sharonk.bsky.social: Korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in. Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025. (continued)

Good evening, I’m Margaret Pomerantz … (continued)

susiedent.com: “Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.” ⁂

“The best description I’’ve recently heard for our collective emotional state comes from Danish anthropologist Christian Madsbjerg, who […] calls it directionless panic: ‘It’s a little bit like a horse that’s stung by a wasp. It’s moving all over, but it doesn’t really know why.’” ⁂

JRR Jokien: Pippin to Frodo when they’re back home in the Shire: “gonna confess i’m still not sure what the ring from lord of the rings actually did except make you invisible and angry” [AmazingPhil] ⁂

A: It’s always in the last place I look. B: Yeah, bro, that’s tautologically necessary. ⁂