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#Sinners is so god damn good, you guys.

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Going to use my Friday off to go see Sinners, because the irony is delightful.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

I just tried cottage cheese for the first time and it was pretty alright.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Kristi Noem is just Temu Sarah Palin and every one of these ICE guys looks like he got kicked off the local police force for getting in a bar fight with his ex-girlfriend. Real classy stuff.

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I’ve mostly kept my political notes to Facebook where most of my friends and family see them, but I feel the need to mention here how gobsmackingly stupid this Treasury-DHS deal to share migrant taxpayer information is for revenue AND crime. It will actively disincentivize people from paying.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

My resolution, if it can be called such, for this year was to catch up on all the media I’ve been saving to various lists while I doom-scroll social media or rewatch comfort shows. A little over three months in and I’m not moving as quickly through the books as I’d like, but I am making a big dent.

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

The worst thing about our current economic state, to me, is how utterly unnecessary it is for us to suffer. We were the envy of the world two and a half months ago. Just cruel, reckless, and ultimately self-destructive behavior.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Dear Wisconsin, Elon Musk is buying another election. This time it’s a seat on your state Supreme Court. If we are ever going to defeat the oligarchy, it starts with rejecting their self-serving agenda at the ballot box. Get out there and vote. Elbows up.

submitted 75 days ago • 103 comments

“What radicalized you?” Across a half dozen social media platforms, every other post I see is someone: 1.) Begging for money or help fleeing a genocide. 2.) Begging for money or help feeding/sheltering/veterinary care for sick and stray animals. 3.) Begging for money or help in paying for medicine.

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Oh, look, Senate Democrats are just leaning back to take it on the face again.

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Things I missed about the northeast: 1.) Proper breakfast sandwiches 2.) Swearing in casual conversation.

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It’s possible we’ll see Trump do what he usually does in these situations which is declare victory to his illiterate followers and then quietly back down from whatever dumb bullshit he’s pulling. Or maybe he’ll just keep accelerating the trade wars and bankrupt the country. Ain’t chaos grand?

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I want to see less social media circle jerking from elected Democrats and more action. Get arrested. Get thrown out of his speeches. Make some god damn noise in the world. More of that will show us you’re on our side and the entire party should be doing it.

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

My god damn eyes are burning. Stupid spring.

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There are still so many of us here to stand with and support our brothers and sisters in Ukraine and their fight against tyranny. #SlavaUkraine

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

One cool thing about using Query Tracker is the rejections come much more quickly. So, at least I’m not waiting around for them.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Finished Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s excellent Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. It’s a fairly quick read. A meticulously researched look at authoritarian rulers from all over the world for the last century that puts the typical falsehoods and violence into perspective for a modern American audience.

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

Wooo! First rejection came so fast!

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

I submitted queries for my novel to five agents today. And it was harrowing.

submitted 124 days ago • 0 comments

I started watching LAID on Peacock last night as a way to break my trend of watching shows 5-7 years after they end. I struggled to get into it and stopped watching halfway through the first episode. There’s a weird blend of tone deaf selfishness and secondhand embarrassment in both main characters.

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

Thanks, Joe.

submitted 145 days ago • 0 comments

I say this with love, if you have nothing but W-2 income, you do not need to hire a tax preparer. They are ripping you off.

submitted 147 days ago • 0 comments

While I will definitely miss TikTok and the community there, I’ve got to say that the privacy concerns with Red Note, and my understanding that it was very much a space we invaded without much regard for its prior user base, have convinced me that for now I’ll have to just do without.

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

I want to live in a brighter world.

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The institutions I’ve chosen to defend are taxes and public services. Taxes aren’t popular anywhere but Americans in particular seem to have an almost comedically combative relationship to them and I think it’s important we remember their proper use and function in providing for the people.

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I’ve been increasingly nostalgic for the early internet or even the early social media age around 2001-2009 (give or take), and as someone who isn’t generally prone to nostalgia this about sums up why I’m so burnt out on the modern internet. Everything feels so slimy and intentionally shitty.

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Substack is, frankly, the most confusing fucking newsfeed I have ever seen. Why do I see things from today mixed in with posts from 180 days ago? It’s like crazy whiplash.

submitted 158 days ago • 0 comments

I’m about 35% of the way through WIND AND TRUTH and so far I’m really enjoying the structure of the novel and the way characters are opening up to one another and having frank, vulnerable conversations. And the backdrop of apocalyptic war is pretty intense too. #windandtruth

submitted 163 days ago • 0 comments

I worked on Monday and Friday last week. I’m off Monday and Wednesday this week. I feel like I absolutely should have just called off today.

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I had every intention of doing something productive today, but I got back from Pilates and now productivity can eat a bag of dicks.

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I’m thinking about writing today. I’m not going to do any writing today, but I’m going to think and then feel like a piece of shit rather than do anything.

submitted 170 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 ONLY 364 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS 🚨

submitted 171 days ago • 1494 comments

Merry Christmas to all and to all a yee-yee!

submitted 171 days ago • 0 comments

Getting tired of sacrificing my blood to this little machine every day to learn whether I’m just normal cranky or cranky because I ate a piece of candy.

submitted 172 days ago • 0 comments

It’s an excellent time to remind everyone that it’s only two days until Christmas.

submitted 173 days ago • 0 comments

Having an ugly sweater party when it’s warm enough for shorts just…doesn’t hit the same.

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

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