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·5 days ago

Reading List: 🎼 🎵Anxiety’s My Boyfriend, Anxiety’s A God… Me And Anxiety Vibe Like That 🎶

It’s a big week for long reads, so this edition of Reading List is going to be much more List, much less commentary, lest I take up precious reading time. But first, this headline at the top of Memeorandum this morning made me LOL: Trump says it’s ‘very unlikely’ he’d…

Friendship

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Reading List: 🎼 🎵Anxiety’s My Boyfriend, Anxiety’s A God… Me And Anxiety Vibe Like That 🎶

Friendship

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The Morning Missive

·6 days ago

There’s Got To Be A Linguistic Evolution Of Schadenfreude That Specifically Includes The Crypto Meltdown, Right?

Sweethearts, how are we this morning? I’m here to report that I still have not killed my Audrey ficus plant, which was my first foray into “plants that will toy with your emotions and destroy your spirit”. And though her leaves are curling — which, I guess, is a sign…

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There’s Got To Be A Linguistic Evolution Of Schadenfreude That Specifically Includes The Crypto…

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The Morning Missive

·Sep 12

If This One Makes It Past Spam Filters, I’ll Be Shocked.

Good morning, darlings! Let’s get straight into the internet, shall we? The rightwing attempts to dismantle no-fault divorce should send chills down your spine — The Right’s War on Divorce — and Its Costs’ (Mother Jones) Because “the reality is that dismantling the ability to easily divorce a partner is…

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The Morning Missive

·Sep 8

Reading List: Balance This Deep Dive On Hate Speech With A Novel On A Serial Killer’s Home Life (Yes, I’m Fine, Why Do You Ask?)

Lovely humans! It’s the Friday of a short week and I’m already on my first cold brew of the day, so you KNOW it’s going to be a wild one. So before we get reading, seriously please please please go watch Medhi Hasan’s masterful interview of GOP nominee and dude…

Novel

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Novel

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The Morning Missive

·Sep 7

Consider This Your Reminder To Reach Out To Someone You Adore… And Tell Them That ❤

Poppets! How are you? How are your first few days of September treating you? I spent the holiday weekend flying out to JFK and driving to CT for a magical wedding, so I really can’t complain. …

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Consider This Your Reminder To Reach Out To Someone You Adore… And Tell Them That ❤

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The Morning Missive

·Aug 31

Reading List: Just A Soupçon Of Conspiracy

Good morning, poppets! We’re on the cusp of a long weekend and I am so ready to sleep in, eat carbs and hang out with my dog. Since tomorrow is a part of the extra-long weekend, here’s some stuff to fill your kindle with, with a wee caveat. While I…

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The Morning Missive

·Aug 24

This Ain’t Your Grandfather’s Oligarchy

I started the Missive in 2015 because I couldn’t articulate my thoughts on the looming political tsunami about to bear down on the U.S. At that point, I was in the technology public affairs arena, working with clients on everything from clean energy to ridesharing to Section 230, still addicted…

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The Morning Missive

·Aug 22

My Hummingbird Brain Bids You A Good Day.

Sweethearts! Something something something something something INTERNET something something something something something LET’S GET TO IT! Nothing says pre-work existential political moment like unloading the dishwasher while listening to Tommy Victor and Tim Miller go deep on the upcoming Republican debate and how too many members of the primary field…

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The Morning Missive

·Aug 18

Reading List: Unrelated, Popcorn Is A Breakfast Of Champions And I Shall Take No Feedback At This Time.

Happy Friday, lovely people. I hope your week has been chock full of adventure, kindness and as many homemade cold brews as your heart can handle. Let’s to the longreads! Jonathan Swan, Shane Goldmacher and Maggie Haberman, Defend Trump and ‘Hammer’ Ramaswamy: DeSantis Allies Reveal Debate Strategy (NYT) — I…

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The Morning Missive

·Aug 16

Life Hack: Harness The Energy Of HRC Learning About The New Indictments Whilst On Maddow.

Good morning, poppets! Since I’m waiting for the cold brew to kick in… Something something charming, something something witty, call to action to START READING STUFF ON THE INTERWEBS! This morning, I kicked off the day by listening to the latest episode of Behind the Bastards, because it is revisiting…

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