David Schmidt
@david-schmidt.bsky.social
Policy wonk. Poet. Gadfly.
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More true every day
February 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
More true every day
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THE ISLAND PRIZE is looking for debut novels!
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December 6, 2024 at 11:44 AM
THE ISLAND PRIZE is looking for debut novels!
www.hhousebooks.com/island-prize...
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It’s really too bad that my next book can’t just be called “there’s more to the universe than this capitalist bullshit” because that’s what it’s about lol
December 6, 2024 at 2:02 AM
It’s really too bad that my next book can’t just be called “there’s more to the universe than this capitalist bullshit” because that’s what it’s about lol
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I asked my aunt, the doctor,
to help me make sense
of the new article in Science
titled: “A single mutation
in bovine influenza
H5N1 hemagglutinin
switches specificity
to human receptors,”
and my aunt replied:
“it means that we are
a single mutation
away from catastrophe.”
to help me make sense
of the new article in Science
titled: “A single mutation
in bovine influenza
H5N1 hemagglutinin
switches specificity
to human receptors,”
and my aunt replied:
“it means that we are
a single mutation
away from catastrophe.”
December 6, 2024 at 12:21 AM
I asked my aunt, the doctor,
to help me make sense
of the new article in Science
titled: “A single mutation
in bovine influenza
H5N1 hemagglutinin
switches specificity
to human receptors,”
and my aunt replied:
“it means that we are
a single mutation
away from catastrophe.”
to help me make sense
of the new article in Science
titled: “A single mutation
in bovine influenza
H5N1 hemagglutinin
switches specificity
to human receptors,”
and my aunt replied:
“it means that we are
a single mutation
away from catastrophe.”
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If you're indie, the things you can pay for that might help:
A developmental editor
A publicist
A damn good cover artist
That's pretty much it I reckon
A developmental editor
A publicist
A damn good cover artist
That's pretty much it I reckon
December 6, 2024 at 3:57 PM
If you're indie, the things you can pay for that might help:
A developmental editor
A publicist
A damn good cover artist
That's pretty much it I reckon
A developmental editor
A publicist
A damn good cover artist
That's pretty much it I reckon
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New authors! Things you absolutely do not have to pay for:
-Being published
-Being interviewed on a podcast
-Book reviews
Things you should be paid for:
-Being published
-Your time and expertise
It doesn't matter how new you are. You never need to pay to play 🖤
-Being published
-Being interviewed on a podcast
-Book reviews
Things you should be paid for:
-Being published
-Your time and expertise
It doesn't matter how new you are. You never need to pay to play 🖤
December 6, 2024 at 3:56 PM
New authors! Things you absolutely do not have to pay for:
-Being published
-Being interviewed on a podcast
-Book reviews
Things you should be paid for:
-Being published
-Your time and expertise
It doesn't matter how new you are. You never need to pay to play 🖤
-Being published
-Being interviewed on a podcast
-Book reviews
Things you should be paid for:
-Being published
-Your time and expertise
It doesn't matter how new you are. You never need to pay to play 🖤
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
10/20
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
10/20
December 3, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
10/20
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
10/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
9/20
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
9/20
December 3, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
9/20
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
9/20
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"What is distinctive about our time is that its monsters consist not only of political extremists of all kinds, but also of weather events that could not have been conceived of in Gramsci’s lifetime: supercharged storms, megadroughts, catastrophic rain-bombs and the like."
“Wildfires & rain-bombs are deeply political creatures: the by-products of historical processes that have hugely benefited a small minority of human beings at the expense of the great majority.”
From @amitav.bsky.social’s magnificent Erasmus Prize acceptance speech.
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
From @amitav.bsky.social’s magnificent Erasmus Prize acceptance speech.
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
Erasmusprijswinnaars - Praemium Erasmianum Foundation
It takes only a glance at a newspaper nowadays to see that much of what we once took for granted is either being cast aside or turned on its head. Indeed, with floods sweeping away entire cities, and ...
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November 30, 2024 at 6:23 PM
"What is distinctive about our time is that its monsters consist not only of political extremists of all kinds, but also of weather events that could not have been conceived of in Gramsci’s lifetime: supercharged storms, megadroughts, catastrophic rain-bombs and the like."
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
8/20
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
8/20
November 27, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
8/20
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
8/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
7/20
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
7/20
November 26, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
7/20
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
7/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
6/20
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
6/20
November 26, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
6/20
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
6/20
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"The bottom fell out of journalism" by Karin Schimke
(The incredible story of Leonie Joubert's Story Ark!)
open.substack.com/pub/karinsch...
(The incredible story of Leonie Joubert's Story Ark!)
open.substack.com/pub/karinsch...
The bottom fell out of journalism
One journalist won't let that stop her reporting from the field
open.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:08 AM
"The bottom fell out of journalism" by Karin Schimke
(The incredible story of Leonie Joubert's Story Ark!)
open.substack.com/pub/karinsch...
(The incredible story of Leonie Joubert's Story Ark!)
open.substack.com/pub/karinsch...
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
5/20
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
5/20
November 24, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
5/20
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
5/20
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It’s all in the telling.
November 23, 2024 at 10:09 PM
It’s all in the telling.
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Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 5.30 for 6PM, at The Book Lounge!
November 22, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 5.30 for 6PM, at The Book Lounge!
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Wow, thank you all for following: 300k-plus followers on @bsky.app, for a site I only had 30k followers on before the election and that I barely checked. Crazy growth in just a couple of weeks.
I am loving the energy and engagement, and lack of trolls, on this site.
Aren't you?
I am loving the energy and engagement, and lack of trolls, on this site.
Aren't you?
November 23, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Wow, thank you all for following: 300k-plus followers on @bsky.app, for a site I only had 30k followers on before the election and that I barely checked. Crazy growth in just a couple of weeks.
I am loving the energy and engagement, and lack of trolls, on this site.
Aren't you?
I am loving the energy and engagement, and lack of trolls, on this site.
Aren't you?
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I've spent 16 years doing independent theatre, and at the best of times, I broke even. I wish I could've done 48 plays by now, instead of (my current) 24. Poor ain't bad if you prove to your friends you're worth a damn.
what’s the longest time you’ve spent creating something for the smallest possible reward?
I spent a day writing a web-comic thing that got 12 likes but an exasperated "Christ, that's shite" comment on some AI nonsense has 300+ likes and counting.
November 22, 2024 at 9:53 PM
I've spent 16 years doing independent theatre, and at the best of times, I broke even. I wish I could've done 48 plays by now, instead of (my current) 24. Poor ain't bad if you prove to your friends you're worth a damn.
Interesting article by David Brooks. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
He notes right-wing populist leaders 'understand that working-class people resent the know-it-all professional class, with their fancy degrees, more than they do billionaire real-estate magnates or rich entrepreneurs.'
He notes right-wing populist leaders 'understand that working-class people resent the know-it-all professional class, with their fancy degrees, more than they do billionaire real-estate magnates or rich entrepreneurs.'
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Interesting article by David Brooks. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
He notes right-wing populist leaders 'understand that working-class people resent the know-it-all professional class, with their fancy degrees, more than they do billionaire real-estate magnates or rich entrepreneurs.'
He notes right-wing populist leaders 'understand that working-class people resent the know-it-all professional class, with their fancy degrees, more than they do billionaire real-estate magnates or rich entrepreneurs.'
'No, that's how I got tuberculosis.' GOAT.
Still the greatest interview exchange in the history of rock and roll. Bob Dylan. Playboy Magazine. March 1966.
November 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM
'No, that's how I got tuberculosis.' GOAT.
Generous tippers. Old people who invest their time in young people. Integrators of multiple perspectives. Comedians who can laugh at themselves. Clowns in general. Poets without pretensions. Politicians who embody service. Real deals.
November 23, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Generous tippers. Old people who invest their time in young people. Integrators of multiple perspectives. Comedians who can laugh at themselves. Clowns in general. Poets without pretensions. Politicians who embody service. Real deals.
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James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared view of the Pillars of Creation
November 23, 2024 at 5:03 AM
James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared view of the Pillars of Creation