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Donate to Help FT Stay Here...Or Start over, organized by F Theory
Short version first:
I’m an undocumented freelancer/gig worker with no health insu… F Theory needs your support for Help FT Stay Here...Or Start over
www.gofundme.com
For over a year now I’ve worked so hard and tried everything I could to avoid this. But I couldn’t save enough, so here we are.
I made a Gofundme. Depending on the outcome I will either hire an expensive immigration lawyer and give it one more try, or pack up and use the money to start over.
I made a Gofundme. Depending on the outcome I will either hire an expensive immigration lawyer and give it one more try, or pack up and use the money to start over.
This is unfortunately now true for most creatives in most fields. Musicians, actors, writers. People who have achieved remarkable success in their fields - sold out tours, awards, charts - are working day jobs. It’s honestly depressing as shit.
Candace fucking Bushnell made $4 a word in the 1990s.
Candace fucking Bushnell made $4 a word in the 1990s.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is unfortunately now true for most creatives in most fields. Musicians, actors, writers. People who have achieved remarkable success in their fields - sold out tours, awards, charts - are working day jobs. It’s honestly depressing as shit.
Candace fucking Bushnell made $4 a word in the 1990s.
Candace fucking Bushnell made $4 a word in the 1990s.
When I was growing up my dad’s parents had a TV from the early 1970s with TWIST DIALS and no remote. You had to get up to change the channel. It worked perfectly otherwise.
In maybe 1997 or so my dad and uncle FINALLY convinced them to throw it out and get a TV with a remote.
In maybe 1997 or so my dad and uncle FINALLY convinced them to throw it out and get a TV with a remote.
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
When I was growing up my dad’s parents had a TV from the early 1970s with TWIST DIALS and no remote. You had to get up to change the channel. It worked perfectly otherwise.
In maybe 1997 or so my dad and uncle FINALLY convinced them to throw it out and get a TV with a remote.
In maybe 1997 or so my dad and uncle FINALLY convinced them to throw it out and get a TV with a remote.
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"device hoarding" is a phrase that would have made my grandparents become the Joker
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"device hoarding" is a phrase that would have made my grandparents become the Joker
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“.. Every consumer sentiment gauge is saying the same thing ..
“.. the middle class is feeling squeezed. .. Lower-income households are basically in a recession.
“.. It's hard to get a job .. The cost of living is up .. Real incomes are trending down ..”
- @byheatherlong.bsky.social
“.. the middle class is feeling squeezed. .. Lower-income households are basically in a recession.
“.. It's hard to get a job .. The cost of living is up .. Real incomes are trending down ..”
- @byheatherlong.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“.. Every consumer sentiment gauge is saying the same thing ..
“.. the middle class is feeling squeezed. .. Lower-income households are basically in a recession.
“.. It's hard to get a job .. The cost of living is up .. Real incomes are trending down ..”
- @byheatherlong.bsky.social
“.. the middle class is feeling squeezed. .. Lower-income households are basically in a recession.
“.. It's hard to get a job .. The cost of living is up .. Real incomes are trending down ..”
- @byheatherlong.bsky.social
“called upon…Herman Melville…But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading…in his books. In vain I sought to hear of…those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life. Aristotle arose like a cold mist.”
- Dr Titus Coan, letter 184?
- Dr Titus Coan, letter 184?
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“called upon…Herman Melville…But he would not repeat the experiences of which I had been reading…in his books. In vain I sought to hear of…those paradise islands, but he preferred to pour forth his philosophy and his theories of life. Aristotle arose like a cold mist.”
- Dr Titus Coan, letter 184?
- Dr Titus Coan, letter 184?
How would you say universities like Emory fit into that infrastructure?
The fight against surveillance must include infrastructure that enables it. We can’t just oppose collection we must also fight storage, analysis, corporate relationships…
As someone writing a book on the history of government data storage and its harms, I’ll say that people in the past knew this!
As someone writing a book on the history of government data storage and its harms, I’ll say that people in the past knew this!
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
How would you say universities like Emory fit into that infrastructure?
Coming up on turkey-lurkey time again.
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Coming up on turkey-lurkey time again.
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Folks, I’m still looking for an immigration attorney who works on deportation defense (and appeals) for the family I wrote about here. IL and IN based preferably.
Since I started working on this article the number of people kidnapped by ICE has *tripled* truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE Kidnapped My Neighbor in Broad Daylight. The Aftermath Left Me Reeling.
Watching disappearances in our community leaves psychological trauma, but we can counter it with our solidarity.
truthout.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Folks, I’m still looking for an immigration attorney who works on deportation defense (and appeals) for the family I wrote about here. IL and IN based preferably.
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
“We asked seven people earning over $250,000 a year from tech whether tech is bad. Their answers may not surprise you!”
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“We asked seven people earning over $250,000 a year from tech whether tech is bad. Their answers may not surprise you!”
One of the funniest things is when academics I’ve never engaged with in my LIFE invent run-ins with me to impress their mediocre peers. “I replied to his call for papers and he yelled at me!”
I have never put out a single call for papers in my entire earthly existence, you sad little freak.
I have never put out a single call for papers in my entire earthly existence, you sad little freak.
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
One of the funniest things is when academics I’ve never engaged with in my LIFE invent run-ins with me to impress their mediocre peers. “I replied to his call for papers and he yelled at me!”
I have never put out a single call for papers in my entire earthly existence, you sad little freak.
I have never put out a single call for papers in my entire earthly existence, you sad little freak.
Good of you to help them spread their garbage, then.
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Good of you to help them spread their garbage, then.
If we get out of this and the New York Times is still publishing at all, much less still a leading newspaper then we - the writers, the intellectuals, the thinkers, the teachers - will have failed miserably at one of the only things we’re supposed to excel at: discernment.
I’m doing my part.
I’m doing my part.
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If we get out of this and the New York Times is still publishing at all, much less still a leading newspaper then we - the writers, the intellectuals, the thinkers, the teachers - will have failed miserably at one of the only things we’re supposed to excel at: discernment.
I’m doing my part.
I’m doing my part.
If the nominative and the vocative cases are identical in every form except masculine singular 2nd declension you really could have made a rule-exception instead of a whole new case.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If the nominative and the vocative cases are identical in every form except masculine singular 2nd declension you really could have made a rule-exception instead of a whole new case.
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Oh.
Oh I see.
So you’re saying a university can choose to eat into its endowment and say fuck you to outside money when they don’t want to do what the government says?
AMAZING NEWS EVERYONE. We can all stop feeling bad for all the universities “under attack.”
Oh I see.
So you’re saying a university can choose to eat into its endowment and say fuck you to outside money when they don’t want to do what the government says?
AMAZING NEWS EVERYONE. We can all stop feeling bad for all the universities “under attack.”
1/2. After California passed a law to curb legacy and donor admissions at colleges and universities, Stanford decided to stop accepting funding from state student aid programs “in order to comply with recent California legislation.”
www.highereddive.com/news/stanfor...
www.highereddive.com/news/stanfor...
Stanford says no to state student aid, yes to legacy and donor admissions
The highly selective university will forgo California financial aid for students to circumvent a new law aimed at curbing the admissions practices.
www.highereddive.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Oh.
Oh I see.
So you’re saying a university can choose to eat into its endowment and say fuck you to outside money when they don’t want to do what the government says?
AMAZING NEWS EVERYONE. We can all stop feeling bad for all the universities “under attack.”
Oh I see.
So you’re saying a university can choose to eat into its endowment and say fuck you to outside money when they don’t want to do what the government says?
AMAZING NEWS EVERYONE. We can all stop feeling bad for all the universities “under attack.”
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
Learning now that what I’ve been doing on social media for 15 years is only bad when I do it, when Isaac Chotiner does it it’s journalism
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Learning now that what I’ve been doing on social media for 15 years is only bad when I do it, when Isaac Chotiner does it it’s journalism
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Trying to get 50 more people to send a letter to your City Council member in NYC demanding that they increase and stabilize public library funding. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Trying to get 50 more people to send a letter to your City Council member in NYC demanding that they increase and stabilize public library funding. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
Wow the communists really do want transgender for everyone
More than 400 New Yorkers are joining our Transition Committees—all driven by the urgency of tackling our affordability crisis.
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Wow the communists really do want transgender for everyone
Oh.
Oh I see.
So you’re saying a university can choose to eat into its endowment and say fuck you to outside money when they don’t want to do what the government says?
AMAZING NEWS EVERYONE. We can all stop feeling bad for all the universities “under attack.”
Oh I see.
So you’re saying a university can choose to eat into its endowment and say fuck you to outside money when they don’t want to do what the government says?
AMAZING NEWS EVERYONE. We can all stop feeling bad for all the universities “under attack.”
1/2. After California passed a law to curb legacy and donor admissions at colleges and universities, Stanford decided to stop accepting funding from state student aid programs “in order to comply with recent California legislation.”
www.highereddive.com/news/stanfor...
www.highereddive.com/news/stanfor...
Stanford says no to state student aid, yes to legacy and donor admissions
The highly selective university will forgo California financial aid for students to circumvent a new law aimed at curbing the admissions practices.
www.highereddive.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Oh.
Oh I see.
So you’re saying a university can choose to eat into its endowment and say fuck you to outside money when they don’t want to do what the government says?
AMAZING NEWS EVERYONE. We can all stop feeling bad for all the universities “under attack.”
Oh I see.
So you’re saying a university can choose to eat into its endowment and say fuck you to outside money when they don’t want to do what the government says?
AMAZING NEWS EVERYONE. We can all stop feeling bad for all the universities “under attack.”
One day I’ll write a lecture series about all the ways Deleuze & Guattari are “problematic” and I’ll call it “Deleuze & Guattari Are Problematic.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
One day I’ll write a lecture series about all the ways Deleuze & Guattari are “problematic” and I’ll call it “Deleuze & Guattari Are Problematic.”
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"More local immigration attorneys are reporting that their clients are detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during green card interviews." AILA members Saman Nasseri and Habib Hasbini share with CBS 8. https://bit.ly/49wwAnE
San Diego immigration attorneys report client detentions at USCIS interviews
More local immigration attorneys are reporting that their clients are detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during green card interviews.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"More local immigration attorneys are reporting that their clients are detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during green card interviews." AILA members Saman Nasseri and Habib Hasbini share with CBS 8. https://bit.ly/49wwAnE
“So we see us Tuesday ja? And if you don’t arrive for the date I will assume you were killed in a terrible traffic accident :)”
- Germans flirting
- Germans flirting
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“So we see us Tuesday ja? And if you don’t arrive for the date I will assume you were killed in a terrible traffic accident :)”
- Germans flirting
- Germans flirting
I would caution everyone to not act or think as if Democrats have already swept the midterms.
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I would caution everyone to not act or think as if Democrats have already swept the midterms.
Read for filth by Nietzsche yet again
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Read for filth by Nietzsche yet again