Zvi
@fredfred.bsky.social
Bibliophile. Reader. Dad. 🍁
Like all men, but more so
Like all men, but more so
I do not dream of weeknight meals.
Daily dinners don’t appeal:
I dream of brunch on Sunday next,
Or Mich’lin stars, enormous checks
For Friday meals by candle-light.
But weeknights? Just a boring bite.
Daily dinners don’t appeal:
I dream of brunch on Sunday next,
Or Mich’lin stars, enormous checks
For Friday meals by candle-light.
But weeknights? Just a boring bite.
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I do not dream of weeknight meals.
Daily dinners don’t appeal:
I dream of brunch on Sunday next,
Or Mich’lin stars, enormous checks
For Friday meals by candle-light.
But weeknights? Just a boring bite.
Daily dinners don’t appeal:
I dream of brunch on Sunday next,
Or Mich’lin stars, enormous checks
For Friday meals by candle-light.
But weeknights? Just a boring bite.
Is anyone detecting a kind of Damon Runyon vibe in Nuzzi’s terrible prose?
You can tell who is in “the Club” and who isn’t by who gets chased out of journalism or scrape and claw back into it versus the people who one year later come out of “exile” after gross breach in ethics and get glossy profiles and a book deal.
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Is anyone detecting a kind of Damon Runyon vibe in Nuzzi’s terrible prose?
There’s definitely a Christmas Carol vibe about the whole pedophile mess. Not that Trump is going to repent:
“Epstein was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the prison guard, the warden, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. “ 1/2
“Epstein was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the prison guard, the warden, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. “ 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There’s definitely a Christmas Carol vibe about the whole pedophile mess. Not that Trump is going to repent:
“Epstein was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the prison guard, the warden, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. “ 1/2
“Epstein was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the prison guard, the warden, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. “ 1/2
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i should have been a model in my story biographical
and chart the course of bullets theoretical and actual
toward the brain of my beloved mistaken for a victual
a camelot of dining for a creature that's vermiculal
and chart the course of bullets theoretical and actual
toward the brain of my beloved mistaken for a victual
a camelot of dining for a creature that's vermiculal
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
i should have been a model in my story biographical
and chart the course of bullets theoretical and actual
toward the brain of my beloved mistaken for a victual
a camelot of dining for a creature that's vermiculal
and chart the course of bullets theoretical and actual
toward the brain of my beloved mistaken for a victual
a camelot of dining for a creature that's vermiculal
the worm vaulted from the sphere of meme
baby don't worry it's not a worm
bro there's a whole paragraph about his brain worm lmfao
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
the worm vaulted from the sphere of meme
Because people don’t want to live in shoeboxes?
Why hundreds of empty Toronto condo lots are stuck in limbo — attracting the anger of their neighbours
Why hundreds of empty Toronto condo lots are stuck in limbo — attracting the anger of their neighbours
They may one day be home to towering condos, but for now, they are unkempt empty lots that attract pests and garbage — and the anger of nearby neighbours.
www.thestar.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Because people don’t want to live in shoeboxes?
Ground control to Major Shlong
Take your “protein” pills
And put your “helmet” on
Take your “protein” pills
And put your “helmet” on
This is why kerning is 🍆 so 🍆 important 🍆
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Ground control to Major Shlong
Take your “protein” pills
And put your “helmet” on
Take your “protein” pills
And put your “helmet” on
Let us throw this clubby, drunken, sexist, racist, pedophiliac, ugly, power-mad, stupid and smug and terrified Old New York into the oubliette.
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Let us throw this clubby, drunken, sexist, racist, pedophiliac, ugly, power-mad, stupid and smug and terrified Old New York into the oubliette.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Never mind theology. In these hard times of algorithms, AI, franchises and merch, I would dutifully take scripts notes from His Holiness. In fact, I want him to run a studio.
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bsky.app/profile/mark...
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Never mind theology. In these hard times of algorithms, AI, franchises and merch, I would dutifully take scripts notes from His Holiness. In fact, I want him to run a studio.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
bsky.app/profile/mark...
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"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think
Oh my i could not be more excited! A new Benjamin Rosenbaum story!
A child who falls through the cracks in a world run by machines and politics might be the savior of all humanity...
Next week. "Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way" by @benjaminrosenbaum.com at Reactor!
Art by Tom Dearie
Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social
Next week. "Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way" by @benjaminrosenbaum.com at Reactor!
Art by Tom Dearie
Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Oh my i could not be more excited! A new Benjamin Rosenbaum story!
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
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"Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
When It Happens
It’s been so long, you sometimes forget that eventually, IT will HAPPEN. It’s impossible to say when IT will HAPPEN. But it can’t be too long until...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
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IT'S '6-7', COOPER. A GENERATION ALPHA TREND. WHAT THEY CALL A 'MAY-MAY'. IT'S AN ORPHANED SIGNIFIER, NO SIGNS ATTACHED. ONE COULD CALL IT DADAIST, BUT SOMME SAY IT'S TOO STUPID TO BE DADA. IT'S ANTI-MEANING, ANTI-HUMOUR, BUT DAMN IF THOSE KIDS DON'T FIND IT A CRACK-UP.
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
IT'S '6-7', COOPER. A GENERATION ALPHA TREND. WHAT THEY CALL A 'MAY-MAY'. IT'S AN ORPHANED SIGNIFIER, NO SIGNS ATTACHED. ONE COULD CALL IT DADAIST, BUT SOMME SAY IT'S TOO STUPID TO BE DADA. IT'S ANTI-MEANING, ANTI-HUMOUR, BUT DAMN IF THOSE KIDS DON'T FIND IT A CRACK-UP.
“Brainology: The Secret Science of Ensmartification”
Elon Musk: da nine books that everyone should read are
9) Brainology: The Secret Science of Ensmartification
8) Numbers: What Numerals Get Wrong about Integers
7) Future Time Now: How Silicon Valley Makes Yesterday's Present into Tomorrow's Past
9) Brainology: The Secret Science of Ensmartification
8) Numbers: What Numerals Get Wrong about Integers
7) Future Time Now: How Silicon Valley Makes Yesterday's Present into Tomorrow's Past
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“Brainology: The Secret Science of Ensmartification”
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🎶 When I set out on Bluesky, my mama told me, “Son
The mods there don’t like death threats, so you had best make none”
But I said I’d shoot a journo, just to make a joke
Now I’m stuck in Bluesky Prison, until the day I croak 🎶
The mods there don’t like death threats, so you had best make none”
But I said I’d shoot a journo, just to make a joke
Now I’m stuck in Bluesky Prison, until the day I croak 🎶
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🎶 When I set out on Bluesky, my mama told me, “Son
The mods there don’t like death threats, so you had best make none”
But I said I’d shoot a journo, just to make a joke
Now I’m stuck in Bluesky Prison, until the day I croak 🎶
The mods there don’t like death threats, so you had best make none”
But I said I’d shoot a journo, just to make a joke
Now I’m stuck in Bluesky Prison, until the day I croak 🎶
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DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
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if I was a tiny bug I would get married here
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
if I was a tiny bug I would get married here
[interrogation room]
good cop: *sets coffee and smoke on table* here you go
suspect: thank you
david copperfield: *sets down gin punch* whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
good cop: *sets coffee and smoke on table* here you go
suspect: thank you
david copperfield: *sets down gin punch* whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
[interrogation room]
good cop: *sets coffee and smoke on table* here you go
suspect: thank you
sad cop: *also sets whisky on table* there is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide,
good cop: *sets coffee and smoke on table* here you go
suspect: thank you
sad cop: *also sets whisky on table* there is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide,
[interrogation room]
good cop: *sets coffee and smokes on table* here you go
suspect: thank you
cat cop: *slowly pushes coffee and smokes off table*
good cop: *sets coffee and smokes on table* here you go
suspect: thank you
cat cop: *slowly pushes coffee and smokes off table*
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
[interrogation room]
good cop: *sets coffee and smoke on table* here you go
suspect: thank you
david copperfield: *sets down gin punch* whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
good cop: *sets coffee and smoke on table* here you go
suspect: thank you
david copperfield: *sets down gin punch* whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
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I missed the detail that Mark Carney ditched the luxury tax on private jets, yachts, and vehicles over $100,000 in the budget, though I also can’t say I’m surprised.
The banker-in-chief is serving his Bay Street buddies.
The banker-in-chief is serving his Bay Street buddies.
Here's what each federal department plans to cut under Budget 2025 | CBC News
Tuesday's federal budget offers a glimpse into how dozens of government departments plan to rein in spending following this summer's comprehensive expenditure review. Here's a department-by-departmen...
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I missed the detail that Mark Carney ditched the luxury tax on private jets, yachts, and vehicles over $100,000 in the budget, though I also can’t say I’m surprised.
The banker-in-chief is serving his Bay Street buddies.
The banker-in-chief is serving his Bay Street buddies.
I miss Strindberg and Helium. Their strange combination of despair and glee seems of the moment
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I miss Strindberg and Helium. Their strange combination of despair and glee seems of the moment
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My latest at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: I talked to @oglaf.bsky.social! Not the character, but rather, the people who create it.
They don't do many interviews, so this was a real treat. They're funny people! Turns out they're not super private, just...really bad at PR?
www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...
They don't do many interviews, so this was a real treat. They're funny people! Turns out they're not super private, just...really bad at PR?
www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My latest at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: I talked to @oglaf.bsky.social! Not the character, but rather, the people who create it.
They don't do many interviews, so this was a real treat. They're funny people! Turns out they're not super private, just...really bad at PR?
www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...
They don't do many interviews, so this was a real treat. They're funny people! Turns out they're not super private, just...really bad at PR?
www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...
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1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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87 years old and handy with a flamethrower
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
87 years old and handy with a flamethrower