Dara Lind
@daralind.bsky.social
Former journalist, now at @immcouncil.org (all posts here VERY MUCH my own), guest columnist at @documentedny.bsky.social, forever immigration explainer. You have a right and a duty to know what the government is doing in your name.
Signal: daralind.18
Signal: daralind.18
EB my bagel place closed without warning can you send me some pie please
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
EB my bagel place closed without warning can you send me some pie please
Thank you for this essential service
November 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thank you for this essential service
One turning from (one waking to) America
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
One turning from (one waking to) America
I have made it a Priority for January.
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I have made it a Priority for January.
When I felt at crisis about my country from circa 2016-circa 2022 I listened to “American Tune” by Paul Simon. I still love it with all of my heart. But these days in the same state of mind I listen to “Til We Reach That Day”.
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 AM
When I felt at crisis about my country from circa 2016-circa 2022 I listened to “American Tune” by Paul Simon. I still love it with all of my heart. But these days in the same state of mind I listen to “Til We Reach That Day”.
I am aware, gd save me
but heaven forfend one ask for a good-faith argument before assuming a bad-faith one
but heaven forfend one ask for a good-faith argument before assuming a bad-faith one
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I am aware, gd save me
but heaven forfend one ask for a good-faith argument before assuming a bad-faith one
but heaven forfend one ask for a good-faith argument before assuming a bad-faith one
Me right now: 🤦🏻
I am aware that it is probably not consistent as a matter of ideological commitment. I am asking for someone to make an argument that it IS.
I am aware that it is probably not consistent as a matter of ideological commitment. I am asking for someone to make an argument that it IS.
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Me right now: 🤦🏻
I am aware that it is probably not consistent as a matter of ideological commitment. I am asking for someone to make an argument that it IS.
I am aware that it is probably not consistent as a matter of ideological commitment. I am asking for someone to make an argument that it IS.
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Me right now: 🤦🏻
I am aware that it is probably not consistent as a matter of ideological commitment. I am asking for someone to make an argument that it IS.
I am aware that it is probably not consistent as a matter of ideological commitment. I am asking for someone to make an argument that it IS.
Which, you know, “consistent RE NARCOTRAFFICKING” really should have been a tell that I was looking for rationales about _an approach to narcotrafficking,_ not other things, but whatever.
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Which, you know, “consistent RE NARCOTRAFFICKING” really should have been a tell that I was looking for rationales about _an approach to narcotrafficking,_ not other things, but whatever.
Omg, you guys, “it’s consistent because corruption” and “it’s consistent because last person he talked to” are NOT CONSISTENCIES. They are explanations. They are not about CONSISTENCY.
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Omg, you guys, “it’s consistent because corruption” and “it’s consistent because last person he talked to” are NOT CONSISTENCIES. They are explanations. They are not about CONSISTENCY.
This is actually the beginning of a support-group monologue. For a support group that I am ABSOLUTELY in.
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is actually the beginning of a support-group monologue. For a support group that I am ABSOLUTELY in.
I’ve really been on a “remember why we like the rule of law??” tip lately and hoo boy
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I’ve really been on a “remember why we like the rule of law??” tip lately and hoo boy
NB: I find “bribing” to be an overly strong term for what the article actually shows, but “urging” seems consistent.
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
NB: I find “bribing” to be an overly strong term for what the article actually shows, but “urging” seems consistent.
(They are good orgs tho!!)
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
(They are good orgs tho!!)
I mean, for me this is fundamentally about the enemy without erasing the need for the enemy within, right? You can most fully buy into the state as the set of brethren when you’re fighting somebody else.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I mean, for me this is fundamentally about the enemy without erasing the need for the enemy within, right? You can most fully buy into the state as the set of brethren when you’re fighting somebody else.
+I wasn’t wrong, but I failed to understand how much adopting a certain descriptive view of the world creates a permission structure to engage in behavior that would be considered unethical under some prescriptive frameworks.
It takes a lot of work to fight that!!
It takes a lot of work to fight that!!
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
+I wasn’t wrong, but I failed to understand how much adopting a certain descriptive view of the world creates a permission structure to engage in behavior that would be considered unethical under some prescriptive frameworks.
It takes a lot of work to fight that!!
It takes a lot of work to fight that!!