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Even now, despite everything

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Both showers and public transit rides have 3x multipliers to Thinking Time. You'd think stationary bikes would be too because they're both moving and mindless but actually they're 0.5x at best. Long flights have 10x to Thinking Time but only if you're in the sweet spot of tired but not TOO tired

05.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 641 πŸ” 110 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 9
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How Federal Agencies Got Caught Up in Trump's Anti-Immigration Crusade WIRED spoke with workers across seven government agenciesβ€”from the IRS to HUDβ€”about how their work has been contorted to support ICE and other immigration efforts.

The gravitational pull of Trump's immigration focus is sucking in basically every major federal agency, all of whom are being told to change policies and practices to enable ICE and related enforcement efforts.

From the @wired.com Inner Loop newsletter this week:

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Pain and Debasement: Rayne Fisher-Quann on Iris Owens' After Claude Podcast Episode Β· Reading Writers Β· March 4 Β· 51m

Rayne Fisher-Quann joined me and @jolivingstone.bsky.social for a discussion on women's writing and we covered a lot of ground: Vivian Gornick, Margery Kempe, novels of sexual degradation and obsession, female humor, etc. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

04.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Over the past year, every single time one of the apps or services I use suddenly became less reliable and more buggy, I never have to look far for the "Claude is amazing and now writes most of my code" post for the devs involved.

04.03.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 1950 πŸ” 701 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 17

frankly, I love the way they're thinking

25.02.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Armed ICE officer in Portland called 911 during confrontation: β€˜I’m going to have to shoot this kid.’ Dispatch records and a police report obtained by OPB describe the previously unreported incident last fall.

In a 5-minute phone call to dispatchers, a federal immigration officer requests police backup last October to help with a kid tailing him on a motorized bicycle. "I need someone here now, or else I'm going to have to shoot this kid," the officer said on a recording of the call obtained by OPB.

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Overnight this aircraft completed its deportation trip to India. The migrant passengers were likely shackled for at least 59 hours.

25.02.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 796 πŸ” 438 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 23
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Tree-Based Horror: Nicholas Russell on Algernon Blackwood’s The Wendigo and Other Stories Podcast Episode Β· Reading Writers Β· February 25 Β· 1h

This week's Reading Writers features novelist Nicholas Russell on a neglected Gothic master, and me losing my mind over Kenzaburo Oe's A Personal Matter
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Tethered to Life: Maya Binyam on Joy Williams’ β€œThe Excursion” Podcast Episode Β· Reading Writers Β· 02/18/2026 Β· 58m

An important conversation on today's Reading Writers, which also features an interview with novelist Maya Binyam: have you ever fallen out of a tree? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

18.02.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand β€˜Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs Ring's CEO told staff the feature is β€œfirst for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.

Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime:

www.404media.co/leaked-email...

18.02.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 2458 πŸ” 1118 πŸ’¬ 123 πŸ“Œ 327

I really appreciate this question. Thank you. You can help us by spreading the word through your networks. There are bound to be NYC residents in those networks. We need them to take action.

18.02.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Reading about the Harriet Tubman's and John Brown's of the world is as close as I've come to a spiritual experience. Just a complete depth of devotion to a justice they would never live to experience. Impossible to truly embrace without being overcome by emotion.

16.02.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

thank you

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β€œIn an age of AI propaganda, we are reminded daily that β€˜there is a perversion worse than evil deeds. ... It is to misname evil as goodness, to exalt it, parade it, honor it.’ It helps to read someone say so, like a gas mask for the soul.”

15.02.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What does it mean to make something? Last night I did something unusual: I went to a comedy show to see a friend's friend do standup. I know, right? Thing is, it was delightful. (This is a rare thing.) And it got me thinking again about ...

felt inspired to blog for the first time in a while because of good work from @charoshane.bsky.social @thelincoln.bsky.social et al newsletter.bijanstephen.blog/what-does-it...

13.02.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

secret poetry reveal!

13.02.2026 23:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Charlotte’s new essay on why to make things and the metrics of (literary) success is so invigorating.

13.02.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone’s Gotta Write It β€” CS The involvement of people I love, respect, or simply find interesting is ultimately the only incentive I need. I even kind of like doing things with people who piss me off since incompatibility can be...

"I find myself thinking 'this isn’t sustainable' of the continual decimation of the media, which has been happening aggressively for at least ten years, but what do I mean by that? For whom isn’t it sustainable? In what way?" charlotteshane.com/blog/2026/2/...

13.02.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Someone’s Gotta Write It β€” CS The involvement of people I love, respect, or simply find interesting is ultimately the only incentive I need. I even kind of like doing things with people who piss me off since incompatibility can be...

I'm addicted to collaborating and I don't care who knows it! Got a bunch of stuff off my chest about publishing, book marketing, making art for free or at a loss, not waiting to be given what we want. Hopefully it is useful for writers as well as lovers of writing charlotteshane.com/blog/2026/2/...

12.02.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

"Jim Boyling, who infiltrated environmental and animal rights activist groups for five years, said senior managers turned a blind eye to undercover officers having deceitful sexual relationships with women, often lasting years."

11.02.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 501 πŸ” 187 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 11

oh yeah this is the good shit

10.02.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Father Knows Best Daniel Berrigan’s spiritual radicalism – Charlotte Shane

I finally wrote my big essay about Daniel Berrigan! For anyone with an interest in non-violence, futility, the political/social/moral role of writing, and so much more, even if you've never heard of the man www.bookforum.com/print/3203/f...

10.02.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6
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DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE' The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.

β€œI would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.

β€œDon’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.

β€œDon’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. β€œWhat you are voting for is not moral.”

06.02.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 4369 πŸ” 922 πŸ’¬ 262 πŸ“Œ 498
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How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo The emails show the β€œanti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

β€œLorin Stein, the disgraced former editor of The Paris Review who resigned after accusations of sexual impropriety, forwarded to Wolff an email from the writer Stephen Elliott, who intended to sue the list’s creator… Epstein promises to β€˜help anyway i can.’”

08.02.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 279 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 11
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Police β€˜buried’ footage that showed a teen didn’t kill his friend at a SEPTA station, lawsuit says

A teenager who was detained for 49 days over his friend’s killing at a SEPTA station contends police β€œburied” footage that showed he was innocent.

Now he’s suing the city and transit officers.

05.02.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 171 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

Talking on the phone is so intimate.

05.02.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

loveeed listening to Jamie talk about the novel that is personally responsible for every time I have ever used the phrase β€œswimming-pool light”

04.02.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.

β€œIf I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again β€” this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

04.02.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 6694 πŸ” 2463 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 235

One of the best lit podcasts on one of the very best novels – keeping this for my next long walk with the dog

04.02.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Ok originally a weird version of this episode was uploaded but it's fixed now! Should be an hour and 7 minutes instead of 58, enjoy and apologies 😣

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