“In My Country” by Thomas Ha in Clarkesworld magazine.
As an aside, and totally unrelated to why this is an important story (and especially so right now), this piece both explains and perfectly epitomizes why I love the stories I love, and what’s missing from those I don’t love, for whatever that is worth.
I’m not a huge Christmas guy, but I sorta love this track:
Enjoy Halloween with this floating flaming crystal skull digital fidget thingy.
I strongly urge everyone—especially my fellow left-leaning folk—to listen to this in its entirety with an open heart.
FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast: American Politics Has A Respect Crisis
Snippet:
related: “A recipe for cooling down American politics”
… ’cause that’s pretty fucked up, man.
Rough chuckles from our friends at The Onion, but they ain’t wrong:
