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Jeff Sharlet
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I wrote a book about now, THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, & 2 about how we got here, THE FAMILY & C ST, also a Netflix series. My fave books sell fewest: THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. Professing @ Dartmouth. He/Him.
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Page One in Cincinnati:

“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”

#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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thinking about Godot and I think my current fantasy (as in, never done it before) cast is Bob Odenkirk and John Goodman
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Day 11 of my 30 days of London cheap shots: a tree which reminded my eldest of the tree of heaven, which this is not. A little story at the link. www.instagram.com/p/DRdJ-fOimf...
Jeff Sharlet on Instagram: "I spoke to no strangers today, because I spoke so much with one I know best, my eldest, Rei, which is not their real name. Oh, the photographs I took! Rei with an emerald c...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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On meeting Orwell’s guard

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November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Deleted a post about a tweet that appeared to be from misogyny influencer Andrew Tate because some are saying it’s fake. Not taking a chance. Tate’s still the worst, but right behind him are fools who undermine antifascism with fake crap that permits fascists to say they’ve been lied about.
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
On meeting Orwell’s guard

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November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Not crazy about the “who goes Nazi” game but for those who might fold down the line keep an eye on those for whom fascism evidently isn’t bad enough so they resort to distortion & outright disinfo. What about fascism isn’t ugly enough for them?
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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“Despite telling the officers he was an American citizen, one of them broke the driver’s side window and detained him. In a video shared to the outlet by Cesar Jimenez, Christian can reportedly be heard asserting his citizenship while an officer responds “get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
November 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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First photo of Bolsonaro in prison
🚨👁 VEJA | Primeira foto de Jair Bolsonaro, o patriarca do soluço, como presidiário na PF.

📸 Gabriela Biló
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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"The high-income admissions advantage at Ivy-Plus colleges is driven by....(1) preferences for children of alumni, (2) weight placed on non-academic credentials, and (3) athletic recruitment" which are "uncorrelated or negatively correlated with post-college outcomes" unlike SAT/ACT scores
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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The DHS Twitter account is *not* run out of Tel Aviv; this screenshot is faked. Free Palestine and don’t spread lies
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Things are going well over on Truth Social, where Trump just reposted AI Slop of himself as what I can only describe as imperial Lannister cosplay, with prominent Democrats kneeling at his feet
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I think the people wondering how the Nuzzis & the Lizzas of the world get so famous are maybe making more discriminating choices. But fact is, more people prefer such ego bombs than the many, many excellent journalists w/out white mustangs or tell-all bamboo metaphors.
November 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.

There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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If you use Gmail, you need to be aware of this new feature that allows it to use your emails to train AI, but there is a way to opt out.

#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #Gmail #Google

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Why You Should Turn Off Gmail Smart Features (and How To Do It)
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November 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Opens up email, sees one from TPUSA. Oh that font choice is interesting.
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I predict a James Frey scenario. She’ll lose the Vanity Fair job but recast herself as a novelist, win even bigger advances & publicity budgets, & within ten years achieve literary world celebrity & another NYT profile. I think Balzac already wrote the whole script.
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Journalism is not for everybody.
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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THESE are the documents that need to be released. Gift link, no paywall. #Khashoggi #vindman #saudi #corruption #assassination @indivisible.org
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Trump and Prince Had ‘Disturbing’ Call After Khashoggi’s Murder, Lawmaker Says
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November 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Let's hope Mamdani turns out to be a lot better than AMLO, as I believe he will be, but that's a good analogy too-quickly forgotten.
Actually reminds me of when he met AMLO in his first term.
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I wrote a little ditty about disembedded cities & demolition of housing, aka gentrification, or what some developers--that term itself euphemism--call "placekeeping." www.instagram.com/p/DRXXzxSCpf...
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Ok, I read it (thanks, @marisakabas.bsky.social). What matters here are allegations of catch-&-kill. This is like fat jokes about Trump. It's not his weight that's the problem, it's the fascism. It's not very ordinary bad behavior of Nuzzi or Lizza that matters, it's the enabling of fascism.
To hell w/ the "love" life of opportunistic courtiers such as Lizza & Nuzzi. But I *do* want to read about how Nuzzi allegedly played catch-&-kill for RFK. I *don't* want to pay to do so. I'm a huge advocate of subscribing, subscribe to ton of publications. Not that. C'mon, somebody, details!
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM