This was my grandfather—any dress without a belted waistline, he’d call a housedress.

I open every new editing project feeling hostile to it and myself. At some point during the first read-through, I see what it’s trying to be and from then on, I will die for it. I pretty much make human friends the same way.

The Capital Area Food Bank in Washington D.C., says it's allotted an extra 1 million meals for November, given the uncertainties about whether and when SNAP recipients will get their full benefits. n.pr/47z75Re

I was nine or ten when I read ROSEMARY'S BABY and the Satan stuff didn't bother me half as much as the idea that your own husband could totally sacrifice you for his own ambition. (And I wonder why I never married.)

The lovely woman who cuts my hair has let a couple of her longtime clients who are federal employees owe her for services during the shutdown. "You feel better if you look better," she says, and she trusts them to pay her once they get paid again. ❤️

HUGE FIRST BSKY POST

Veterans Day 2025 anntelnaes.substack.com/p/veterans-day

Dad's naval service defined him, but he never applied for the veteran's benefits he was entitled to. I didn't know that until after he died. I wish I could ask him why.

🌬️It's like mid-January out there! 🧣Hope everyone is bundled up. Freezing temps (mid-20s to low 30s) and bitter wind chills -- in the teens and low 20s -- across the D.C. region.

Happy publication day, @sarahweinman.com! www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...

Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."

Sarah Weinman's upcoming book 'Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime' dives into a 1980 made-for-TV movie which tackled marital rape — before it was a crime nationwide. Exclusive excerpt ↓

Haven't we gotten to the deus ex machina yet? youtu.be/MYnVaOFqiv8?...

Am I going to cry at the end of CASABLANCA *again*? Yes, yes I am. #TCMParty

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Whew. It should never have gotten this far.

Happy feast day, Pope Leo. It's worth remembering that Leo the Great faced down Attila the Hun.

"Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.” —Frederick Douglass, speaking to Senate Democrats

I’m sorry he’s not around to comment on all this. youtu.be/Roi7yquxvZ8?...

Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.

I think this is the question Democrats are gonna get over and over: if you just handed over your main demand in the end, why cause a painful shutdown at all? Governing is more than politics, but wild to see this group of Dems arguably toss the whole party under the bus, *politically* speaking.

And I'm out of bourbon.

Do you reject Satan? And all his works? And all his empty promises?

This is worse than useless. Please don't vote for it, @markwarner.bsky.social and @kaine.senate.gov.

Tim Kaine's Senate phone number isn't taking messages. Dear @kaine.senate.gov staffer who isn't getting paid right now, please tell your boss not to make any deals for empty promises. I hate that you're not getting paid. Trading for nothing is not the answer. Thanks.

Gambling is a cancer on the sport. The next step is somebody getting killed because they didn't perform to a gambler's order.

A running theme throughout the Bible—Hebrew and Christian—is "Don't fall into the trap of thinking you're *better* than your neighbor just because you're *better off* than your neighbor." It's incredible how universal that error is, and how universally ignored the corrective tends to be.

This is *illegal*, besides being offensive and downright laughable. Don’t normalize this, @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...

Important to note, important to remember.

I have an out-of-town work event on Thursday and can’t join the prayer vigil in front of ICE headquarters that morning. If you can, get details here: 1family.us

THIS. Exactly.

They're not just casually malevolent — they work so HARD at it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Shameful. And pointless, since it will protect Cornell from nothing.

Why would anyone buy wine from a man who's proud of not drinking?

Human society exists because it's an evolutionary advantage. In Elon Musk's world, the species would die out in a couple of generations.

Oh my goodness @themountaingoats.bsky.social this is glorious. Thank you. themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/throug...

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I knew phrenology would make a comeback someday.

It’s so interesting to watch a certain wing of the Republican Party realize they let their joint turn into a Nazi bar.

Come, my lord, We will bestow you in some better place, Fitter for sickness and for crazy age.

I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...

Hammering a frozen electronic equine: E-CARE is THIS Saturday, Nov. 8 at 1425 N Quincy St. Your fast, safe drop-off for dead gizmos, long-lingering household goops, bike donations and even reusable Halloween costumes. Learn more: www.arlingtonva.us/About-Arling...

Oh, this is bad.

Wow, 900 for Ovechkin. Amazing. #allcaps

Omg @danfesperman.bsky.social it’s even worse.

Like an upscale shopping mall. Unbelievable.

Rs want it both ways. They want to mock Democrats and excuse whatever Trump says about them. Senators laugh if you ask about Trump's AI posts - he's just trolling, lol! They also want any crazy or offensive thing *Dems* say to be a horrifying violence-inspiring threat. Can't have both. (2/2)

Didn't have time to read this yesterday. @petridishes.bsky.social is a national treasure. 😂 www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

It's been a long day, but a good one. Let's do it all again tomorrow. youtu.be/dWUa7aAIfLE?...

Democrats have flipped the Minnesota State House