Very submission-heavy week—the current dissertation chapter is in some ways not as intense of a writing task as the previous two now that I know it doesn't have to be 20,000 words, but has involved a lot more writing whole paragraphs and then realizing they will send me well beyond scope and scrapping them (well, pasting them into another document in case I need them later). Also: what a week, fuck.
That is like an onion asking "How do I take care of a star?"
"The Fly”, Alien: Earth
Every allotment of hype points unveils new horrors.
Submitted by Kelsey.
If monuments were our only public records, you’d think mermaids had more influence on American history than Black women.
"Chislom Town", Daphne Lundi for Urban Omnibus
The greatest reward of this constant interrogation, of confrontation with the brutality of my country, is that it has freed me from ghosts and girded me against the sheer terror of disembodiment.
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Submitted by Natalie.
“You young people,” she said, “I see you with your happy innocent faces and this absolute avalanche coming down on you.”
“Sally Mann, in Her Golden Hour, Faces Fresh Culture Wars”, Walker Mimms for The New York Times
Submitted by Ed.
Levy declined, so they clapped a tank top on him fearing the sight of his naked torso would frighten children in the audience.
Review of You Had To Be There for Deadline by Matthew Carey
But I am a hater, which is a kind of integrity.
"I Am An AI Hater" Anthony Moser on his blog moser's frame shop
Submitted by Saga.
y'all I got up before the sun rose to tune into a press conference that told me charlie kirk was killed with a furry sex meme bullet
It’s good for the soul, I think, to be reminded that we live on a planet that’s in a solar system that’s in motion, that’s part of a galaxy.
Chris Lintott as quoted in The Guardian
Submitted by Yuva.
Unfortunately, the Court could not divine the proper outcome of this Motion by tarot.
Opinion and order for Psychic Readers Network Inc vs. A&E Television Networks LLC et al.
Submitted by Evan.
Was art better then, or was I twenty?
"Scare Quotes", Allison Hewitt Ward for New York Review of Architecture
And I will always remember how that togetherness was squandered into jingoism.
Comment by SethTriggs on a post in Stephen Robinson's newsletter The Play Typer Guy
Submitted by Kara.
Some were just standard users, but I’m not the only reporter who was hit by Bluesky’s anti-piss defense system, with investigative journalist and hacktivist Maia Arson Crimew copping a suspension for posting the same phrase.
"Bluesky Really Doesn’t Want People To Say ‘Rest In Piss’ About Charlie Kirk", Nathan Grayson for Aftermath
Submitted by Wesley. I appreciate that Aftermath categorized this post as "investigation."
No one on The Atlantic staff is currently qualified to explain the difference between skinny and fat Pepe, and I doubt that's going to change soon.
Submitted by Josh.
It's worth pondering who gets the privilege of having the violence committed against them deemed political violence, and who has to bear the burden of having their existence be deemed political violence.
"Acceptable Losses", A.R. Moxon for his newsletter The Reframe
Submitted by Brad.