Johanna Schlegel
@mysecondbook.bsky.social
It’s never too late to shave the other leg.
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They say your second book is harder to write than your first one, so I’m writing my second book first. So far it’s 0 pages and 0 words long. I’m sixty.
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
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"Here, finally, is a worthy use of the NIMBY impulse that is so easy to activate for worse reasons." Friends, you can use that. I highly recommend going full Karen for the right reasons.
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:57 AM
"Here, finally, is a worthy use of the NIMBY impulse that is so easy to activate for worse reasons." Friends, you can use that. I highly recommend going full Karen for the right reasons.
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Maybe a dollop of good news today? Here's my newsletter about this week in the Resistance. Includes some awesome judicial verdicts. www.headsupnews.org/p/nimby-but-...
NIMBY, but for concentration camps
ICE is getting major pushback as it tries to buy massive warehouses for people
www.headsupnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Maybe a dollop of good news today? Here's my newsletter about this week in the Resistance. Includes some awesome judicial verdicts. www.headsupnews.org/p/nimby-but-...
My mother, 90, informed me today that she has a snowball in her freezer. (She made it herself.) This may be the most wonderful news I have ever heard.
January 25, 2026 at 9:02 PM
My mother, 90, informed me today that she has a snowball in her freezer. (She made it herself.) This may be the most wonderful news I have ever heard.
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The budget deal in Congress will give ICE another $10 BILLION.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
January 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The budget deal in Congress will give ICE another $10 BILLION.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
Absolutely not.
ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
We shouldn’t have to be talking about a Mommy Problem unless we’re revisiting Jimmy Smits in TWW S7E2.
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 AM
We shouldn’t have to be talking about a Mommy Problem unless we’re revisiting Jimmy Smits in TWW S7E2.
I agree with the people who say we have to make more art in 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 AM
I agree with the people who say we have to make more art in 2026.
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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Watch Pluribus on Apple TV. From Vince Gilligan, starring Rhea Seehorn. No, I can’t tell you what it’s about. No, you shouldn’t try to find out. Just trust me. You trust me, right? Go in blind. (Also ignore the stupid ad campaign.)
The only bad part so far is they’ve only released two episodes.
The only bad part so far is they’ve only released two episodes.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Watch Pluribus on Apple TV. From Vince Gilligan, starring Rhea Seehorn. No, I can’t tell you what it’s about. No, you shouldn’t try to find out. Just trust me. You trust me, right? Go in blind. (Also ignore the stupid ad campaign.)
The only bad part so far is they’ve only released two episodes.
The only bad part so far is they’ve only released two episodes.
Fundraising text message informs me that the “calvary” has arrived. I guess that’s one way of saying the quiet part out loud…albeit at the wrong point in the liturgical year.
November 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Fundraising text message informs me that the “calvary” has arrived. I guess that’s one way of saying the quiet part out loud…albeit at the wrong point in the liturgical year.
I don’t know how to cook with soy lecithin, but I DO know how to pronounce it. I’ll eat those words…and still go hungry. See also mascarpone.
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I don’t know how to cook with soy lecithin, but I DO know how to pronounce it. I’ll eat those words…and still go hungry. See also mascarpone.
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Last weekend, @annabower.bsky.social started to receive Signal messages from the U.S. attorney who is leading the prosecution of Letitia James.
Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record.
Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”
My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Last weekend, @annabower.bsky.social started to receive Signal messages from the U.S. attorney who is leading the prosecution of Letitia James.
Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record.
Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record.
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
Hear me out: a line of organic catfood made from house sparrows and small rodents.
August 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hear me out: a line of organic catfood made from house sparrows and small rodents.
If you don’t have anything to complain about then you shouldn’t say anything nice.
August 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
If you don’t have anything to complain about then you shouldn’t say anything nice.
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"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, we’d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."
We Can Save Public Radio and Television
Viewers and listeners like us.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, we’d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."
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The United States should not wage war against Iran.
Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran is unconstitutional. Only Congress can declare war — and the Senate must vote immediately to prevent an another endless war.
This is a horrific war of choice.
Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran is unconstitutional. Only Congress can declare war — and the Senate must vote immediately to prevent an another endless war.
This is a horrific war of choice.
June 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The United States should not wage war against Iran.
Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran is unconstitutional. Only Congress can declare war — and the Senate must vote immediately to prevent an another endless war.
This is a horrific war of choice.
Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran is unconstitutional. Only Congress can declare war — and the Senate must vote immediately to prevent an another endless war.
This is a horrific war of choice.
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I have some advice for political journalists. (The list continues) presswatchers.org/2025/05/the-...
May 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I have some advice for political journalists. (The list continues) presswatchers.org/2025/05/the-...
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This was ridiculously fun. If only writing was as easy as answering questions like these! Thank you, @paniogianopoulos.bsky.social and the Next Big Idea Club! And Caleb Bissinger and Rufus Griscom! (Couldn't find names to tag!)
Twenty-One Questions With Susan Dominus
The New York Times staff writer and author of the forthcoming book The Family Dynamic talks writing, social media, and the life-changing magic of rotating your sneakers.
authorinsider.nextbigideaclub.com
May 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This was ridiculously fun. If only writing was as easy as answering questions like these! Thank you, @paniogianopoulos.bsky.social and the Next Big Idea Club! And Caleb Bissinger and Rufus Griscom! (Couldn't find names to tag!)
They gave her the lantern! @hcrichardson.bsky.social @hrishikesh.co @joshuamalina.bsky.social Old North Church April 18, 2025
April 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
They gave her the lantern! @hcrichardson.bsky.social @hrishikesh.co @joshuamalina.bsky.social Old North Church April 18, 2025
Now can we press Send
April 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Now can we press Send
Hello may I please opt out of all the AI.
April 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Hello may I please opt out of all the AI.
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Plus it’s becoming a panopticon of sentient digital microplastics from which no tinfoil hat, no pussy hat can shield us.
April 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Plus it’s becoming a panopticon of sentient digital microplastics from which no tinfoil hat, no pussy hat can shield us.
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If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
March 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.