I think when every sector puts junior workers through a decade+ of professionalization into the norm that ethical qualms are either nice-to-haves or active disloyalties, what you get are institutions that collapse in a brisk breeze🤷🏻 RE:
always already reading a PDF so long and upsetting I may require a book club: the @Erin Kissane story
I saw someone argue here yesterday that it’s reasonable for people to unsubscribe to news publications because the Trump administration *might find out and persecute them for reading things it doesn’t like* and…I am haunted. Idk if it was a real person or an op but it seems like a problem.
oh thank god for sara gran [dreamlandbooks.substack.com/p/crab-a-la-...]( ) [Crab a la Bell Jar]( )
oh and shoutout to the little countertop HOCL maker for getting me through a huge disinfecting project without ruining my lungs for a week like regular bleach does, robot of the decade tbh
I have spent the last 12 hours bleaching and steam-cleaning every part of the house our dog touches so he doesn’t re-infect himself with a locally surging parasite and like…idk it’s not how I would choose to relax but Death Steaming is pretty cathartic actually
I think the main difference between me now and me in my 20s (besides whatever time does to bodies) is that although I am so susceptible to stress that I went the wrong way to the animal hospital, now-me knows what is up and left 15 minutes early to accommodate it.
Morale sure oscillates.
the inside of my skull is floor-to-ceiling stupid scansion puzzles and I am a hero for not letting them out
Gavin Newsom Has Collapsed