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Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Congratulations to Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 @nobelprize.org in Literature! Anne Carson's oeuvre is immense, and this award is so well deserved. To acknowledge the occasion, we're unlocking "The Mirror of Simple Souls" from our archive. Read on: kenyonreview.org/piece/januar...

Anne Carson wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

Good riddance, loser. The next time you quit something, just do it quietly. There's no need for a pathetic, desperate, last-gasp-for-attention announcement. Obviously, nobody cares what you have to say. At least leave with a tiny shred of dignity.

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Amusement Mark @amusementmark.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026

Kona mi godkjente Karl Ove Knausgård og ba meg lese bøkene hans, men hun giftet seg jo med meg, så jeg har aldri stolt på dømmekraften hennes ... men jaja, får vel lese den forbanna serien da.

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Amusement Mark @amusementmark.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026

I gave up on Updike's "Rabbit, Run" a month ago, but now I'm back and determined to finish it. During that timeout, I read Christie's "Five Little Pigs" and Gladys Mitchell's "Speedy Death," which is what I hoped would happen to Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom. But I'm in a kinder frame of mind now.

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Amusement Mark @amusementmark.eurosky.social · 27/08/2026

Even Agatha Christie is piling on Epstein! This is from "Five Little Pigs."

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Amusement Mark @amusementmark.eurosky.social · 26/07/2026

Saturday night's alright for juggling.

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Amusement Mark @amusementmark.eurosky.social · 22/07/2026

Came across this tank at work. It was headed back to the pond it terrorizes (I've seen a duck pulled under, its carcass popping up days later).

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Amusement Mark @amusementmark.eurosky.social · 22/07/2026

There’s nothing like getting a tornado warning on your phone at midnight. Stoopid weather. Tornado Alley USA is definitely creeping eastward/northward, where all the cool people live. This activity needs to stay in Flyover Country, where it belongs. This is the actual border control that is needed.

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Amusement Mark @amusementmark.eurosky.social · 21/07/2026

"Wheel of Death" (S10 E21), featuring juggler Jimi Defilippis¹, left, is the absolute best episode of "Murder, She Wrote," which isn't saying much, but still ... fight me! ¹ Defilippis is the real-life son-in-law of Ron Masak, who played Sheriff Metzger and was a Lou Costello impersonator.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 11/07/2026

I'm onto the second book in Roth's The American Trilogy. All I'm asking for is two things: 1. There had better be a marriage. 2. There had better be a commie. If the author satisfies those conditions, then I'll be happy.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 10/07/2026

Finished "Intermezzo" yesterday. If the author dies today, I will be a Rooney completist. I finally will have accomplished something, climbing a four-book mountain. What rarefied air! But I guess we want the Rooneyverse to continue.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 06/07/2026

Finished "American Pastoral" this morning, and I'm 59 percent through "Intermezzo." I only read R authors. It's a whole community. We call ourselves Arthurs. You're welcome to join, unless you're a Potterhead. That's just weird, sad and pathetic.

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Amusement Mark @amusementmark.eurosky.social · 05/07/2026

Just your normal Fourth of July with the sound of illegal fireworks plus stealth bombers, various military aircraft and Air Faux One: Qatari Edition™ (didn't get a photo) flying holding-pattern loops overhead. We live about 85 miles, as the crow flies, from Washington, D.C. Did not see any crows.

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Amusement Mark @amusementmark.eurosky.social · 05/07/2026

Mood on this #July4th evening.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 28/06/2026

Wife forced me, at knifepoint, to watch "The Sheep Detectives" last night. Initially, I was excited at the mention of taxine, which plays a part in Agatha Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye," then I grew steadily bored ... well, because it's a kids movie. Also, I hate celebrities doing voice work.

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Gwenn @gwenng.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Watching people practice for tomorrow's big boat docking contest from my prime waterfront property (the dog park)

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 06/09/2025

Yoinks! (As Lord Wimsey was fond of not saying.) Taken from a Little Free Library. littlefreelibrary.org

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Amusement Mark @amusementmark.eurosky.social · 05/09/2025

The only cabinet-level #department that needs to be renamed is the Department of the Interior, amirite?

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Jared Cade @jaredcade.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

David Suchet, famous the world over for his award-winning portrayal of Hercule Poirot, is touring the UK stage circuit with TRAVELS WITH AGATHA CHRISTIE AND SIR DAVID SUCHET LIVE. You can book tickets here: www.fane.co.uk/david-suchet...

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Mathias Kilsti Hals @kilstihals.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Stem MDG om du vil fortsette å se Frøya dominere debatter slik som dette i fire år på tinget ✊

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Amusement Mark @amusementmark.eurosky.social · 01/09/2025

At the end of every episode of "The Carol Burnett Show," her guests sign a red autograph book. This episode alone has Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald and Rowan & Martin. I imagine these books still exist¹, and they must be worth a small fortune.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 01/09/2025

I honor those who built a city on rock 'n' roll — Whodathunk it would be a feasible construction material? — and the woodworking geniuses who made a little birdhouse in my soul.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 01/09/2025

Just finished watching "The Thursday Murder Club." Wow, it was just so ... so ... god-awful. I haven't read the books, and I never will. They might be wonderful, and I enjoy Richard Osman on "The Rest Is Entertainment," but this movie has soured me on the source material. Inject me with fentanyl.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 31/08/2025

Bloodletting sounds like one of RFK Jr.'s health policies.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 31/08/2025

My side project is reading the Harry Potter books in Norwegian. (Yeah, let's avoid "elefanten i rommet.") I'm on No. 4. I have never read them in English, so my wife, who has, is hearing all about Harry and his best friends, Ronny Wiltersen and Hermine Grang, and their schooling at Galtvort.

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The Secret History Of Hollywood Podcast @attaboyclarence.com · 31/08/2025

Can’t stand how much I love the credits for mystery thriller TAKE ONE FALSE STEP in which a series of people - wait for it - TAKE FALSE STEPS 😂 #tcm #secrethistoryofhollywood #williampowell

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 31/08/2025

One of the stars of this movie, Marsha Hunt, died in 2022, at the age of 104. A life of taking no false steps.

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Syklistforeningen i Oslo @oslosyklistene.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Hurra, fantastiske tall fra Sykkelbarometeret! Tall fra Opinion viser at 45 % av Oslofolk har syklet i sommer! 🎉 syklistforeningen.no/sykkelbarome...

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Miljøpartiet De Grønne @mdg.no · 31/08/2025

I år får vi velge mellom å stanse alle klimatiltak under en regjering ledet av FrP, eller ekte klimahandling med MDG. Målinger viser at det aldri har vært så jevnt. Vi trenger din stemme for å sikre at Norge kommer seg ut av oljealderen og stanser naturtapet. Det er mulig – stem MDG.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 31/08/2025

¹ Libby app roulette pretty much only works for Christie, for its selection of Golden Age Detective Fiction is incredibly poor (of course, the app is linked to my library card and other digital libraries may vary). The Hoopla app, though — that's where the books are! It was a wide selection of GADF.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 31/08/2025

OK, the break is over and I'm back to reading murder mysteries. Libby app roulette¹ (tag all the #AgathaChristie books and read what is "available now") has given me "Death in the Clouds."

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Jared Cade @jaredcade.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

There has been much lamenting in the press that Agatha Christie's house in Baghdad has fallen into disrepair. The two-storey house was the headquarters for the British School of Archaeology in Iraq from 1955 onwards and overlooks the Tigris River in the less influential area of Karadet Maryam.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 22/08/2025

Can you solve the puzzle? Today's Strands in NYT Games is for the #AgathaChristie crowd. Strands #537 “Whodunit?” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 16/08/2025

I'm about two-thirds of the way through, and I'm still unsure where it's headed. It's suspenseful. No Chekovian guns were introduced in the first act, but great heights were, so maybe it's more Hitchcockian.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 16/08/2025

I'm taking a break from the murder mysteries, and I'm currently reading #Ibsen's "The Master Builder," and now I wish he had written a murder mystery. Or maybe he did? Who really killed #HeddaGabler?

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Unicyclists United FC @unicyclistsunited.eurosky.social · 09/08/2025

Mmm, the family is feasting tonight! Don't worry, I showed the photo to Grok, and it confirmed that they are indeed delicious, and I didn't read anything after that. I'll probably add them to a beef Wellington.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 06/08/2025

Knowing that I like detective fiction, my friend passed along his MIL's advice on what authors I should read. Agatha Chrissy? Dorothy Sailor? Noah Marsh? Something like that. I can't remember. (I josh. They were good suggestions, and nothing to do with the Queens.)

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 20/07/2025

Juggling while unicycling and thinking about #AgathaChristie. Ta-da!

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Amusement Mark @amusementmark.eurosky.social · 18/07/2025

While working, I frequently come across bushes with edible-looking things. My wife is always encouraging me to try everything I see, including mushrooms. Berries and fungi are good for you, she exhorts. "Jesus, don't be a picky eater! Pick and eat!" I just might take her up on this health advice.

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Amusement Mark @amusementmark.eurosky.social · 17/07/2025

Holy crap, a Datsun. I wish I had hired a scale model, a la one of those unsung heroes, in a tintype photo, who poses with an oversized saw and the stump of a felled redwood, to stand next to the truck. It's absolutely tiny compared to the 4-wheeled sequoias of today. Too late now. Dat sun has set.

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 16/07/2025

"Jeeves, of course, is a gentleman’s gentlemen, not a butler, but if the call comes, he can buttle with the best of them." — "Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves" And murder with the best of them? Let's dive in and find out!

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 16/07/2025

Libby app roulette has given me my next book, "At Bertram's Hotel," with Bertram obviously being Bertie Wooster. #AgathaChristie and P.G. Wodehouse were acquaintances/mutual admirers, so this fictional fusing makes perfect sense. I can't wait for the Miss Marple-Jeeves showdown. Did the valet do it?

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 16/07/2025

I finished "The ABC Murders" yesterday, and I can report that Mr. Snuffleupagus is not the murderer. In fact, he is not even in the book, nor any "Sesame Street" characters. I give this book a D (huge Disappoint) for not living up to my totally reasonable expectations. #AgathaChristie

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Amurder Mark @amurdermark.eurosky.social · 13/07/2025

🎶 All the deadly poisons Where do they all come from? All the deadly poisons Where do they all belong?

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Camilla Hagevold @chagevold.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Sommerferie og ny episode, der vi snakker villig om aporia. Lykke til! open.spotify.com/episode/6mpZ...

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