got a window seat, on the east side facing the rear Williamsburg Bridge then today

morning view, waiting for the train

anyway reading doesn't make you virtuous, it also doesn't make you empathetic

yesterday I observed myself put all my rage in a little black box so I could get through the day last night I dreamed about screaming at people: first, a smug dirtbag misogynist—I yelled that he lacked moral courage & then a transphobe, at whom I yelled fuck you fuck you as I chased them away

this book because several times every day lately I think, “One must imagine Sisyphus happy” & I have not actually read the essay, so taking care of that lapse

me in spring 2022, finding consolation in history …

My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far

miss my grandma, who’d put random quotation marks all over her explanation was that it made words seem fancier

the Prospect Park Lullwater, maybe a third of the way through today’s walk my teammate led us along the edge of the Prospect Park Lake on paths I have never been on how much I love after all these years to experience disorientation & new vistas in a park I know so well

en route to Prospect Park for a post-marathon walk with running club friends Bad Therapy deli lights rooftop pigeons

our apartment so cold right now heating in this building whimsical at best but ... it’s Friday afternoon & I’m listening to the Cocteau Twins, so doing OK

yesssss adding baking cookies to my plans for tomorrow

and this is all just working as a lawyer with a harvard degree; talk to women who work blue-collar jobs and see how they feel.

has ross been forced by a male law firm partner to get into his car for a ride home while said man was drunk because you were worried you wouldn't get a job offer?

has ross had to see emails with a list of junior women lawyers with their hotness rankings emailed around a law firm?

has ross been asked to "stand up" so a law firm partner can see if you are fat, and then was told just to ignore it?

let's ask a group of people who have never worked in a male-dominated job how they feel about casual sexism.

has ross had to ensure "ladies' day" at a Harvard Law School corporations class? i would like to know.

has ross been asked to participate in a wet t-shirt contest to keep their job? i would like to know.

women, are they bitches?

Hahahhahaha

ruin it for whom exactly? 🤔 so fun to be in my fifties in this year of our lord 2025 & see this bullshit entertained in the paper of record as though it were serious, thoughtful discourse

They need to steal all the world's IP, and get all the world's money for free, to be successful at their business. They are geniuses.

We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

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I’m told that the results of a single election reflect a perfect, unchanging, and inescapable spirit of the Volk, so I will expect us all to start respecting the American people’s desire for Woke Maximalism.

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

another rough week with way too much to do good vibes from Sunday still fueling me though, despite my exhaustion

I believe that prioritizing my enjoyment of the race was what enabled me to meet all my other goals. That, & experience—it was my 6th marathon. I’ve learned so much from the others! The marathon is far from my best distance & certainly isn’t my favorite, but I ♥️ the #NYCmarathon! #running

achieved my goals in yesterday’s marathon - enjoyed it from beginning to end ✅ - ran faster than my previous marathon (which I have never done before!) ✅ - ran fastest of my 50s ✅ - never stopped to walk, also a 1st ✅ 10/10 but would I do it again? 🤷🏻‍♀️ #running #NYCmarathon

the goofball artist with his sign #NYCmarathon

getting ready under the magic tree with PPTC #running #NYCmarathon

sunrise on Staten Island only 4 more hours until my start, lol #running #NYCmarathon

I ♥️ NYC

origin of this sign is that back in the day I’d have my then-boyfriend-now-husband write “Rae ♥️ NYC” on my race tee & sometimes someone would say “New York loves you too!” as I ran by & I loved that so much & want to share that feeling with other runners #NYCmarathon

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13yo made a sign for tomorrow’s runners #running #NYCmarathon

before this morning’s pre-marathon shakeout with the 17yo #running #NYCmarathon

I ♥️ NYC

I ♥️ NYC

apparently I’m running the NYC Marathon tomorrow hahahahaha lolsob 🫠

voted yesterday (in the afternoon, it turned out; day did not go as planned) on the WFP line for Zohran, Jumaane, Rita Joseph & others also yes yes yes yes to affordable housing extra stickers are for my NYC Marathon kit & water bottle #NYCVotes

a classic by Chaucer, would love to hear it in proper Middle English (my pronunciation of Middle English is abominable)

😱 temporary tattoo!! 😱

heading out shortly to vote, finishing my voting plan— 1. read the NKD voter guide (see tinyurl.com/NKDVoterGuide25) ✅ 2. review my sample ballot (see findmypollsite.vote.nyc for yours) ✅ 3. decide when I’m going to vote: on Halloween morning, to get the special I voted on Halloween sticker 🎃✅

in the long arc of human history liberalism is a *weird outlier.* it's not "natural." but then, if the average experience of human history is the "human natural," then the human natural *sucks.* maybe being a weird outlier is good--and worth fighting for.

Helping my 17yo w/his college applications has been illuminating. I’m sad to see his assumption that higher education is mainly about career preparation. No matter how much I go on about how his education is for HIM & “They’re called the liberal arts because they’re about liberation!” & etcetera.

today, from @biblioracle.bsky.social, a manifesto in the form of a list founded on this core principle: “In the end, the education belongs to the student.”

so many hours of my life spent this way when the kids were little! one of the benefits of living along the brighton line