Cary Barbor
@bksandauthors.bsky.social
Reporter for WGCU-FM in Ft Myers, FL. Recent MFA grad from Randolph College.
Or to your local NPR station! They’re hurting.
Let's make a deal. If you read it (I did, I'm so sorry) you must send $10 to the independent journalist of your choice.
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Or to your local NPR station! They’re hurting.
Just remembered I had a dream (post streaming the National Book Awards) last night that I was dating Jeff Hiller. 😂
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Just remembered I had a dream (post streaming the National Book Awards) last night that I was dating Jeff Hiller. 😂
Congratulations, @rabihalameddine.bsky.social! What a well-deserved thrill! ❤️❤️❤️
Rabih Alameddine (@rabihalameddine.bsky.social)
I write sometimes
www.rabihalameddine.com
rabihalameddine.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Congratulations, @rabihalameddine.bsky.social! What a well-deserved thrill! ❤️❤️❤️
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He no longer has to fly through Istanbul.
ADAMS: Now “I don't have to deal with you guys, man. I can fly private now, I can go on a cruise, I can hang out in St. Bart.”
(via @nypost.com)
(via @nypost.com)
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
He no longer has to fly through Istanbul.
You guys I just came to the DMV without a book. Wth is wrong w me?
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
You guys I just came to the DMV without a book. Wth is wrong w me?
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Fell asleep listening to boweryboys.bsky.social on the Morgan Library; dreamed I was dating J.P. Morgan. Baa haaaa! You know I was only in it for the library!! 📚
Greg Young (@boweryboys.bsky.social)
Twitter feed of Greg Young, co-host of the Bowery Boys Podcast, Robert Moses' least favorite podcast. Alternate universe CEO of Waystar Royco
boweryboys.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Fell asleep listening to boweryboys.bsky.social on the Morgan Library; dreamed I was dating J.P. Morgan. Baa haaaa! You know I was only in it for the library!! 📚
Sorry i’m late; I was looking at other people’s dogs on IG.
October 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Sorry i’m late; I was looking at other people’s dogs on IG.
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Since @bookshop.org is offering free shipping through the end of the day why not pre-order my book and save a few coins?
Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime
A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime
bookshop.org
October 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Since @bookshop.org is offering free shipping through the end of the day why not pre-order my book and save a few coins?
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My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...
How to Be a Good Literary Citizen (in Seven Easy Steps)
Last Sunday I spent hours at the Brooklyn Book Festival, a too rare occasion for me to pull myself away from the internet for an entire afternoon. As I looked around at the crowd on their way to pa…
lithub.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...
Jeff Hilller!! All is right w the world. 😍
September 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Jeff Hilller!! All is right w the world. 😍
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trying one more time
I need to rehome my cat, been trying dor months woth no luck, he deserves a loving home
I am located in eastern PA right next to jersey, im willing to travel a bit
alt text has the screenshot info
⚠️please share this, help me find a miracle⚠️
#cat #rehome #help #helpsky
I need to rehome my cat, been trying dor months woth no luck, he deserves a loving home
I am located in eastern PA right next to jersey, im willing to travel a bit
alt text has the screenshot info
⚠️please share this, help me find a miracle⚠️
#cat #rehome #help #helpsky
September 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others?
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
Law enforcement officers remember police officer killed in CDC shooting in Atlanta
Weeks after David Rose was killed while responding to a shooting this month at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, officers are remembering the DeKalb County police officer as a courageous leader who pri...
apnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others?
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
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A good reminder to pre-order @sarahweinman.com’s new book: bookshop.org/p/books/with...
September 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A good reminder to pre-order @sarahweinman.com’s new book: bookshop.org/p/books/with...
Alcarazzzzzzzzz!!!! 🎾🎾🎾
September 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Alcarazzzzzzzzz!!!! 🎾🎾🎾
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Sad. Don’t know what coverage is like in the US but here’s the BBC.
September 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Sad. Don’t know what coverage is like in the US but here’s the BBC.
You know the end of Six Feet Under when Billy and Brenda bore each other to death by talking? That’s how I see the McEnroes going out. 🎾
September 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
You know the end of Six Feet Under when Billy and Brenda bore each other to death by talking? That’s how I see the McEnroes going out. 🎾
The McEnroe Bros:WHEN can we get rid of them??
September 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The McEnroe Bros:WHEN can we get rid of them??
Who can recco a good streaming show with NO murders, violence or misogyny? Pref NF, Hulu or max. Trying to preserve my serenity. 🙏
September 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Who can recco a good streaming show with NO murders, violence or misogyny? Pref NF, Hulu or max. Trying to preserve my serenity. 🙏
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New lawsuit filed challenging the lack of legal authority to detain immigrants at Alligator Alcatraz. A network of state run extrajudicial black sites will not be allowed to proliferate.
August 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New lawsuit filed challenging the lack of legal authority to detain immigrants at Alligator Alcatraz. A network of state run extrajudicial black sites will not be allowed to proliferate.
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
When your precious morning writing time is used up futzing with the printer.😡
August 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
When your precious morning writing time is used up futzing with the printer.😡
Working on a grisly ICE detention story and must take breaks to text my former foster dog’s mom and check in on her. Also to look at Insta dogs. 🐕
August 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Working on a grisly ICE detention story and must take breaks to text my former foster dog’s mom and check in on her. Also to look at Insta dogs. 🐕