Jessica Burris

This is a poor attempt at gift wrapping blatant contempt and disregard for his wife’s autonomy in a joke. He just (proudly!) announced on camera that he coerced her into having a child she did not want in these conditions, and he clearly thinks it makes him charming and charismatic. Beyond vile.

OH HELL YES. NEIL GORSUCH, THE LAST JUSTICE OF THE MOCHICANS, ASKS "Do you think Native Americans are citizens of the united states." IF YOU TRIP GORSUCH'S NATIVE AMERICAN WIRES, YOU LOSE. GOOD DAY, SIR!

This is a very interesting book so far.

This sounds silly (consumers not part of the economy), but there is an entire economic school of thought that prides itself on seeing the economy as this bloodless, separate entity from the world it serves. Reasoning like this allows you to disconnect from suffering by claiming “rationality.”

I mean, who among us hasn’t accidentally used quotation marks in hitherto unknown ways on legal documents in order to spice things up? An understandable mistake; we’ve all been there. 🫠

Listen to the convo leading to that final line. He’s asked repeatedly if military members in the war zone can feel safe, given the Russia/Don situationship. He resorts to grandiose threats of violence after the bloviating & bootlicking fails; it’s 13yo boy performative. A pathetically small man.

I did not, perhaps, pick a good time to start reading about the strange and self-abnegating granddaddy of our current American moment, but so far Tanenhaus is doing an excellent job of building this story. 12 chapters in, I find Bill to be an odd and tragic quagmire—we’ll see how it progresses.

You ask your teenager “Do you still have that substitute for geometry?” and they say “idk, I’ll get back to you.” Your response would probably be “Are you cutting class or something?!” because the appeal to ignorance is so nonsensical. They should know: they’re in a position to know.

This feels silly and laughable at first glance, but it’s interesting to me as yet another plot point in the larger marketing strategy of trying to masculinize basic adult tasks in order to make them palatable for men who view them as ‘girly.’ Hygiene, cleaning, etc. Here it’s cooking/food shopping.

Just finished this yesterday. A strange, haunting, beautiful book. I don’t recommend if you require quotation marks or conventional structure in your novels. 🤣

This is the winner every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Rest in peace, sir. I will continue to treasure this little piece of your life that I found at an antique mall two years ago. A testament to your tireless pursuit.

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Look, this is basically the rich narcissist version of seeing Jesus in the burn patterns of your toast or whatever. The only difference is that because he has millions of dollars, we’re supposed to act like it’s brilliant instead of certifiable.

Just finished this to ring in October! Quite the vibe. An interesting little book. Found myself saying “Are the men ok?!” multiple times 😆

Like Watergate, but stupider and with social media 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

A+

These private group chats are just the lyrics to "Everybody" by Backstreet Boys. Dude: Am I original? All dude's friends: YEEEEEAAAAAHHH Dude: Am I the only one? Dude's friends: YEEEEAAAAHHH Dude: Am I sexual? Dude's friends: YEEEEEEAAAAAHHH

I’m only about 120 pgs in, and oh my, this is a heavy book; it weighs on the spirit. The casual bigotry. The lauded and sanitized violence. The hypocritical religion. It makes me want to toss the book in rage, but I’ll finish. What an incredible journey they made. ❤️

You really can’t go wrong with James Baldwin.

I loved this!!!

Just finished this a few days ago! Really fun little collection of crime stories.

I’m not much of a poetry person (to my never-ending shame), but this beautiful little piece really spoke to me last week.

Look what I found at the antique mall! A first edition, no less. Thrilled to report that Dixon’s writing is just as terrible as @hcrichardson.bsky.social warned me it would be. A bigot and a terrible writer to boot. 😂 Fascinating little piece of American history.

Just started Ulysses S. Grant’s personal memoirs not too long ago. There is something deeply relevant and weirdly charming about this little anecdote.