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Author of three books of fiction and editor of Story (@storymag.bsky.social)

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100 Notable Books of 2025

Buy from the list or rag on the list, I don't care, just be about books for a minute ...

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...

25.11.2025 12:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PayPal's crypto partner mints a whopping $300 trillion worth of stablecoins in 'technical error' Paxos, the blockchain partner of PayPal, mistakenly minted $300 trillion of the online payment giant's stablecoin on Wednesday in what the company called a "technical error."

Seems like a good idea to bank the future of the world economy on an imaginary bleepblorp that you can make and then unmake 300 trillion of in one eighth of a second www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/p...

17.10.2025 15:02 πŸ‘ 182 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

What’s the farthest back you’ve been in your library’s queue? I think there was something in the 400 rank when I lived in DC.

12.10.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Camzyos Commercial (2025)
Camzyos Commercial (2025) YouTube video by Commercial Archivist

I need to know *everything* about this commercial about a man whose love of pickup basketball has been restored by Camzyos, a drug that does something, which was created by and stars *exclusively* people who have never ever even seen people play basketball. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd9J...

11.10.2025 13:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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21 Life Thoughts; Or, A Skippable Email Three months into the life of my second kiddo and how to keep writing

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01.10.2025 22:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Observations, lessons and incidents from biking 50 percent of Columbus, Ohio You'll learn things about your city on a bike that you wouldn't in a car.

Observations, lessons and incidents from biking 50 percent of Columbus, Ohio.

Plus, Ohio's sham redistricting process has its first hearing, and another Columbus Democrat faces school voucher allegations.

www.rooster.info/p/observatio...

22.09.2025 13:09 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

This is excellent.

28.08.2025 19:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How a Brutal Beer War Led to the Downfall of the Brewery That Made Milwaukee Famous Schlitz was a billion-dollar empire battling Budweiser to be No. 1. Then a bribery scandalβ€”and a lot of foul, sludgy lagerβ€”took the company down.

I hope Bob Martin gets his memoir published one day. In the meanwhile, we have this banger.

www.esquire.com/news-politic...

28.07.2025 16:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Here is why we need local media in Columbus (and wherever you might live) to hold power accountable for their misdirection and lies.

25.07.2025 11:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PBS and NPR are Being Defunded. Where are the Publishers? The book publishing industry has long relied on public media for book promotion. Why haven't they made public statements about its defunding?

PBS and NPR are Being Defunded. Where are the Publishers?
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24.07.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Harrowing Months as Patricia Highsmith’s Assistant Elena Gosalvez Blanco recalls her time as Patricia Highsmith's assistant in the novelist's final months.

"She pretended she could write our lives as if we were in one of her novels."

yalereview.org/article/work...

23.07.2025 11:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sharing good news.

22.07.2025 14:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Algorithm Is Trying to Starve Me Instagram wants me to hate my body

I always love @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social work so do yourself a favor and subscribe (and preorder her book!)

substack.com/@aubreyhirsc...

22.07.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Patricia Lockwood Β· Arrayed in Shining Scales: Solving Sylvia Plath I was under no illusion that The Collected Prose would solve the mystery, or lay to rest the lie, of how Plath was...

Patricia Lockwood on the rhythm and style of Sylvia Plath's prose

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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MLB Plays Ball with Trump By omitting Vin Scully's full call of Henry Aaron's record breaking home run, MLB has shown its comfort with MAGA.

"Censoring Scully's words is an example of how Trumpism slowly destroys everything in America, and how the people who currently run MLB would rather keep Trump happy than stand up for what makes America genuinely great" ~ @lincolnmitchell.bsky.social

lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/mlb-plays-...

18.07.2025 15:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Media shouldn’t let MLB’s capitulation on the All-Star Game go unnoticed Coverage of the All-Star Game’s return to Atlanta fails to mention a voter suppression law that prompted the game’s leaving in 2021.

"The lack of coverage of the All-Star Game’s move out of Atlanta in 2021 β€” and the frames used to discuss it β€” are also a narrative that seeks to strip history of its context." ~ @jenramose.online

objectivejournalism.org/2025/07/medi...

18.07.2025 14:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a brand new parent (again!) this one really lands with me.

08.07.2025 11:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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More than 133,000 Ohioans started the process to recover their unclaimed funds in June β€’ Ohio Capital Journal More than 133,000 people have initiated claims to get their unclaimed funds in the weeks since Ohio lawmakers initially suggested using those dollars to help finance the new Cleveland Browns stadium.

More than 133,000 people have initiated claims to get their unclaimed funds in the weeks since Ohio lawmakers initially suggested using those dollars to help finance the new Cleveland Browns stadium, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/07/m...

07.07.2025 14:31 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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80 out of 100, and 19 out of the top 20, for me. Worth noting how few of the best have been made in the last five years. πŸ€”

27.06.2025 13:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Substack Did Not See That Coming Let’s set Substack’s β€œNazi problem” aside for a moment. What if the bigger issue is being stranded on a collapsing platform... with a bunch of Nazis?...

newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/subs...

25.06.2025 18:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Delighted that @storymag.bsky.social is now on the site. Give us a follow and say howdy and all that good stuff to the best litmag out there!

21.06.2025 10:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@litbox.bsky.social has arrived

15.05.2025 18:46 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

If your literary organization lost an NEA grant this week, I'd like to hear from you for a story I'm writing for the LARB.

DMs are open, email is adam@thefrontlist.org.

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The new pope is younger than 13 members of the Senate Democratic caucus

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Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user.

About @bsky.app on @bsky.app by @chaykak.bsky.social

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

08.04.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

13/10 I do endorse these moves.

16.03.2025 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a person who revived a literary magazine, you know what I'd love to see revived next?

VIDA

I hope someone out there can bring back VIDA Web and The Count, an invaluable resource for writers, readers, and editors, and further our conversation about being diverse and inclusive.

08.03.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🧨 Highest Dunk Score from Tue. night 🧨
Zion Williamson (108.2) vs. the Lakers

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