Laura Frey
@lauratfrey.bsky.social
Franzen apologist, book blogger, reads literary fiction, translations, classics, etc. Let's go Oilers! #yeg /Edmonton /Treaty 6. https://reading-in-bed.com/
Good night oilers fans
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media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Good night oilers fans
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I think Joyce Carol Oates has managed to be impossible to milkshake duck.
Not because she hasn't said problematic things - she has.
But she has said them in service to no higher goals. She's not trying to take over the government, or start a cult or a movement
Not because she hasn't said problematic things - she has.
But she has said them in service to no higher goals. She's not trying to take over the government, or start a cult or a movement
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I think Joyce Carol Oates has managed to be impossible to milkshake duck.
Not because she hasn't said problematic things - she has.
But she has said them in service to no higher goals. She's not trying to take over the government, or start a cult or a movement
Not because she hasn't said problematic things - she has.
But she has said them in service to no higher goals. She's not trying to take over the government, or start a cult or a movement
ahh I forgot this feeling #oilers
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media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
ahh I forgot this feeling #oilers
watching hockey for the first time since [redacted] and the announcer just made a joke about Brad Pitt asking "what's in the box"????
a man in a white shirt and suspenders says he 's a nutbag in an office
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media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
watching hockey for the first time since [redacted] and the announcer just made a joke about Brad Pitt asking "what's in the box"????
92 holds on 8 copies, guess I'll be buying this one, congrats David Szalay!
Alright Carrie, quit yapping and let me know if I'll be reading Flesh by David Szalay #bookerprize
a woman is smiling while sitting on a couch in front of a statue
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media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
92 holds on 8 copies, guess I'll be buying this one, congrats David Szalay!
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Love it when the newspaper publishes a photo of me with the caption, "Embarrassing and sad."
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Love it when the newspaper publishes a photo of me with the caption, "Embarrassing and sad."
Alright Carrie, quit yapping and let me know if I'll be reading Flesh by David Szalay #bookerprize
a woman is smiling while sitting on a couch in front of a statue
ALT: a woman is smiling while sitting on a couch in front of a statue
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Alright Carrie, quit yapping and let me know if I'll be reading Flesh by David Szalay #bookerprize
At least we appear to be blaming men for it this time (?)
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
At least we appear to be blaming men for it this time (?)
Raditude (2009)
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Raditude (2009)
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Alexi Murdoch - Orange Sky (audio)
YouTube video by AlexiMurdochVEVO
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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I wrote about Jennifer Lawrence's new movie and the unconventional love song that is genuinely Having a Moment
Why a 26-Year-Old Song Is Suddenly Everywhere
Jennifer Lawrence’s Die My Love, Celine Song’s Materialists, and Lena Dunham’s new show all commit to the same old duet, in spite of its quirkiness.
slate.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I wrote about Jennifer Lawrence's new movie and the unconventional love song that is genuinely Having a Moment
Speaking of NYT, finally, some news I can use. Except as a 45 year old woman who talks with lots of other middle aged women..... uhhh.... yes it's normal and this isn't news
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Speaking of NYT, finally, some news I can use. Except as a 45 year old woman who talks with lots of other middle aged women..... uhhh.... yes it's normal and this isn't news
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I don't want to "drill down," or "circle back" I want to go to sleep on the floor
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I don't want to "drill down," or "circle back" I want to go to sleep on the floor
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do bitches just complain a lot? or are they busy shopping? ross douthat investigates.
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
do bitches just complain a lot? or are they busy shopping? ross douthat investigates.
[NYT do not read this post] If I hadn't had a free subscription since 2021 due to some kind of glitch I would cancel today because what the fuck???
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
[NYT do not read this post] If I hadn't had a free subscription since 2021 due to some kind of glitch I would cancel today because what the fuck???
When big news on your kids' favourite band is released while they're in school and you can't wait to tell them pitchfork.com/news/death-g...
Death Grips Are Working on a New Album
The follow-up to 2018’s Year of the Snitch could be imminent
pitchfork.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
When big news on your kids' favourite band is released while they're in school and you can't wait to tell them pitchfork.com/news/death-g...
Congrats New Yorkers on your first Millennial mayor, just two weeks after Edmonton did it 😁
Edmonton's first millennial mayor incoming (Iveson is an xennial!)
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Congrats New Yorkers on your first Millennial mayor, just two weeks after Edmonton did it 😁
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I'm trying to determine how our view of social media went from "spaces where we interact with people of our choosing to discuss topics of our choosing" to "it's incumbent upon you to actively, regularly consume content you don't wish to/aren't interested in - or else you're an insufferable scold"
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm trying to determine how our view of social media went from "spaces where we interact with people of our choosing to discuss topics of our choosing" to "it's incumbent upon you to actively, regularly consume content you don't wish to/aren't interested in - or else you're an insufferable scold"
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Textual language, as experienced through both reading and writing, is one of our species' near-magical achievements, so of course now every tech-dipshit landlord wants to build machines and reproduction economies that dissolve it like acid.
November 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Textual language, as experienced through both reading and writing, is one of our species' near-magical achievements, so of course now every tech-dipshit landlord wants to build machines and reproduction economies that dissolve it like acid.
I don't use any blocklists like this... yet... but listen, I hear from AI boosters every single day: at work, at home, with friends, in mainstream media. I can't do much about that. If I can do something about it here, why not?
Blocking hatemongers is one thing but this trend of using mass block lists to avoid hearing from people who might or might not hold points of view you expect to disagree with is unhealthy imo and hurts the platform.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I don't use any blocklists like this... yet... but listen, I hear from AI boosters every single day: at work, at home, with friends, in mainstream media. I can't do much about that. If I can do something about it here, why not?
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finally. baseball is over. we can only hope it has been defeated forever
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
finally. baseball is over. we can only hope it has been defeated forever
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Toronto, you will not taste victory until you sacrifice Drake
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Toronto, you will not taste victory until you sacrifice Drake
Hey Jays fans, you'll be ok. Love, an Oilers fan
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Hey Jays fans, you'll be ok. Love, an Oilers fan
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When I say "I have a conflict with this meeting" I do not mean that I have another meeting at the same time.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
When I say "I have a conflict with this meeting" I do not mean that I have another meeting at the same time.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.