Words – Secretly Ironic

No Such Thing as Dysfunctional

Today’s newsletter is about the entrenched interests of the status quo, the fear of change, and kittens.

Hints and Allegations

Today’s newsletter is about genocide, with a bonus set of links to important articles about economic crisis, climate crisis, and voter suppression. There’s also some nonhorrible stuff in it, like funny Tweets and some very cute dogs, but mostly it’s very upsetting and you shouldn’t read it.

I don’t argue with people John Brown would’ve shot

Today’s newsletter is about re-examining the subtext of school lessons, the intractable screwed-up-ness of the carceral state, and a goddamn hilarious story about someone’s Desi uncle who ordered too much rice from the grocery.

Some of those who work forces

Today’s newsletter is about how 1992’s “Killing in the Name” is still relevant.

Chronicle of a death foretold

Today’s newsletter has a lengthy metaphor about the Gabriel García Márquez’s novel of that title.

Stop doomscrolling, it’s all collected here already

Today’s newsletter begins with Ecuadorean mask squads and ends with doom, with a kitten chaser.

Just Another Long Black Letter Day

Today’s newsletter is about the bleak expanse of sameness and horror stretching before us endlessly to the horizon.

Daily Doomscroll

Today’s newsletter is about doomscrolling, fascism, and gibbons. Also an interview with Jia Tolentino and a couple good articles in Foreign Affairs.

Like a Rider on a Downbound Train

Today’s newsletter is about Bruce Springsteen and cliches and puppies.

Uber, But For the Moral Arc of the Universe

Today’s newsletter is about the fallacy of Whig historiography.