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Author, Y2K: How the 2000's Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was). Fan of lipstick, pearls, birds, hikes & needlepoint.
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I'm so scared of cities. All those buildings so close to each other. You can go to the movie theater and a restaurant and the park while walking, in defiance of God. There are people you haven't met before. Sometimes there's a dog in a jacket

submitted 8 hours ago • 128 comments

The guy wearing a zoot suit holding a Mexican flag was cool. I love when people use their clothes to reference historical moments and create continuity.

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

California is Latin America and it’s loser behavior to act otherwise.

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Her name is Rosie: "A lot of vendors are undocumented and can't be here today. So those of us who can, we gotta show up"

submitted 2 days ago • 57 comments

Obviously this is not the point, but how fucked up is it that they’re trying to kick out the people who brought us bacon wrapped hot dogs?

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Important thing to beat people over the head with: Trump has turned American cities into warzones and for fucking what? Prices are way up, jobs will be way down, the dollar is worth less, and now the highway is blocked off by cops. Maybe the Great Mythical Immigrant wasn’t the problem after all.

submitted 2 days ago • 120 comments

Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

submitted 3 days ago • 203 comments

Wow no one could have predicted this. I’m sure AI will fix all this up. futurism.com/computer-sci...

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

When you went to the Iowa Writers Workshop but ended up in journalism

submitted 5 days ago • 35 comments

directions: apply this post directly to the forehead

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Candidates are correct

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

This was a really fun podcast, thank you Ingrid for having me on

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

ONCE AGAIN, I WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THIS THAT @washingtonpost.com LOVED

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

submitted 10 days ago • 463 comments

Hello, fellow Michiganders. I, too, appreciate a footed ball.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Hell yeah Osita deserves this STARRED review from Kirkus!

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

i have begun to use “wicked” to describe these people. it is old fashioned but captures the active nature of their malevolence. they are *agents* of evil

submitted 11 days ago • 188 comments

Going to Detroit ama

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Today we honor one of our greatest podcasters

submitted 11 days ago • 33 comments

I want to turn Y2K into a one woman show so badly.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

“If you're a rule-follower watching our current political and social moment with goggle-eyed disbelief, this incisive essay collection about the way the American Dream hasn't quite panned out (and maybe was only ever meant to benefit a chosen few) will be a balm” people.com/people-picks...

submitted 11 days ago • 11 comments

This was a really fun podcast, thank you Ingrid for having me on

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments