Evan Prellberg

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Didn’t succeed at my attempt at having an academic career, and now I’m making a new life after returning to Chicago. I’m never really sure if I’m doing things right, but I’m still here and still trying.

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A class of people who write editorials on the basis of being bored and want more excitement in their democracy are not serious people

Cannot emphasize enough how pathetic these editorial boards are revealing themselves to be.

And the fireworks have begun. Fucking a

I think we need to invent a new drug for DC and NY elite types to get hooked on.

Wild to watch horserace journalists suggest the most politically suicidal shit and pretend it's savvy. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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really cannot emphasize enough how plainly all this proves that the first priority of the next Democratic administration needs to be democracy reform --filibuster --electoral college --court reform --dc and pr statehood --new voting rights act --gerrymandering

Because we all need a little joy, please take solace in today being Bobby Bonilla Day: America's next Federal Holiday.

Happy first day of Wimbledon to all who celebrate

NY Times: Why won’t Biden do a sit down interview with us?

Oh come the-fuck on.

Quote tweet and name a movie or TV show that would have become a source of memes if it had happened in the right era. Scrubs

Quote tweet and name a movie or TV show that would have become a source of memes if it had happened in the right era. Ally McBeal.

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“Douglass is another example of a genuinely heroic figure—like Martin Luther King Jr—who has been hijacked by the political right that wants to claim great figures without grappling with what made them great in the first place.” www.liberalcurrents.com/misappropria...

Misappropriating Douglasswww.liberalcurrents.com It would be a curious kind of libertarian who embraced majoritarian democracy with enthusiasm, who advocated for a central state powerful enough to suppress private discrimination and enforce affirmat...

First game of the year

I am very strongly of the view that Chicago should start publicly declaring it will hire undocumented workers to do city work and will send the proper withholdings to the feds. If R’s can do stunts on the basis of “our immigration system is broken”, D’s should too, but with jobs and housing.

Poll Q: If I told you the economy would collapse and you’ll probably have to pick lettuce as your job and spend $300 per meal at a restaurant if we try to “get rid of the illegals” what would you think about paths to citizenship for immigrants? D: 100% oppose M: 50-50 R: Still deport them all

Americans’ views on deportation mirror English views on Brexit - they are founded on a massive, systemic lie about costs and benefits but now it’s considered rude to tell them they don’t know what they are talking about

I’ll never forget PrEP initially being rejected among the gays because it was seen as the slut pill. Now, basically everyone is taking it and transmission amongst gay men who don’t do intravenous drugs is so low. I’ve heard, but never checked, that straights have higher infection rates now.

I think it's totally insane that more people don't know about PrEP. The fact that we have a prophylactic medication to prevent HIV is one of the greatest medical achievements of my lifetime. It's hard to explain just how hopeless the fight against AIDS felt in the 80s and 90s.

A good rule of thumb is people who have 🔞in their bio are not worth interacting with on here.

I have few word except for I felt this.

Opinion | Biden’s Love for His Son Is Beautiful — and It Hits Home for Mewww.nytimes.com Many parents see themselves in the president’s affection for his son.

Trump is the House of Saud. Replace Wahhabis with Evangelicals and you get the same dynamic: A secular authoritarian who relies on the legitimacy granted by allying with a extremist religious group.

Here’s what the Christian right wants from a second Trump termwww.washingtonpost.com Religious conservatives see opportunities for fresh gains after a series of victories during Trump’s first term. Rights advocates see a dangerous blurring of church and state.

Why isn’t there a location based gay dating app called Gaydar?

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The violence is spreading and it's all @profmusgrave.bsky.social's fault.

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is closer to the Eisenhower administration than now.

I’ll keep doing this, and I know I’m not seeing them all.

Totally normal society we live in.

Getting death threats from aggrieved gamblers, MLB players starting to fear for their safetywww.usatoday.com Major leaguers are getting concerned for their safety from gamblers since MLB and gambling companies have joined forces.

MLB umpire Pat Hoberg disciplined for violating gambling ruleswww.nytimes.com Major League Baseball has disciplined umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league’s gambling rules. Hoberg is appealing the decision. The league acknowledged the investigation in response to inquiries ...

Goldeneye > Halo

Reskeet with how old you are, using a vague proxy: Learning how a computer works with a little green turtle

I second this, but will add that her and Matt have friends in the right places. I was at a dinner with Thomas Frank years ago where he was talking about them as the IT couple of the Atlantic Dinner Party crowd. Having friends in high up places does a lot to insulate you from consequences.

The brilliance of Liz Bruenig isn't in her writing but the fact that if you ever try to explain her very obvious agenda someone will be ready and willing to tell you it is in fact you and not her who are deranged

Most Republicans are motivated by the South losing the Civil War or the Civil Rights Era. Alito, on the other hand, is built different. If he had a Time Machine, he would go back and assassinate Martin Luther. Only then, could his people win.

Look if you want to be morally pure but irrelevant, this attitude is great. The world is messy though, and any attempts to improve the world require becoming capable of organizationally and emotionally capable of dealing with said mess.

Alcaraz should be winning, but he is playing very inconsistently. Zverev is playing neither great nor bad, but often in tennis, the most important thing to do is to not beat yourself. Of the two, Alcaraz is beating himself more than Zverev.

Hoping for an Alcaraz win today

Totally normal society we live in.

Who could have predicted this?

Sources - Padres' Tucupita Marcano faces MLB ban for betting - ESPNwww.espn.com Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano is facing a potential lifetime ban for betting after he allegedly placed bets on baseball while injured on the Pirates last year.

I would really like to schedule text messages just like I can schedule emails.

Hoping for an Alcaraz win today

Well Fleet Foxes are ruined for me now

hunter biden out here single-handedly reviving journalism

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Everyone needs an editor

This could work as a Better off Ted like comedy. Proprietor doesn’t understand why or how from one second to the next their retail establishment turned into an office and the entire tower is just filled with people not understanding what is going on while still being there.