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Writer of crime fiction and other things. Father and husband, high school SWE para. No OF, MAGA, stupid cons.
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Have you ever been the victim of non-reader bias? Coworker: What are you reading? Me: Ask The Dirt by John Fante. Coworker: Is that sci-fi?

Anyone seen numbers or reporting on how many ICE agents have been injured? You’d think if it were happening it would be reported. apple.news/A_k-a_Pe-SQG...

Fucking A.

Extremism has no place in American life. youtu.be/XMxLbCmvxrE?...

New writing-friendly locale. White House Coffee is less than a mile from me. Solid wi-fi, usually not busy, and above all quiet! Wish I had thought of this place sooner.

My personal struggle this morning has been trying to remember the word pence-nez, but being unable to get my brain past the Nez Perce… Whatever. It made my wife laugh.

There’s a really cool little cold tea shop here that doesn’t use paper or plastics. Tea either comes in a large shot glass or a glass thermos. Next time you come in you hand them the thermos and they give you a clean one. They have a little free library inside. The tea is really good too.

My dad is texting me about cloud seeding and I’m trying so hard not to go full PKD on him. Dad, the aliens are trying to talk to us! Look to the clouds, man! LOOK TO THE CLOUDS!!!

Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year. The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year. Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.

I was never involved in the fight against AIDS, but I was tested around age 10 because I’d received around 40 units of blood between ‘77 and ‘87. This is such encouraging news to anyone who lived through that particular scariness.

I have been otherwise busy and really want to get back to this piece. Here’s hoping tomorrow is less hectic.

The guys at a new thrift shop in town have started calling me “Professor.” I’m good with that.

@harkaway.bsky.social This is one of yours? Thank you, it’s very entertaining.

This administration’s face saving BS aside, I’m glad he’s back. apple.news/AKLr9o0jzQH2...

We shouldn’t really have to let Democrat party talking heads know we won’t support a candidate who accepts Musk into the fold. The level of disconnect is astounding.