As a long time book seller I can say with absolute certainty that nobody reads Franzen anymore. He’s gone the way of Updike and Mailer, utterly forgotten even among older readers
i like Platner too but just a quick reminder that Janet Mills is the governor who yelled "I'll see you in court" at Trump to his face over the trans sports executive order, so if you wanna trash her please be sure you're sending the signals you intended to send.
*If* Dem consultants were going to do a bait and switch selling a candidate to the Left it would look identical to Platner. Not saying they are. But if...
She’s the governor who told Trump she would see him in court when he demanded she ban trans athletes from sports. She’s already demonstrated fight, she’s already demonstrated she won’t sell out trans people.
Isn’t Mills the governor who told Trump she would see him in court after he demanded she ban trans athletes from girls’ sports? Governor Mills has fought for Maine, and has fought for trans rights.
We all ascribe too much agency to billionaires. Ellison at CBS is an idiot who reads the Free Press. Bezos thought he could reshape the Post as he sees fit and readers would follow the brand. Just like Newsweek and Time the Post brand has been devalued and won’t long mean much
A consistent feature of liberal and left politics since the 2014 has been an unwillingness to get in the arena and do the dirty work of politics. The real example Mamdani has set is not where he stands on the political spectrum but that he is campaigning and demonstrating a will to fight
North Carolina GOP forgetting they are not Wyoming or West Virginia or even Texas. The blowback from this will be brutal. It would not surprise him if the end result of Trumpism is the long term collapse of the GOP in purple states.
If you’re not reading it for school don’t treat reading like a homework assignment. You don’t need to close read. Whatever you read have fun reading it
I only memorized my home number and closest friends. I doubt anyone memorized every number they would possibly need to call. Either write it down or call 411
Most customers at the book store I work for cannot find the bathroom unassisted. A customer mansplained how to spell Jack Carr's last name to me a few days ago.
I’m incorporating quantum into my work in the form of the uncertainty principle. Am I working or am I not? I am preparing to integrate quantum entanglement into my work as I become entangled with social media unrelated to my current task
