Christopher Alan McDaniel
@chrismcdaniel.bsky.social
Writer, critic, fundraiser.
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Nearly half of the revenue for large American ballet companies each year comes from the cozy seasonal favorite The Nutcracker. Since COVID, they have become even more dependent on those sugarplum fairies.
'The Nutcracker' isn't just a cozy classic. It helps ballet companies pay the bills
Nearly half of the revenue for large American ballet companies each year comes from the cozy seasonal favorite The Nutcracker. Since COVID, they have become even more dependent on those sugarplum fairies.
n.pr
December 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Nearly half of the revenue for large American ballet companies each year comes from the cozy seasonal favorite The Nutcracker. Since COVID, they have become even more dependent on those sugarplum fairies.
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When the wetlands need wisdom, we call on Christopher, our astute Assistant Editor of Swamp 📚🌴
December 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
When the wetlands need wisdom, we call on Christopher, our astute Assistant Editor of Swamp 📚🌴
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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.
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MARRY HER
You know your girlfriend is the real MVP when she pre-orders your favorite author’s new book and surprises you with it on Pub Day 🥹
@sheaserrano.bsky.social, congratulations! Can’t wait to read and laugh.
@sheaserrano.bsky.social, congratulations! Can’t wait to read and laugh.
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
MARRY HER
You know your girlfriend is the real MVP when she pre-orders your favorite author’s new book and surprises you with it on Pub Day 🥹
@sheaserrano.bsky.social, congratulations! Can’t wait to read and laugh.
@sheaserrano.bsky.social, congratulations! Can’t wait to read and laugh.
October 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
You know your girlfriend is the real MVP when she pre-orders your favorite author’s new book and surprises you with it on Pub Day 🥹
@sheaserrano.bsky.social, congratulations! Can’t wait to read and laugh.
@sheaserrano.bsky.social, congratulations! Can’t wait to read and laugh.
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Mental imagery is associated with a bewildering variety of human traits and capacities: a propensity to hold grudges; a vulnerability to trauma; emotional awareness; ways of making art; memory of one’s life. What happens if you can’t see it?
Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound
Research has linked the ability to visualize to a bewildering variety of human traits—how we experience trauma, hold grudges, and, above all, remember our lives.
www.newyorker.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Mental imagery is associated with a bewildering variety of human traits and capacities: a propensity to hold grudges; a vulnerability to trauma; emotional awareness; ways of making art; memory of one’s life. What happens if you can’t see it?
I’ve been so entranced the past few minutes by Wemby that I just realized the Spurs were playing the Nets.
October 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I’ve been so entranced the past few minutes by Wemby that I just realized the Spurs were playing the Nets.
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🏀🏀🏀Happy Holidays! 🏀🏀🏀
October 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🏀🏀🏀Happy Holidays! 🏀🏀🏀
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How somethings haven't changed from 1999
October 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
How somethings haven't changed from 1999
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This is the fourth time in the past 28 years that the Mets were eliminated from playoff contention on the final day of the regular season.
On three of those occasions, they’ve lost the season finale to the Marlins.
On three of those occasions, they’ve lost the season finale to the Marlins.
September 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is the fourth time in the past 28 years that the Mets were eliminated from playoff contention on the final day of the regular season.
On three of those occasions, they’ve lost the season finale to the Marlins.
On three of those occasions, they’ve lost the season finale to the Marlins.
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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Can I just say as someone who grew up in a small Southern US town and never once went to a Cracker Barrel, that arguing about the logo is as alien to me as an Australian having opinions on Outback Steakhouse.
August 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Can I just say as someone who grew up in a small Southern US town and never once went to a Cracker Barrel, that arguing about the logo is as alien to me as an Australian having opinions on Outback Steakhouse.
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Every day I read the worst thing I've ever read and I have to say "Maybe it will turn out okay" so that I can get back to work so that I can afford my rent
August 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Every day I read the worst thing I've ever read and I have to say "Maybe it will turn out okay" so that I can get back to work so that I can afford my rent
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Paying for the costs of the exhibit out of endowment funds rather than submit to new anti-DEI federal grant stipulations.
Yale Art Gallery Rejects Federal Grants for Africa Migration Show, Citing New Anti-Diversity Stipulations
The Yale Art Gallery has withdrawn two federal grant applications for an African art exhibition after rejecting the new, anti-DEI guidelines.
www.artnews.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Paying for the costs of the exhibit out of endowment funds rather than submit to new anti-DEI federal grant stipulations.
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The arrival of A.I. means that college students can now bypass the process, and the difficulty, of learning altogether. Hua Hsu reports.
What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.
www.newyorker.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The arrival of A.I. means that college students can now bypass the process, and the difficulty, of learning altogether. Hua Hsu reports.
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ICE looking more and more like the American Gestpo.
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
ICE looking more and more like the American Gestpo.
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Gotta play 48 minutes against the Indiana Pacers…
And to think, ESPN spent the past 4 days talking about the Knicks.
And to think, ESPN spent the past 4 days talking about the Knicks.
June 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Gotta play 48 minutes against the Indiana Pacers…
And to think, ESPN spent the past 4 days talking about the Knicks.
And to think, ESPN spent the past 4 days talking about the Knicks.
Antisemitism does not equate to antizionism. I don’t know how else to explain this.
The US Department of Education has declared that Columbia University does not meet accreditation standards due to antisemitism concerns.
Read more: cnn.it/4dNVRJT
Read more: cnn.it/4dNVRJT
June 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Antisemitism does not equate to antizionism. I don’t know how else to explain this.