I recently finished Mood Machines by @lizpelly.bsky.social who points out that Spotify wrapped is free marketing that celebrates surveillance culture and enriches a company that is bad for music as an art form. Libraries rule
December 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I recently finished Mood Machines by @lizpelly.bsky.social who points out that Spotify wrapped is free marketing that celebrates surveillance culture and enriches a company that is bad for music as an art form. Libraries rule
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DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
I see we're doing onion headlines? I like this one.
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I see we're doing onion headlines? I like this one.
Me talking to my students between Thanksgiving and Christmas break.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Me talking to my students between Thanksgiving and Christmas break.
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They *said* that and they kept saying it for years after it stopped being true.
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
They *said* that and they kept saying it for years after it stopped being true.
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Horrible performance, relieved that's over.
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Horrible performance, relieved that's over.
#Arsenal players look either knackered or lacking match sharpness. Two wins and a draw would be a good week, given the schedule. Centerback injuries could derail a dream season.
November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#Arsenal players look either knackered or lacking match sharpness. Two wins and a draw would be a good week, given the schedule. Centerback injuries could derail a dream season.
This is good. The book length version is probably better. Also now want to read his book Status and Culture.
Thanks, @wdavidmarx.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Thanks, @wdavidmarx.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Make Culture Weird Again
Even failures and half steps will be more interesting than the boring stuff.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is good. The book length version is probably better. Also now want to read his book Status and Culture.
Thanks, @wdavidmarx.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Thanks, @wdavidmarx.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Reading about Thomas King and I both really feel for him and admire what I have heard of his response. I love his work and have taught his books and essays quite a bit.
If anyone has a gift link of the essay he wrote for Globe and Mail I would be very thankful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
If anyone has a gift link of the essay he wrote for Globe and Mail I would be very thankful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Acclaimed Writer of Indigenous Stories Says He Is Not Cherokee
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Reading about Thomas King and I both really feel for him and admire what I have heard of his response. I love his work and have taught his books and essays quite a bit.
If anyone has a gift link of the essay he wrote for Globe and Mail I would be very thankful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
If anyone has a gift link of the essay he wrote for Globe and Mail I would be very thankful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
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Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About that… 😁
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
www.sltrib.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About that… 😁
Would love to see MLS against Bayern. Give Cala a rest and get Miles some minutes. Least important game of the week given our UCL performance so far.
#arsenal
#arsenal
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Would love to see MLS against Bayern. Give Cala a rest and get Miles some minutes. Least important game of the week given our UCL performance so far.
#arsenal
#arsenal
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Hat trick
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hat trick
Again
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Again
Glad that the UK can share my pain in watching the world's worst streaming app for live sports. To be fair it has gotten a better recently.
Paramount is set to win the rights to broadcast the majority of Champions League games in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Full story from @mjslater.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
Full story from @mjslater.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Glad that the UK can share my pain in watching the world's worst streaming app for live sports. To be fair it has gotten a better recently.
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To scan the lines of his face, or feel the bumps on the head of this Leviathan; this is a thing which no Physiognomist or Phrenologist has as yet undertaken.
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
To scan the lines of his face, or feel the bumps on the head of this Leviathan; this is a thing which no Physiognomist or Phrenologist has as yet undertaken.
Top five movie genres
Morally ambiguous western that seems to question the very existence of westerns
Famous director allowed to cook (not Michael Bay)
Delroy Lindo supporting role
Paperwork movie
Gothic detective noir
Morally ambiguous western that seems to question the very existence of westerns
Famous director allowed to cook (not Michael Bay)
Delroy Lindo supporting role
Paperwork movie
Gothic detective noir
Top 5 movie genres:
fast-talking screwball heroine
paranoid thriller starring J Stewart or R Redford
grossly manipulative romcom
heist
vehicle for either Hepburn
fast-talking screwball heroine
paranoid thriller starring J Stewart or R Redford
grossly manipulative romcom
heist
vehicle for either Hepburn
Top 5 movie genres are:
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Top five movie genres
Morally ambiguous western that seems to question the very existence of westerns
Famous director allowed to cook (not Michael Bay)
Delroy Lindo supporting role
Paperwork movie
Gothic detective noir
Morally ambiguous western that seems to question the very existence of westerns
Famous director allowed to cook (not Michael Bay)
Delroy Lindo supporting role
Paperwork movie
Gothic detective noir
Still can't believe this. Read some great tributes over the last couple of days.
One thing I think gets lost with his work is that he worked really hard to get that sort of "tossed off" aesthetic. A song that sounds so "natural" is often slaved over more than anyone thinks.
One thing I think gets lost with his work is that he worked really hard to get that sort of "tossed off" aesthetic. A song that sounds so "natural" is often slaved over more than anyone thinks.
RIP Todd Snider. A true folksinger. In a sad irony, he wrote a bunch of great songs about people who died too young. This sucks.
November 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Still can't believe this. Read some great tributes over the last couple of days.
One thing I think gets lost with his work is that he worked really hard to get that sort of "tossed off" aesthetic. A song that sounds so "natural" is often slaved over more than anyone thinks.
One thing I think gets lost with his work is that he worked really hard to get that sort of "tossed off" aesthetic. A song that sounds so "natural" is often slaved over more than anyone thinks.
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I missed this on Friday but man, what a loss. If you’ve never heard him do yourself a favor and pick up Cash Cabin Sessions or The Storyteller.
Todd Snider obituary (NYT gift article). Effortlessly poetic, funny, witty, complicated, sometimes troubled. A human who bared his humanity.
Todd Snider, Folk Singer With a Wry Wit, Dies at 59
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I missed this on Friday but man, what a loss. If you’ve never heard him do yourself a favor and pick up Cash Cabin Sessions or The Storyteller.
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Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.
Here is a thread of my feelings
Here is a thread of my feelings
a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.
Here is a thread of my feelings
Here is a thread of my feelings
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I don't know man maybe talk to your employers about why tickets cost $300
July 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I don't know man maybe talk to your employers about why tickets cost $300
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I'm very sorry to report that the great alt-country singer-songwriter Todd Snider has died at 59 of undiagnosed walking pneumonia. I stick by what I wrote about him in 2012. www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bn/2012-0... Here's Rolling Stone's coverage. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Robert Christgau: Preaching Agnosticism (with Laugh Lines)
www.robertchristgau.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I'm very sorry to report that the great alt-country singer-songwriter Todd Snider has died at 59 of undiagnosed walking pneumonia. I stick by what I wrote about him in 2012. www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bn/2012-0... Here's Rolling Stone's coverage. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...