thegreenstudy.com
Writer, Minnesotan, Army Veteran, Bird Nerd, Parent, Spouse, Atheist. I've named the squirrels in my yard & I swear a lot. Working on a novel and writing personal essays at thegreenstudy.com. She/her.
2025-26 Loft Literary Mentor Fellow in Fiction.
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My people are constantly slamming things - in anger, in joy, in frustration, by accident. And everywhere people go, leaves are rustling.
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I've been interested/engaged in politics since I was a teenager, nearly 40 years ago, but I've checked out of Democratic establishment conversations. I can barely stand to listen to these fossils, because they lack imagination and have failed to develop/support new leaders. Like shitty managers.
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This is exactly what happened with Minneapolis in 2020. A very small area where protests were happening and suddenly the whole is city is being reported as on fire and rioting. Mainstream media poisons perspective. They need to learn how to show maps again.
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I saw someone refer to him as a misshapen potato. I like it. I like it very much.
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I'd be calling it a day at that point.
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Thought the rain would help, but still 258 in Mpls. Now it's just wet, chalky air.
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Yes. Let people keep some of their inside thoughts between themselves and a little notebook. All that mental processing and critical thinking completely unaided and unreaped by AI.
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I've never been much of a Substack reader, because I already have too much to read/pay for. Once they added Bari Weiss & her shit takes, I noped out. I read your every rant about it with pleasure. We all have to make imperfect choices, but with so many options, eschewing Substack seems easy.
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Also appreciate all the notes. I love well-researched work - it organically leads me to more reading!
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Pinker uses the cloak of intellectualism to whitewash garbage ideas for the general public - racism, misogyny, crap science. Another white guy telling the rest of us that things are pretty good, so we should just settle down and be happy with our lot in life. No self-awareness at all.
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Vanity indeed. Grifters grift. The end.
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'they' Dammit, Bluesky. Get an edit feature.
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In what world do that think funding another yappy white guy is going to help their party? Fuckwits. If the last decade has proven anything, money does not equal brains. Smug, punchable golf course faces - the mediocrity just screams out for release.
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So sorry you had to go through that. I've had my own experiences, but none as ghastly as some of my friends have been through - truly gothic horror stories. There's no excuse except straight up misogyny and malpractice. "First, do no harm" seems to have some exceptions.
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It's freedom to die in a preventable way. Yay us.
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Don't even know where to look at this point. It's a damned omni-theater of horseshit.
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My daughter and I joke that "mom ruins everything" because I have a rant waiting backstage for nearly every instance of joy one can experience. It's a complicated world! I love Maria Bamford's bit on her family playing joy whack-a-mole.
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Ooh...I see a business opportunity...penmanship school with extracurricular courses on cursive writing. Really, an old lady's dream come true.
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Same. I'm a planner and this shit is driving me crazy. How do you prepare in any way that is useful? Beyond making sure we're stocked on the basics - shelf-stable foods, medical supplies, etc., I'm not sure there's much else to do except to adapt as each new issue arises.
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I preordered this and am waiting for it to arrive in my mailbox! Birding and writing are keeping my brain from drowning in the shitstorm abyss.