adrienne
@barelytolerable.bsky.social
Fan of Jane Austen & Gaskell’s North & South. ✨ fanfic writer ✨ English M.A. ✨ scarnash✨ https://linktr.ee/barelytolerable
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adrienne
@barelytolerable.bsky.social
· Feb 14
This May, we're thrilled to bring a new edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's NORTH AND SOUTH (1855) to your bookshelves featuring a (heated!) conversation between Gaskell enthusiast Adrienne Garcia-Specht and actor/activist Morgan Spector (HBO's THE GILDED AGE). unnamedpress.com
At one point Morgan yells “WHAT?” at me and you have to read to find out why 😂 #Gaskell #northandsouth
Just cracked this open and realized it’s set on a whaling ship and omg I just read Moby-Dick for the first time this year and this is all very fortuitous
#NowReading The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe, you know, for Halloween!
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Just cracked this open and realized it’s set on a whaling ship and omg I just read Moby-Dick for the first time this year and this is all very fortuitous
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Bad day for the “baseball is boring” people
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Bad day for the “baseball is boring” people
Saw Chess in NYC last week and still thinking about it and have come to the conclusion there should be no attempt at staging or plot, just sing the songs in a concert format.
October 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Saw Chess in NYC last week and still thinking about it and have come to the conclusion there should be no attempt at staging or plot, just sing the songs in a concert format.
Have not listened to my Halloween playlist enough this year
October 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Have not listened to my Halloween playlist enough this year
Love that @kellixboyle.bsky.social had Felix Scott not returning as the second paragraph of this article because the people need to know the truth. Anyway! excited for the season 6 mysteries! #missscarletpbs
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'Miss Scarlet' Season 6 Premiere Date & First Look Revealed (PHOTOS)
Find out when it comes out on PBS and streaming services.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Love that @kellixboyle.bsky.social had Felix Scott not returning as the second paragraph of this article because the people need to know the truth. Anyway! excited for the season 6 mysteries! #missscarletpbs
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I reserve the right to crash out if they announce season 6 as the final season of #missscarletpbs. That is all.
I need some hope of a Scarnash reunion in season 7.
I need some hope of a Scarnash reunion in season 7.
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I reserve the right to crash out if they announce season 6 as the final season of #missscarletpbs. That is all.
I need some hope of a Scarnash reunion in season 7.
I need some hope of a Scarnash reunion in season 7.
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I have a list of all of the companies that advertised on one news show on KTLA today. It is so much more powerful to call the advertisers rather than the station. Let them know that you will not be using their products unless they pull their advertising.
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September 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I have a list of all of the companies that advertised on one news show on KTLA today. It is so much more powerful to call the advertisers rather than the station. Let them know that you will not be using their products unless they pull their advertising.
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Just a sweet sweet fantasy: My new #HitParadePod at @slate.com is on the history of No1 debuts. How do songs score a fast pass to the penthouse? They’re not always classics—Idol coronations…rap beefs…boy-band soloists…superstar throwaways. For every “Fantasy” “Hello” or “Vampire” there’s a “Trollz.”
The Odd Alchemy That Sends a Brand-New Song to the Top of the Charts
For decades, No. 1 debuts were unheard of in America. Then the record labels and digital music hacked the Hot 100.
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September 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Just a sweet sweet fantasy: My new #HitParadePod at @slate.com is on the history of No1 debuts. How do songs score a fast pass to the penthouse? They’re not always classics—Idol coronations…rap beefs…boy-band soloists…superstar throwaways. For every “Fantasy” “Hello” or “Vampire” there’s a “Trollz.”
Felt good to cancel Hulu, my only Disney affiliated subscription.
September 18, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Felt good to cancel Hulu, my only Disney affiliated subscription.
Seeing the pink spine of the North & South edition I was part of in the wild is always a delight #elizabethgaskell
September 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Seeing the pink spine of the North & South edition I was part of in the wild is always a delight #elizabethgaskell
Hmhmhm the call for papers for the Gaskell Conference held in Yorkshire in July. 👀 #elizabethgaskell
September 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hmhmhm the call for papers for the Gaskell Conference held in Yorkshire in July. 👀 #elizabethgaskell
I’m about 100 pages away from finishing Moby Dick. What essays do you assign or have you read on it or Melville that you recommend? I’m interested in reading about: contemporary reception and through present, discussion on being the great American novel, and on form. #whalesky #melville
September 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This was fun, as always, and it tickles me to be called a friend of the pod! Available where you get podcasts (and I don’t go the full 1 hr and 45 minutes without mentioning Miss Scarlet at the end lol)
Trying this again, with a link this time! New episode out about Pride and Prejudice 2005! And it features the fabulous @barelytolerable.bsky.social firstimpressionspodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-79-pp-2... #janeausten #prideandprejudice #janite
Ep 79: P&P 2005 Movie Review with Adrienne | First Impressions: Why All the Austen Haters Are Wrong
Gentle listeners, this year marks the 20th anniversary of Joe Wright's film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, which released in 2005 and stars Kiera Knightley and Matthew MacFayden. Join Kristin, Mag...
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August 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This was fun, as always, and it tickles me to be called a friend of the pod! Available where you get podcasts (and I don’t go the full 1 hr and 45 minutes without mentioning Miss Scarlet at the end lol)
Getting people to read North and South is my favorite pastime. If you’re coming from TikTok, hello!
This May, we're thrilled to bring a new edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's NORTH AND SOUTH (1855) to your bookshelves featuring a (heated!) conversation between Gaskell enthusiast Adrienne Garcia-Specht and actor/activist Morgan Spector (HBO's THE GILDED AGE). unnamedpress.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Getting people to read North and South is my favorite pastime. If you’re coming from TikTok, hello!
Sooo las culturistas culture awards is going to win an Emmy right?
August 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sooo las culturistas culture awards is going to win an Emmy right?
And my kingdom for Leonard to be happy for one whole season #grantchesterpbs
August 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
And my kingdom for Leonard to be happy for one whole season #grantchesterpbs
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I didn’t take any pics because I was front row last night but let’s just say @bookhoarding.bsky.social’s costumes +this talented cast are definitely worth seeing!!
If you’re in the SF Bay Area you must come see Emma! It’s a delight and I laugh at the same jokes every night because the actors just get into it so well. (The end of Act I truly is a gift.) www.svshakespeare.org/emma
August 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I didn’t take any pics because I was front row last night but let’s just say @bookhoarding.bsky.social’s costumes +this talented cast are definitely worth seeing!!
I’m really hoping we see more Indian characters in the next and final season of #grantchesterpbs let’s deal with the complexities not just of being a foundling, but the cultural disconnect.
August 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I’m really hoping we see more Indian characters in the next and final season of #grantchesterpbs let’s deal with the complexities not just of being a foundling, but the cultural disconnect.
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Meet Damien Timmer, the Exec Producer behind many a Masterpiece/British TV fan favorite series! Read my interview on @wgbh.org Drama!
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Meet Damien Timmer, the EP behind many of your favorite MASTERPIECE and Brit Dramas
If you looked at the credits of MASTERPIECE’s World On Fire and the 2004 Agatha Christie’s Marple adaption, or BritBox’s new thriller Code of Silence, one name — and one UK production company — keeps ...
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August 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Meet Damien Timmer, the Exec Producer behind many a Masterpiece/British TV fan favorite series! Read my interview on @wgbh.org Drama!
www.wgbh.org/tv-shows/dra...
www.wgbh.org/tv-shows/dra...
Get PBS passport for as low as $5 a month.
scoop: donations to NPR and PBS stations have exploded, with donors across the country giving in unprecedented numbers since Congress cut federal funding
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July 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Excellent article about how LLMs perform their feats of "magic" by exploiting the same psychological hacks that psychics do when performing cold readings.
::Chefs kiss::
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::Chefs kiss::
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The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…
The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour
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July 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Excellent article about how LLMs perform their feats of "magic" by exploiting the same psychological hacks that psychics do when performing cold readings.
::Chefs kiss::
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
::Chefs kiss::
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
Ah, so excited to listen to this. Larry is a great character.
Episode 300! On a new MASTERPIECE Studio, #GrantchesterPBS star Bradley Hall on why Larry emerged as a fan-favorite on the @pbs.org period drama, his friendship with Melissa Scott on- and off-screen, how his character transformed, and much more.
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July 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Ah, so excited to listen to this. Larry is a great character.
I have to leave Twitter for the evening because I posted a gif of Mr Thornton, didn’t log on for five hours, came back to thousands of likes and the app freezes when I open it lol. I added a link to the book though! Promo!!
July 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I have to leave Twitter for the evening because I posted a gif of Mr Thornton, didn’t log on for five hours, came back to thousands of likes and the app freezes when I open it lol. I added a link to the book though! Promo!!
The female gaze is Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge.
July 20, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The female gaze is Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge.
So everyone has a shelf of @sandtclassics.bsky.social now, right? So excited these arrived today! @paradiselaust.bsky.social @rezekjoe.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
So everyone has a shelf of @sandtclassics.bsky.social now, right? So excited these arrived today! @paradiselaust.bsky.social @rezekjoe.bsky.social