Simon Sizer
@simonwsizer.bsky.social
"surrounded by history he has no grasp on and can't see his way around in or out of"
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Simon Sizer
@simonwsizer.bsky.social
· Apr 10
They should put out a Lodge 49 Blu-ray to draft off the new Pynchon novel.
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The UFW stands w/ @sbworkersunited.org workers going on strike today.
For nearly 4 yrs, Starbucks baristas have been fighting for a fair union contract, just like the fight that farmworkers face, far too often, when up against greedy employers. Join us in our support.
#NoContractNoCoffee
For nearly 4 yrs, Starbucks baristas have been fighting for a fair union contract, just like the fight that farmworkers face, far too often, when up against greedy employers. Join us in our support.
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The UFW stands w/ @sbworkersunited.org workers going on strike today.
For nearly 4 yrs, Starbucks baristas have been fighting for a fair union contract, just like the fight that farmworkers face, far too often, when up against greedy employers. Join us in our support.
#NoContractNoCoffee
For nearly 4 yrs, Starbucks baristas have been fighting for a fair union contract, just like the fight that farmworkers face, far too often, when up against greedy employers. Join us in our support.
#NoContractNoCoffee
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After Condé Nast illegally fired Jasper Lo, a senior fact checker at The New Yorker, along with three other Condé staffers, more than 130 people at the magazine—staff writers, union members, and managers—condemned the decision and demanded that he be reinstated. Join them by signing our petition:
Tell Condé bosses to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions and end the union-busting
On Nov. 5, 2025 in an egregious attempt at union-busting, Condé Nast management illegally terminated four union members – Alma Avalle, Jake Lahut, Jasper Lo and Ben Dewey – for participating in federa...
actionnetwork.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
After Condé Nast illegally fired Jasper Lo, a senior fact checker at The New Yorker, along with three other Condé staffers, more than 130 people at the magazine—staff writers, union members, and managers—condemned the decision and demanded that he be reinstated. Join them by signing our petition:
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Woman Trying To Find Nonpolitical Way To Say Her Cleaner Was Deported https://theonion.com/woman-trying-to-find-nonpolitical-way-to-say-her-cleaner-was-deported/
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Woman Trying To Find Nonpolitical Way To Say Her Cleaner Was Deported https://theonion.com/woman-trying-to-find-nonpolitical-way-to-say-her-cleaner-was-deported/
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president plums, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1901
October 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
president plums, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1901
when the Series broadcast goes to break on a Rush track
October 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
when the Series broadcast goes to break on a Rush track
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Geno Suarez hits a Grand Slam to put the Mariners up 6-2 and seal Game 5 of the ALCS!
"The City is Shaking!"
#SeizeTheMoment
"The City is Shaking!"
#SeizeTheMoment
October 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Geno Suarez hits a Grand Slam to put the Mariners up 6-2 and seal Game 5 of the ALCS!
"The City is Shaking!"
#SeizeTheMoment
"The City is Shaking!"
#SeizeTheMoment
baseball is good imo
October 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
baseball is good imo
I always knew it.
October 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I always knew it.
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Jahmai Jones should use The New Pornographers' "July Jones" for his walk-up song.
October 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Jahmai Jones should use The New Pornographers' "July Jones" for his walk-up song.
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So-called #genAI means the abolition of the future through the proliferation of endless streams of stochastically rendered generic pasts. Having turned large parts of the cultural archive into training data, it now traps us in a foreverized pastness, a 24/7 nostalgia for a past that never existed
have just come across a YouTube account that has been using Sora to upload reels of fake, AI-generated “90s sitcoms” every few hours
October 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
So-called #genAI means the abolition of the future through the proliferation of endless streams of stochastically rendered generic pasts. Having turned large parts of the cultural archive into training data, it now traps us in a foreverized pastness, a 24/7 nostalgia for a past that never existed
We're not here to talk obelisks with Bob Lawbelisk.
Bob Law, Tall Obelisk with Two Holes and a Notch, 1981
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1133517
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1133517
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We're not here to talk obelisks with Bob Lawbelisk.
Turns out it isn't the last one.
In better news, I'm halfway through the last Culture novel, Surface Detail, and it rules.
September 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Turns out it isn't the last one.
Putting my phone back in the drawer until, I dunno, December.
September 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Putting my phone back in the drawer until, I dunno, December.
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Ken Rieger, for Apogee, 1992
September 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ken Rieger, for Apogee, 1992
Incredibly Gibson-coded name for a wood box company.
LONGVIEW — The Longview Fire Department is investigating the cause of Monday’s two-alarm blaze in a building on Nippon Dynawave property.
Building on Nippon Dynawave property a total loss after industrial fire in Longview
LONGVIEW — The Longview Fire Department is investigating the cause of Monday’s two-alarm blaze in a building on Nippon Dynawave property.
www.columbian.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Incredibly Gibson-coded name for a wood box company.
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Consider, once more, the universal cannibalism of the sea
August 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Consider, once more, the universal cannibalism of the sea
They shouldn't be allowed to play NFL preseason games yet.
August 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
They shouldn't be allowed to play NFL preseason games yet.
Put Wesley Snipes in a John Wick already.
July 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Put Wesley Snipes in a John Wick already.
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William T Vollmann sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/vollma... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Jamie Baldridge, Fred Marcellino, [couldn't identify] and [couldn't identify]):
July 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
William T Vollmann sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/vollma... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Jamie Baldridge, Fred Marcellino, [couldn't identify] and [couldn't identify]):
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i have been shouting about this for literal years!!! listings are so important
In my debut for @theatlantic.com, I wrote about the disappearance of cultural listings from major New York media outlets, and what it portends for artists, audiences, institutions, and journalists. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why No One Knows What’s Happening Tonight
A love letter to music listings
www.theatlantic.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
i have been shouting about this for literal years!!! listings are so important