Talk like Sam Spade, live like Miss Marple. Real life: Buenos Aires. Fiction: debut novel THE SHAMSHINE BLIND (scifi noir alternate history!) from Atria Books
We should go for a walk, have a picnic, I said. It’s Sunday, I said. It’s not like we’re going to miss any breaking news while we’re out—
Anyway have a picture of a mountain, everyone
"Sir Archibald Stanton, from the Monster Raving Loony Party, accompanied by Gilly the ventriloquist's dummy, secured 99 votes."
www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...
There is a 7 foot tall guy behind Rishi Sunak who likely ran for office just to be able to hold a printed out L behind him during his concession speech.
Update: gecko was left outside in a “nest” (shallow tupper that it jumps in & out of, w/some fruit to attract bugs). It has proceeded to just…hang out there for two days, hunting fruit flies. Kid checks on “Shela” regularly. So I guess plot twists & happily ever after may exist irl too?
I find it disturbing (at best) that Chan's op-ed & Leonhardt's follow-up newsletter happened at the exact same time that a Republican committee in congress is arguing that the NIH needs more political appointees overseeing funding of research bc otherwise they'll do what Chan suggests Shi did
waiting for the bus
nobody:
buenos aires bus stop post: THERAPY, ALL YOU NEED IS THERAPY, HERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT FORMS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY TO CONSIDER
I love this city
one thing I love about the left-wing here in Argentina is that they fundamentally understand this; at a rally against the right-wing incel government's hatchet job defunding the public university there were so many Argentine flags that my kid wouldn't leave until we bought one to take home
