Contributing editor @newrepublic.com Co-host of Space the Nation (sci-fi meets politics) + @pastduepodcast.com (gig economy, culture, survival). I lead The Third Story Workshop, helping writers tell the(ir) truth. Matthew 25:35 voter. anamariecox.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlyvvkilvk25Incalculable harm. In precedent, in cost, in absolving and normalizing crimes against the Constitution. I need to believe we’ll dig out of this but sometimes I don’t know, man. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyvvkilvk25https://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlyvnppswk25I haven’t been reading as much as I usually do, and I think it’s because I now need reading glasses, and a part of my brain hates this so much it would just rather not read. Stupid brain.16 May 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyvnppswk25https://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlyi3pteos2gBREAKING! PUPPIES ARE GETTING A VISIT FROM MOM RIGHT NOW https://www.nps.gov/dena/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams-pups.htm16 May 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyi3pteos2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlyhmvhbyk2gOk, I built the only good thing that can come from combining AI and AA. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyhmvhbyk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlyfb447ck2tI'm going to be thinking about this all day and if anyone wants an essay about it, hmu. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyfb447ck2thttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlye5yjjis2aThis is legitimately one of the most horrifying things I have ever seen in all of the LLM bullshit that's out there. (That "joyful" is misspelled seems especially meaningful.)16 May 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlye5yjjis2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlwi7wmiws2wThis is maybe a quarter mile from my house, just a little pocket of prairie hill country someone forgot to develop. It’s what my neighborhood looked like before it was my neighborhood.15 May 2026 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwi7wmiws2whttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlwablqkv22aThey are sleeping right now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwablqkv22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlvpdqieh22aThe place I went to treatment was in the district next door to Kean's and has a long-term treatment program that is a minimum of four months. Just saying. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvpdqieh22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlvp2rkh5s2aResponses telling me Texans "are stupid" and or that electing a Democrat here is a lost cause or that I should move (or that people in general should move) will get a block. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvp2rkh5s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlvjitq2ls2aIf Trump doesn't endorse Cornyn, Paxton has much better odds. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvjitq2ls2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mltywofdzk2fA taco is also good. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltywofdzk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mltvxl6nwk2fI don't know where chonky Sequoia is, but LOOK AT the one half-in and half-out of the play cave. SO TIE-TIE. (I think that's Mesa.)14 May 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltvxl6nwk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mltt7d63yc2cEveryone should still get their abortion pills now. You can buy them for future use and keep them on hand even if you, personally, cannot get or have no reason to think you will get pregnant. Someone else you know might. aidaccess.org/en/faq https://aidaccess.org/en/faq14 May 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltt7d63yc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mltsunku6k2cResponders to this post that argue we are all actually doomed, sandwich or no, will get a block or mute depending on the severity of the doomerism. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltsunku6k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mltslcifcc2cI was so distracted by the puppies yesterday I missed this note from the park. Those rocks must be... *gorge-ous.* [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltslcifcc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mltsib4yw22cThis is your reminder that sometimes it feels like the world is ending and we're all doomed but all you really need is a sandwich. And probably some water.14 May 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltsib4yw22chttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlqpe4nlek2qTHEY ARE PLAYING RIGHT NOW, Y'ALL. RIGHT NOW. If you tune in RIGHT NOW, you will see them playing. This is not a drill. PLAYING. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqpe4nlek2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mloxitxsok2q"The existence of this tangled, incestuous network of professional organizations, relationships, norms, financial obligations, institutions, etc has created a world in which challenging the individual power and influence of the Court and its justices is simply impossible." #icymi [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloxitxsok2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlosdrowwc2sAsking strangers for cute animal pix is not a replacement for therapy but it's cheaper and available on demand. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlosdrowwc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlosaxmll22sAnimal pix, please. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlosaxmll22shttps://bsky.app/profile/anamariecox.com/post/3mlonukwa522d@adamserwer.bsky.social is the most incisive yet humane essayist writing today. #icymi [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlonukwa522d