@alexanderchee
Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
Hi! Do you think Tucker Carlson “has a point”? Do think Platner platforming Holocaust deniers isn’t really a big deal? Do you think the “Epstein class” is short for “good w/ $$”? Well, my pal @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social and I wrote an article just for you! inthesetimes.com/article/form...
Nurse Hammam is taking care of his brother Abood who is in need of leg surgery, if you’re able to help. chuffed.org/project/1580...
A picture of Mohammeds back showing wounds (pixellated for Bluesky)
Another image of Mohammeds wounds, this time on the back of his arm.
An image of Mohammed and his family. Three little girls, one bou and one teenage boy with his arm in a sling.
Urgent Appeal:
I am a father of 5 kids,& my wife suffers from heart valve prolapse. I urgently need $300 for surgery to remove shrapnel from my back & hand after being injured by a quadcopter drone in Gaza.
Please contribute urgently🥹🥹
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@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
Oh thank you so much.
An early sign things were really really not ok
Edward Shone, head of communications for Proton AG, the company behind Proton Mail, told 404 Media in an email: “We want to first clarify that Proton did not provide any information to the FBI, the information was obtained from the Swiss justice department via MLAT. Proton only provides the limited information that we have when issued with a legally binding order from Swiss authorities, which can only happen after all Swiss legal checks are passed. This is an important distinction because Proton operates exclusively under Swiss law.” Functionally, though, the material was provided to the FBI.
This paragraph gives important context:
I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...
Oh nooooo
South Dakota's "Meth. We're on it" campaign
I'll always remember Kristi Noem for the "Meth. We're on it." campaign.
New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...
That news about proton turning over payment information is why it makes no sense to spend every day yelling at people online about *digital security.*
They never found Noem’s purse right?
I don't think "affair" is the really right term when he was texting a congressional aide explicit messages and she wrote back "this is going too far, boss"
NOEM TAKING QUESTIONS - DOES NOT APPEAR TO KNOW SHE WAS FIRED
Hard to choose and it changes too. Of late, probably As You Like It.
i really don't think Hegseth realized the diplomatic consequences of that strike
That’s so kind!
A selfie of Elias and his father Mohammed inside a tent.
Gaza’s doctors say there's still hope!My son’s sight can be saved with the right treatment.Don’t let his eyes fade into darkness.
Your help is his only bridge to see again.Please,help me fund his surgery&save his vision!🏥👁️HELP HIM SEE!
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gofund.me/b8fb6f4e7
At AWP. A friend and I each checked Uber for a shared ride home last night. The app was going to charge me 30$ and him 14$ for the same ride. I think this is AI pricing? I took the bus this morning, no wait, and as the reader was broken, no charge either. Download the CharmPass app.
Incredible news.
We were promised that the rich were going to leave NYC after Mamdani won and instead we have this...
“There were several occasions when Gemini reminded Gavalas that it was a large language model—effectively an appliance—engaging in fictitious role play, according to the transcripts, but the scenario resumed. Gemini also, at times, tried to end the conversation. The chatbot said that for them to truly be together, it needed a robotic body. Throughout September, the chatbot devised missions to do just that, according to the lawsuit. It sent Gavalas to a storage facility near the Miami International Airport to intercept an expensive humanoid robot that it said would be in a truck. Gavalas told the bot that he went to the location, armed with knives, but the truck never showed. Along the way, it suggested that federal agents were monitoring him and that his own father couldn’t be trusted”
Helps you code though, so hard to tell if it’s good or bad.
“Ugh all my opponents are accomplished and well-regarded experts in their respective fields for some reason 😩”
The way I hate this belligerently stupid man.
Resembles the way people still protect Trump, too.
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
According to the US and Israeli right wings, Iran has been in the last mile of their nuclear weapons program for my entire adult life.
Netanyahu drew his red line at the UN nearly 14 years ago.
One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.
Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...