Tobias Carroll
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social
Author: IN THE SIGHT; EX-MEMBERS; POLITICAL SIGN; REEL; TRANSITORY. Writes frequently about many things. There's a podcast called Framed & Bound and a comics review newsletter called Postcards From Komiksoj. NBCC Board.
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Kill List
A minute-by-minute analysis of Ben Wheatley's film, Kill List (2011).2011's Kill List, directed by Ben Wheatley and written by Wheatley and Amy Jump, provides a…
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Update: there's now a new page for my book on Kill List on @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's website! www.bloomsbury.com/us/kill-list...
I understand why publishers put watermarks on galleys, both print and electronically. But I do think publishers engaging in this should take care that they do not render significant chunks of text utterly unreadable as a result.
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I understand why publishers put watermarks on galleys, both print and electronically. But I do think publishers engaging in this should take care that they do not render significant chunks of text utterly unreadable as a result.
Cannot shake how unsettling the final scene of this is — or the concept of architecture as a recording device.
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Cannot shake how unsettling the final scene of this is — or the concept of architecture as a recording device.
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Very chilling sign of the times for @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
to get shut down on here.
to get shut down on here.
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Very chilling sign of the times for @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
to get shut down on here.
to get shut down on here.
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Robert Altman, on the filming of THE LONG GOODBYE:
“Sterling Hayden did the same scene twice, once drunk and once stoned, and he was great both times.”
“Sterling Hayden did the same scene twice, once drunk and once stoned, and he was great both times.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Robert Altman, on the filming of THE LONG GOODBYE:
“Sterling Hayden did the same scene twice, once drunk and once stoned, and he was great both times.”
“Sterling Hayden did the same scene twice, once drunk and once stoned, and he was great both times.”
I bought a copy of The Sea and Cake's "The Fawn" not long after I moved to Brooklyn. (Probably at South & Fury; maybe at Other Music.) I've connected it to autumn in the city ever since; it's kind of perfect for that feeling. theseaandcake.bandcamp.com/album/the-fawn
The Fawn, by The Sea and Cake
10 track album
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November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I bought a copy of The Sea and Cake's "The Fawn" not long after I moved to Brooklyn. (Probably at South & Fury; maybe at Other Music.) I've connected it to autumn in the city ever since; it's kind of perfect for that feeling. theseaandcake.bandcamp.com/album/the-fawn
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The Literary Arts Fund’s 2026 general operating grant application window is now open. U.S.-based literary arts nonprofits whose primary mission is presenting, publishing, and/or otherwise directly supporting creative writers are invited to apply: literaryartsfund.org/grants/
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Literary Arts Fund’s 2026 general operating grant application window is now open. U.S.-based literary arts nonprofits whose primary mission is presenting, publishing, and/or otherwise directly supporting creative writers are invited to apply: literaryartsfund.org/grants/
I am laughing so hard my face hurts.
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I am laughing so hard my face hurts.
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it was an absolute pleasure to interview the brilliant and thoughtful @vajra.me, whose writing frequently leaves me floored. the le guin prize is so well deserved
Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me)'s Rakesfall recently received the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. In this new interview, Senior Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social asks him the author about genre boundaries, violence in fiction, and how Le Guin has inspired his writing:
A Conversation With Vajra Chandrasekera, Author of Rakesfall - Reactor
"I think writers, like all artists, have a responsibility to act as human cultural workers in an actual society"
reactormag.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
it was an absolute pleasure to interview the brilliant and thoughtful @vajra.me, whose writing frequently leaves me floored. the le guin prize is so well deserved
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My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
Did Barry N. Malzberg anticipate the current state of US politics in the 1970s? Maybe! zonamotel.substack.com/p/review-by-...
REVIEW: By Night In America?
Barry N. Malzberg’s "The Last Transaction" is terrifying reading in 2025
zonamotel.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Did Barry N. Malzberg anticipate the current state of US politics in the 1970s? Maybe! zonamotel.substack.com/p/review-by-...
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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David Mamet’s intricate caper flick 'Heist' – released on this day in 2001– is an underrated gem, filled with memorable dialogue, first-rate performances, and ingenious twists. @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social with more: crookedmarquee.com/your-weight-...
Your Weight and Your Fate: Heist at 20
David Mamet’s intricate caper flick is an underrated gem, filled with memorable dialogue, first-rate performances, and ingenious twists.
crookedmarquee.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
David Mamet’s intricate caper flick 'Heist' – released on this day in 2001– is an underrated gem, filled with memorable dialogue, first-rate performances, and ingenious twists. @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social with more: crookedmarquee.com/your-weight-...
The popularity of the Mamdani sign generator is giving me flashbacks to a feature made 20-odd years ago for the Bush/Cheney campaign, which was also used to incredibly surreal ends. Self-promotion: I wrote about the latter here, which I like to think remains relevant. bookshop.org/p/books/poli...
Political Sign
Check out Political Sign - <p><b>Finalist for the Big Other Book Award for Nonfiction 2020</b> <p/>Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary th...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The popularity of the Mamdani sign generator is giving me flashbacks to a feature made 20-odd years ago for the Bush/Cheney campaign, which was also used to incredibly surreal ends. Self-promotion: I wrote about the latter here, which I like to think remains relevant. bookshop.org/p/books/poli...
Anyone have thoughts on a good starting point when it comes to Swell Maps' discography?
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Anyone have thoughts on a good starting point when it comes to Swell Maps' discography?
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NBCC Tech VP and Membership Co-VP Rebecca Hussey reviewed "Sea Now," written by Eva Meijer and translated from the Dutch by Anne Thompson Melo, for Words Without Borders:
How the Sea Might Speak: On Eva Meijer’s Sea Now - Words Without Borders
Sea Now hints "at mysteries that humans can sense but never penetrate," writes critic Rebecca Hussey.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NBCC Tech VP and Membership Co-VP Rebecca Hussey reviewed "Sea Now," written by Eva Meijer and translated from the Dutch by Anne Thompson Melo, for Words Without Borders:
It is the 2000s. I am watching Ethan Miller play blistering psych.
It is the 2010s. I am watching Ethan Miller play blistering psych.
It is the 2020s. I am watching Ethan Miller play blistering psych.
....so, yeah, tonight's Orcutt Shelley Miller show was outstanding.
It is the 2010s. I am watching Ethan Miller play blistering psych.
It is the 2020s. I am watching Ethan Miller play blistering psych.
....so, yeah, tonight's Orcutt Shelley Miller show was outstanding.
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
It is the 2000s. I am watching Ethan Miller play blistering psych.
It is the 2010s. I am watching Ethan Miller play blistering psych.
It is the 2020s. I am watching Ethan Miller play blistering psych.
....so, yeah, tonight's Orcutt Shelley Miller show was outstanding.
It is the 2010s. I am watching Ethan Miller play blistering psych.
It is the 2020s. I am watching Ethan Miller play blistering psych.
....so, yeah, tonight's Orcutt Shelley Miller show was outstanding.
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Hey, NYC! I'm doing a fun zine/poster event on 11/15 for @handsoffnyc.bsky.social with @bkindivisible.bsky.social and @anyonecomics.bsky.social and a bunch of awesome local comics creators!
Come fold zines and make posters and push back against ICE!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Come fold zines and make posters and push back against ICE!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Hands Off NYC Zine and Poster Fun in Brooklyn with local comics creators! · Indivisible Brooklyn
Join New York comic creators to fold zines and make posters to push back against ICE in our city! Stay to fold and color a while or just swing by to pick up zines and posters to distribute in your nei...
www.mobilize.us
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Hey, NYC! I'm doing a fun zine/poster event on 11/15 for @handsoffnyc.bsky.social with @bkindivisible.bsky.social and @anyonecomics.bsky.social and a bunch of awesome local comics creators!
Come fold zines and make posters and push back against ICE!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Come fold zines and make posters and push back against ICE!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Virginia governor-elect Abigail Spanberger was born in NJ.
NJ governor-elect Mikie Sherrill was born in Virginia.
NJ governor-elect Mikie Sherrill was born in Virginia.
a close up of a woman 's face with a surprised look on her face .
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with a surprised look on her face .
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Virginia governor-elect Abigail Spanberger was born in NJ.
NJ governor-elect Mikie Sherrill was born in Virginia.
NJ governor-elect Mikie Sherrill was born in Virginia.
Did I laugh? I sure did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAx3...
Garth Marenghi Where Have You Been?!
YouTube video by Garth Marenghi
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November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Did I laugh? I sure did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAx3...
LIFELIKE HIGHWAY
I WANNA RIDE IT ALL NIGHT LOOOONG
I WANNA RIDE IT ALL NIGHT LOOOONG
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
LIFELIKE HIGHWAY
I WANNA RIDE IT ALL NIGHT LOOOONG
I WANNA RIDE IT ALL NIGHT LOOOONG
Terrific rundown of great horror fiction at @thequietus.com. thequietus.com/tq-charts/he...
Here are the 25 best pieces of Horror Fiction of the 21st century so far... | The Quietus
Welcome, dear readers to Halloween, when in the UK and US children dress as their favourite fictional horror characters (and some, misguidedly, as serial killers) to walk door-to-door asking neighbour...
thequietus.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Terrific rundown of great horror fiction at @thequietus.com. thequietus.com/tq-charts/he...
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Brilliant insight, and exchange. Is your life touched by books in any sense? Read every word.
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Brilliant insight, and exchange. Is your life touched by books in any sense? Read every word.
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"Fascinating for the way that it feels thoroughly contemporary while also grappling with countless Big Ideas. It’s sneaky like that": @tobiascarroll.bsky.social on @delaneynolan.bsky.social 's novel HAPPY BAD via Astra House & On The Seawall
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November 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Fascinating for the way that it feels thoroughly contemporary while also grappling with countless Big Ideas. It’s sneaky like that": @tobiascarroll.bsky.social on @delaneynolan.bsky.social 's novel HAPPY BAD via Astra House & On The Seawall
bit.ly/43fQHT7
bit.ly/43fQHT7