Alejandra O'Leary

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People on phones (including myself) remind me of the kids at science museums who just run around hitting all the buttons because it’s fun to make choices & exercise agency by hitting buttons.

Also pretty sure the appeal of phones is having a robot servant who always listens to you and does what you ask & what a great feeling to have this kind of power over something, anything, so we can’t put it down.

Pretty sure the appeal of social media/scrolling is that it’s an infinite inbox? Or it’s like you have a million new texts every second? We love the experience of receiving new stuff, doesn’t matter what stuff.

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I hope Harry Kane gets another nice cake to celebrate.

It's no longer left versus right, liberals versus conservatives or even Democrat versus Republican. It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong. Know the stakes. The midterms are here.

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When Keith sings, the Rolling Stones sound like the Pixies.

Is there a greater small pleasure & luxurious privilege than an ad free podcast, or an ad free anything?

I think we all could use a Patrick Radden Keefe book about Manchester City now!

with all respect: i'm losing touch with what AI does because i have no interest in it and it's not my business. nobody worries about me losing touch with developments in particle physics or artificial bull insemination. it's not my fault the richest guys on earth want me to make their toy my life

Shout out to Elena Ferrante, the great writer.

Books are the answer to a not insignifiant chunk of my problems.

We are all thinking the same thing this evening, right???: IS RINGO IN MAINE? If he wants to check out the newly renovated LL Bean flagship store then hit up a playground by a freezing rocky beach, he knows just who to call/skeet.

I can’t wait for basketball season to start.

They’re playing Hole in this hole in the wall restaurant & it’s so great

but no one is talking about how Man City sounds like the name of a hopping strip club

I urge Portland, Mainers & lovers of art, creativity & compassion to check out "Alice's Threshold": www.pressherald.com/2026/09/23/p...

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

I want sobriety from these giant soul and earth destroying companies.

Amazon and Google do not align with my values. I ditched Amazon and Google is going out next. Ugh. Gross.

I’m still high on the World Cup. The feeling may last fo(u)r years, let’s hope so!!!

Thank God for podcasts. Not just for entertainment but for support. I wish they’d been around when I was a teen and struggling. They help so much -and are great for people like myself who struggle with sharing ourselves. As with music, we can just listen.

And maybe we need to wean ourselves off Google/YouTube as well. We can definitely do this.

And this is why we don’t use Amazon.

Have you read "Ragtime"? It's bonkers, I'm loving it, ideal summer reading.

Sold-out crowds, packed fan festivals and glowing reviews throughout the WC here in burned out hellhole Seattle.

Part of the “Dutch Bike Experience” is riding your bike in the rain and having the exact same stopping power you always do because your brakes were designed to be used in all conditions—not just on sunny summer days.

When every thought that passes through your brain feels like an ad or branded content, that’s when your heartaches begin 😩

Paul McCartney, 1965. What a guy.

Taylor Swift - illicit affairs, mirrorball, Down Bad, The Black Dog, Gold Rush, Ivy, Cowboy Like Me, just wow wow WOW what an artist

All this fantasy is blurring my vision.

You’re definitely dealing with a wild improviser here.

I think you will like these new songs

I’m listening to final mixes of the new album. This energizes me like nothing else on earth.

Lena Dunham’s newest book, Famesick, is excellent.

Bob Dylan & LeBron James - still going strong/weird.