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Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net

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They're going to write books about all the big brain moves of this gang of imbeciles and among them will be "Spending a year trying to kill renewable energy and then launching a war that sends oil prices soaring"

07.03.2026 03:39 πŸ‘ 5787 πŸ” 1178 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 42

Chlorine dioxide is an industrial bleach for lumber and freaks like RFK give autistic kids enemas with it. Kids die from the practice. These people just want autistic kids dead.

07.03.2026 05:56 πŸ‘ 752 πŸ” 318 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 7
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Happening now- the Broadview, IL ICE facility: a few dozen people have gathered here over the bizarre situation re: a US citizen who was allegedly detained by federal immigration agents, only for agents to reportedly say she wasn't there.

Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison on scene as well.

07.03.2026 06:12 πŸ‘ 373 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6

We are currently outside the ICE Broadview concentration camp where Sunny Naqvi’s family believes her to be held after being detained in O’Hare by federal authorities.

07.03.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 5699 πŸ” 1200 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 15
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Couple things here:

1. What the fuck
2. I am allllllmost more offended by the suggestion that I would give this shitbox edit than having my identity stolen
3. The CEO is scheduled to be on Decoder soon and we will see if they back out!

www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

06.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 1619 πŸ” 307 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 42

Absolutely

06.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am once again tapping the "support independent, worker-owned, billionaire free news" sign. the most powerful people in the world should not be deciding whether or not we know about this sort of thing. putting Marisa's subscription link below

06.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 1510 πŸ” 375 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

okay so this seems pretty clear. he knows what it is, he did it on purpose, he chose keeping it over his career with the Marines, if we know this then Susan Collins will also know it, it will 100% come up in the general, let's be done talking about this guy as a real candidate

06.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 1556 πŸ” 400 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

rfk jr. is an active danger to the american public

06.03.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Foreign Office was told by UK ambassador in Israel an attack on Iran was highly likely weeks ago Ameer Kotecha said the prime minister and his cabinet failed to take sufficient action to defend British interests in the Middle East and Cyprus, blaming the lack of preparedness for war on decades of...

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The UK's ambassador to Israel alerted London weeks in advance that an attack on Iran by US and Israeli forces was highly likely, a former diplomat at the embassy has revealed.

news.sky.com/story/foreig...

06.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It is so haunting

06.03.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alan Cumming, Bowen Yang Help Launch Necessary Foundation to Support LGBTQ Filmmakers "There is, in this moment, enormous political pressure to delete queer people from American media, and that includes young filmmakers who are being shut out of the industry,” said executive director A...

always happy to be supporting money going to queer artists!
lots of kick ass cool people associated with this org!

06.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 623 πŸ” 151 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5

Ohhhh interesting. Yes! I tried to let people know without spoiling it…

06.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Tour β€” the Mountain Goats

so, the Carnegie Hall presale went kinda bonkers and they said "you guys wanna add a night 2?" which I am still getting my head around this being my life, but it's what happened, so we did. The Mountain Goats have added a second show at Carnegie Hall. Tickets here.

www.mountain-goats.com/tour

06.03.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 827 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 5
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Tesla sued after Austin shooting suspect allegedly assaulted co-worker A 65-year-old woman says the automaker ignored warning signs before Ndiaga Diagne, the suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting, assaulted her. She sued Thursday.

the Austin mass shooter was a Tesla employee who assaulted a coworker during a company-allowed prayer break late last year

the company refused to give the victim her assailant's name so she could press charges, and he went on to become a mass shooter

www.statesman.com/business/art...

06.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 4992 πŸ” 1814 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 135

Uber was quoting me 50 bucks and such! No thank you.

06.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🧡Feels like shouting into the void, but it is essential to note that the Trump/Rubio gutting of the State Department and blowtorching of US diplomatic capacity and credibility is an accelerant to this spiraling war and will seriously undercut US/allied efforts to pick up the pieces after. 1/

06.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 2426 πŸ” 765 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 89

I’m really enjoying the Baltimore public transit system this AWP. Fast and cheap.

06.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Twenty percent of ppl with measles will end up hospitalized. And we have no treatment for it.

Get vaccinated if you're able. Make sure you've got some immunity if your doctor will run your titers. If you're unsure if you were vaccinated, or have an older vaxx consider getting a booster.

06.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 325 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 10
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How It’s Made: A 7,000-Word Story on Coal in Oakland β€œThis is the only time in my entire life, I think, where I wrote long and someone was like, β€˜Well, could you make it longer?’”

People said they wanted more culture pieces on Bsky, right? For COYOTE, I interviewed the @oaklandreviewofbooks.org and @meganwachspress.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes account of how Megan's 7,000-word feature (!) on coal in Oakland came to beβ€”a phenomenal work of longform journalism.

06.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 145 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

I'm unsure how people really think people were downplaying a virus that can kill you, make you go blind, wipe out your immune system for years, and oh yeah come back and kill you a decade after you thought you'd shaken it.

06.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 1991 πŸ” 622 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 19

She is so proud of that stupid line.

06.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
The University of Iowa presents Homecoming, a reading, 90 years of writing at Iowa. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Paul Harding, Alexander Chee, Sarah Minor, Lauren Haldeman, Rodney Dailey II. Friday March 6, 7-10PM, Checkerspot Brewing, 1421 Ridgely St. AWP 2026 Baltimore Maryland

The University of Iowa presents Homecoming, a reading, 90 years of writing at Iowa. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Paul Harding, Alexander Chee, Sarah Minor, Lauren Haldeman, Rodney Dailey II. Friday March 6, 7-10PM, Checkerspot Brewing, 1421 Ridgely St. AWP 2026 Baltimore Maryland

The Beautiful Room Is Emptier Now,a tribute to Edmund White. Alysia Abbott, Brian Alessandro, Alexander Chee, Alden Jones, Rakesh Satyal. Associated Writing Programs Conference Saturday March 7, 3:20-4:35pm, room 301, Level 300, Baltimore Convention Center.

The Beautiful Room Is Emptier Now,a tribute to Edmund White. Alysia Abbott, Brian Alessandro, Alexander Chee, Alden Jones, Rakesh Satyal. Associated Writing Programs Conference Saturday March 7, 3:20-4:35pm, room 301, Level 300, Baltimore Convention Center.

If you’re at AWP2026, I am reading tonight at this Iowa Writers’ Workshop event with Carmen Maria Machado, Paul Harding, Sarah Minor, Lauren Haldeman and Rodney Dailey II. Tomorrow I’ll be honoring Edmund White alongside @rakeshsatyal.bsky.social, Alysia Abbott, Brian Alessandro and Alden Jones.

06.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations!

06.03.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.

🧡 1/5

06.03.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 1437 πŸ” 825 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 125

Quite an opening paragraph.

06.03.2026 09:27 πŸ‘ 1066 πŸ” 427 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 91
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My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you.
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Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h β€’β€’β€’ My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

β€œI have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit

06.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 20250 πŸ” 4284 πŸ’¬ 756 πŸ“Œ 1117
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Losing the Plot: The β€œLeftists” Who Turn Right What do we make of former friends who fell down the rabbit hole of the Right?

Hi! Do you think Tucker Carlson β€œhas a point”? Do think Platner platforming Holocaust deniers isn’t really a big deal? Do you think the β€œEpstein class” is short for β€œgood w/ $$”? Well, my pal @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social and I wrote an article just for you! inthesetimes.com/article/form...

06.03.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 437 πŸ” 153 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 15
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Help Abood, nurse Hammam and their family in Gaza Hello !! My name is Sonia. I'm starting this fundraiser to ask for your help for my friend Hammam and his family, who currently live in Gaza πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ.

Nurse Hammam is taking care of his brother Abood who is in need of leg surgery, if you’re able to help. chuffed.org/project/1580...

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A picture of Mohammeds back showing wounds (pixellated for Bluesky)

A picture of Mohammeds back showing wounds (pixellated for Bluesky)

Another image of Mohammeds wounds, this time on the back of his arm.

Another image of Mohammeds wounds, this time on the back of his arm.

An image of Mohammed and his family. Three little girls, one bou and one teenage boy with his arm in a sling.

An image of Mohammed and his family. Three little girls, one bou and one teenage boy with his arm in a sling.

Urgent Appeal:
I am a father of 5 kids,& my wife suffers from heart valve prolapse. I urgently need $300 for surgery to remove shrapnel from my back & hand after being injured by a quadcopter drone in Gaza.
Please contribute urgentlyπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯Ή
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chuffed.org/project/1574...

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