Jason Bailey
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Keep circulating the tapes.
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GANDOLFINI Book: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/gandolfini_9781419767692/
GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC podcast: pod.link/1274489817
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Jason Bailey
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· Apr 29
Gandolfini Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend
A deeply reported, perceptive, and celebratory biography of beloved actor James Gandolfini from a prominent critic and film historian. Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by the AV…
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Ok. So. It's pub day. My book GANDOLFINI: JIM, TONY, AND THE LIFE OF A LEGEND is out today.
And as I'm sure you've heard from other authors, first week sales really do matter so much! So I'm gonna sell a bit.
www.abramsbooks.com/product/gand...
And as I'm sure you've heard from other authors, first week sales really do matter so much! So I'm gonna sell a bit.
www.abramsbooks.com/product/gand...
hey @support.bsky.team wtf is this bullshit
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
hey @support.bsky.team wtf is this bullshit
Boy you can just realllllllly fucking tell who's never had to get on the horn with an insurance company huh
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Boy you can just realllllllly fucking tell who's never had to get on the horn with an insurance company huh
LET HER COOK
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
LET HER COOK
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Jesus fucking Christ! Everybody already knows where they stand! It's not a secret, they say it all the time!
Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Jesus fucking Christ! Everybody already knows where they stand! It's not a secret, they say it all the time!
Hard-pressed to think of a movie I’ve seen more times than this one, but I’m rewatching it tonight (on laserdisc!) because I get to write about it for NYT
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Hard-pressed to think of a movie I’ve seen more times than this one, but I’m rewatching it tonight (on laserdisc!) because I get to write about it for NYT
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In honor of the Richard Burton's 100th birthday this week, we look back at “The Spy Who Came In From the Cold,” a role that offered him the rare chance to underplay his brash persona. crookedmarquee.com/richard-burt...
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In honor of the Richard Burton's 100th birthday this week, we look back at “The Spy Who Came In From the Cold,” a role that offered him the rare chance to underplay his brash persona. crookedmarquee.com/richard-burt...
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It’s so weird to have President Senile George Wallace so many years later
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It’s so weird to have President Senile George Wallace so many years later
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
Utterly hilarious that a single motherfucker who has paid one lick of attention for the past decade put a goddamn "IF" into this sentence
1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Utterly hilarious that a single motherfucker who has paid one lick of attention for the past decade put a goddamn "IF" into this sentence
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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it's almost as if you shouldn't and can't negotiate with completely amoral vacuous shitgoblins
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
it's almost as if you shouldn't and can't negotiate with completely amoral vacuous shitgoblins
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They used to wiretap your phones to collect this kind of information from you but now you pay for a Bluecheck and post it yourself
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
They used to wiretap your phones to collect this kind of information from you but now you pay for a Bluecheck and post it yourself
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Did women ruin the workplace? No! Did I personally ruin my own weekend writing about the cynical fuckery that led to the New York Times asking that question? I sure did!
Huge thanks to @moiradonegan.bsky.social for lending her expertise and insight to my ranting
Huge thanks to @moiradonegan.bsky.social for lending her expertise and insight to my ranting
Women didn’t ruin the workplace. Capitalism did
When your debate centers on whether women should exist in public, you’ve already lost.
www.salon.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Did women ruin the workplace? No! Did I personally ruin my own weekend writing about the cynical fuckery that led to the New York Times asking that question? I sure did!
Huge thanks to @moiradonegan.bsky.social for lending her expertise and insight to my ranting
Huge thanks to @moiradonegan.bsky.social for lending her expertise and insight to my ranting
Man that sucks, do you know anybody in power over there who could stop it
I will not support the Republican bill that’s on the Senate floor because it fails to do anything of substance to fix America’s healthcare crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Man that sucks, do you know anybody in power over there who could stop it
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also! WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS (or any of the books in the MUSIC MATTERS series as well as all UTP books!) is on sale at the University of Texas Press' website for 40% off (50% off ebooks) with the code UTXGIFTS utpress.utexas.edu/9781477320112/
Why Patti Smith Matters
Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. What she found—what she fostered—was a cultural rev...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
also! WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS (or any of the books in the MUSIC MATTERS series as well as all UTP books!) is on sale at the University of Texas Press' website for 40% off (50% off ebooks) with the code UTXGIFTS utpress.utexas.edu/9781477320112/
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
It's so much more cynical and manipulative than there just being eight dipshits who don't want their Thanksgiving flights delayed. It's a deep, unfixable rot throughout the entire Dem leadership apparatus.
I've never felt more nihilistic about our political system and the inequality at its core.
I've never felt more nihilistic about our political system and the inequality at its core.
The thing @schumer.senate.gov appears to be doing where he gets everybody who’s retiring or was just sworn in to a six-year term to vote yes so he and a bunch more moderates can vote “no” to appear more progressive than they are is so insulting lol
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's so much more cynical and manipulative than there just being eight dipshits who don't want their Thanksgiving flights delayed. It's a deep, unfixable rot throughout the entire Dem leadership apparatus.
I've never felt more nihilistic about our political system and the inequality at its core.
I've never felt more nihilistic about our political system and the inequality at its core.
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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The Hateful Eight is right there for anyone casting about for a hooky headline.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The Hateful Eight is right there for anyone casting about for a hooky headline.