Kelly Weill
@kellyweill.bsky.social
Writer in books and blogs. Author of "Off The Edge" (book) and MomLeft.com (newsletter). Bunch of other words at NYMag, The Daily Beast, Atlantic, your yearbook. kellybweill at gmail
Thinking about Trump’s first-term efforts to tie antifascism, as a concept, to international groups like the PKK, presumably in order to slap US protesters with terror charges currently only applicable re: foreign orgs. In Mahmoud Khalil’s case, a preview of how flagrantly these powers can be abused
These steps, I wrote, “could only take place in a country where the First Amendment and equal protection guarantees are rendered a nullity and where the procedural protections put in place to prevent the very sort of actions Trump is taking are nonexistent.” www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · last yr.NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment. Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too. His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
5 y/o (can't play piano yet) told me he's going to play some piano so i don't need to listen to Lucy Dacus. does Pitchfork want to borrow this kid
perhaps you’d like to read my thoughts on the (alleged!) musk-st clair baby. or not. that’s ok too gabydelvalle.substack.com/p/maga-famil...
MAGA family values
Some thoughts on the (alleged!) Musk-St. Clair baby and the tech-trad alliance
gabydelvalle.substack.com
“Steve Spagnuolo not sure what to call right now” call an ambulance
Bummer for Eoin that his book on reactionary tech billionaires buying up media isn't more timely. If only it were "highly relevant" or "part of an unfolding and constantly worsening nightmare" you'd probably consider it an urgent read and preorder at this link. Oh, well. Too bad.
Eoin Higgins@eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 2y agoFinal stretch and we're going to try to bump those preorders up even more—use the code for 20% off OWNED if you order today or tomorrow! Only through the Hachette site: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eoin-...
he lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. je sais basically all the quoi about him
The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...
orwh.od.nih.gov
don’t ask questions (why does my 2-year-old keep eating dog biscuits?) if you’re not ready for the answers (my 5-year-old was sneaking him dog biscuits)
"where are all the protests?" read our series showing the legacy of both the Trump and Biden admins—from BLM in the 2010s, to Standing Rock, to George Floyd, to the Palestine encampments—as protest suppression and criminalization. politicians want to call blocking traffic and masking "terrorism."
Welcome to the United States of Suppression
Our new series documents the recent crackdown on dissent and protests in the U.S.
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my mom reminds me that i was a few weeks old the last time i saw the bills in the super bowl. i just threw a 5th birthday party for my oldest kid today. please, i have been so patient
for every NYC congestion pricing opponent who gets quoted in the news, they should have to quote me, a Hudson Valley resident who sometimes drives into Manhattan but wants congestion pricing to be way higher so the MTA can run a 4am Metro-North route, eliminating my need to drive after late events
my husband got me this hat with moveable velcro letters and unfortunately i think it’s going to become a core part of my personality
my preschooler has come up with a great bit: every time we pass this random, spiky-roofed industrial building on the train into Melbourne, Australia, he bellows “the Sydney Opera House!!” in his NY accent. mortifying. no talking him out of it, either
havimg 3 glasses of wine at christmas dinner and telling my kids the paw patrol dogs died of parvovirus
"Babygirl" is about living off the Cold Spring train stop
i have 2 very similar-looking sons and thoughtlessly packed them a very uniform rotation of jeans and plain t’s for this trip, and that’s how i’ve ended up with a TSA agent saying “you had the same baby twice” and a friend’s kid imploring my oldest “which one are you?!”
The entire piece is good, but I especially feel this excerpt from @kellyweill.bsky.social Seems like we need a broader conversation about the brain rot caused by the modern internet and how it makes democratic deliberation increasingly difficult. www.momleft.com/p/wheres-the...
