Tony Corsentino
@notalegalrecord.net
Protect libraries. Children are people. Fight patriarchy. Abolish plenary adoption. Make streets safe for everyone. Trans rights are human rights.
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Tony Corsentino
@notalegalrecord.net
· Dec 14
Our society to adoptive parents:
Love is what makes a family.
Our society to birth parents:
Love just isn’t enough.
Love is what makes a family.
Our society to birth parents:
Love just isn’t enough.
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Closing out the year with some incredible events in Massachusetts & NYC, including opera performances at the Spooktastic Book Fair & the New York Public Library! Thank you to the venues and organizers for having me, I'm so excited to chat about THE MINIMALIST and share haunted opera with folks 😊🎶🩸
September 19, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Closing out the year with some incredible events in Massachusetts & NYC, including opera performances at the Spooktastic Book Fair & the New York Public Library! Thank you to the venues and organizers for having me, I'm so excited to chat about THE MINIMALIST and share haunted opera with folks 😊🎶🩸
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🥚 for the adoptee feed, @notalegalrecord.net and I are doing an event together at the Winchester Public Library!
September 19, 2026 at 9:09 PM
🥚 for the adoptee feed, @notalegalrecord.net and I are doing an event together at the Winchester Public Library!
pretty tough title for a kid’s book
September 19, 2026 at 12:42 PM
pretty tough title for a kid’s book
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It’d be a great drag name if you were so inclined, though
September 16, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It’d be a great drag name if you were so inclined, though
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please let your Boston-area friends and adoptee friends know this is happening next week! @kaileepedersen.bsky.social’s new book is a great read, creepy as hell, rich with all kinds of themes touching on music & identity & #adoption and much more—and I have the honor of talking about it with her.
September 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
please let your Boston-area friends and adoptee friends know this is happening next week! @kaileepedersen.bsky.social’s new book is a great read, creepy as hell, rich with all kinds of themes touching on music & identity & #adoption and much more—and I have the honor of talking about it with her.
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Meta and X have been quietly downranking external links for ages, but we're now entering a new era of open hostility toward the open web.
It's a great time to build your own website, free from any billionaires demanding a tithe for things that have always been free.
It's a great time to build your own website, free from any billionaires demanding a tithe for things that have always been free.
Fucking hell. Facebook is now limiting the number of links that a page or professional profile can include in a post to TWO PER MONTH, unless you pay them $7.99 a month.
Fucking assholes.
Fucking assholes.
September 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Meta and X have been quietly downranking external links for ages, but we're now entering a new era of open hostility toward the open web.
It's a great time to build your own website, free from any billionaires demanding a tithe for things that have always been free.
It's a great time to build your own website, free from any billionaires demanding a tithe for things that have always been free.
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If you didn’t know that data centers depend on diesel generators—which are loud, toxic, prone to catastrophic accidents, allowed to run even when the grid is functioning, and were invented in 1897—well, now you do.
gothamist.com/news/data-ce...
gothamist.com/news/data-ce...
Data center spills 5K gallons of diesel into New Jersey Meadowlands
The spill affected a tributary of the Hackensack River. Authorities say cleanup is underway.
gothamist.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:40 PM
If you didn’t know that data centers depend on diesel generators—which are loud, toxic, prone to catastrophic accidents, allowed to run even when the grid is functioning, and were invented in 1897—well, now you do.
gothamist.com/news/data-ce...
gothamist.com/news/data-ce...
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No.
Vance's midterms pitch: "Give us another chance. Give us another couple of years"
September 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
No.
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This cliche propaganda is a perfect example of how modern conservatism reimagines everything they don't like as a personal attack. The objective of bike lanes is to make drivers miserable? No, but that's how to fire up the base. Everything (immigrants, trans folks, vaccines, bike lanes) is an attack
Another example of what we describe in our book as Bikelash Mad Libs™, down to the rather predictable line, "Los Angeles is not Amsterdam, and the San Fernando Valley is not Copenhagen."
LA, Stop the War on Cars. They Aren’t Going Away
CityWatch is published 24/7 with special e-news blasts on Monday and Thursday evening.
www.citywatchla.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This cliche propaganda is a perfect example of how modern conservatism reimagines everything they don't like as a personal attack. The objective of bike lanes is to make drivers miserable? No, but that's how to fire up the base. Everything (immigrants, trans folks, vaccines, bike lanes) is an attack
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Om Amir has a serious retinal disease She needs surgery outside Gaza but the crossing is closed We urgently need £160 for her treatment this week 8 people × £20 or 16 × £10 can get us there 😔
👉🏻 chuffed.org/project/help... 👈🏻
Please if you can help dont let her suffer without the treatment she needs 🙏🏻
👉🏻 chuffed.org/project/help... 👈🏻
Please if you can help dont let her suffer without the treatment she needs 🙏🏻
September 16, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Om Amir has a serious retinal disease She needs surgery outside Gaza but the crossing is closed We urgently need £160 for her treatment this week 8 people × £20 or 16 × £10 can get us there 😔
👉🏻 chuffed.org/project/help... 👈🏻
Please if you can help dont let her suffer without the treatment she needs 🙏🏻
👉🏻 chuffed.org/project/help... 👈🏻
Please if you can help dont let her suffer without the treatment she needs 🙏🏻
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We have no use for satire anymore when reality is like this
George W. Bush’s new book of paintings of political prisoners will be out in March
George W. Bush’s new book of paintings of political prisoners will be out in March
www.chicagotribune.com
September 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
We have no use for satire anymore when reality is like this
please let your Boston-area friends and adoptee friends know this is happening next week! @kaileepedersen.bsky.social’s new book is a great read, creepy as hell, rich with all kinds of themes touching on music & identity & #adoption and much more—and I have the honor of talking about it with her.
September 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
please let your Boston-area friends and adoptee friends know this is happening next week! @kaileepedersen.bsky.social’s new book is a great read, creepy as hell, rich with all kinds of themes touching on music & identity & #adoption and much more—and I have the honor of talking about it with her.
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September 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
a masterpiece of modern design, posed in front of this house i came upon on a ride today
September 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
a masterpiece of modern design, posed in front of this house i came upon on a ride today
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Today's Literary Activism may be the most popular one I've written over the last 5+ years. It's sure nice celebrating some wins. I hope folks know that it's a story about tremendous losses, too.
September 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Today's Literary Activism may be the most popular one I've written over the last 5+ years. It's sure nice celebrating some wins. I hope folks know that it's a story about tremendous losses, too.
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I say it's a non-issue insofar as there's no reason for any Democrat to go on Fox News and talk about how people's concerns are valid.
It's not a non-issue or a symbolic right; getting trans kids out of sports is not the end goal. It's the way to get Dems on board for more attacks on trans people.
It's not a non-issue or a symbolic right; getting trans kids out of sports is not the end goal. It's the way to get Dems on board for more attacks on trans people.
"It's a non-issue so who cares if Dems are going on Fox News & throwing trans kids under the bus." Come on.
The right is not symbolic. It's also not a triviality; Republicans are scaffolding other forms of discrimination by getting Democrats to join the panic over 15 athletes nationwide.
The right is not symbolic. It's also not a triviality; Republicans are scaffolding other forms of discrimination by getting Democrats to join the panic over 15 athletes nationwide.
September 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I say it's a non-issue insofar as there's no reason for any Democrat to go on Fox News and talk about how people's concerns are valid.
It's not a non-issue or a symbolic right; getting trans kids out of sports is not the end goal. It's the way to get Dems on board for more attacks on trans people.
It's not a non-issue or a symbolic right; getting trans kids out of sports is not the end goal. It's the way to get Dems on board for more attacks on trans people.
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this one is actually worse than the one everyone is dunking on. “we certainly weren’t perfect” is a wild thing to say about people being straight up murdered by some random racist who was encouraged by the bloodlust coming from both sides of the aisle.
The gut-wrenching appreciation for the firefighters and civilians who sacrificed their lives trying to save others. And above all, the feeling that we as Americans were on the same team.
We certainly weren't perfect. In those early months, Muslims and immigrants were targeted.
We certainly weren't perfect. In those early months, Muslims and immigrants were targeted.
September 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
this one is actually worse than the one everyone is dunking on. “we certainly weren’t perfect” is a wild thing to say about people being straight up murdered by some random racist who was encouraged by the bloodlust coming from both sides of the aisle.
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Journalism ---> graduate school observation of the day:
In journalism, having lots of ideas is not a problem, you blow through them fast. In academia, you have to choose. The payoff of getting to go deep is worth it, but I'm used to, like, dancing in an idea fountain and splashing everywhere.
In journalism, having lots of ideas is not a problem, you blow through them fast. In academia, you have to choose. The payoff of getting to go deep is worth it, but I'm used to, like, dancing in an idea fountain and splashing everywhere.
September 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Journalism ---> graduate school observation of the day:
In journalism, having lots of ideas is not a problem, you blow through them fast. In academia, you have to choose. The payoff of getting to go deep is worth it, but I'm used to, like, dancing in an idea fountain and splashing everywhere.
In journalism, having lots of ideas is not a problem, you blow through them fast. In academia, you have to choose. The payoff of getting to go deep is worth it, but I'm used to, like, dancing in an idea fountain and splashing everywhere.
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Nurse Hammam is caring for the wounded in Gaza daily without pay
His family is homeless, hungry & has lost everything. His brother is ill with epilepsy & needs urgent treatment to prevent severe seizures.
Any donation —even a small one— can help get food & medical car
chuffed.org/project/1844...
His family is homeless, hungry & has lost everything. His brother is ill with epilepsy & needs urgent treatment to prevent severe seizures.
Any donation —even a small one— can help get food & medical car
chuffed.org/project/1844...
September 11, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Nurse Hammam is caring for the wounded in Gaza daily without pay
His family is homeless, hungry & has lost everything. His brother is ill with epilepsy & needs urgent treatment to prevent severe seizures.
Any donation —even a small one— can help get food & medical car
chuffed.org/project/1844...
His family is homeless, hungry & has lost everything. His brother is ill with epilepsy & needs urgent treatment to prevent severe seizures.
Any donation —even a small one— can help get food & medical car
chuffed.org/project/1844...
last night I got my covid and flu shots at a local drugstore, but it was delayed by glitches in their new software that kept canceling my appointment because it first represented my insurer as having denied coverage, and then it represented my appointment as having already taken place. +
September 11, 2026 at 2:04 PM
last night I got my covid and flu shots at a local drugstore, but it was delayed by glitches in their new software that kept canceling my appointment because it first represented my insurer as having denied coverage, and then it represented my appointment as having already taken place. +
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YES HAHAHAHA YES
RESULT: David Morales, a socialist challenger, has ousted the mayor of Providence David Smiley.
Add Providence to NYC, DC, and Ann Arbor as socialist wins in mayoral elections.
Add Providence to NYC, DC, and Ann Arbor as socialist wins in mayoral elections.
September 10, 2026 at 4:39 AM
YES HAHAHAHA YES
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My 2008 essay that started it all (nice to see here; over on FB the AI clickbait spammy recaps of the story, sometimes with terrible AI photos, always with inaccuracies, circulate).
The origin of "#mansplaining"....
"Most women fight wars on two fronts, one for whatever the putative topic is and one simply for the right to speak, to have ideas, to be acknowledged to be in possession of facts and truths, to have value, to be a human being.."
~ @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
"Most women fight wars on two fronts, one for whatever the putative topic is and one simply for the right to speak, to have ideas, to be acknowledged to be in possession of facts and truths, to have value, to be a human being.."
~ @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Men Explain Things to Me
<p>Before there was <em>mansplaining</em>, there was Rebecca Solnit's 2008 critique of male arrogance. Reprinted here with a new introduction.</p>
www.guernicamag.com
September 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
My 2008 essay that started it all (nice to see here; over on FB the AI clickbait spammy recaps of the story, sometimes with terrible AI photos, always with inaccuracies, circulate).
journalists with podcasts are totally addicted to the phrase “this moment we’re in,” and it drives me nuts, partly because i always want to ask them who this “we” is
September 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
journalists with podcasts are totally addicted to the phrase “this moment we’re in,” and it drives me nuts, partly because i always want to ask them who this “we” is
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Me rolling up to conferences to talk about trying to get more naps in next to transport professionals, academics and gov't officials.
September 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Me rolling up to conferences to talk about trying to get more naps in next to transport professionals, academics and gov't officials.
network holds on 9 to 5 have shot up 📚
September 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
network holds on 9 to 5 have shot up 📚