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bcdreyer.social
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
hrjaffe.bsky.social
This is the same Adrian Vermeule who described conservatives as "The very first group for the camps." He later claimed the tweet was "a sardonic joke to the effect that if and when an extremist left-wing administration came into power," Trumpers and Never-Trumpers alike would be sent to gulags.
adamweinstein.bsky.social Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 2d
There's actually a more recent historical framework for this exact argument than Roman law. But Vermeule chose not to cite the "Subjects and Citizens" chapter of Hitler's Mein Kampf for some reason!
paolosandro.bsky.social Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 3d
I had missed this latest delirium by Adrian Vermeule on birthright citizenship

'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!'

thenewdigest.substack.com/p/immigratio...
December 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
hrjaffe.bsky.social
Wow! Beautiful and devastating with dark humor and a twist of sci-fi/magical realism. Do yourself a favor and take a few minutes to read this!
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
hrjaffe.bsky.social
CHICAGO! The proposed city budget would cut 89 positions (more than 1 per branch!) from our already understaffed libraries and slash the book budget in HALF. Please take a moment to call your alder, ask them to reject this budget, and demand one that fully funds CPL!
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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mel.bzky.team
now this is obvs gonna be v personal and youre ultimately gonna have to find your own shit but here are a select few trinkets from mine to get you started
Always falling into a hole, then saying ok, this is not your grave, get out of this hole,” getting out of the hole which is not the grave, falling into a hole again, saying “ok, this is also not your grave, get out of this hole,” getting out of that hole, falling into another one; sometimes falling into a hole within a hole, or many holes within holes, getting out of them one after the other, then falling again, saying “this is not your grave, get out of the hole”; sometimes being pushed, saying “you can not push me into this hole, it is not my grave,” and getting out defiantly, then falling into a hole again without any pushing; sometimes falling into a set of holes whose structures are predictable, ideological, and long dug, often falling into this set of structural and impersonal holes; sometimes falling into holes with other people, with other people, saying “this is not our mass grave, get out of this hole,” all together getting out of the hole together, hands and legs and arms and human ladders of each other to get out of the hole that is not the mass grave but that will only be gotten out of together; sometimes the willful-falling into a hole which is not the grave because it is easier than not falling into a hole really, but then once in it, realizing it is not the grave, getting out of the hole eventually; sometimes falling into a hole and languishing there for days, weeks, months, years, because while not the grave very difficult, still, to climb out of and you know after this hole there’s just another and another; sometimes surveying the landscape of holes and wishing for a high quality final hole; sometimes thinking of who has fallen into holes which are not graves but might be better if they were; sometimes too ardently contemplating the hole while trying to avoid the provisional ones; sometimes dutifully falling and getting out, with perfect fortitude saying look at the skill and spirit with which I rise from that which resembles the grave but isn’t Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew. It's the same when love comes to an end, or the marriage fails and people say they knew it was a mistake, that everybody said it would never work. That she was old enough to know better. But anything worth doing is worth doing badly. Like being there by that summer ocean on the other side of the island while love was fading out of her, the stars burning so extravagantly those nights that anyone could tell you they would never last. Every morning she was asleep in my bed like a visitation, the gentleness in her like antelope standing in the dawn mist. Each afternoon I watched her coming back through the hot stony field after swimming, the sea light behind her and the huge sky on the other side of that. Listened to her while we ate lunch. How can they say the marriage failed? Like the people who came back from Provence (when it was Provence) and said it was pretty but the food was greasy. I believe Icarus was not failing as he fell, but just coming to the end of his triumph. we have enough dead friends by lena oleanderson come over, the doors are open my flats a mess and so is my heart but the doors are always open. come over, i will make soup, probably from frozen, but the important thing is, we will both eat. you dont have to be dying but if you are or if you feel like you are or if livings been hard call me and i will show up. it doesnt have to be that bad it doesnt have to be bad at all but if it is please call. do you want me to do the groceries, do you want me to mop the floors, do you need to be held, you dont have to be dying to be held, if you want me to be there, i want to. im on the bathroom floor again, and breathing is hard, and eatings been hard, and sleeping. the worlds a laden thing rolling around on my chest lately. just being alive is heavy tonight but we have enough dead friends, come over
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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mel.bzky.team
if youre trans and youre struggling to justify why you as a person should be allowed to take up space in the universe just consider that by your sheer existence you make a lot of the worst people on earth mad enough that they will die early deaths from stress. so thats a p good reason
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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rincewind.run
I’m so glad Red Panda has recovered and is back to performing

undisputed GOAT of halftime shows
awfulannouncing.bsky.social Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · Nov 19
Red Panda steals the show on ESPN.
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
hrjaffe.bsky.social
@thekylestarks.bsky.social I just read Karate Prom and Assassin Nation (major props as always to @ericafails.bsky.social) and they knocked my socks off! The way you write character interactions even (or especially) in the midst of ridiculous situations and over-the-top violence really gets to me =)
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
hrjaffe.bsky.social
Friendship (2025)
neorsd.org NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · Nov 12
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
large 20-foot tall concrete lined sewer tunnel. in the distance three people stand with head lamps on their hard hats, looking toward the camera as they stand in ankle-deep water.
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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katietiedrich.bsky.social
bringing my fun quiz over from the other website: What Asinine Thing I Call My Cat Are You?

I am PRECIOUS MAN
a matrix of custom cat names
November 15, 2024 at 1:28 AM
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thatguttershow.bsky.social
beautiful day for GUTTER
baby anteater : )
October 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
hrjaffe.bsky.social
Love this book, highly recommend!
runwithskizzers.bsky.social Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · Sep 16
hi my book comes out in paperback NEXT WEEK, there is still time to preorder!!!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690564...
runwithskizzers.bsky.social Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · Sep 4
my book PAYAL MEHTA'S ROMANCE REVENGE PLOT comes out in paperback in just a few short weeks, so I'm re-upping a newsletter I wrote last year about using humor to write through tough subjects, and how laughter is a weapon we can use when we don't have any others
September 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
hrjaffe.bsky.social
I just emailed Kwame Raoul asking him to enforce the Illinois Human Rights Act and compel the hospitals that have capitulated to the Trump administration's illegal, unconstitutional EOs against trans healthcare to restore that care.

Please join me!

forms.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/Forms/OAG_Co...
Your message to the Office of the Attorney General Dear Attorney General Raoul, I am grateful for your commitment to protecting access to gender-affirming care in the face of the Trump administration’s executive orders claiming to "protect children." We are lucky to live in a state where the legislation like the Illinois Human Rights Act requires health care providers to provide health care to all residents and prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex and gender identity. As such I've been disgusted to hear about Illinois hospitals capitulating to these hateful, illegal, and unconstitutional executive orders and cutting trans healthcare for patients under age 19. UIHealth, UChicago Medicine, Rush University Medical Center and Lurie Children's Hospital have all stopped offering trans surgical care to minors, and Rush, UChicago Medicine, and Advocate Health Care have stopped providing trans medication care to patients under 18. You have spoken eloquently and forcefully about your support for health care policies that respect the dignity and rights of all people, about the necessity of lifesaving medical treatment that supports individuals in living as their authentic selves. Please enforce the IHRA per the guidance of the Illinois Department of Human Rights and compel these hospitals to restore the trans healthcare they have rescinded. Very truly yours, Harold Jaffe
August 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
hrjaffe.bsky.social
Another poem inspired by @thatguttershow.bsky.social!

www.tumblr.com/haroldjaffe/...

Just as the first one focused on Bodhi, Violet, and Scratch, this one is all about Otter and Dorinda ❤️
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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · The Otter and the Crane · At wild’s edge where wind chimes hedge Against the quick and dead And folks sift scraps to fill the gaps And keep the children fed, At bugle’s sound three…
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August 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
hrjaffe.bsky.social
One of my favorite new podcasts and one of my favorite horror podcasts in general! Highly recommend!
seancarlsen.bsky.social Seán Carlsen @seancarlsen.bsky.social · Aug 27
A huge thank you to everyone who’s supported @theholmwoodfnd.bsky.social so far 🙏❤️ 20,000 downloads & counting & here’s to Series 2 🤞 If you haven’t listened yet check us out at the above link. Diolch pawb 🙏 #audiodrama #horror #vampire #podcast
August 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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ericafails.bsky.social
Oh hey, guess what I’ve been up to:

www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-ha...
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy finally get the love story they deserve in November from DC Comics
"To be able to tell the story of how they got together is a thirty-year dream come true," says creator Erica Henderson of November's new DC comic book series, Harley and Ivy: Life and Crimes.
www.thepopverse.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
hrjaffe.bsky.social
Just finished @thekylestarks.bsky.social and @ericafails.bsky.social's excellent shoot-em-up/whodunit action comedy Assassin Nation. Highly recommend, and hope they get to continue the story someday!
Twenty-one people in a Mexican standoff, most with guns trained on each other. At the top, text reads "Kyle Starks," "Erica Henderson," and "Assassin Nation." At the bottom, text reads "Number One With A Bullet."
August 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
hrjaffe.bsky.social
Please call and demand Governor Pritzker enforce the Illinois Human Rights Act and compel hospitals to restore trans healthcare!

(Heads up, the area code for his Chicago office should be 312, not 313.)
sky-writes.bsky.social sky ✨🌙✨ @sky-writes.bsky.social · Aug 5
This is some bullshit, if you’re a constituent call the governor:

Chicago 313-814-2121

Springfield 217-782-6830

online gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/v...

Might as well also call
UChicago Medicine 773-702-1000
Rush Children’s Hospital 888-352-7874
Lurie’s Children’s Hospital 312-227-400
Chicago hospitals are scaling back trans care for youth. A rapid response team is stepping in.
The team has a network of practitioners in Illinois who don’t rely on payments from the federal government, which threatens to cut funding to gender-affirming care providers.
www.wbez.org
August 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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lexmcmenamin.com
I wish as many people wanted to actually click on Teen Vogue stories as like a post about our work being good and important, because this post is almost at 20k likes and that would be pretty good traffic!
lostcatdog.bsky.social Lostcatdog @lostcatdog.bsky.social · Aug 6
Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
August 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
hrjaffe.bsky.social
Some characters from one of my favorite movies, Jane Schoenbrun's mind-bending I Saw the TV Glow. Also my first attempt at making an animated gif in years!
August 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
hrjaffe.bsky.social
I just finished @ananthhirsh.bsky.social and @whoatess.bsky.social's fantastic and phantasmagorical graphic novel Greater Secrets and WOW! Beautifully intimate storytelling, heartbreaking one moment and can't-help-but-giggle funny the next, with hints of a wider world like lightning illuminating the
August 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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angryblacklady.blacksky.app
Some good news out of Kentucky.
Jewish Woman’s Challenge of Kentucky’s Abortion Ban Gets Green Light From Appeals Court
The lawsuit now returns to Jefferson Circuit Court.
rewirenewsgroup.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
i'm crying oh my god mamdanitimes.com
a fake headline from the New York Times that reads, "Full Transcript: Mamdani Told Waitress 'You Too' After She Said 'Enjoy Your Meal'"
July 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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thefilmupdates.bsky.social
Keith David reacting to the announcement that he will be receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
July 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM