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Writer, mostly about books.

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Jessica Foster for DHS Secretary

05.03.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Michael A. Smith
American, 1942-2018, Torowead, Arizona, A work made of gelatin silver print.

Michael A. Smith American, 1942-2018, Torowead, Arizona, A work made of gelatin silver print.

Torowead, Arizona, by Michael A. Smith
American, 1942-2018
1978

More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/125482

05.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades Would someone tell me how this happened? We were the fucking vanguard of shaving in this country. The Gillette Mach3 was the razor to own. Then the other guy came out with a three-blade razor. Were we...

Literary fiction is just taking its cues from Big Razor. theonion.com/fuck-everyth...

05.03.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Me: I'll cc you.

15-year-old son: What does "cc" mean?

Me: Carbon copy.

15-year-old son: What's a carbon copy?

Me: <looks at watch, sighs>

04.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They walked so I could sit.

04.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Both were shepherds.

04.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

two-weeksin'

04.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Guess I'm gonna have to work harder to rate a message from a Nobel winner.

04.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
scam email purporting to be from Sally Rooney

scam email purporting to be from Sally Rooney

got an email from sallAIy rooney

04.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Carl Sandburg’s iconic 1914 poem β€œChicago” recently gained fresh relevance when a judge read it aloud in a court ruling addressing DHS use of force.

That inspired our arts desk to ask some well-known Chicagoans to recite it, with help from Bill Kurtis, Sandra Cisneros, Colston Loveland and others.

04.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

IEEE Spectrum readers + guitar nerds = geekpocalypse

04.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Did Hendrix Turn His Guitar Into a Wave Synthesizer? How did Jimi Hendrix turn his guitar into a wave synthesizer? Dive into the engineering behind his iconic sound.

Delightfully nerdy study of Jimi Hendrix's guitar rig from an EE perspective: spectrum.ieee.org/jimi-hendrix...

04.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
American, born Poland, 1899–1968, Their First Murder, A work made of gelatin silver print.

Weegee (Arthur Fellig) American, born Poland, 1899–1968, Their First Murder, A work made of gelatin silver print.

Their First Murder, by Weegee (Arthur Fellig)
American, born Poland, 1899–1968
1941

More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/143616

04.03.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I like when a play-by-play guy praises a baseball player for "not trying to do too much" because it makes me feel like I have what it takes to be an MLBer. I, too, can not try to do too much.

04.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's literally curtains for the Constitution in the Oval Office.

03.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Submitted a poem, like a damn grownup.

03.03.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

GB unis upgraded from low-effort to medium-effort.

03.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whiskey Fridays With Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

03.03.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Glibly?

Glibly?

If anyone here knows how to contact Joyce Carol Oates, please tell her if she would like to write a freelance episode of Beavis & Butthead, we will pay her double the usual rate

03.03.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Wry reviews of a power-washing video game published in Harper’s' Readings section.

Wry reviews of a power-washing video game published in Harper’s' Readings section.

Trying to get the kid into Harper’s.

03.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œOnce the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
That’s not my department,” says Wernher von Braun.
(Tom Lehrer)

02.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

It's...a lot. I enjoyed immersing in it, but it's tough to recommend. She does with paragraphs what Gertrude Stein did with sentences. All the fog/dream/drug imagery can make the mind wander. It's the outer limit of what a novel can be. Still, it has a pull.

02.03.2026 13:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Marguerite Young's "Miss MacIntosh, My Darling," finished reading.

Marguerite Young's "Miss MacIntosh, My Darling," finished reading.

Welp, that happened.

02.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The Forever Work From Home

01.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

two-weeksin' now four-weeksin'

01.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Every machine is a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough.

01.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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The crossword has a radical history. A puzzle veteran explores why Natan Last’s book delves into the crossword's century-long story, exploring what the grids we solve reveal about news and culture.

Me on the book at the LAT: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

01.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Art of the Crossword Natan Last teaches The Art of the Crossword Online session Monday, March 2nd from 7pm to 9pm EST

Xword geeks: Tomorrow Natan Last is conducting a seminar on making crosswords, and discussing his book, "Across the Universe." Looks fun, may attend myself: www.mcnallyjackson.com/art-crossword

01.03.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Salt River Fields, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Salt River Fields, Scottsdale, Ariz.

At least there's baseball today.

28.02.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Post old memes to confuse young people.

27.02.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0