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In today's English classes, kids often read just snippets of novels — and that's a shame - Chicago Sun-Times by @neilsteinberg.bsky.social
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In today's English classes, kids often read just snippets of novels — and that's a shame
Reading "The Grapes of Wrath" for the first time reminded me — there's nothing like being lost in a book.
chicago.suntimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:14 AM
In today's English classes, kids often read just snippets of novels — and that's a shame - Chicago Sun-Times by @neilsteinberg.bsky.social
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
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"But Kirk, the real genius of Muad'Dib's strategy was that he knew, and Shaddam IV didn't, that the Atreides family atomics were ready to make a new path to Arrakeen. When Stilgar and the Fedaykin appeared astride Makers in the new gap, the Battle for Arrakeen was all but over. Arrakis was Fremen."
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"But Kirk, the real genius of Muad'Dib's strategy was that he knew, and Shaddam IV didn't, that the Atreides family atomics were ready to make a new path to Arrakeen. When Stilgar and the Fedaykin appeared astride Makers in the new gap, the Battle for Arrakeen was all but over. Arrakis was Fremen."
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Halfway through 🕎
My little Jewish space! ❤️
My little Jewish space! ❤️
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Halfway through 🕎
My little Jewish space! ❤️
My little Jewish space! ❤️
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Watching far-right figures on Twitter instantly pivot from "You won't see us mock Reiner!" to openly celebrating Trump mocking Reiner makes it clear how much the modern far right relies on communication being remote and often anonymous. Because if you said this in a room, you might not ever leave it
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Watching far-right figures on Twitter instantly pivot from "You won't see us mock Reiner!" to openly celebrating Trump mocking Reiner makes it clear how much the modern far right relies on communication being remote and often anonymous. Because if you said this in a room, you might not ever leave it
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Just so we’re clear, everybody calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist” or a “gang member” are lying, and they know they’re lying, and they repeat it for purposes of confusing people who don’t follow this stuff closely into accepting what was done to him.
April 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Just so we’re clear, everybody calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist” or a “gang member” are lying, and they know they’re lying, and they repeat it for purposes of confusing people who don’t follow this stuff closely into accepting what was done to him.
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The reason that ICE still does need to be abolished is that, as constituted, it is an attractive workplace for fascist goons. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
www.nhpr.org
March 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The reason that ICE still does need to be abolished is that, as constituted, it is an attractive workplace for fascist goons. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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One columnist, a professional pundit, is living in a paranoid delusion. The other, a sociologist, is living in America.
March 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
One columnist, a professional pundit, is living in a paranoid delusion. The other, a sociologist, is living in America.
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I like that they immortalize vehicles like this, a workhorse for bros in three different decades. these trucks have hauled more kegs of beer than the budweiser clydesdales
February 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I like that they immortalize vehicles like this, a workhorse for bros in three different decades. these trucks have hauled more kegs of beer than the budweiser clydesdales
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AOC has them sputtering mad because she’s educating people on constitutional rights. You don’t see them freaking out at Jeffries for talking about egg prices.
February 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
AOC has them sputtering mad because she’s educating people on constitutional rights. You don’t see them freaking out at Jeffries for talking about egg prices.
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I’ve been thinking a lot, like everyone else, about What Can Be Done when #Democrats have no institutional power & the media ignores them.
I think they need to get WAY more theatrical.
Do wild stunts the media can’t look away from. Stop being respectable.
I think they need to get WAY more theatrical.
Do wild stunts the media can’t look away from. Stop being respectable.
February 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot, like everyone else, about What Can Be Done when #Democrats have no institutional power & the media ignores them.
I think they need to get WAY more theatrical.
Do wild stunts the media can’t look away from. Stop being respectable.
I think they need to get WAY more theatrical.
Do wild stunts the media can’t look away from. Stop being respectable.
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Being a Dem voter is like watching your house burn down with no one in sight, and then four days later, the firefighter chief shows up while you’re standing in the ashes and explains he was actually there fighting as hard as he could, you just couldn’t see, and there was just nothing to be done
February 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Being a Dem voter is like watching your house burn down with no one in sight, and then four days later, the firefighter chief shows up while you’re standing in the ashes and explains he was actually there fighting as hard as he could, you just couldn’t see, and there was just nothing to be done
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a lesson people oughta take from the rise of bluesky is that buying into anybody's claimed hegemony online is dopey. Facebook didn't used to exist, neither did Instagram or TikTok or any of this stuff. as soon as any platform starts to stink no sentimental attachment is practical or good. bail ASAP
January 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
a lesson people oughta take from the rise of bluesky is that buying into anybody's claimed hegemony online is dopey. Facebook didn't used to exist, neither did Instagram or TikTok or any of this stuff. as soon as any platform starts to stink no sentimental attachment is practical or good. bail ASAP
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the entire point of climate denial is to enable the 1% to get as rich as they possibly can before the consequences of their actions come around. now that the consequences are hitting, they're cashing out and building underground bunkers.
Gift link so everybody has access to the WSJ article about insurers quietly exiting high climate risk markets without an announcement
www.wsj.com/business/ins...
www.wsj.com/business/ins...
Buying Home and Auto Insurance Is Becoming Impossible
Huge losses from national disasters prompt industry to jack up prices and pull back from some markets; ‘worst possible scenario’ for consumers
www.wsj.com
January 9, 2024 at 2:09 PM
the entire point of climate denial is to enable the 1% to get as rich as they possibly can before the consequences of their actions come around. now that the consequences are hitting, they're cashing out and building underground bunkers.
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If science fiction is acceptable: @annaleen.bsky.social 's /The Terraformers/ and /History of Another Timeline/. Ruthanna Emry's /A Half-Built Garden/. @charliejane.bsky.social published the third part of her trilogy this year, and has a list of recs here: www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/1...
The 10 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2023
These titles feature a cursed film strip, high-flying martial arts, thoughtful reflections on climate change and more.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2023 at 9:39 PM
If science fiction is acceptable: @annaleen.bsky.social 's /The Terraformers/ and /History of Another Timeline/. Ruthanna Emry's /A Half-Built Garden/. @charliejane.bsky.social published the third part of her trilogy this year, and has a list of recs here: www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/1...
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my son has only been here for a day and I’ve already played three grateful dead shows, I don’t know if this pace is sustainable
November 24, 2023 at 12:24 AM
my son has only been here for a day and I’ve already played three grateful dead shows, I don’t know if this pace is sustainable
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there should be a dedicated room in the hospital for impending fathers to blast vapes
November 21, 2023 at 8:48 PM
there should be a dedicated room in the hospital for impending fathers to blast vapes
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Joe Biden is a perfectly fine, solid center-left president. The guy running against him is a corrupt proto-fascist criminal oligarch. The US economy is strong, wages for the lowest quintile are rising fast, wage inequality falling, inflation is under 5%. So naturally it’s a toss-up
November 20, 2023 at 11:59 PM
Joe Biden is a perfectly fine, solid center-left president. The guy running against him is a corrupt proto-fascist criminal oligarch. The US economy is strong, wages for the lowest quintile are rising fast, wage inequality falling, inflation is under 5%. So naturally it’s a toss-up
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My favorite movie so far about Elon Musk:
November 10, 2023 at 7:04 PM
My favorite movie so far about Elon Musk:
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I think one of the worst quirks of online spaces is the idea that if someone doesn't post about something, they don't care about it. It encourages performative posting often makes things worse.
I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.
I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.
October 8, 2023 at 1:23 PM
I think one of the worst quirks of online spaces is the idea that if someone doesn't post about something, they don't care about it. It encourages performative posting often makes things worse.
I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.
I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.
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I've now seen several big blue accounts post "the election is in 13 months!," & that's very revealing. Because in just 1 month, there's a supreme court race, in Pennsylvania of all places, for a justice likely to rule on 2024 stuff, & GOP is bigly outspending Dems to little care.
October 6, 2023 at 4:45 PM
I've now seen several big blue accounts post "the election is in 13 months!," & that's very revealing. Because in just 1 month, there's a supreme court race, in Pennsylvania of all places, for a justice likely to rule on 2024 stuff, & GOP is bigly outspending Dems to little care.
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In all the obits of Dianne Feinstein I'm genuinely shocked at the absence of credit being given for the CIA torture investigation, arguably her most unquestionable accomplishment
Dianne Feinstein vs. the C.I.A.
To expose the torture program, the Senator fought the agency—and the White House.
www.newyorker.com
October 1, 2023 at 1:30 PM
In all the obits of Dianne Feinstein I'm genuinely shocked at the absence of credit being given for the CIA torture investigation, arguably her most unquestionable accomplishment
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[25 minutes into a Stephen King adaptation]
Capitol security boss: everyone’s asking us who pulled the alarm
Guard: we checked the footage, sir, and…you’re going to want to see this yourself
Boss (looking at grainy footage of Dianne Feinstein): how…
[cut to a sunny day in a small New England town]
Capitol security boss: everyone’s asking us who pulled the alarm
Guard: we checked the footage, sir, and…you’re going to want to see this yourself
Boss (looking at grainy footage of Dianne Feinstein): how…
[cut to a sunny day in a small New England town]
September 30, 2023 at 7:58 PM
[25 minutes into a Stephen King adaptation]
Capitol security boss: everyone’s asking us who pulled the alarm
Guard: we checked the footage, sir, and…you’re going to want to see this yourself
Boss (looking at grainy footage of Dianne Feinstein): how…
[cut to a sunny day in a small New England town]
Capitol security boss: everyone’s asking us who pulled the alarm
Guard: we checked the footage, sir, and…you’re going to want to see this yourself
Boss (looking at grainy footage of Dianne Feinstein): how…
[cut to a sunny day in a small New England town]
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Part of me things the media commitment to the "Biden is old" bit is to avoid acknowledging any responsibility if an openly authoritarian candidate is elected President
September 26, 2023 at 8:26 PM
Part of me things the media commitment to the "Biden is old" bit is to avoid acknowledging any responsibility if an openly authoritarian candidate is elected President