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The atlas-eater with a jaw for news :: Writing for Flaming Hydra :: Formerly: Providence Journal, Tampa Bay Times, Boston Phoenix, Boston magazine, Bloomberg :: si at arrr dot net
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His life was like any other American 57-yr-old's, really. His days were spent transporting cadavers, before coming home to his best friend from 4th grade. Sometimes, he'd talk to his wife on the phone. In his spare time, frequent trips to Congo to preach against the evils of the debauched west

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Are you an Urdu speaker who can translate on an interview I plan to conduct remotely in the coming weeks? Please email rates and references to [email protected]. WARNING: this interview will be extremely disturbing.

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

His life was like any other American 57-yr-old's, really. His days were spent transporting cadavers, before coming home to his best friend from 4th grade. Sometimes, he'd talk to his wife on the phone. In his spare time, frequent trips to Congo to preach against the evils of the debauched west

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

soon, you won't remember anything. your real name, your superpowers, you won't even remember that you're drinking the night pepsi

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

this is pretty funny tbh

submitted 2 days ago • 110 comments

My spouse finds/makes the absolute coolest stuff

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

found this mother of pearl panel, apparently from a 19th-c souvenir from Jerusalem, at the flea market. it's a ring now

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Jesus. The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...

submitted 2 days ago • 491 comments

it is really weird that publishing decided that instead of having a marketing budget, writers should just become cult leaders

submitted 3 days ago • 26 comments

contrary opinion: i think this is a normal mammalian desire and so we should all wear little pins with pictures of our junk on them all the time

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

folks just fyi "some of these people should not be breeding" might sound fun but it is one of the classic bad ideas

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share. These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.

submitted 5 days ago • 42 comments