"Look, Democrats are losing male voters, and...you know who isn’t a feminized ladyboy with a skincare routine? A guy whose face literally liquefied into a puddle of lard faster than a tourist trying to climb Cadillac Mountain in July." @rebeccasaltzman.bsky.social killed it with this one y'all!

I know I keep bumping my GoFundMe, and please let me say again: 1. Thank you for bearing with me. I know it's probably annoying! I so appreciate all of the shares, kind words and support. 2. And please know that there is a real need at the moment... and I feel guilty asking for help.

I wrote this essay in 2019, and I didn’t get to choose the title, which I think overpromises, but I what’s here is a checklist for writing fiction about people whose lives might be very different from your own. Three questions to ask yourself.

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To achieve that goal, it’s going to take work—from all of us. We cannot allow the backslide to continue. Today is a day of reflection and also a day where we look ahead to the future and decide what role we want to play in the pursuit of freedom for all. 2/2

I have this Langston Hughes poem hanging by my front door. It’s something I reflect upon often and his words are still as relevant today as they were 80 years ago when they were written. Freedom is not something that is universally held by all Americans. 1/

Important PSA for women!

when someone shows you their nazi tattoo, believe them

i can all but guarantee you there are other women out there who have been sick to their stomachs for 24 straight hours praying that this will be enough. hoping like hell they won't have to rustle up their own traumas for an angry, hateful audience

Did everyone else know about the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social vintage READ poster fundraising auction?! I just found out, and what FUN this is to browse! So much nostalgia, so many '90s hairstyles, so many surprising book choices! movieposters.ha.com/c/search/res...

So his consent is required.

Can I just ask: What was so wrong with David Costello anyway? What was so wrong with Andrea LaFlamme? Genuinely confused why D leadership treated those two very non-Nazi, non-creepy candidates like they'd just puked on their shoes.

"By every metric, Musk failed. DOGE blew up on the launchpad like a Musk rocket. Crashed like a self-driving Musk car. Repelled women like any Musk text message." Also—they never did answer @annabower.bsky.social's eternal question: WITAOD? open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...

There's a very thin line between a pitch and a personality disorder. That's why you need an agent

And, did you know, you have EIGHT minutes left to bid on Mo Ryan's handmade earrings in the @romancingthevote.com auction? www.32auctions.com/organization...

ELEVEN MINUTES LEFT. Get your sniping (and or anti-sniping) fingers ready!

#WritingCommunity! Get five friends together and split this one. You'll thank me later! www.32auctions.com/organization...

NYC @mayor.nyc.gov, July 3: America, they will tell you, belongs only to those with the right accent or the right shade of skin. How small they are. How weak. How unoriginal. Patriot Front, July 4th: Let's prove that Muslim guy right! (Photo @theguardian.com)

Tickets to this show are on the TKTS Booth today. Just sayin' #FirstAmendment #IndependenceDay www.tdf.org/discount-tic...

"What an honor. What a privilege. We’re fighting the same fight that animated the war for independence and the signers 250 years ago today." open.substack.com/pub/thefucki... If you read #IndependenceDay essay today, make it Jonathan's.

As America marks 250 years, may we recommit to building a diverse democracy, an economy that works for the many and not just the few, and a future where every generation has the opportunity to live a dignified life. Happy 4th of July!

A grim reminder this 4th of July: The US has the highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy on Earth, making it a leader in mass incarceration. Far too many people are locked up in the “land of the free.”

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

Elon Musk says that no one died because of his demolition of USAID, and that "Kristof is lying through his teeth." So here I invite him to join me on a visit to Africa to see for himself: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...

Settling in to see Are You Now or Have You Ever Been @citycenter.bsky.social tonight, I thought, "Do we need to revisit this ugly chapter in US History?" I mean, I get it. When JD Vance on down to Mike Arnold, former mayor of Blanco, TX, are hounding people out of their livelihoods for ... 1/

Anonymous neo-Nazi propagandist "Big Serge" has been identified. Good work. www.investigatewest.org/idaho-labor-...

I am both bereft that @dinty66.bsky.social is leaving Brevity mag and SO psyched for @zoebossiere.bsky.social taking over, and I guess I'm just going to have to live with these conflicting emotions for awhile, eh? brevity.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/b... #CNF

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Anyone who is mad about the appropriation of @rachelcleves.bsky.social 's research should go buy her book and encourage others to do the same: bookshop.org/p/books/char...

"Only the locals pocket the streets, occasionally bumping into the phantoms of summertime." If you want to read an excerpt of my colleague Kyleigh Leddy's engrossing new novel Worse than Strangers, here you go: www.writingclasses.com/faculty/exce... #SummerReading #books

Six thousand dollars in 1 minute???

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I am once again irrationally furious at those 90,000+ Floridians who voted for Ralph Nader. OK, maybe not so irrationally.

The thing you need to understand is that there are 2 (TWO) different method for amending the constitution 1) The process laid out in the constititon itself (conventions, or 2/3's of both houses followed by 3/4 of states ratifying) OR 2) find five votes on the Supreme Court.

Yes, yes all of the finalists for the Dayton Prize are worthy and excellent, but did you see my friend Roohi Choudhry's book in the line-up? Did you?! If you haven't read Outside Women yet, do it now! It's sooooo good! Yay Roohi! lithub.com/here-are-the...

Another beautiful paean to Marjane Satrapi, whose influence and loss are both incalculable, from filmmaker @nazriahi.bsky.social. Today's must read! lithub.com/merci-marjan... #WritingCommunity

Trans kids should be able to exist freely, fully, and joyfully.

The Supreme Court Gives Donald Trump Full Control Over the Executive Branch, Except the Part of It that Impacts Their Retirement Portfolios

New York City residents are celebrating the reopening of public pools — including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who jumped into the water while wearing a suit at an East Harlem pool on Saturday. Outdoor public pools will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through Sept. 13.

The Trump administration wants to trick vulnerable pregnant women

OK, this is a match-up (maybe the only one) I'd watch.

What it means to write with restraint, or how a sentence about soap landed me in hot water: blogs.gothamwriters.com/2026/06/16/r... #writingcommunity

OK, but does anyone know how he got home? www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.

Curious about what EFF thinks can help keep young people safe online while protecting the privacy of all users? Check out our Age Verification Hub at eff.org/age or read our Privacy First whitepaper. www.eff.org/wp/privacy-... (9/10)

Today it feels like we could all use this poem by Paul Crenshaw, which begins Imagine this morning that you are as perfect as the curtain of rain open.substack.com/pub/paulcren...

Reupping this because Asha is right — let's take a break from algae-geddon to talk about THIS. Grok picking bombing targets should be the subject of immediate Congressional hearings.

We're all trying to find the guy who did this.

"We use narrative to make sense of our lives, sweetie, to give shape to the entropy of the human experience. I’m a man of a certain age, and I have needs. Specifically, I need stories about finding, against all odds, a great parking spot. Like right in front of the building."