Adam Palmer
@thatadampalmer.bsky.social
I make my living the old-fashioned way: writing. (he/him)
@scottrenshaw.bsky.social figured you and your librarian spouse might appreciate this:
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
@scottrenshaw.bsky.social figured you and your librarian spouse might appreciate this:
Now reading: CIRCLE OF HOPE by Eliza Griswold.
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Now reading: CIRCLE OF HOPE by Eliza Griswold.
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Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
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Found the greatest Letterboxd review ever on reddit
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Found the greatest Letterboxd review ever on reddit
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hey! me and my girlfriend just moved and it's 'spensive so we opened up a gofundme!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-two-c...
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Donate to Help Two Cool Ladies Move Across the USA!, organized by Noelle Palmer
The day: today! The time: five minutes from tomorrow. And the goal: get oursel… Noelle Palmer needs your support for Help Two Cool Ladies Move Across the USA!
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November 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
hey! me and my girlfriend just moved and it's 'spensive so we opened up a gofundme!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-two-c...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-two-c...
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MIT recently completed the first brain-scan study on #ChatGPT users—and the results are deeply revealing.
Rather than boosting brain function, prolonged #AI use may be dulling it. #science #MIT #brainscience #sciencesky
www.media.mit.edu/projects/you...
Rather than boosting brain function, prolonged #AI use may be dulling it. #science #MIT #brainscience #sciencesky
www.media.mit.edu/projects/you...
September 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
MIT recently completed the first brain-scan study on #ChatGPT users—and the results are deeply revealing.
Rather than boosting brain function, prolonged #AI use may be dulling it. #science #MIT #brainscience #sciencesky
www.media.mit.edu/projects/you...
Rather than boosting brain function, prolonged #AI use may be dulling it. #science #MIT #brainscience #sciencesky
www.media.mit.edu/projects/you...
The programmers at The Frida prove IKIRU is a Christmas movie.
Join us this December-March as we embark on an appropriately epic 13-film retrospective on the incredible works of legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
This series will explore over 40 years of masterpieces that changed the cinematic language forever!
🎟️: thefridacinema.org/film-series/...
This series will explore over 40 years of masterpieces that changed the cinematic language forever!
🎟️: thefridacinema.org/film-series/...
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The programmers at The Frida prove IKIRU is a Christmas movie.
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"maybe THIS time spending all day rebutting him point by point on social media will convince everyone else to ignore him, as he so richly deserves"
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"maybe THIS time spending all day rebutting him point by point on social media will convince everyone else to ignore him, as he so richly deserves"
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I really think that the best way to stop an intellectually anemic stylistically milquetoast bad-faith paycheck troll from winning is to stop turning every quarter-assed essay he publishes into the quote-tweet Super Bowl, but by all means, keep fighting your battle as you see fit
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I really think that the best way to stop an intellectually anemic stylistically milquetoast bad-faith paycheck troll from winning is to stop turning every quarter-assed essay he publishes into the quote-tweet Super Bowl, but by all means, keep fighting your battle as you see fit
We visited the border for church and a friend of mine took some incredible pictures and I indulged my florid side and wrote some words about the experience.
www.pacificasynod.org/border-churc...
www.pacificasynod.org/border-churc...
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
We visited the border for church and a friend of mine took some incredible pictures and I indulged my florid side and wrote some words about the experience.
www.pacificasynod.org/border-churc...
www.pacificasynod.org/border-churc...
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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extremely devastating news. "It's not because you don't understand, but you can't feel what I feel. You can sympathize, understand, show compassion. But feel my pain? No."
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
extremely devastating news. "It's not because you don't understand, but you can't feel what I feel. You can sympathize, understand, show compassion. But feel my pain? No."
This was the book where I finally understood the modern Democratic party. Essential reading if you ask me.
apropos of nothing I wrote a book a long time ago about how the DLC and Bill Clinton redefined winning for an entire generation of Democrats as "getting something done" through bipartisanship and compromise rather than achieving (or even having!) a specific outcome in mind, and, what do I know.
Chaotic Neutral: How the Democrats Lost Their Soul in the Center
Chaotic Neutral: How the Democrats Lost Their Soul in the Center [Burmila, Ed] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Chaotic Neutral: How the Democrats Lost Their Soul in the Center
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November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This was the book where I finally understood the modern Democratic party. Essential reading if you ask me.
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This is an entirely uncontroversial view in international law and usually taught in 101.
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This is an entirely uncontroversial view in international law and usually taught in 101.
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Free for all readers. Please be good to each other. Please don't take a single day for granted:
mollyknight.substack.com/p/alex-vesia...
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Alex Vesia and his wife Kayla announce death of newborn daughter
Please continue to keep the Vesia family in your thoughts
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November 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Free for all readers. Please be good to each other. Please don't take a single day for granted:
mollyknight.substack.com/p/alex-vesia...
mollyknight.substack.com/p/alex-vesia...
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Imagine what the Hebrew prophets would say about trillionaires.
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Imagine what the Hebrew prophets would say about trillionaires.
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BREAKING: California voters approve a new House map designed to help Democrats net 5 seats next year, NBC News projects, countering Republican redistricting in other states.
California voters approve Democratic-drawn congressional map as national redistricting battle spreads
NBC News projects that a ballot measure has passed allowing California Democrats to bypass an independent redistricting commission and counter GOP efforts around the country.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
BREAKING: California voters approve a new House map designed to help Democrats net 5 seats next year, NBC News projects, countering Republican redistricting in other states.
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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Baseball and the free city
The beauty of the Dodgers and Los Angeles' ungovernability.
mattdpearce.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Three of the 12 most pivotal plays in baseball history by cWPA occurred last night
November 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Three of the 12 most pivotal plays in baseball history by cWPA occurred last night
Today marks 29 years of marriage for these smiling infants.
November 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Today marks 29 years of marriage for these smiling infants.
Welcome, new baseball fans, to one of the world’s greatest, dumbest sports. Highly recommend catching up with the excellent movie EEPHUS to tide you over during the offseason.
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Welcome, new baseball fans, to one of the world’s greatest, dumbest sports. Highly recommend catching up with the excellent movie EEPHUS to tide you over during the offseason.
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For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
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Gonna be the Gay History Nerd for a sec: This headline continues a decades-old tradition of explaining gay cultural phenomena to readers via straight confusion/resentment--and of assuming that highly specific references are designed to confuse or exclude, not delight. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/s...
A Halloween Tradition People Love to ‘Hate’
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November 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Gonna be the Gay History Nerd for a sec: This headline continues a decades-old tradition of explaining gay cultural phenomena to readers via straight confusion/resentment--and of assuming that highly specific references are designed to confuse or exclude, not delight. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/s...