Jess
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From #CalebFemi 's collection #Poor, a stirring, passionate and strong debut release from 2020.
Femi is sitting on this year's Booker Prize panel and recently dropped a new collect #TheWickedist.
Femi is sitting on this year's Booker Prize panel and recently dropped a new collect #TheWickedist.
May 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
From #CalebFemi 's collection #Poor, a stirring, passionate and strong debut release from 2020.
Femi is sitting on this year's Booker Prize panel and recently dropped a new collect #TheWickedist.
Femi is sitting on this year's Booker Prize panel and recently dropped a new collect #TheWickedist.
"What thoughts keep him company, alone at his desk? How is he sufficient to himself?"
"How is anyone to do anything if the gap between an idea and its realisation, a thought and its expression, should be a chasm?"
Serving anxious, awkward queer kid realness 3.5/5
#MichaelAmherst #TheBoyhoodofCain
"How is anyone to do anything if the gap between an idea and its realisation, a thought and its expression, should be a chasm?"
Serving anxious, awkward queer kid realness 3.5/5
#MichaelAmherst #TheBoyhoodofCain
April 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"What thoughts keep him company, alone at his desk? How is he sufficient to himself?"
"How is anyone to do anything if the gap between an idea and its realisation, a thought and its expression, should be a chasm?"
Serving anxious, awkward queer kid realness 3.5/5
#MichaelAmherst #TheBoyhoodofCain
"How is anyone to do anything if the gap between an idea and its realisation, a thought and its expression, should be a chasm?"
Serving anxious, awkward queer kid realness 3.5/5
#MichaelAmherst #TheBoyhoodofCain
"What are you into?" ...
Go on. Answer him. Don't you know who you are?
Tolcher takes de Balzac's claim that every ejaculation is death to creative energy very seriously and gives us this horny journey of self inquiry while abstaining from orgasm.
5/5 high impact, fun and reflective read.
Go on. Answer him. Don't you know who you are?
Tolcher takes de Balzac's claim that every ejaculation is death to creative energy very seriously and gives us this horny journey of self inquiry while abstaining from orgasm.
5/5 high impact, fun and reflective read.
April 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"What are you into?" ...
Go on. Answer him. Don't you know who you are?
Tolcher takes de Balzac's claim that every ejaculation is death to creative energy very seriously and gives us this horny journey of self inquiry while abstaining from orgasm.
5/5 high impact, fun and reflective read.
Go on. Answer him. Don't you know who you are?
Tolcher takes de Balzac's claim that every ejaculation is death to creative energy very seriously and gives us this horny journey of self inquiry while abstaining from orgasm.
5/5 high impact, fun and reflective read.
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Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands near Antarctica
Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands near Antarctica
Australian prime minister surprised after external territories – including tiny Norfolk Island and remote islands home to penguins – targeted by US president
A group of barren, uninhabited volcanic islands near Antarctica, covered in glaciers and home to penguins, have been swept up in Donald Trump’s trade war, as the US president hit them with a 10% tariff on goods.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands, which form an external territory of Australia, are among the remotest places on earth, accessible only via a two-week boat voyage from Perth on Australia’s west coast. They are completely uninhabited, with the last visit from people believed to be nearly 10 years ago. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands near Antarctica
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today and always
March 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
today and always
James Kelman, author of the 1994 Booker Prize winning novel How Late It Was, How Late.
#booksky #BookerPrize #reading
#booksky #BookerPrize #reading
March 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
James Kelman, author of the 1994 Booker Prize winning novel How Late It Was, How Late.
#booksky #BookerPrize #reading
#booksky #BookerPrize #reading
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Also had the chance today to talk to advocates about how in 🇦🇺 it’s legal to pay people with Down Syndrome as little as $3 per hour.
This needs to change & was recognised by the Disability Royal Commission.
You can see Charlotte tonight on The Project.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This needs to change & was recognised by the Disability Royal Commission.
You can see Charlotte tonight on The Project.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Charlotte’s friends with Down syndrome are paid $3 an hour. It’s legal in Australia - and she’s taking a stand
Down Syndrome Australia launches campaign to encourage politicians to abolish subminimum wage
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Also had the chance today to talk to advocates about how in 🇦🇺 it’s legal to pay people with Down Syndrome as little as $3 per hour.
This needs to change & was recognised by the Disability Royal Commission.
You can see Charlotte tonight on The Project.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This needs to change & was recognised by the Disability Royal Commission.
You can see Charlotte tonight on The Project.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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im sorry. Im the reason the eggs are expensive. i have been buying them all and conducting science experiments on how to make the eggs Gay
March 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
im sorry. Im the reason the eggs are expensive. i have been buying them all and conducting science experiments on how to make the eggs Gay
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“departmen” elon musk was a child that was left behind
March 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“departmen” elon musk was a child that was left behind
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Unesco report highlights ‘unprecedented’ glacier loss driven by climate crisis, threatening ecosystems, agriculture and water sources
Retreating glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, the UN has warned, as current “unprecedented” rates of melting will…
Retreating glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, the UN has warned, as current “unprecedented” rates of melting will…
Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2bn people, says UN
Unesco report highlights ‘unprecedented’ glacier loss driven by climate crisis, threatening ecosystems, agriculture and water sources
Retreating glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, the UN has warned, as current “unprecedented” rates of melting will have unpredictable consequences.
Two-thirds of all irrigated agriculture in the world is likely to be affected in some way by receding glaciers and dwindling snowfall in mountain regions, driven by the climate crisis, according to a Unesco report. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Unesco report highlights ‘unprecedented’ glacier loss driven by climate crisis, threatening ecosystems, agriculture and water sources
Retreating glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, the UN has warned, as current “unprecedented” rates of melting will…
Retreating glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, the UN has warned, as current “unprecedented” rates of melting will…
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Brilliant, tragic rendering of just this problem from Nadia Abu El-Haj
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
March 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Brilliant, tragic rendering of just this problem from Nadia Abu El-Haj
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
"And my present bubbled and frothed in my past, and was borne naturally away."
#DavidFosterWallace somehow making taking a piss in a shitty toilet on campus at your alma mater sound very beautiful.
#booksky #BroomOfTheSystem
#DavidFosterWallace somehow making taking a piss in a shitty toilet on campus at your alma mater sound very beautiful.
#booksky #BroomOfTheSystem
March 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
"And my present bubbled and frothed in my past, and was borne naturally away."
#DavidFosterWallace somehow making taking a piss in a shitty toilet on campus at your alma mater sound very beautiful.
#booksky #BroomOfTheSystem
#DavidFosterWallace somehow making taking a piss in a shitty toilet on campus at your alma mater sound very beautiful.
#booksky #BroomOfTheSystem
She's beauty and she's grace she's @overlandjournal.bsky.social mail.
March 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
She's beauty and she's grace she's @overlandjournal.bsky.social mail.
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Stunned into silence after reading this profoundly original and haunting prose poem of a novel.
March 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Stunned into silence after reading this profoundly original and haunting prose poem of a novel.
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Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest #tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries confirm that funding cuts from foreign aid, particularly from USAID, are already dismantling essential TB services.
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
March 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest #tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries confirm that funding cuts from foreign aid, particularly from USAID, are already dismantling essential TB services.
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
I was so relieved when my kids grew out of the glitter craft toddler phase. Totally forgot about the queer teen glitter makeup years. Happy Mardi Gras to my bathroom I guess.
#mardisgras #queer #lgbtqi
#mardisgras #queer #lgbtqi
March 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I was so relieved when my kids grew out of the glitter craft toddler phase. Totally forgot about the queer teen glitter makeup years. Happy Mardi Gras to my bathroom I guess.
#mardisgras #queer #lgbtqi
#mardisgras #queer #lgbtqi
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Bong Joon-ho on ‘MICKEY 17’:
“They’re printing Mickey out so that he can die, and in that concept is all the comedy and tragedy of the film. In real life, you see a lot of jobs that end in fatal accidents. When that happens, the worker leaves, another worker comes. The job remains the same — it’s
“They’re printing Mickey out so that he can die, and in that concept is all the comedy and tragedy of the film. In real life, you see a lot of jobs that end in fatal accidents. When that happens, the worker leaves, another worker comes. The job remains the same — it’s
March 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Bong Joon-ho on ‘MICKEY 17’:
“They’re printing Mickey out so that he can die, and in that concept is all the comedy and tragedy of the film. In real life, you see a lot of jobs that end in fatal accidents. When that happens, the worker leaves, another worker comes. The job remains the same — it’s
“They’re printing Mickey out so that he can die, and in that concept is all the comedy and tragedy of the film. In real life, you see a lot of jobs that end in fatal accidents. When that happens, the worker leaves, another worker comes. The job remains the same — it’s
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I hope that the abridged version of Infinite Jest is called Finite Jest.
February 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I hope that the abridged version of Infinite Jest is called Finite Jest.
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#NYRBWomen25
Borghesia - Natalia Ginzburg
"She would sometimes think how the years accumulate on a cat too, so that every time you saw it walk by silently at your feet, the burdensome memory of everything that had happened to you went by with it."
Just, wow.
Borghesia - Natalia Ginzburg
"She would sometimes think how the years accumulate on a cat too, so that every time you saw it walk by silently at your feet, the burdensome memory of everything that had happened to you went by with it."
Just, wow.
March 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
#NYRBWomen25
Borghesia - Natalia Ginzburg
"She would sometimes think how the years accumulate on a cat too, so that every time you saw it walk by silently at your feet, the burdensome memory of everything that had happened to you went by with it."
Just, wow.
Borghesia - Natalia Ginzburg
"She would sometimes think how the years accumulate on a cat too, so that every time you saw it walk by silently at your feet, the burdensome memory of everything that had happened to you went by with it."
Just, wow.
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Thinking of novellas for our next podcast episode and would love to share some of your thoughts! What are some of your favorite novellas, and why? Do you seek out novellas? Please share with @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I!
February 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Thinking of novellas for our next podcast episode and would love to share some of your thoughts! What are some of your favorite novellas, and why? Do you seek out novellas? Please share with @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I!
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Kieran Culkin has won the Golden Globe, Critics Choice, BAFTA and SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He is nominated at the #Oscars next week.
He is nominated at the #Oscars next week.
February 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Kieran Culkin has won the Golden Globe, Critics Choice, BAFTA and SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He is nominated at the #Oscars next week.
He is nominated at the #Oscars next week.
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I am so moved to get to share this with you all: the fourth installment in the Love Letters essay series.
Nell, or: This Is Practically The Way It All Happened (give or bloody take), Peter S. Beagle's reflections on a thirty-five year romance with the woman he still calls "my one love".
Nell, or: This Is Practically The Way It All Happened (give or bloody take), Peter S. Beagle's reflections on a thirty-five year romance with the woman he still calls "my one love".
Nell, or: This Is Practically The Way It All Happened (give or bloody take)
A Love Letters Feature by Peter S. Beagle - February 2025
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February 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I am so moved to get to share this with you all: the fourth installment in the Love Letters essay series.
Nell, or: This Is Practically The Way It All Happened (give or bloody take), Peter S. Beagle's reflections on a thirty-five year romance with the woman he still calls "my one love".
Nell, or: This Is Practically The Way It All Happened (give or bloody take), Peter S. Beagle's reflections on a thirty-five year romance with the woman he still calls "my one love".