Quinn Norton
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Writer, migrant, surprisingly nice in person. I write, these days mostly explainers. Old queer. I would rather be blocked than tone policed. More meme literate than I should be at this age. I mainly shitpost, then sometimes make you cry. ❤️
(I take #alt4u help, thanks)
There is a certain kind of white person who is always so keyed up on getting race right, checking how everyone is talking, and reminding everyone about the existence of racism often enough that you can just tell they don't know any black people.
I appear to be shadow banned from Bsky, which is hilarious.
Young people are waking up every day to media about war, genocides, dead children. They are unsure of being able to make a living, scared by debt, violence, addiction, homelessness. They are unsure if the burning planet will even support their lives. They are struggling for secure basic housing after having their lives upended by a pandemic...
meanwhile the NYT:
