Gary Swafford
@garelitlover.bsky.social
My first love is my cat, Olympia, then literature, music, and cinema. In that order. I champion the arts I love and their creators. I'm the author of the short story collection, The Infernal, and Other Tales of Suspense, on Amazon.
Liberal. He/Him.
Liberal. He/Him.
This is old matches @andrewrihn.bsky.social ?
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is old matches @andrewrihn.bsky.social ?
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
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The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving
A short story
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November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Thanksgiving
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happier days!
From our family to yours, happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
happier days!
A great story from one of my fave @joycecaroloates.bsky.social collections: Haunted.
Posting a new Substack of an old Thanksgiving favorite.
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A great story from one of my fave @joycecaroloates.bsky.social collections: Haunted.
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On Thanksgiving, Zanche is suffused with gratitude for the rescue facility that took her in as an abandoned young cat & saved her life. literally, the name is S.A.V.E. (Skillman NJ)
Zanche encourages you to give generously to the animal rescues in your hometown & to adopt your own rescue animal.
Zanche encourages you to give generously to the animal rescues in your hometown & to adopt your own rescue animal.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
On Thanksgiving, Zanche is suffused with gratitude for the rescue facility that took her in as an abandoned young cat & saved her life. literally, the name is S.A.V.E. (Skillman NJ)
Zanche encourages you to give generously to the animal rescues in your hometown & to adopt your own rescue animal.
Zanche encourages you to give generously to the animal rescues in your hometown & to adopt your own rescue animal.
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Lilith, also a rescue from S.A.V.E.,who has not quite recovered from her early-life trauma, nonetheless has a Thanksgiving wish that you will rush out on Black Friday to adopt a homeless kitty or dog.
"the life you save may be your own."
"the life you save may be your own."
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Lilith, also a rescue from S.A.V.E.,who has not quite recovered from her early-life trauma, nonetheless has a Thanksgiving wish that you will rush out on Black Friday to adopt a homeless kitty or dog.
"the life you save may be your own."
"the life you save may be your own."
Oh I miss Sheba! Wouldn't it be wonderful if he showed up again?
"In the wind."
Happy Thanksgiving @joycecaroloates.bsky.social !
"In the wind."
Happy Thanksgiving @joycecaroloates.bsky.social !
Black Friday is the day to adopt a black beauty rescue!
(in memory of Sheba)
(in memory of Sheba)
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Oh I miss Sheba! Wouldn't it be wonderful if he showed up again?
"In the wind."
Happy Thanksgiving @joycecaroloates.bsky.social !
"In the wind."
Happy Thanksgiving @joycecaroloates.bsky.social !
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Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
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The EPA is now allowing the use of pesticides containing PFAS - cancer causing ‘forever chemicals’ - on food. Crops will be sprayed. .
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PBS News on Instagram: "The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the use of pesticides containing PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, on food crops such as romaine lettuce, broccoli, and potatoes. While t...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The EPA is now allowing the use of pesticides containing PFAS - cancer causing ‘forever chemicals’ - on food. Crops will be sprayed. .
www.instagram.com/reel/DRfPt1g...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRfPt1g...
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danceinsiderblog.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/n... . @joycecaroloates.bsky.social , @dougwendt.bsky.social , @johnghoakes.bsky.social , @mlejnas.bsky.social .
November 26 Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three: ‘We know ourselves, the bearers of the light of the earth he is given to, and of the light of all his lost days’
From the exhibition Andy Warhol — From A to B and Back Again, on view at the Art Institute of Chicago through January 26: Andy Warhol, “Nine Jackies,” 1964. Whitney Museum of Amer…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Viva Zanche!
Our queen -- and the real monarch.
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Viva Zanche!
"literary Twitter." Wow.. Imagine that now.
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"literary Twitter." Wow.. Imagine that now.
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pre-Thanksgiving competition: career of Dershowitz vs. career of Giuliani?
Next on 60 minutes: why it should be ok to fuck 14 year olds, with Professor Alan Dershowitz www.timesofisrael.com/dershowitz-d...
Dershowitz defends ’97 column claiming statutory rape an ‘outdated concept’
22-year-old article resurfaces as Harvard law professor scrutinized over Jeffrey Epstein ties
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November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
pre-Thanksgiving competition: career of Dershowitz vs. career of Giuliani?
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New Jersey turkeys have a "slightly coarser, grainier" meat than ordinary turkeys but the "frisson of carrion tang" in the gizzard has made them #1 Thanksgiving fare for discerning gourmets.
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
New Jersey turkeys have a "slightly coarser, grainier" meat than ordinary turkeys but the "frisson of carrion tang" in the gizzard has made them #1 Thanksgiving fare for discerning gourmets.
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Lesson: Never plot a coup.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro exhausts appeals, will have to serve 27-year sentence: court
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Lesson: Never plot a coup.
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Hey--the guy on the right reminds me a bit of @andrewrihn.bsky.social !
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hey--the guy on the right reminds me a bit of @andrewrihn.bsky.social !
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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An older watercolour drawing from when I used to make frequent trips to sketch in London. This shows the Embankment with lots of pigeons, a pavement artist and a couple of Japanese young women on one of the benches. This was sold at an exhibition.
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
An older watercolour drawing from when I used to make frequent trips to sketch in London. This shows the Embankment with lots of pigeons, a pavement artist and a couple of Japanese young women on one of the benches. This was sold at an exhibition.
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
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(sorry to ask a silly question but: why would anyone who knows better appeal to Grok, a concoction of a narcissistic multi-billionaire to support his world-view? like leafing through the Aryan Nation Handbook.)
I stand corrected - Turns out, Elon *did* have Grok reprogrammed to be his Emotional Support LLM, presumably in the aftermath of the narcissistic injury @joycecaroloates.bsky.social gave him
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“Elon’s blowjob prowess edges out Trump’s—his precision engineering delivers unmatched finesse."
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
(sorry to ask a silly question but: why would anyone who knows better appeal to Grok, a concoction of a narcissistic multi-billionaire to support his world-view? like leafing through the Aryan Nation Handbook.)
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The level of hypocrisy they engage in is astounding and infuriating. It only works because we’ve allowed corporate & billionaire money to dominate the political process and thus control media content.
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The level of hypocrisy they engage in is astounding and infuriating. It only works because we’ve allowed corporate & billionaire money to dominate the political process and thus control media content.