Mary Bannister (MaryB)
@maryb2004.bsky.social
If you repost me I’ll probably block. Retired M&A lawyer. Lifelong learner. Reader. Favorite Authors: Dorothy Dunnett, Louise Erdrich, AS Byatt, Iain Pears, Robertson Davies. New France history buff.. http://alonewitheachother.blogspot.com
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In Age of Innocence, is Beaufort pronounced Bewfort or Bowfort? 🏹
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
In Age of Innocence, is Beaufort pronounced Bewfort or Bowfort? 🏹
I read 5 of the 6 shortlisted novels for the Booker Prize (the 6th isn’t published in the US yet).
IMO they picked the most boring of the 5 as the winner. Although I give him credit for writing dialog in the boring way that people (especially unreflective people) actually talk.
IMO they picked the most boring of the 5 as the winner. Although I give him credit for writing dialog in the boring way that people (especially unreflective people) actually talk.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I read 5 of the 6 shortlisted novels for the Booker Prize (the 6th isn’t published in the US yet).
IMO they picked the most boring of the 5 as the winner. Although I give him credit for writing dialog in the boring way that people (especially unreflective people) actually talk.
IMO they picked the most boring of the 5 as the winner. Although I give him credit for writing dialog in the boring way that people (especially unreflective people) actually talk.
My new(ish) neighbors across the street are putting their Christmas Tree up. They are THAT KIND. No respect for Thanksgiving.
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My new(ish) neighbors across the street are putting their Christmas Tree up. They are THAT KIND. No respect for Thanksgiving.
This government is so racist. 🧵
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This government is so racist. 🧵
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A really great read about the Hispanic neighborhoods in Chicago and how they are helping each other out. If you live in or near Chicago - why not go out for an authentic Mexican meal?
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
ICE Has Created a ‘Ghost Town’ in the Heart of Chicago
Local communities are stepping up to save neighborhood restaurants and stores.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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More Age of Innocence.
Archer left the frustrating conversation with Ellen “bursting with the belayed eloquence of the articulate.”
I love that phrase. 🏹
Archer left the frustrating conversation with Ellen “bursting with the belayed eloquence of the articulate.”
I love that phrase. 🏹
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
More Age of Innocence.
Archer left the frustrating conversation with Ellen “bursting with the belayed eloquence of the articulate.”
I love that phrase. 🏹
Archer left the frustrating conversation with Ellen “bursting with the belayed eloquence of the articulate.”
I love that phrase. 🏹
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2025 has been like that portion of It's a Wonderful Life after George wishes he had never been born and all of a sudden the world is worse for it and everyone is living in Pottersville.
That's what 2025 has been: Pottersville.
That's what 2025 has been: Pottersville.
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
2025 has been like that portion of It's a Wonderful Life after George wishes he had never been born and all of a sudden the world is worse for it and everyone is living in Pottersville.
That's what 2025 has been: Pottersville.
That's what 2025 has been: Pottersville.
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Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia and his wife Kayla announced that their newborn daughter, Sterling Sol, died on October 26th.
Please continue to keep this family in your thoughts. 💔
Please continue to keep this family in your thoughts. 💔
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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For real, if you can knit, whip up a Portland Frog hat or similar. I wore this it out this morning and the looks of joy on the way, especially from one of the construction workers. It's a small thing to say someone's paying attention to what's going on. #DHmakes swatch.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Like I said, I have about 20 lists sorted by subject as well as my follow feed. The only groups not talking baseball that night were archaeologists and medievalists. And I think they were all British.
This is wild: Bluesky says at least 3% of all posts made on November 1 -- Game 7 of the World Series -- were about baseball. bsky.social/about/blog/1...
The World Series Was Electric — So Was Bluesky - Bluesky
“How can you not be romantic about baseball?” — Moneyball 2011
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November 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Like I said, I have about 20 lists sorted by subject as well as my follow feed. The only groups not talking baseball that night were archaeologists and medievalists. And I think they were all British.
Today’s reading in The Age of Innocence: Newland is still thoughtful but ultimately a wannabe mansplainer. 🏹
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Today’s reading in The Age of Innocence: Newland is still thoughtful but ultimately a wannabe mansplainer. 🏹
This is really well done.
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is really well done.
I’m having trouble picturing the small cigarette case attached to one of Ellen’s bracelets in today‘s chapter of The Age of Innocence. How does that work? 🏹
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I’m having trouble picturing the small cigarette case attached to one of Ellen’s bracelets in today‘s chapter of The Age of Innocence. How does that work? 🏹
Here’s another case of AI hallucination In a court filing.
#LegalEthics Tidbit: OK, #AI is not reliable for legal research. But it’s really good at accurately summarizing documents, right? RIGHT!?
In response to a summary judgement motion, a TX plaintiff’s lawyer wanted to submit a witness affidavit that compared ... (cont.)
lnkd.in/ePra8vFB
#lawsky #law
In response to a summary judgement motion, a TX plaintiff’s lawyer wanted to submit a witness affidavit that compared ... (cont.)
lnkd.in/ePra8vFB
#lawsky #law
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Here’s another case of AI hallucination In a court filing.
I like how Jon Seidel starts a new thread for each witness. Much much easier to follow than one long thread.
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I like how Jon Seidel starts a new thread for each witness. Much much easier to follow than one long thread.
While I’m interested in oral arguments to the Supremes, they don’t usually decide on orals but on the briefs. the hearing in Judge Ellis’ courtroom about Chicago will have immediate tangible results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
While I’m interested in oral arguments to the Supremes, they don’t usually decide on orals but on the briefs. the hearing in Judge Ellis’ courtroom about Chicago will have immediate tangible results.
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Mary Shelley's time living near Dundee on the "blank and dreary northern shores of the Tay" fired her imagination 💭
It was here her "true compositions, the airy flights of my imagination, were born." Discover how Scotland shaped her novel, Frankenstein, in our article by Professor Daniel Cook.
It was here her "true compositions, the airy flights of my imagination, were born." Discover how Scotland shaped her novel, Frankenstein, in our article by Professor Daniel Cook.
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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the sort of headline we're seeing all over: www.syracuse.com/politics/cny...
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
the sort of headline we're seeing all over: www.syracuse.com/politics/cny...
Since I know you’re watching …🔥
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Since I know you’re watching …🔥
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Here in Maryland, Frederick has not yet counted mail and dropbox ballots, but the count for day-of and early voting indicates a Democratic sweep of all contested races. Congratulations to re-elected Mayor Michael O'Connor and to the newly elected and re-elected council members.
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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I hate that this had to be done but it had to be done.
BREAKING:
NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.
NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I hate that this had to be done but it had to be done.