Alyssa Pelish
@sallyseaship.bsky.social
Essayist. Fictionist. Narrative junkie. Likes secret decoder rings and linguae ignotae. alyssapelish.wordpress.com
"At first, it seemed important to me that the language we used reflect the horror of what was happening. But I was defeated in trying to secure the most basic changes"
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House Arab
I was working at the magazine as a fact-checker and my parents no longer considered me a failure, not because they read or admired it, but because when they said its name to friends and relatives it s...
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September 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
"At first, it seemed important to me that the language we used reflect the horror of what was happening. But I was defeated in trying to secure the most basic changes"
bidoun.org/articles/hou...
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"Last year there were ten murders in the NYC subway system, with well over a billion total rides taken. During the same time period, there were 253 traffic fatalities in New York City. One person dead every day and a half. Cars? Those things are fucking dangerous."
“You sound real corny being scared of the subway.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
The Subway Is Not Scary
Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Last year there were ten murders in the NYC subway system, with well over a billion total rides taken. During the same time period, there were 253 traffic fatalities in New York City. One person dead every day and a half. Cars? Those things are fucking dangerous."
This essay is endlessly quotable. As when I read American Psycho, I had to stop a third of the way through.
"Diamandis’s network, known to its constituents as the Peterverse, is largely peopled by slim, graying, well-off men who finger their Oura rings like horcruxes."
tinyurl.com/4bee2rwp
"Diamandis’s network, known to its constituents as the Peterverse, is largely peopled by slim, graying, well-off men who finger their Oura rings like horcruxes."
tinyurl.com/4bee2rwp
How to Live Forever and Get Rich Doing It
As researchers work to make death optional, investors see a chance for huge returns. But has the human body already reached its limits?
www.newyorker.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This essay is endlessly quotable. As when I read American Psycho, I had to stop a third of the way through.
"Diamandis’s network, known to its constituents as the Peterverse, is largely peopled by slim, graying, well-off men who finger their Oura rings like horcruxes."
tinyurl.com/4bee2rwp
"Diamandis’s network, known to its constituents as the Peterverse, is largely peopled by slim, graying, well-off men who finger their Oura rings like horcruxes."
tinyurl.com/4bee2rwp
This interview by @unhappinesspod.bsky.social about working people who end up homeless gets to the heart of the biggest problems in the U.S. Insightful and gut-wrenching work by @brian-goldstone.bsky.social.
July 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This interview by @unhappinesspod.bsky.social about working people who end up homeless gets to the heart of the biggest problems in the U.S. Insightful and gut-wrenching work by @brian-goldstone.bsky.social.
This is fascinating and heartening.
New Dig: @socialists.nyc co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo & Grace Mausser on how DSA & @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social campaign won this historic victory. A behind scenes look at how DSA built most powerful socialist org in USA—and how we replicate the victory everywhere. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/how-...
How Zohran Won w/ NYC DSA
Featuring NYC DSA co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo and Grace Mausser on how Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic mayoral primary. NYC DSA spent years building an electoral juggernaut that has now made history ...
www.thedigradio.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is fascinating and heartening.
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you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing
July 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing
Maybe you're in the mood for a story?
Happily, another one of mine has found its way into the pages of this spring's Conjunctions. (It's there alongside the work of a whole passel of other good writers.)
This one's called "An Accordance."
Happily, another one of mine has found its way into the pages of this spring's Conjunctions. (It's there alongside the work of a whole passel of other good writers.)
This one's called "An Accordance."
June 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Maybe you're in the mood for a story?
Happily, another one of mine has found its way into the pages of this spring's Conjunctions. (It's there alongside the work of a whole passel of other good writers.)
This one's called "An Accordance."
Happily, another one of mine has found its way into the pages of this spring's Conjunctions. (It's there alongside the work of a whole passel of other good writers.)
This one's called "An Accordance."