Anson
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Would spending two months in a different part of America fix me somehow
November 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Would spending two months in a different part of America fix me somehow
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All of these companies should be taxed into the ground and required to pay living wages.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
All of these companies should be taxed into the ground and required to pay living wages.
Got myself a watch and now I feel like an adult
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Got myself a watch and now I feel like an adult
do you ever just suddenly remember that it’s been a whole year
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
do you ever just suddenly remember that it’s been a whole year
I love when the recap at the start of the episode foreshadows way too hard lol
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I love when the recap at the start of the episode foreshadows way too hard lol
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
Making cream puffs, kabocha cheesecake tiramisu, and strawberry matcha checkerboard cookies this week 🫡
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Making cream puffs, kabocha cheesecake tiramisu, and strawberry matcha checkerboard cookies this week 🫡
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behind the scenes of heater mind controlling kat during stream
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
behind the scenes of heater mind controlling kat during stream
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one of the disrupters should up-end higher education by inventing a university that has an intellectual life
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
one of the disrupters should up-end higher education by inventing a university that has an intellectual life
just started ALL HER FAULT
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
just started ALL HER FAULT
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can't believe ryan lizza is up against zamdani hypnotizing trump and mtg leaving congress and people are still going to pay to get past that paywall to read more about bamboo
November 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
can't believe ryan lizza is up against zamdani hypnotizing trump and mtg leaving congress and people are still going to pay to get past that paywall to read more about bamboo
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all i can say is that we are going to win
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
all i can say is that we are going to win
Sometimes I don’t like how I have to be the one to make decisions for myself
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Sometimes I don’t like how I have to be the one to make decisions for myself
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Today is Free Friday at Defector! Everything we post on Bluesky all through the weekend will be a gift link. 🎁
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Today is Free Friday at Defector! Everything we post on Bluesky all through the weekend will be a gift link. 🎁
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LET'S FUCKING GO
NEW IL-09 poll with the Justice Coalition Action: Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh are tied for first in the Democratic primary with 18% of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
LET'S FUCKING GO
a high school student emailed me about an essay i wrote :')
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 AM
a high school student emailed me about an essay i wrote :')
I bet the music supervisor for NOW YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON’T was absolutely PUMPED when Lady Gaga dropped abracadabra
November 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I bet the music supervisor for NOW YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON’T was absolutely PUMPED when Lady Gaga dropped abracadabra
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friends—I’ve been working super hard on putting this event together with some AWESOME partners & artists…
pls check it out! each ticket sold supports our grassroots @katmabu.bsky.social campaign + fills my heart up a teeny bit 💘
secure.actblue.com/donate/anti-...
pls check it out! each ticket sold supports our grassroots @katmabu.bsky.social campaign + fills my heart up a teeny bit 💘
secure.actblue.com/donate/anti-...
Join the Kat for Illinois campaign at Anti-fa-la-la-la—our holiday special!
Show your support by buying a ticket today :)
secure.actblue.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
friends—I’ve been working super hard on putting this event together with some AWESOME partners & artists…
pls check it out! each ticket sold supports our grassroots @katmabu.bsky.social campaign + fills my heart up a teeny bit 💘
secure.actblue.com/donate/anti-...
pls check it out! each ticket sold supports our grassroots @katmabu.bsky.social campaign + fills my heart up a teeny bit 💘
secure.actblue.com/donate/anti-...
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Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
"Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all."
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
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I stood on a rock. The rock was a gun. And everyone pointed the gun at me. The Politician called "Rocks," he said: He was so smart. Smart like a rock.
My cat was on fire.
My cat was on fire.
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I stood on a rock. The rock was a gun. And everyone pointed the gun at me. The Politician called "Rocks," he said: He was so smart. Smart like a rock.
My cat was on fire.
My cat was on fire.
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
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offer stands
if you’re a journalist who wants to talk about how embarrassing this week has been for our profession (the michael wolff, landon thomas jr, nuzzi/bernstein of it all) message me on signal
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
offer stands
are Black Friday sales earlier and more aggressive this year
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
are Black Friday sales earlier and more aggressive this year
Got an email where the signature was not just “take care” but “take good care” ... feels pointed
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Got an email where the signature was not just “take care” but “take good care” ... feels pointed