What's this?! Vinay does not want us to see @joho.bsky.social YouTube m.youtube.com/@everyoneels... Is it because of THIS important forbidden knowledge!!!
Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
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What's this?! Vinay does not want us to see @joho.bsky.social YouTube m.youtube.com/@everyoneels... Is it because of THIS important forbidden knowledge!!!
Palestinian families like Yaqoub's are being displaced once again by the IDF as they're starved to death in Israel's genocide. Please help by sharing & donating so they can cover the costs of evacuation, they're in great danger:
You are so cute here
One of the victories of the "AI" industry is that the use of the word "intelligence" for their product has led to people conflating a massive appropriation of intellectual property for an database sorted and outputted with algorithms, with what actually happens in human brain, one artwork at a time.
Weird, putting tariffs on construction materials and throwing day laborers in concentration camps should have solved the supply problem by now
This ‘blue states closed schools too long’ narrative is becoming increasingly entrenched in the Polite Center but it’s arguable at best. Republican states had far more deaths during COVID and their students have roughly comparable learning loss.
lol they actually did it
What these Schatz posts say to me is that Dem elected officials like him seem incapable of perceiving the right as a *political movement.* The response to Covid mitigation and the Floyd protests was not a spontaneous reaction...it was a right wing backlash organized by a reactionary movement.
They really do.
This is really wonderful of them.
This is also routine rhetoric in Silicon Valley — even by immigrant founders! — about America and nobody says shit. Journalists refuse to even *mention* it, let alone ask questions or hold anyone accountable.
A few people had questions of some of the states on my map such as NY/CA/IL moving up in risk for trans youth. If a state has moved up in risk, it's because of clinic closures at major clinics. I cannot in good faith keep a state low risk if state laws are not being enforced to keep clinics open.
NEW: This morning, DOJ's Drew Ensign confirmed that the last of 76 children the Trump administration tried to put on planes & send to Guatemala in the middle of the holiday weekend are back in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the result of a well-timed lawsuit & fast-moving judge.
Phoenix Books in Burlington, Vermont made this incredible storefront display for THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT!! @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social and I will be there in person on 9/13 for an event with @alexanderchee.bsky.social and we’re so excited!!!!
Yesterday forced to flee our home under bombardment, and now we are homeless on the streets, without shelter or a tent to protect us. My children are sleeping on the ground under the open sky, without safety or shelter. We need your support to provide a place to take shelter. 🙏💔 gofund.me/d6418ba2
“Gaza Riviera” is such a uniquely horrifying phrase, contemplating it is like looking at a death mask for the world.
My piece in Common Dreams on Trump's paramilitary plans, as we endure our daily violence from guns like the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis. #minneapolischurch #gunsense #gunreform #UnathorizedNRA www.commondreams.org/opinion/gun-...
Honestly impressed they had the paper maps for backup.
“A suspected Russian interference attack targeting Ursula von der Leyen disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport and forced the European Commission president’s plane to land using paper maps.”
… I might have to assign this
Israeli far right government weighs West Bank annexation in response to wave of recognition of Palestinian state and pressures by settler groups. Another report claims Israeli foreign minister informed Rubio of Israel’s intention to move ahead with annexation.
I hope you understand that private industries have, for years, worked to limit scientific credibility. They don't want to be accountable if they cause cancer, if they poison you by dumping in your neighborhood's water.
I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field. There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
Godlike
I know you have a lot going on but New Hampshire is beautiful this time of year.
Dig this guy's style. Chaz Langley, the man behind the camera, runs a great Instagram account if you like street style. Unfortunately had to clip the video bc Bluesky only allows 3mins (developers pls change this!) IG langleyseye and iamsuedeofficial
He also stood out when he made out with a male coworker at the BuzzFeed holiday party.
Black women have every right to be furious. The irresponsible choices of white voters has for many of us, taken our livelihood with consequences for our homes, the education of our children, our ability to care for parents. It’s unconscionable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
lol yes
This is the most Rudy Giuliani thing that ever Rudy Giulianied. This statement has its hair painted on
Well now that you mention it, yes.
NEW: A week or so ago, one federal agent kept popping up in videos from Trump's violent DC crackdown—so @jsweetli.bsky.social and I investigated. Turns out he's a 26-year-old US Parks Police officer, a lesser known law enforcement unit currently championed by Interior Sec. Doug Burnum. Our report:
Genocide. We all need to keep collectively calling it exactly what it is. Especially us cis folks. When they’re done gunning for the most vulnerable groups they’ll just go after the next most vulnerable and won’t stop because they never stop. Thats what hatred is. It’s Genocide, plain and simple.
That is sad
“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.” - Fred Hampton
This whole thing is great but the highlighted bit made me laugh out loud. 😂 Marlon on Snoop:
“agencies where minorities and women were the majority of the work force, such as the Department of Education and U.S.A.I.D., were targeted for the largest work force reductions or complete elimination.“
“Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period… Ms. Roy said that with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment”
BREAKING: A federal judge has *blocked* the Trump administration from abruptly deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children — perhaps within a matter of hours — granting an emergency restraining order after advocates called the plan illegal + dangerous. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Sourdough has been popular for decades so I’m guessing she finally went out for a sandwich.
tiktok taking down their live feature in indonesia while the protests are happening shows they understand the ability that app had to show people what was really happening in gaza and they intend not to let it happen again
One week ago, thousands of New Yorkers tried something new. They heard about it last minute. They didn’t know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational. It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀
The thing that keeps me coming back to the Newsom stuff is that Democrats who object to our saying we'd never vote for him are refusing to treat us as ordinary voters who need to be won over, like any other demographic.
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
"I am Hana from Gaza. I have five children and a husband, and I also live with my mother. I launched this campaign to be able to feed my five children and provide insulin for my mother. For the sake of humanity, please help me 🙏 Link 👇" www.gofundme.com/f/restore-ho...
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
A Senator of the United States of America says that he was refused the ability to see Gaza for himself as part of a Jordanian aerial mission over the occupied territory.
He’s great so far in Alien: Earth
‘My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed—my dearest pleasure when free.’ Today marks the birthday of English novelist Mary Shelley. Born August 30, 1797 in London.
Our esteemed Publisher @caseyplett.com models the buttons that come with the deluxe edition of GENDERTRASH FROM HELL! Last chance to get these via preorder! www.littlepuss.net/shop/p/gende...
For the first time in Newbern’s history, the citizens of this majority-Black town got to participate directly in the democratic process. The incumbent Mayor Patrick Braxton defeated his opponent Laird Cole 66 to 26.
Stephen Manning, this guy’s lawyer, is one of the best in the country. It’s very good news that he’s taken this case.
I use them in pantry pastas, scramble them with eggs.
CHICAGO…
Try to imagine conversations like these but by a bot animated to act like a departed loved one.
Hey U.S.-based medievalists: Portland (Maine) is a really nice city 👀
If any of you lovely men are also ballerinas, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo are auditioning!!
I needed this laugh thanks
2025 Democratic politics is that scene in every 70s movie where somebody gets their car stolen and runs down the street shaking their fist in the air yelling, "Hey, that's my car!!!"
Well, that was a good rehearsal I guess.
Just saw a video of Bill Maher calling Mamdani a “straight up communist” and I continue to be struck by the depiction of policies associated with the New Deal Order as far-left extremism, which goes along with a refusal to depict Trump’s unprecedented authoritarian actions as far-right extremism.
One thing Sensible Centrists refuse to acknowledge - and this was true during covid when people were also saying this stuff explicitly - is these people are eugnenicists who welcome a good plague to get rid of the old, botched, and bungled
Right now, your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligiblity criteria. Please send a letter to your member of Congress here. And spread the word. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
unbelievable. one of the very few graduate translation programs in the anglosphere is shut down. america is nothing if not INSULAR
💔 From Dreams to Ashes – Help Me Rebuild Every morning, I stepped into my office with passion, arranging my desk, ready to tell stories that mattered. Journalism was my purpose, my voice for the voiceless. War took everything—my office, my home, my family. Donate and share: 🙏 gofund.me/bd019290
This headline is really something. A better version would be: "Removal of a mere seven parking spots provides room for safety improvements for $12mil trail, which will be enjoyed by thousands" Morro Bay-Cayucos connector trail will result in loss of some parking spots share.google/ZvLHRnL8LWtQ...
When Scalia died I was at brunch and someone jumped up on a table to announce it and champagne poured out of the kitchen.
So sorry I hope good news comes soon
😂
legend
Hearing “I dreamed a dream” as I look at this.
This deleted (but archived) Truth Social post of Trump's from Thursday night is like something out of Twin Peaks: media-cdn.factba.se/realdonaldtr...
don't want to let it slip under the radar that racist law prof amy wax lost her discrimination suit against penn and will be suspended from teaching this year
The federal-state partnership that monitors for foodborne illnesses at the CDC quietly scaled back its operations nearly two months ago — eliminating tests for 75% of the pathogens it was monitoring.
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions. They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
It does feel like fate.
And that explains why the U.N. is moving out of the U.S.
People around the country are protesting on Labor Day: maydaystrong.org
“maybe it will happen today” - early 21st century american proverb
I like it
If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
I was contacted by Curtis Brown (who sold the book but who have not repped me in 20 years). Mine was never an official eBook, because 1999, but they said to register anyway. Law firm seems to be casting a wide net. Here's the link: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
People be like “RFK jr is out of step with the medical mainstream” HE IS NOT A MEDICAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
a really useful thing that everyone with nimby inclinations in their souls could do right now is go ham on local land use/permitting issues against ice facilities and data centers
slutting toward bethlehem www.thecut.com/article/ghb-...
you mean "we're all going to die" wasn't polling well?
We were displaced from our home escaping the war We carry fear but the hardest thing is my daughter who cannot walk amidst the rubble and oppression There is no treatment or even a paved road for her For her childhood has become pain and displacement is a break in a mother’s heart gofund.me/6750d2bd
Let’s start with the fact that dude is doing Digital Blackface and calling it his “sidekick”
I fucking despise Chuck Schumer
New Orleans is a special city that deserved better than Katrina and its aftermath and continues to deserve better than the rapacious, privatizing, and exploitative governance that followed.
RIPieces would be a hilarious Halloween theme flavor
The gods were like “watch this”
The new CDC director is trying to kill you. Not just “the most vulnerable”; you, me, everyone. This is a comic book-level evil scenario.
Oh beautiful
The single most important thing to understand about digital futurism is this: When the digital future that Sam Altman ( or Elon, or Andreessen, etc) predicts fails to materialize, he doesn’t have to give the money back.
With his 6 vacations, getting booed on them all.
Ah ok