

Jason McIntosh
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@JmacDotOrg
Writer. I don't post regularly here any more. See https://t.co/e3sNIAIyeX for new posts.





“May you live forever” is the worst possible curse once you understand deep time








I profiled Samuel R. Delany—sci-fi pioneer, gay radical, literary genius—for @NewYorker’s fiction issue newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…


New Yorkers have been using fire hydrants to cool off for more than a century. 💦 During a deadly heatwave in 1896, the fire dept opened hydrants to spray down the streets. Parents brought their children to enjoy this makeshift waterpark, and the rest is history! #SummerSolstice

Great letter in The Times. I’d also include Cameron in the list. What a tremendous amount of damage this institution has done to our country.