Sailor Dog Handel
@sailordoghandel.bsky.social
Billboard-charting librettist. Day job: Chair of Dramatic Writing at Cranberry Muffin University
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When I was 13, I lost my bat mitzvah photos. This was fine.
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Two Kinds of Stealth
My daughter doesn’t talk about being trans. I understand—I submerged my Jewishness for most of my life
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October 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
When I was 13, I lost my bat mitzvah photos. This was fine.
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#parents #protecttranskids #allyship #lgbtq #transgender #translaw #transhealthcare #transrights #genderqueer #pride #transjoy #genderdiversity #judaism #jewishness #sheminiatzeret
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#parents #protecttranskids #allyship #lgbtq #transgender #translaw #transhealthcare #transrights #genderqueer #pride #transjoy #genderdiversity #judaism #jewishness #sheminiatzeret
Last chance to sign up for my workshop called HOW TO WRITE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANONICAL PLAYS FROM 2025 INSTEAD OF CANONICAL PLAYS FROM 1949.
It's a fundraiser for SEARAC (Southeast Asia Resource Action Center) a civil rights nonprofit based in Washington DC, who
It's a fundraiser for SEARAC (Southeast Asia Resource Action Center) a civil rights nonprofit based in Washington DC, who
September 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Last chance to sign up for my workshop called HOW TO WRITE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANONICAL PLAYS FROM 2025 INSTEAD OF CANONICAL PLAYS FROM 1949.
It's a fundraiser for SEARAC (Southeast Asia Resource Action Center) a civil rights nonprofit based in Washington DC, who
It's a fundraiser for SEARAC (Southeast Asia Resource Action Center) a civil rights nonprofit based in Washington DC, who
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JOB: TT Assistant Professor in the Renaissance Mediterranean & Digital Humanities, Middlebury College
Applicants with specialties in architectural history and/or curatorial studies are especially welcome to apply.
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
Applicants with specialties in architectural history and/or curatorial studies are especially welcome to apply.
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
August 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
JOB: TT Assistant Professor in the Renaissance Mediterranean & Digital Humanities, Middlebury College
Applicants with specialties in architectural history and/or curatorial studies are especially welcome to apply.
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
Applicants with specialties in architectural history and/or curatorial studies are especially welcome to apply.
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
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those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
August 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
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Lord of the Rings: 3 books, 3 movies, masterpiece.
Hobbit: 1 book, 3 movies, utterly embarrassing
Gollum: 1 paragraph in Lord of the Rings, 2 movies
Hobbit: 1 book, 3 movies, utterly embarrassing
Gollum: 1 paragraph in Lord of the Rings, 2 movies
Can't stress this enough: nobody fucking cares what he was up to
August 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Lord of the Rings: 3 books, 3 movies, masterpiece.
Hobbit: 1 book, 3 movies, utterly embarrassing
Gollum: 1 paragraph in Lord of the Rings, 2 movies
Hobbit: 1 book, 3 movies, utterly embarrassing
Gollum: 1 paragraph in Lord of the Rings, 2 movies
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THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL, Luis Buñuel (1962)
August 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL, Luis Buñuel (1962)
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i— i don't know what to say. this is so unexpected. there are no words but, "thank you." i'm honored and humbled to accept this lifetime achievement award from the international forgot to turn on the rice cooker association
August 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
i— i don't know what to say. this is so unexpected. there are no words but, "thank you." i'm honored and humbled to accept this lifetime achievement award from the international forgot to turn on the rice cooker association
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Lower Manhattan Streets That Are Also Good Names for Cats:
• Baxter
• Delancey
• Carlisle
• Mosco
• Murray
• Monroe
• Catherine Lane
• Baxter
• Delancey
• Carlisle
• Mosco
• Murray
• Monroe
• Catherine Lane
August 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Lower Manhattan Streets That Are Also Good Names for Cats:
• Baxter
• Delancey
• Carlisle
• Mosco
• Murray
• Monroe
• Catherine Lane
• Baxter
• Delancey
• Carlisle
• Mosco
• Murray
• Monroe
• Catherine Lane
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In related news, chair of the LA Olympics task force also named Chief Female Dressing Room Inspector
Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games
Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games
Trump’s news conference may prompt questions about whether a president with a penchant for showmanship might assume an unusually active role in planning the Olympics.
www.latimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In related news, chair of the LA Olympics task force also named Chief Female Dressing Room Inspector
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good piece about despair and, maybe, hope in the face of the evils of the world -- except I can't bring myself to read, either
i wrote about despair, heartbreak, and finding solace in queer fiction, originally published at @flaminghydra.com and adapted for the sword and the sandwich!
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A Queer Shoulder to the Wheel
A version of this piece was originally published in Flaming Hydra, an art collective I'm proud to be a part of. Then I let David loose to edit as he does so...
buttondown.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
good piece about despair and, maybe, hope in the face of the evils of the world -- except I can't bring myself to read, either
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At Zona Motel, I wrote about the real-world comics history that informed John Pistelli's novel MAJOR ARCANA. zonamotel.substack.com/p/essay-majo...
ESSAY: “Major Arcana” and Fictional Comic Book History
Tobias Carroll on Alan Moore’s 'Illuminations,' John Pistelli's 'Major Arcana,' and the way these works parallel and build on each other.
zonamotel.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
At Zona Motel, I wrote about the real-world comics history that informed John Pistelli's novel MAJOR ARCANA. zonamotel.substack.com/p/essay-majo...
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USA 🇺🇸 NYC Le terminal du centre de vol historique de TWA à l'aéroport de JFK Conçu par Eero Saarinen depuis la construction initiale Jusqu'à son achèvement et son ouverture en 1962, un monument historique Et une merveille architecturale pour son époque et encore aujourd'hui 📷
August 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
USA 🇺🇸 NYC Le terminal du centre de vol historique de TWA à l'aéroport de JFK Conçu par Eero Saarinen depuis la construction initiale Jusqu'à son achèvement et son ouverture en 1962, un monument historique Et une merveille architecturale pour son époque et encore aujourd'hui 📷
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“…and Ross Douthat” 💀
August 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“…and Ross Douthat” 💀
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we can do this the easy way or we can do this the peasy way
August 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
we can do this the easy way or we can do this the peasy way
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I followed this guy around Waterloo for awhile today and am pleased to report he is living his best pigeon life
August 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I followed this guy around Waterloo for awhile today and am pleased to report he is living his best pigeon life
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I am teaching an online shark biology and ecology class, which you can take for graduate course credit, CPE credit, or just for fun!
It includes an optional 3-day field research experience in Miami (November 20-22).
The class won't fill up but the field experience is half full- join ASAP!
It includes an optional 3-day field research experience in Miami (November 20-22).
The class won't fill up but the field experience is half full- join ASAP!
August 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I am teaching an online shark biology and ecology class, which you can take for graduate course credit, CPE credit, or just for fun!
It includes an optional 3-day field research experience in Miami (November 20-22).
The class won't fill up but the field experience is half full- join ASAP!
It includes an optional 3-day field research experience in Miami (November 20-22).
The class won't fill up but the field experience is half full- join ASAP!
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The trains got way worse, but the state media TOLD everyone they were running on time.
We're seeing a lot of this, like with how we're all going to be healthier, somehow, without vaccines, testing for food-borne pathogens, cancer research, Medicare or Medicaid, reproductive healthcare, and so on.
We're seeing a lot of this, like with how we're all going to be healthier, somehow, without vaccines, testing for food-borne pathogens, cancer research, Medicare or Medicaid, reproductive healthcare, and so on.
August 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The trains got way worse, but the state media TOLD everyone they were running on time.
We're seeing a lot of this, like with how we're all going to be healthier, somehow, without vaccines, testing for food-borne pathogens, cancer research, Medicare or Medicaid, reproductive healthcare, and so on.
We're seeing a lot of this, like with how we're all going to be healthier, somehow, without vaccines, testing for food-borne pathogens, cancer research, Medicare or Medicaid, reproductive healthcare, and so on.
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Your friendly reminder as President Amber Alert moves his sex-trafficking bestie to a cushier prison in exchange for keeping his name out of her testimony
August 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Your friendly reminder as President Amber Alert moves his sex-trafficking bestie to a cushier prison in exchange for keeping his name out of her testimony
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enchanted by this old library checkout card which mistakenly replaces "borrower's name" with "burrower's name" did not realize we got to assume a nom de guerre for all our burrowing activities. a nom de terre perhaps, a soil name
August 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
enchanted by this old library checkout card which mistakenly replaces "borrower's name" with "burrower's name" did not realize we got to assume a nom de guerre for all our burrowing activities. a nom de terre perhaps, a soil name
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and to my grandchildren i leave 86 gigabytes of menswear photos to win any menswear argument online
August 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
and to my grandchildren i leave 86 gigabytes of menswear photos to win any menswear argument online
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*The NIH-grant cancellation in late March followed the release of data from the CDC revealing that Black women were the only race or ethnic group who didn’t experience a decline in deaths from pregnancy related causes in 2023."
A professor had a $2.4m grant to study Black maternal health. Then Trump was elected
Jaime Slaughter-Acey said it was ‘heartbreaking’ to discover her study on Black maternal health was cancelled after the Trump administration’s NIH cuts
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
*The NIH-grant cancellation in late March followed the release of data from the CDC revealing that Black women were the only race or ethnic group who didn’t experience a decline in deaths from pregnancy related causes in 2023."
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brought to you by the same species that landed on the moon
August 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
brought to you by the same species that landed on the moon
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have fired the Coors Field scoreboard operator.
August 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Pittsburgh Pirates have fired the Coors Field scoreboard operator.
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BREAKING: I am suing the Department of Justice for the training videos instructing FBI personnel to flag mentions of Donald Trump in the Epstein files. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/i-am-suing...
I Am Suing the Department of Justice for the Epstein Files Training Videos
On July 20th, I was the first to report the existence of training videos instructing FBI personnel how to flag mentions of Trump and others in the Epstein files. Today, I'm suing for those videos.
www.muellershewrote.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
BREAKING: I am suing the Department of Justice for the training videos instructing FBI personnel to flag mentions of Donald Trump in the Epstein files. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/i-am-suing...
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