SemiEmily

Colson Whitehead works for Goldman Sachs now?

Yep. I would love to have my current brain in my ‘90s life. That would have been a better vibe.

You and I should open an accounting business together. I like our numbers.

Those people really can't math.

I'm so sorry, Ryan. The guilt is devastating.

And Jay Z doesn't think about him at all.

Shutting down (the stellar) books coverage at WaPo is a real telling move when your owner is literally Jeff Bezos

When he's really not even yet a silver fox.

Democrats who think the 2026 and 2028 elections will run smoothly without Trump interference need to WAKE UP. He’s already ignoring courts and Congress. We need a real plan now and must be ready to use state power to protect our elections.
#copolitics

From Mike Norton on Twitter: Empty car sitting at the intersection of 35th and Pillsbury with its flashers on. There are these ghost cars all over Minneapolis right now from ICE snatching people out of their vehicle in the middle of the street.

This is so fucking haunting.

Courage begins at home, Gov. Look to the Senate, Congress, and other state governors before you ask others to do our dirty work.

He thinks the role of fed govt is "keeping us safe" by "apprehending criminals"? What about providing services, ensuring safety and welfare in more positive ways? This obsession people have with criminals is unsupported by data and leads to govt aggression.

I continue to be fascinated by that 28-31% who for years have never wavered from their support of everything MAGA.

At this rate, Lindsey will be on the Supreme Court by June and they'll have their first swimsuit docket by October, mark my words.

Well, maybe take some comfort in the fact that he's abusing the Constitution so mightily that we're not really the free world anymore. (Sorry: feeling bitter lately. Not directed at you.)

This week, JD Vance lost the 2028 Republican primary for president. No one comes back from shocking the nation’s conscience this deeply.

cc: @carlquintanilla.bsky.social

The bombing was yesterday but it started more than a year ago with demonizing Venezuelan immigrants in the US, the whole gangs-in-AuroraCO story. Empire begins this way, targeting the humblest, and ending in elite control of oil and resources.

We all grieve differently, Jon. Some of us in sequins.

Thanks, I'll listen. "New frontier" captures my (lack of) understanding about the role of the global south.

Thanks. That's a geopolitical oil gig I know nothing about and appreciate the response.

In addition, I find it hard to imagine the domestic oil and gas industry is psyched about importing Venezuelan oil (the goal of all the aggression towards that country). Do you see it that way?

I mean ::waves hands all around:: better late than never?

There have been *so many* offensive and boorish things to come out of that man--and these same folks cheered or excused. Why has this particular crassness struck such a chord with so many? Or is it about timing--a reflection of his waning powers?

To be fair, I knew nothing about bookstores either. So I shouldn't be so dishy. But I knew a lot about books, writing, and authors.

WHO

Boredom Barbie. Comes without employment, but enough petulance to light up a medium-sized city for a couple hours after dark.

He looks like he's got a failing liver or kidneys or at least, a failing make-up artist.

That syntax makes AI appealing.

Just so I'm clear: a narco-terrorist is a guy in a boat and it's cool to vamoose him but a cocaine trafficker gets pardoned to so the president can try to swing votes in another country?