Writer, author of Reading My Father, All The Finest Girls, Steal This Country. mother, dog lover. paying attention.https://bsky.app/profile/alstyron.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alstyron.bsky.social/post/3lzf3skcwwc2zSo @60minutes.bsky.social just ran a gushing piece about the University of Austin, the “anti-woke” university founded by among others, Bari Weiss + Niall Ferguson. Paramount, which bought CBS and cancelled Colbert, is about to buy Weiss’s Free Press. Seeing the future. Not loving it.21 Sep 2025 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:nfvv4wfa56kyosyidouupmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzf3skcwwc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alstyron.bsky.social/post/3lqiic4tbjk2pOn Wednesday ICE agents descended on Martha’s Vineyard, profiling people, terrorizing our friends and neighbors, and abducting 20 hardworking people. They covered their faces but not their arms. Did someone say something about tattoos and gangs?31 May 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:nfvv4wfa56kyosyidouupmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqiic4tbjk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alstyron.bsky.social/post/3lisj7fevf22l@nickkristof.bsky.social I’m a huge fan and really appreciate this piece but I wish we could stop embracing “elites” to describe educated, decent folks like you and me. It was coined as a pejorative. Your message of open-mindedness is well taken. Rejecting labels begins at home. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/opinion/democrats-books-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare22 Feb 2025 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:nfvv4wfa56kyosyidouupmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lisj7fevf22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/alstyron.bsky.social/post/3lh24fwldes2vYesterday morning word spread that ICE had arrived on Martha’s Vineyard. The Brazilian population, a vital part of the island workforce, went into hiding. People said the whole island felt like a ghost town. https://www.mvtimes.com/2025/01/30/ice-rumors-spread-island-wide-fear/31 Jan 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:nfvv4wfa56kyosyidouupmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh24fwldes2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/alstyron.bsky.social/post/3lbx5ydzw3226Jesus. Isn’t this the whole purpose of ambassadorships? https://www.thedailybeast.com/who-is-john-phelan-financier-with-no-military-experience-tapped-to-run-the-navy/27 Nov 2024 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:nfvv4wfa56kyosyidouupmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbx5ydzw3226https://bsky.app/profile/alstyron.bsky.social/post/3lazxubjaes2iPolitical satire is dead.16 Nov 2024 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:nfvv4wfa56kyosyidouupmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lazxubjaes2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alstyron.bsky.social/post/3lazp3nypxk2jWow. This story is extra sinister and hugely important to understanding how we got here. wapo.st/4fMMdHw https://wapo.st/4fMMdHw16 Nov 2024 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:nfvv4wfa56kyosyidouupmfj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lazp3nypxk2j