Kristen Evans
@paperalphabet.bsky.social
Culture writer: buzzfeed, new republic, la times, boston globe, etc. | content strategist for hire | still writing that novel! | newsletter: https://interior-castles.ghost.io/ | [email protected]
love this!
I would like to share something.
A year ago, Trump won and I was furious and scared so I sent a text to a few of local women I knew and asked them to join me at a meeting and invite like-minded women they knew. A few showed up, then a few more. We became a group called The Salon and we meet monthly
A year ago, Trump won and I was furious and scared so I sent a text to a few of local women I knew and asked them to join me at a meeting and invite like-minded women they knew. A few showed up, then a few more. We became a group called The Salon and we meet monthly
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
love this!
i wore an extremely colorful, cool outfit today, and that felt good (i have been struggling with what to wear as an old, not having as much money to spend on clothes this year to continue adapting my style, and also just disliking current trends and clothing quality)
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
i wore an extremely colorful, cool outfit today, and that felt good (i have been struggling with what to wear as an old, not having as much money to spend on clothes this year to continue adapting my style, and also just disliking current trends and clothing quality)
media is really not beating the elite cabal allegations this week, huh
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
media is really not beating the elite cabal allegations this week, huh
my god, this is so disturbing!
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
my god, this is so disturbing!
if anyone smart has written the normie's guide to surviving the coming stock market crash, i would love to read it
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
if anyone smart has written the normie's guide to surviving the coming stock market crash, i would love to read it
we're now doing 21st century phrenology? pull the plug
Researchers are now saying that AI can find correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
we're now doing 21st century phrenology? pull the plug
as usual, legacy media is learning the wrong lesson about itself
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
as usual, legacy media is learning the wrong lesson about itself
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[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
i am basically that spongebob meme, looking longingly at the german judge and this extremely sensible copyright ruling
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
i am basically that spongebob meme, looking longingly at the german judge and this extremely sensible copyright ruling
this is so real
I love writing my manuscript, I get to use my two favorite letters together over and over
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
this is so real
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Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight to...
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
"Where management wants to cut labor costs a la Amazon, shift to cheaper contract labor a la Klarna, or execute layoffs for ideological reasons, a la DOGE, “AI” is an extremely potent justification."
Appreciate this corrective to the executive narrative: www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/what-the-h...
Appreciate this corrective to the executive narrative: www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/what-the-h...
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"Where management wants to cut labor costs a la Amazon, shift to cheaper contract labor a la Klarna, or execute layoffs for ideological reasons, a la DOGE, “AI” is an extremely potent justification."
Appreciate this corrective to the executive narrative: www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/what-the-h...
Appreciate this corrective to the executive narrative: www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/what-the-h...
Reposted by Kristen Evans
If I weren't a writer I would've been an archivist. I learned so much in this interview w/Malika Desire, reference archivist at the NYPL. We discussed her work, her favorite question ever received, and the witchy display case she curated for the NYPL!
libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/interview-...
libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview with an Archivist
Witches, Witchcraft, and the Art of Curation
libraryofwonders.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If I weren't a writer I would've been an archivist. I learned so much in this interview w/Malika Desire, reference archivist at the NYPL. We discussed her work, her favorite question ever received, and the witchy display case she curated for the NYPL!
libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/interview-...
libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/interview-...
in some ways i feel for rosalia because so many people are trying to pin her into a genre in order to make sense of her. as with books, i feel like this type of rigid thinking misses the point more often than not
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
in some ways i feel for rosalia because so many people are trying to pin her into a genre in order to make sense of her. as with books, i feel like this type of rigid thinking misses the point more often than not
sorry, but i am currently fixated on how gross his email address is, in light of ::waves hands:: everything
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
sorry, but i am currently fixated on how gross his email address is, in light of ::waves hands:: everything
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This is the important thing: it can be done.
This chart shows that progress has actually been made on climate change www.axios.com/2025/11/13/c...
This chart shows that progress has actually been made on climate change
The possible trajectories are better than a decade ago, but still indicate significant global warming.
www.axios.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This is the important thing: it can be done.
this is the fundamental truth of the GOP's rhetoric for the last decade, and yet it's something i have to remind myself of over and over again—especially when accusations seem weird / out of left field
Once again: every accusation is actually a confession.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
this is the fundamental truth of the GOP's rhetoric for the last decade, and yet it's something i have to remind myself of over and over again—especially when accusations seem weird / out of left field
i haven't even started to dig into this, but like...literal crimes about violence against women (and how to defend against it) being discussed over email is just guys being guys, but women in media make 1 spreadsheet to share information that might keep one another safe, and that's bad
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
i haven't even started to dig into this, but like...literal crimes about violence against women (and how to defend against it) being discussed over email is just guys being guys, but women in media make 1 spreadsheet to share information that might keep one another safe, and that's bad
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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“I had thought that the point of buying a beloved, profitable publication was to make it more profitable… That is not the point of buying a beloved, profitable publication (or any business). The point is to make the private equity firm more profitable.”
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“I had thought that the point of buying a beloved, profitable publication was to make it more profitable… That is not the point of buying a beloved, profitable publication (or any business). The point is to make the private equity firm more profitable.”
build a micro blogging platform without fascistic tendencies challenge
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
build a micro blogging platform without fascistic tendencies challenge
ok, who’s doing the investigations into which dems got health insurance lobbying $$$ and how much
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
ok, who’s doing the investigations into which dems got health insurance lobbying $$$ and how much
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
Same! My life improved because of the ACA. Quitting a difficult job that made me miserable was a big risk—but I could take it without bankrupting myself because of the health exchange.
The ACA made my whole self-employed life possible. For almost ten years, I was able to build a career that actually worked for me AND keep receiving necessary care to address the consequences of childhood medical neglect. And I still deserved better. We all do.
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Same! My life improved because of the ACA. Quitting a difficult job that made me miserable was a big risk—but I could take it without bankrupting myself because of the health exchange.
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous