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January 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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When people talk about “how did Octavia Butler know?” It’s because she lived through Reagan!
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
i skimmed it initially as ungluent kisses, and did a double-take.
January 3, 2026 at 8:18 AM
i grew up in CA, so none of those things seem especially incompatible with the suburbs.
January 2, 2026 at 2:59 AM
imagining them bowling against pete and trudy campbell, as pete gets progressively more unhinged.
January 2, 2026 at 1:21 AM
i was talking about the aesthetic of the suburban house and yard, not claiming that they're the literal same thing.

but yes, i grew up in a suburb and now live in a suburb (technically a small city, but suburban scale neighborhood). most of my life has been spent in the burbs.
January 2, 2026 at 1:10 AM
bingo
January 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
crime in chicago has fallen by a huge amount during johnson's tenure. not arguing the politics of it, just the reality.
January 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM
the suburban aesthetic is a miniature fantasy replication of the rural manor house. they just use lawnmowers instead of sheep.
January 1, 2026 at 10:56 PM
best hopes for mayor mamdani rocking some of his kid cardamom fits.
January 1, 2026 at 8:47 PM
but that's the thing—they talk like everyone in academia are tenured elite professors, but the actual targets of attacks are much more likely to be relatively vulnerable adjuncts, TAs, grad students, teaching faculty, etc., esp. those who are women, LGBT, nonwhite, immigrants, etc.
January 1, 2026 at 8:44 PM