Kevin McClean

Gonna start a thread for the turn of phrases my brain throws at me, mainly so they don't disappear. Updated as needed

Re: Importance of Real Writing (versus Prompt Writing) -- I am utterly baffled by the idea that anyone could possibly know exactly what they want to say in a piece of writing before actually writing it. Intense formal effort is essential to finding the voice and argument in everything I write.

KPFA mourns the passing of Dolores Huerta, a trailblazing labor organizer and civil rights activist who dedicated her life to fighting for justice and empowering communities. Her legacy lives on in the movements she helped build and the generations she inspired. Rest in power. ¡Sí, se puede!

Attorneys for 15 Minnesota residents facing federal conspiracy charges have obtained evidence of a sweeping, possibly unconstitutional spying operation carried out by ICE against left-wing social movements in Minnesota and beyond.

This is vital. Writing helps us think. So many students are saying they turn to LLMs because they don’t know what to say, and need to hear that not knowing is normal as one starts to write.

If anyone in Philly has leads on good services plz hmu help out your autistic-ass adhd brother

there was an aaron ashby lookalike in the parking lot tonight fyi

It’s going to be interesting to watch many Americans come to terms with the fact that Netanyahu is not The Only Problem

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

I'm looking to every single national NBA person using the Wolves' OT loss to a team that made the conference finals last year on the second night of a back to back as an excuse to call their start fraudulent

at the end of the day, good defense is the prettiest part of baseball

Honestly my biggest concern through 3.5 games is the Ant seems to be off. He's still good as hell, but it seems like that his right knee isn't 100% right now. Is that a nit I'm picking? Yes. But it is real.

My theory is that Lamelo watched Olivia Miles film this summer

I need to sit down and figure out how the Timberwolves are rebounding. I THINK the plan is to have four guys crash the glass and then have Ant or LaMelo for to set the offense/leak out for the transition, but not entirely sure

more and more people are saying Kevin "jaden mcdaniels" Durant

Either I'm getting the math wrong, or it's weird to me that no one is talking about the historical impact of tonight's win. The wolves moved out of the all time NBA win/lost cellar. The wolves now have a ~.421479 winning percentage vs the Nets ~.421418 winning percentage. We're now #29!

Genuinely I don't know that it comes across to people who haven't been here to watch how almost unbelievable this was, just people taking something that looked impossible and dragging it kicking and screaming all the way to inevitability.

The coaches with the best two net ratings in the league rn are Chris Finch and Micah Nori #wolves

I’m a little worried that if the Wolves go 82-0 and then 16-0 in the playoffs, and win every game by 20+ points, we’ll never figure out if they’re strong enough to deal with adversity.

The Wolves should send this entire game to the league office with a subject of "WTF????"

Wolves up by 8, but that was also the first competitive quarter they've lost all season 😬

Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.

real heads know

A liberal is someone on the right side of history and the wrong side of the present

1-0.

Christ what an asshole

A bit last minute, but we're having a meeting this Sunday at 11am in the back lounge at Black Hart! Come help us plan for the off season, sprint season, and 2027-2028 season! All good anti-fascists are welcome to join us!

These announcers suuuuuck

We've only seen a quarter, but the Wolves need to start thinking outside the box for their bench

Movies like Digger and You Can See Everything are ultimately about how movies are evil because the exorbitantly high cost of production and the ability to manipulate the truth via the indexicality of the photographic image creates perverse incentives unlike the morally superior art form of comics.

If nothing else "The Miz" is the best sports nickname we've had in a minute

Bela Legosi was involved in creating the world's first actor's union and involved Hungarian Soviet Republic before coming to the US and also helping found SAG. He also played Dracula.

Reminder: during the most riotous parts of the George Floyd Uprising the movement was at its most popular, with the destroying of the 3rd precinct polling much higher than either presidential candidate, and it was only after months and years of revision that ppl talk like they werent

this is another facet of the "it's illegal not to date me" thing that college republicans do

6 year old daughter's review of Led Zeppelin: not loud enough

Call me Ishmael for tax purposes