The former Shenzhou-20 crew undocked from the Chinese Space Station at 0314 UTC Nov 14 in Shenzhou 21. This leaves the former SZ-21 crew on CSS with SZ-20, which has a cracked window pane

lol

I do not like thinking about how vulnerable the U.S. now is to genuine terrorism thanks to this fucking clown show

it’s really funny how Trump thinks your average Democrat actually gives a shit about any of these people or organizations yes, Trump, I too hate Larry Summers

NEW: The Nevada Supreme Court has revived the criminal case against the Trump 2020 fake electors, ruling that AG Ford was correct to bring the case in Clark County. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

good point tbh

And whether or not to add the editor of The Atlantic to those group chats is a purely personal choice.

Nabokov himself was a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. lithub.com/lolita-is-na...

hmmmm

In the brave decentralized future, your followers should be able to vote on whether you need a three day vacation.

I agree that they should bring back Link

if you want to say spicy things on the internet with a group of similar-minded people, this is the exact use case for the Signal Group Chat. my Signal group chats are vital to my well-being these days

hell maybe I should try to catch three day suspensions more often gotta think of the funniest possible ways first

right, I simply cannot exert the energy required to get that mad about people catching three day suspensions they just gave you a free vacation from the timeline. imo that’s a beautiful gift.

the thing about “the government can do bad things but we’re not allowed to” is that the objectionable part is the first half of the sentence

everyone gets so mad at the mods here for doing basic mod shit. sometimes you gotta make a little murder joke and eat a three day ban for it. that’s life baby, there’s beauty in that.

Can't recommend enough @jamieloftus.bsky.social ' s "Lolita Podcast" which thoroughly illustrates the vast gulf between what Nabokov wrote and how it has been broadly absorbed into popular culture

enjoyable

I really do not understand how people don't face consequences. This isn't some esoteric norm she breeched. Don't be romantically entangled with a source is journalism 001. It's remedial journalism. That she not only did it but never came forward is maddening.

I did not realize that Kara Swisher is the one who told NY Mag's leadership that Nuzzi was breaching all journalist norms. Good thing such a basic but huge breech of journalism ruined her career. She's an editor at Vanity Fair now.

"about a man whose whole life is stamped forever by his impression of a young girl" is a…remarkable…thing for a _professor of American literature_ to say about Lolita

“a nothing burger” lol

He could not have gone farther in emphasizing that the protagonist is a malignant narcissist whose relationship with his victim is purely imaginary, and that his victim is a lonely and neglected child who is desperate to escape the adults preying on her.

Nabokov did not keep an emotional distance from his characters. You can tell who he liked and who he hated. He fucking hated Humbert Humbert.

I've been saying #LolitaIsHorror and don't plan to stop. Nabokov was very explicit and impassioned that anyone who sympathizes with Humbert or accepts his framing is making that choice consciously.

the year is 2023, users are 36 and bluesky desperately needs a comms person the year is 2025, users are all 36 and bluesky desperately needs a comms person the year is 2035, users are all 36 and bluesky desperately needs a comms person

I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.

Any time people start with the ephebophelia nonsense I want to point them to this quote by Nabokov about Lolita where he just fucking eviscerates an interviewer claiming that Humbert Humbert was the equivalent of 40 year olds marrying 20 year olds:

Nabokov: I am going to write about a monster doing sick shit Readers: wow this book is hot. Nabokov: oh so all you are monsters and cant comprehend the text.

Oh this is so utterly fucking disgusting. “Lol we know how you like fucking kids, may I suggest reading Lolita”

writing a piece on this tomorrow but I think the bland truth is that a lot of people just don't care! saw it in Westminster too, fundamentally a lot of men - and some women - simply don't really give a shit if a man is said to be a sexual abuser, as long as they don't have to see if they don't care

harvard prof elisa new being like “good call on lolita, i’ll have to reread it!” in an email to epstein in fucking 2018 is exhibit A here

take a moment, close your eyes, inhale deeply, exhale, and then imagine hearing "livvy" in RFK jr's voice

Something it's probably safe to say at this point: My one ban was in the Slate comments, by Emily Yoffe herself when she still wrote Dear Prudence. I know because I looked it up in the system when I became Slate's dedicated comment moderator.

excommunicate!!! excommunicate!!! excommunicate!!!

yes

yeah that’s another favorite of mine

the extent to which journalists will circle the wagons around even members of the profession who have serially violated every professional ethical standard possible is astounding

“Me Too went too far because [shit that absolutely fucking did not happen]” is a recurring goddamned theme in our culture.

Bluesky hire a comms specialist challenge 2025 is still ongoing (please, you guys desperately need a comms and public relations specialist)

And then for the bad faith assholes you just cite the “because we don’t like it and fuck you” policies and move on

Explaining how or why it violated the policy is a fool’s game that gives terrible people a long lever to waste your time and fuck with you, so don’t do that. But “this post violated this policy” gives enough info for people to figure it out, especially over time.

What I’ve seen work best is when you have posted policies, some of which are specific and some of which are general (with the most general being “anything which we, in our sole discretion, think should come down”) and then you tell people which policy their post violated.

I think its important to be able to destroy somebody with words without stooping to threats of physical harm

I still can’t think of Lord Byron without recalling and giggling over Kate Beaton’s pitch-perfect “Hark, A Vagrant” with him and the Shelleys.

NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.

one of the complex legacies of Pope Francis is that he publicly said a lot of very ugly things about ‘gender ideology’, but had personal friendships with a lot of Catholic trans women who felt really supported by him. Leo welcoming them publicly feels like a promising sign. I am EYEING HIM CLOSELY

idk if these are bluebirds of happiness or resentment, but they’re cute either way

"absolutely do not RSVP to that protest, but definitely do keep posting death threats on main" is how I'm going to remember this website when it's gone

suck it, rich beach assholes!