It's been a year, unlocking Twitter.
In some sense, I missed the feeling of being "in" the discourse instead of just passively consuming it, like a ghost of some kind.
There is something haunting about the numerous long ago abandoned baseball back stops that still exist in towns across the US. Rotting benches that haven't been used for a game in decades. Infields long ago vanished.
this has come across my feed approximately 27 times now, and I really have nothing to add but I re-read it each time and think, “sweetie, that’s your wife. go get your wife”
The Chapo guys (except the one who had the stroke), AOC, Mamdani, Platner, ‘Claire Valdez,’ etc. - they all have the same bios:
They come from affluent backgrounds and have educated and/ or wealthy parents but are downwardly mobile, they fail to launch and then find a foothold in leftist politics.
I mean, not really
obviously if the person with all these issues were an R, the same people who are now defending him would be denouncing him and writing thinkpieces about The Problem With The Republican Party
it's just a testament to the strength of partisanship, nothing more
This is why Gen Z craves movies about liminal spaces: They’ve lost the ability to roam a near-abandoned Walmart at 3:37 AM but the inherited impulse remains.
Have you noticed that our political campaigns are almost completely devoid of ideas? No arguing over the size and scope of government. No arguing over America’s role in the world. It’s all personalities, “vibes,” and memes. Our political culture has been badly degraded. Its perfect symbol is that grotesque “cage” on the White House lawn.
you don’t have to do this. being skeptical about the source of some of these allegations is one thing, but arguing that even if it did happen it’s totally fine is disgusting.
“subdued her and put her in a room” do you hear yourself? do you think women are children or equal participants in society?
I'd genuinely like to hear someone explain why Elon Musk doing an autistic wave at inauguration was proof that he is a Nazi who needs to be exiled from public life, but Graham Platner's "Totenkopf" tat is NBD and not disqualifying for a Senate run.
There are a lot of dog owners in cities who are essentially mentally torturing their dog by keeping them in apartments. No, your 30 minutes of walking a day and once-a-week dog park visit do not make up for the rest of the time.