Paul J. Bauer
@pauljbauer.bsky.social
Books, botany, baseball, biking...care and feeding of ArchersBooks.com.
All the lists of the best books of 2025 are coming out and I realize I'm still working on the best books of 1925. I'm never going to get caught up at this rate!
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
All the lists of the best books of 2025 are coming out and I realize I'm still working on the best books of 1925. I'm never going to get caught up at this rate!
A scene I love from Ron Chernow's new biography of Mark Twain describes him playing with his daughters, They are blowing soap bubbles. His are filled with cigar smoke.
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A scene I love from Ron Chernow's new biography of Mark Twain describes him playing with his daughters, They are blowing soap bubbles. His are filled with cigar smoke.
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True tale: A Baltimore police colonel called a rival at 3 a.m. from a crime scene: "Leon, I got you now. You fucked up. You wrote "POLICE" backwards on the front of the EVU truck."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
True tale: A Baltimore police colonel called a rival at 3 a.m. from a crime scene: "Leon, I got you now. You fucked up. You wrote "POLICE" backwards on the front of the EVU truck."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
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RFK Jr. would like us to ignore the problem of bacterial contamination of unpasteurized milk.
RFK Jr. would like us to ignore the problem of bacterial contamination of unpasteurized milk.
Beyond the Noise #85: See no evil
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November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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RFK Jr. would like us to ignore the problem of bacterial contamination of unpasteurized milk.
RFK Jr. would like us to ignore the problem of bacterial contamination of unpasteurized milk.
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One is reminded of the crowds growing thinner during that legendary, if ill-fated North American tour of Spinal Tap:
"Their appeal has become more selective."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
"Their appeal has become more selective."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
One is reminded of the crowds growing thinner during that legendary, if ill-fated North American tour of Spinal Tap:
"Their appeal has become more selective."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
"Their appeal has become more selective."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w... Two centuries later and the poppy, a plant native to neither China nor the West, still looms.
How the 19th-Century Opium War Shapes Xi’s Trade Clash With Trump
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w... Two centuries later and the poppy, a plant native to neither China nor the West, still looms.
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Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
October 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
In forty years of bookselling I've managed to sell William Dean Howells, forgotten critic of 19th century American literature, once. I just bought back that very copy. There should be a telethon for whatever I've got.
October 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In forty years of bookselling I've managed to sell William Dean Howells, forgotten critic of 19th century American literature, once. I just bought back that very copy. There should be a telethon for whatever I've got.
Mattress delivery/haul away guys don't want to hear your bedbug stories. They just don't.
September 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Mattress delivery/haul away guys don't want to hear your bedbug stories. They just don't.
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Was always fond of: "I'm proud to say: I don't smoke, I don't drink, and I don't swear. Oh shit, I do smoke and drink."
September 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Was always fond of: "I'm proud to say: I don't smoke, I don't drink, and I don't swear. Oh shit, I do smoke and drink."
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...
Opinion | The Tragedy That Has Befallen Baseball
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September 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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RFK Jr. has long been a proven liar. That’s how he got this job.
KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that?
RFK JR: “I never said that.”
KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.”
RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024)
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RFK JR: “I never said that.”
KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.”
RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024)
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September 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
RFK Jr. has long been a proven liar. That’s how he got this job.
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This video is waaay too long, given what it’s documenting—books to be removed from all Edmonton Public Schools.
Alberta, please don’t go the way of the U.S. and start banning books.
🎬@non_toxic_masculinity
Alberta, please don’t go the way of the U.S. and start banning books.
🎬@non_toxic_masculinity
August 31, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This video is waaay too long, given what it’s documenting—books to be removed from all Edmonton Public Schools.
Alberta, please don’t go the way of the U.S. and start banning books.
🎬@non_toxic_masculinity
Alberta, please don’t go the way of the U.S. and start banning books.
🎬@non_toxic_masculinity
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Thank you, Trump voters.
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
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August 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Thank you, Trump voters.
Just saw a friend over on Goodreads hand out 5 stars to a book that he finished yesterday. Curious as the man died a few months ago. The afterlife may be more interesting than I've been led to believe.
August 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Just saw a friend over on Goodreads hand out 5 stars to a book that he finished yesterday. Curious as the man died a few months ago. The afterlife may be more interesting than I've been led to believe.
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I enjoy writing books. And I love being able to connect with readers. But I have to be honest: I loathe book tours. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-i-loathe-book-tours
Why I loathe book tours
Friends,
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August 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I enjoy writing books. And I love being able to connect with readers. But I have to be honest: I loathe book tours. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-i-loathe-book-tours
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Direct File was an easy way for Americans to file their taxes for FREE each year.
It's a no-brainer — and it's popular. So why in the world did the Trump administration kill it?
To give a huge handout to giant tax prep companies like TurboTax that rip Americans off.
It's a no-brainer — and it's popular. So why in the world did the Trump administration kill it?
To give a huge handout to giant tax prep companies like TurboTax that rip Americans off.
IRS Chief Says Direct File Is ‘Gone,’ Other Audit Tech Is Coming
The Biden-era IRS free filing tool, Direct File, is “gone,” IRS Commissioner Billy Long said.
news.bloombergtax.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Direct File was an easy way for Americans to file their taxes for FREE each year.
It's a no-brainer — and it's popular. So why in the world did the Trump administration kill it?
To give a huge handout to giant tax prep companies like TurboTax that rip Americans off.
It's a no-brainer — and it's popular. So why in the world did the Trump administration kill it?
To give a huge handout to giant tax prep companies like TurboTax that rip Americans off.
"When government is an expression of the people's will, a menace to any section of the community rouses the authorities to protective action. Under a tyranny, the only active forces of government are those of coercion." Liam O'Flaherty (Famine)
July 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"When government is an expression of the people's will, a menace to any section of the community rouses the authorities to protective action. Under a tyranny, the only active forces of government are those of coercion." Liam O'Flaherty (Famine)
Warning! Accept no substitute!
July 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Warning! Accept no substitute!
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NEW: Trump rose to power by pushing the politics of paranoia and training MAGA-land to believe conspiracy theories over reality. Now he's paying the price for stiffing his cult on the Epstein files. Read all about it in my OUR LAND newsletter.
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July 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
NEW: Trump rose to power by pushing the politics of paranoia and training MAGA-land to believe conspiracy theories over reality. Now he's paying the price for stiffing his cult on the Epstein files. Read all about it in my OUR LAND newsletter.
link.motherjones.com/public/40655...
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