jj skolnik

i tried and failed several times to write a comment here. just unspeakably horrific.

How It’s Made: A 7,000-Word Story on Coal in Oakland “This is the only time in my entire life, I think, where I wrote long and someone was like, ‘Well, could you make it longer?’”

People said they wanted more culture pieces on Bsky, right? For COYOTE, I interviewed the @oaklandreviewofbooks.org and @meganwachspress.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes account of how Megan's 7,000-word feature (!) on coal in Oakland came to be—a phenomenal work of longform journalism.

Depop Instagram ad, top products featured side-by-side are black boyshorts with harness + black crown of thorns

Excited to debut my new character Strap Jesus

Unfortunately, “Yo brother, legal team confirmed we can’t work with minors rn” is an instant classic

it’s so good

Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity), by Fugazi 12 track album

you can also grab the albini version of in on the killtaker from fugazi, to benefit arts nonprofit letters charity:

as maggie has clarified, this is not a bandcamp fundraiser. the site itself (my ex-employer) no longer does fundraisers. this is a bikini kill thing. :)

A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

Made it to Friday but at what cost

Markwayne is actually a noble title, and is the Oklahoma equivalent to "Marquis," and may be passed on at the same time your father gives you his car dealership

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

Another reporter arrested by ICE. Estefany Rodríguez, a reporter for Nashville Noticias and Univision 42 Nashville, faced death threats in Colombia, came to the U.S. legally and had applied for asylum. Now she is being sent back. Nashville Banner got the story

nashvillebanner.com/2026/03/05/j...

good morning! get up and vibe with “end of the rainbow” by richard thompson

i’m glad she’s in a better place about it but these are rotten foundations

yeah i have extremely good boundaries and self-worth these days (which i lacked for a long time!) and this whole thing is screaming “this guy does not care about or value her” at me

nooooooooooooo oh god no

oh boy i would have extremely ended that relationship at that point. oof

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

SCOOP: Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.

i have no idea where this came from but the persistent echolalia loop in my head today is someone with a thick queens accent saying “boglins”

Home | The Key The Key is a new online magazine brought to you by the Palestine Festival of Literature.

I've launched a publication with @palfest.bsky.social called "The Key." I am so excited to share this first issue with you: www.thekeymagazine.com

I didn't want to make this post but unfortunately my hand has been forced. Sentona Games told me this week, after ignoring me for two months, that they will not be paying me the $24,000 deferred…... I didn't want to make this post but unfortunately my hand has been forced. Sentona Games told me this week, after ignoring me for two months, that they will not be paying me the $24,000 deferred paym...

If you're in the game industry and use LinkedIn, please do me a favor and share my post about Sentona Games screwing me out of money I'm owed. Thank you

it’s fine, he was mad at the world and i just happened to be in it

honestly purim and mardi gras have similar vibes and are proximate on the calendar, it could be way worse

it is indeed

elected officials using the wrong graphic design for a jewish holiday will never, ever get old

hell yeah happy paczki day to me, a jew

gendered correctly by the belligerently drunk man who had just gotten kicked out of a bar at 6 pm and was mad i didn’t engage with him. a real transition milestone

i got the autism but not the math skills. alas. my engineer dad is still mad i got an “easy” degree (not STEM)

Cook County prosecutors dismiss 21 cases against ICE protesters, including suburban moms arrested in sit-in Cook County prosecutors dismissed 21 cases that were filed against protesters at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview.

When we fight, we win!

Today, Cook County prosecutors dismissed all 21 cases against people who were protesting at the ICE processing center in Broadview.

I haven't said anything about this before, bc in the grand scheme of horrors this only rates as an inconvenience, but since others are experiencing it:

Just three days after CBP arrested me for filming them outside Broadview on 9/27, my TSA Pre & Global Entry were suspended—and so were my wife's.

This Is Not a Regime Change War. Iran Is Being Pushed Toward State Collapse. The US and Israel have killed Ayatollah Khamenei, but they seem to have no plan for what comes next.

"War doesn't operate with surgical precision. It doesn't remove one figure & install another. It shifts power to those most capable of wielding force. It weakens civil society faster than it builds alternatives. It deepens grievances that last generations"
-Mahbod Seraji
truthout.org/articles/thi...

the anti-trans vein in democratic politics is driven primarily by democratic voters convinced by obsessed freaks in media that *other voters* are highly motivated by bigoted anti-trans attacks