Maggie McNeill

Seattle

Overeducated and unrepentant whore who talks far too much and writes the popular blog The Honest Courtesan in addition to the usual harlotry.

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Throwback Thursday’s Great Love

2 days ago | maggiemcneill.com | Maggie McNeill

The only people who can truly claim to have made an absolutely free choice to do any kind of work are the Paris Hiltons of the world, those who have a guaranteed inheritance, income and secured future no matter what they choose to do with the present. – “A False Dichotomy”Though I will never set physical foot on another world myself, I have walked a thousand of them in my imagination.
In the News (#1549)

3 days ago | maggiemcneill.com | Maggie McNeill

It is shameful that they are using…this technology…to target…people who are…just going to work.
Diary #782

4 days ago | maggiemcneill.com | Maggie McNeill

Diary #782 June 24, 2025 by Maggie McNeill We had another unusually-chilly spring this year, so I didn’t trust my tomato plants outside until this past weekend; if they can’t survive in the first week of summer, I’ll just have to throw up my hands in despair.
Links #781

5 days ago | maggiemcneill.com | Maggie McNeill

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In the News (#1548)

6 days ago | maggiemcneill.com | Maggie McNeill

What does a human slowly going insane look like to a corporation? It looks like an additional monthly user.
Litha 2025

1 week ago | maggiemcneill.com | Maggie McNeill

Litha 2025 June 21, 2025 by Maggie McNeill The apparent path of the sun reached its northernmost point at 2:42 UTC today, marking the longest day of the year and the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and the shortest day of the year & first day of winter in the Southern.
Tweetzilla

1 week ago | maggiemcneill.com | Maggie McNeill

They're absolutely DESPERATE to force people to listen to them. — Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-05-14T04:16:00.895ZDr. Zaius' ancestor. — Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-05-16T04:37:49.434ZTextbook megalomania.
Scream, Throwback Thursday, Scream

1 week ago | maggiemcneill.com | Maggie McNeill

Scream, Throwback Thursday, Scream June 19, 2025 by Maggie McNeill The artificial and long-outmoded political framework of “right” and “left”…was a poor fit to real political landscapes when it was first used in reference to the French Assembly more than 200 years ago, and has become completely worthless since.
In the News (#1547)

1 week ago | maggiemcneill.com | Maggie McNeill

[Modern] ideas about coercion and consent…[a]re…so…arcane…[they] stop…just short of taking astrological signs into account. – E. N.
Diary #781

1 week ago | maggiemcneill.com | Maggie McNeill |Tagged Anita Grace

Diary #781 June 17, 2025 by Maggie McNeill Saturday would’ve been Grace’s 67th birthday, so I’m not especially surprised that I felt quite sad. Everything seemed off all day; Grace always wanted me to make her favorite dish, Beef Stroganoff, for dinner, with a cheesecake for dessert.