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Lauren Alwan
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Re-upping this because things take time
“The world can be impatient with slow writers. Nearly a decade after Jeffrey Eugenides published Middlesex, Dwight Garner wrote…’It has been a long, lonely vigil. We’d nearly forgotten he was out there.’” My essay on writing that takes time, at The Millions themillions.com/2024/03/the-...
The Virtue of Slow Writers
The slow writer embraces the protracted and unpredictable timeline, seeing it not as fraught or frustrating but an opportunity for openness and discovery.
themillions.com
What a vile, disgusting person.
Thank you, Jo! We’ve had a lovely stay. Headed to Porto this afternoon :)
nbd, just skulking around the breakfast bar at our hotel in Lisbon ✨
An unconventional #flowerreport from Portugal—this blossom-and-vine-entwined chandelier from the Palacio Nationale da Pena in Sintra ✨
“Whenever he walked up the creaking mast of stairs to their seagull’s nest apartment, he was surprised anew by Ulla’s elfin beauty, by the pine floors, by the white Ikea couch, by the Western lightness and comfort that was, apparently, his.
—Kiran Desai #SundaySentence
West of Barcelona near Les Borges Blanques. Spain and California are twin landscapes—except for the castles.
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Pay attention to the language that will be used by much of the media.

The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters.

They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters.

Israel is once again breaking international law
The IDF belongs in The Hague.
On the Gaza flotilla live stream, one by one, boats are intercepted by IDF & blasted with water cannons until comms are jammed & the feed for each boat goes down.

Israel is illegally kidnapping civilians on international waters, & they're preventing the world from witnessing.
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Exhibit A at The Hague just dropped
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
“It was essential to remain close to those who had caused you harm so that the ghost of guilt might breathe through their dreams, that their guilt might slowly mature to its fullest potential.” Kiran Desai, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, #SundaySentence
New crop of autumn raspberries. These canes produce in early summer and again in fall ✨. #flowerreport #california
The year I painted this watercolor portrait of place, the internet was an obscure DOS platform, artists still documented their work in 35 mm slides, and Altadena (at center), was a sleepy hamlet untouched by fire.
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This is a damning anecdote from Rep Jim McGovern. He tells me that during debate over Trump's big budget bill, House Rs privately admitted to him that it would screw over their own constituents, yet they had to vote for it anyway.

Read all of it. He wrecks them:

newrepublic.com/article/1999...
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Can’t express in words how big this rally in Chicago is. The president’s fascist goon squad is not welcome here.
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Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.
Nostalgia for my failed piano lessons was a major reason I bought this book lol
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JB Pritzker: “Don’t come to Chicago. Don’t bring military troops to the streets of an American city. We will go to court to stop you and the people of Chicago won’t stand for it. The people of America won’t stand for it.”
From a series of still life drawings where objects morphed into figures lol
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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.

If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.

If you're under 28, the number is 100%.

Happy Labor Day.
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FEDERAL AGENTS TAKE NOTE…

It’s not just Chicago standing strong. Other blue cities and governors are ready to unite against Trump’s federal invasion.

I’m not an attorney, but this point seems huge: if federal agents break state or city laws, they can prosecuted. And Trump cannot pardon them.
My grandmother’s house burned in the Eaton fire but I have this drawing of the view of the garden from the living room.
“With his inky fingers and his bitten nails, his manner cynical and nervous, anybody could tell he didn’t belong—belong to the early summer sun, the cool Whitsun wind off the sea, the holiday crowd.” Graham Greene #SundaySentence