@alonsonichols.bsky.social
Photographer, Artist, sci-fi nerd, dog lover and curious wanderer
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Economist is trying to get at “salience” of costs — housing and child care for example. Yes. That’s why a COLA doesn’t exactly make people feel better. I also want to say it’s the friction involved in accessing it. It’s SO HARD to buy things we need, full stop.
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Economist is trying to get at “salience” of costs — housing and child care for example. Yes. That’s why a COLA doesn’t exactly make people feel better. I also want to say it’s the friction involved in accessing it. It’s SO HARD to buy things we need, full stop.
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I really appreciate them taking anxiety and fear seriously. As we know, I thought people failed with the during the last election. The messaging that “incomes are high and markets are strong” really shat on people’s experience of friction.
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I really appreciate them taking anxiety and fear seriously. As we know, I thought people failed with the during the last election. The messaging that “incomes are high and markets are strong” really shat on people’s experience of friction.
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You have to think of housing and child care IN TANDEM and I feel strongly about that.
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
You have to think of housing and child care IN TANDEM and I feel strongly about that.
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Jenn killing this convo on affordability on 1A
December 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Jenn killing this convo on affordability on 1A
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I think it was maybe @tressiemcphd.bsky.social who said at some point something to the effect of 'I don't get writers block, I just have times where I don't have anything to say yet.' I think about that one a lot.
December 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I think it was maybe @tressiemcphd.bsky.social who said at some point something to the effect of 'I don't get writers block, I just have times where I don't have anything to say yet.' I think about that one a lot.
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Lesson 4: If you are peddling the "trust in govt" has dropped because of proceduralism, you either don't understand the study of trust or don't care. It has dropped in all countries and all institutions over the same time period. It is mostly driven by perception of politics not govt services.
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Lesson 4: If you are peddling the "trust in govt" has dropped because of proceduralism, you either don't understand the study of trust or don't care. It has dropped in all countries and all institutions over the same time period. It is mostly driven by perception of politics not govt services.
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Lesson one: Yes, you can do a lot of things if you break the law.
Lesson two: Doing something is not the same as doing a good thing - it is harder to build than it is to destroy.
Trump has built nothing like the TVA. His lawbreaking is not "freeing the stuck wheels of bureaucracy."
Lesson two: Doing something is not the same as doing a good thing - it is harder to build than it is to destroy.
Trump has built nothing like the TVA. His lawbreaking is not "freeing the stuck wheels of bureaucracy."
December 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Lesson one: Yes, you can do a lot of things if you break the law.
Lesson two: Doing something is not the same as doing a good thing - it is harder to build than it is to destroy.
Trump has built nothing like the TVA. His lawbreaking is not "freeing the stuck wheels of bureaucracy."
Lesson two: Doing something is not the same as doing a good thing - it is harder to build than it is to destroy.
Trump has built nothing like the TVA. His lawbreaking is not "freeing the stuck wheels of bureaucracy."
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This is truly awful. I have served in the university media board for 3 years and saw how brilliant and committed the student editors of these magazines were to quality and integrity. This is such a loss for the university community at large. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
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December 3, 2025 at 4:17 AM
This is truly awful. I have served in the university media board for 3 years and saw how brilliant and committed the student editors of these magazines were to quality and integrity. This is such a loss for the university community at large. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
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For the immigration policy crowd: Why should you read my book on historical US immigration? Because US immigration law came from somewhere. Public charge & bans on convicts originate in the colonial period, carried into the early republic/antebellum era, until adopted into fed immig law in 19th cen.
Just read aloud my colonial chapter last night. I urge US immigration historians to include enslaved importation instead of setting it aside. If they are going to include indentured servants migration, they should include enslaved force migration as well. Why? 1/
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
For the immigration policy crowd: Why should you read my book on historical US immigration? Because US immigration law came from somewhere. Public charge & bans on convicts originate in the colonial period, carried into the early republic/antebellum era, until adopted into fed immig law in 19th cen.
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Today marks one year since the Dec. 3, 2024 martial law declaration that rocked South Korea and still reverberates today. What’s on my mind today is the grit of South Koreans who rushed to the National Assembly that night, in freezing weather, to demand a return to democratic government.
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Today marks one year since the Dec. 3, 2024 martial law declaration that rocked South Korea and still reverberates today. What’s on my mind today is the grit of South Koreans who rushed to the National Assembly that night, in freezing weather, to demand a return to democratic government.
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"Fairness in school sports"
So you're controlling access to professional trainers? No? Or accounting for developmental stage differences within the same age groups? No? Creating budgets to keep every kid fairly equipped? No? So what is it that defines a fair sporting experience exactly, I wonder?
So you're controlling access to professional trainers? No? Or accounting for developmental stage differences within the same age groups? No? Creating budgets to keep every kid fairly equipped? No? So what is it that defines a fair sporting experience exactly, I wonder?
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"Fairness in school sports"
So you're controlling access to professional trainers? No? Or accounting for developmental stage differences within the same age groups? No? Creating budgets to keep every kid fairly equipped? No? So what is it that defines a fair sporting experience exactly, I wonder?
So you're controlling access to professional trainers? No? Or accounting for developmental stage differences within the same age groups? No? Creating budgets to keep every kid fairly equipped? No? So what is it that defines a fair sporting experience exactly, I wonder?
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This is too much.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is too much.
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When Democrats won big on Election Day, Johnson dismissed it has no big deal because Dems won where they were "expected" to win. But he'll hype Tennessee as proof that Republicans will hold the House in '26, even though he knows this race had no business being so competitive.
Breaking news: Republicans held on to a red congressional district Tuesday, winning a special election in Tennessee that became more competitive than initially expected.
Republican holds House seat in election on Trump turf, as Democrats gain ground
The race in Tennessee’s ruby-red 7th Congressional District became more competitive than initially expected.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
When Democrats won big on Election Day, Johnson dismissed it has no big deal because Dems won where they were "expected" to win. But he'll hype Tennessee as proof that Republicans will hold the House in '26, even though he knows this race had no business being so competitive.
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A raccoon was found passed out in the bathroom of the Virginia ABC Store in Ashland after breaking in and ransacking shelves, according to Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter.
Raccoon found passed out in bathroom of Virginia ABC Store after breaking in, ransacking shelves
A raccoon was found passed out in the bathroom of the Virginia ABC Store in Ashland after breaking in and ransacking shelves, according to Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A raccoon was found passed out in the bathroom of the Virginia ABC Store in Ashland after breaking in and ransacking shelves, according to Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter.
This was such a great interview. Great way to start my day
Maybe related, maybe not — I talked with Emily Keegin about rural aesthetics and politics
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
Opinion | The Aesthetic That Explains American Identity Now
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December 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This was such a great interview. Great way to start my day
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Got my first pass pages!!! It’s coming!
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Got my first pass pages!!! It’s coming!
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The Nutcracker? Psh, I prefer The Shellcracker!
Other common names for the redear sunfish include “shellcracker” (from the specialized teeth in their throat that enable them to crush the shells of snails + mussels) and “stumpknocker” (from their tendency to congregate around logs) #25DaysofFishmas
Other common names for the redear sunfish include “shellcracker” (from the specialized teeth in their throat that enable them to crush the shells of snails + mussels) and “stumpknocker” (from their tendency to congregate around logs) #25DaysofFishmas
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Nutcracker? Psh, I prefer The Shellcracker!
Other common names for the redear sunfish include “shellcracker” (from the specialized teeth in their throat that enable them to crush the shells of snails + mussels) and “stumpknocker” (from their tendency to congregate around logs) #25DaysofFishmas
Other common names for the redear sunfish include “shellcracker” (from the specialized teeth in their throat that enable them to crush the shells of snails + mussels) and “stumpknocker” (from their tendency to congregate around logs) #25DaysofFishmas
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Dec. 2, 1775: The first account of Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment appears in Dixon and Hunter's Virginia Gazette of Williamsburg, which describes the unit as a "considerable part" of the royal governor's 3,000-strong force. They have "this inscription on their breasts—Liberty to Slaves."
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Dec. 2, 1775: The first account of Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment appears in Dixon and Hunter's Virginia Gazette of Williamsburg, which describes the unit as a "considerable part" of the royal governor's 3,000-strong force. They have "this inscription on their breasts—Liberty to Slaves."
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Absolutely stunned and honored to see THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US on this list.
I'm grateful beyond words to the five families who trusted me with their stories and allowed me to witness their struggle to secure a home.
I'm grateful beyond words to the five families who trusted me with their stories and allowed me to witness their struggle to secure a home.
The 10 Best Books of 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Absolutely stunned and honored to see THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US on this list.
I'm grateful beyond words to the five families who trusted me with their stories and allowed me to witness their struggle to secure a home.
I'm grateful beyond words to the five families who trusted me with their stories and allowed me to witness their struggle to secure a home.
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“A writing life, I’ve come to believe, is a yearslong process of casting away everything you once believed for sure.”
—A Long Game, Elizabeth McCracken
—A Long Game, Elizabeth McCracken
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“A writing life, I’ve come to believe, is a yearslong process of casting away everything you once believed for sure.”
—A Long Game, Elizabeth McCracken
—A Long Game, Elizabeth McCracken
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“Zamora, who died hours after The Real World: San Francisco’s finale aired, broke barriers during his short life. His commitment ceremony to partner Sean Sasser was included in the series, marking the first-ever same-sex ceremony on TV.” people.com/pedro-zamora...
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
“Zamora, who died hours after The Real World: San Francisco’s finale aired, broke barriers during his short life. His commitment ceremony to partner Sean Sasser was included in the series, marking the first-ever same-sex ceremony on TV.” people.com/pedro-zamora...
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A great thread and applicable to my industry. Friends in the biz ask why I don't want to use AI to shotlist or draft ideas. Because that is *what* I love; the maddening, mysterious, staring into space or the blank page and connecting to creative ideas from the ether. That's the whole f'ing thing.
I’m still thinking about this and it really is one of those “everyone thinks Elon Musk is a genius until he gets involved in your field” moments. I’m gonna be a total bore and think about this seriously, please don’t read on if you don’t care what a landscape architect thinks about this shit… 1/?
Oh shit waddup
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A great thread and applicable to my industry. Friends in the biz ask why I don't want to use AI to shotlist or draft ideas. Because that is *what* I love; the maddening, mysterious, staring into space or the blank page and connecting to creative ideas from the ether. That's the whole f'ing thing.
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The DOD side has gone into full-blown crisis mode, as DOD/Hegseth attempts to both (1) make this all about just the second strike and (2) make Adm. Bradley the scapegoat for the lawlessness that Hegseth, Leavitt, and others have all but bragged about.
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The DOD side has gone into full-blown crisis mode, as DOD/Hegseth attempts to both (1) make this all about just the second strike and (2) make Adm. Bradley the scapegoat for the lawlessness that Hegseth, Leavitt, and others have all but bragged about.
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Celebrities are meeting the moment with a mixture of self-interest and evasion. Celebrities will not save us
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Celebrities will not save us
Celebrities are meeting the moment with a mixture of self-interest and evasion
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November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This week’s newsletter:
Celebrities are meeting the moment with a mixture of self-interest and evasion. Celebrities will not save us
Read! Subscribe! It’s free!
Celebrities are meeting the moment with a mixture of self-interest and evasion. Celebrities will not save us
Read! Subscribe! It’s free!