yes—but what else are we supposed to call these bags of food and eggs?
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Bet the little guy on the right is looking up recipes for fried rice
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So, it's okay to auction off the tiaras and donate the proceeds to charity? Let's just do that then, as a start, at least.
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Maybe we got off on the wrong foot. Let's just google "papal tiaras" together and marvel at the humble, gem-studded crowns you and I co-own with our new Pope.
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Maybe the Vatican realtor could bond with Elon over their shared misogyny and transphobia to get a better deal.
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Yes, people living with poverty love to travel to the Vatican and marvel at the art they co-own with the Pope. Very inspiring.
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So... he kept two residences as a way to perform humility while sitting on a vast hoard of wealth the church has withheld from the poor for 2000 years
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New @tkingfisher.com cover art just dropped
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America will elect a Black lesbian communist before we see an anti-diddling pope
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So much hyperbole in academia. Nothing can ever just be palimpse, or palimpser--it always has to be palimpsest.
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Ah, dang, I got blocked too. And here I was, looking forward to seeing more vintage FB memes from days of yore.
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Hard to tell if he's trying to make a point or just showing off his antique meme collection
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Might as well round that list out with Farsi...
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Sorry but a "tight end" can't be the "biggest hole," those two things are mutually exclusive.
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A handful of gazillionaires are stealing your life's work in order to add to their already grotesque fortunes... but, hey, if it shaves a few minutes off the time it takes to write a marketing email nobody will read... cool.
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Yes, I'm saying that using a picture of your podcast guest looking like he's just been told his dog has cancer is an act of passive aggression. One that I completely understand, in this case!
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Never before has a preview thumbnail so thoroughly captured the vibe of a conversation. Frumpy, boring, pedantic, entitled... A true work of art by the editor who decided to work through their professional grievances with Douthat by hitting 'post' on that pic
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Seconded! Longfellow, Green Hand, Yes Books, Print... so many great and unique bookshops
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Hate to disagree, but I'm pretty sure it's this guy
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the hyper-masculine movement is called... "mama"...?
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Here in Maine, the students are back at it
bowdoinorient.com/2025/02/07/s...
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Labor is another niche special interest group. How many people could possibly have jobs?
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Didn't realize my priorities of breathing clean air and drinking potable water made me a special interest group.
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Ironically, the DEI professional I know spends a significant chunk of their workday helping veterans and older adults—in other words, Trump voters 🤷♂️
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I remember similar "day trading" issues from the early days of home internet... Wish we could've learned from that, rather than just making it a million times worse.
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I remember one fall in western NH when a local moose tried to mate with several Ford F150s. To be a fly on the wall for those insurance claims...
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Also, is it just me or is he channeling Elizabeth Holmes in that photo, and if so... why?
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Millennials can look forward to inheriting lavish mcmansions in the uninhabitable southwest deserts or storm-decimated florida coastline. Very cool.
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Oh, hell yeah, TY!
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Haha, they're all so good! Can't wait to see what they've got cooking for S2.
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Maarva rolling over in her brick at this disrespect.
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pssst! gaza protest votes didn't affect the outcome of the election. pretending it did is giving into islamophobic narratives. you can just, stop doing that now. pass it on...
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If they aren't reading them, they're probably implanting them.
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Oh, wow, the menu in this house just got a lot more oniony. Thanks for sharing this!
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Listen, there are only so many baked beans.
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Would trade in my Subaru for that apple-mobile tomorrow if the offer arose.
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I live in Maine, and RCV has absolutely been an improvement. We still have some wonky issues with our state constitution where certain elections can't use it, but I think it would be a modest but positive step everywhere.