Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The entire goddamn city of Toronto has the cold and/or flu. 020
Reposted by Anya SpethmannDavid Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Good analysis of the 67 Pall Mall controversy from Felicity Carter. But “you don’t know that and you can’t prove it” is what I would expect from a defence lawyer in The Wire rather than a spokesperson for The 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards. www.drinksinsider.com/p/did-a-chat...drinksinsider.comDid a Chatbot Just Win a £3,000 Writing Prize?The question roiling the wine writing community 142
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026One day, everybody will have been against this. And there has to be a reckoning with those who “both sides” it or we can’t move forward as a society. 120
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“I wouldn’t want a file against you.” My ex is actually the sweetest. We were terrible together but I can properly love him now that we’re apart. 010
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 19/09/2026music.apple.com/ca/album/wal...music.apple.comWalking to Do by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on Apple MusicSong · 2004 · Duration 3:36 100
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026youtu.be/xE8d-SIIDK4?...youtu.beBlue Rodeo - Trust Yourself (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Blue Rodeo 000
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Ok. I registered for the LSAT. Age is just a number, right? 020
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Just from a marketing perspective, this is a historic fumble. 000
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is fall and decline of the empire shit. 020
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Actually, in fact, nobody deserves poverty in a world of such richness. 030
Reposted by Anya SpethmannJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A six year old does not deserve to be in poverty. Full stop. Every kid in poverty is a policy failure. But since kids don't have separate incomes, you can't help the kid without helping the household they're in. That's the whole political tension. youtu.be/gL2kxIbPitU 26883250
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Ode to the Big Mac I did and did not eat: Im sorry to my body for all the years of not fuelling it in the name of aesthetics. But this is not at all enjoyable. And makes me question, again, whether we ought to eat meat. Thank you for the labour that brought it to my door at this ungodly hour. 010
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I just sent a message to my brother about his (granted, excellent) birthday gift: I win capitalism! 300
Reposted by Anya SpethmannChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026a little schadenfreude, as a treat www.rollingstone.com/product-reco...rollingstone.comThousands of Ed Sheeran Tickets Remain Unsold for Singer's Tour, With Prices Down to $65 OnlineTicketmaster still has seats to all remaining Loop Tour dates, while some resellers are listing Sheeran tickets for below face value. See the latest prices and offers here. 10690131
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 17/09/2026youtu.be/o4qsjmLxhow?...youtu.beThe Strokes - The Adults Are Talking (Official Audio)YouTube video by thestrokesVEVO 000
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Because it’s antisemitism to oppose flattening people? 000
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I guess we’re all Macklemore fans now and it’ll take a minute but this is genuinely lovely. www.instagram.com/reel/C1PjbMh...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 200
Reposted by Anya SpethmannThe Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 15/09/2026We're The Flytrap, a worker-owned, intersectional, and expansive feminist media group. We publish cultural criticism of the feminist variety. We believe a better internet is possible, and our guiding principle is: fuck the algorithm. Now, it's time for our annual subscription drive! 23523
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I hate it here but I hate it more everywhere else I’ve been. 001
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I’ve been working on something for weeks and asked a co-worker for help today. She fed it into ChatGPT and came up with, honestly, an elegant solution. I hate it and feel gross but, reader, the clock was ticking and I took it. 110
Reposted by Anya SpethmannDave Infante @dinfontay.com · 04/09/2026Grateful for all the folks who have already stepped up to buy subscriptions to Fingers after I got laid off. Considering it? Here's what paying subscribers have to say about my award-winning, AI-free independent journalism about drinking in America. Discount here: www.fingers.email/upgrade?offe... 032
Reposted by Anya SpethmannNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I genuinely think that one of the biggest feminist challenges right now is that feminism was so successful that a lot of people can’t even imagine what the world was like before it. 321616290
Reposted by Anya SpethmannDave Infante @dinfontay.com · 04/09/2026everything is everything: a unified theory of american cpg 2112
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Of all the things I hate doing, editing AI documents is way up at the top of the list. So many unnecessary words. Too many punchy short sentences. They don’t go anywhere except an unnecessarily dramatic conclusion. 240
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Not to be dour but we don’t need anything this show is offering more than we need to treat trans people with courtesy and basic decency. So we can all just nope right out of the show and the donuts and whatever else … 030
Reposted by Anya Spethmanns. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 02/09/2026Comrades I know we HATE Jeff Bezos, but rating (and also reviewing) me on Amazon is a HUGE help for visibility. The algorithm suppresses books that don't have a lot of ratings, which means that people can't find me! If you like my book (and/or me), please take a moment to make sure it stays visible.amazon.comAll My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning: smith, s. e.: 9780063445994: Amazon.com: BooksAll My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning [smith, s. e.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practic... 15022
Reposted by Anya SpethmannAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I want to go back in time to, say, 2012, to tell people that Blue Rodeo's Hasn't Hit Me Yet would become a nationalist anthem after President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario. 512226
Reposted by Anya SpethmannKatie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My latest for The Independent — how to do Barcelona responsibly. www.independent.co.uk/travel/europ...independent.co.ukHow to be a responsible tourist in BarcelonaAs tension continues between local people and holidaymakers in the Catalan city, travel expert Katie Mather explores the best ways to be a supportive visitor 051
Reposted by Anya SpethmannJill Lightner @jilllightner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Street art in her honor from SE Seattle 766861717
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A true story that happens in my head regularly: I thought buying this thing would make me happy, and actually it's fine and all but not particularly sparking joy. And the cost is a bit stressful. So I should definitely buy this other thing. Then I'll be happy & the first thing will just be a wash. 120
Reposted by Anya SpethmannDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...ifloz.substack.comKING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKSCarney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler 992005769
Reposted by Anya SpethmannCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I’m quoting this not because of the rest of the thread but this idea in particular: how much time we spend looking at things that are bad and make us feel bad 1121819
Reposted by Anya SpethmannJacob Gifford Head @giffordhead.co.uk · 21/08/2026I do smile at the juxtaposition one often gets with documents produced by the Quakers where expressions of the divine are contained within precisely identified AGM Minutes by their Recording Clerk. 2132
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I’m not crying, you’re crying. But, seriously, this is the only way through. 051
Reposted by Anya SpethmannDave Infante @dinfontay.com · 18/08/2026i keep getting tagged on this. it's real. if you want to understand how the booze industry got here—beyond @veryimportant.lawyer's immortal "everyone is 12 now" theory, which is honestly a good place to start—may i recommend subscribing to fingers:fingers.emailThe infantilization of the American drinkerPlus: Regulatory Roulette! 1220643
Reposted by Anya SpethmannSMD's pension @anothersmd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026"I am living with the consequences." 362471515
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 18/08/2026It would be funny that people so optics-obsessed are so bad at optics if the fate of the world didn’t hang in the balance. 020
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I try not to comment on this obvious stuff but it’s so clear my dude is pressed neither he nor anyone around him looks, y’know … Like that?! 010
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I can almost personally guarantee the other 31% are Caymus fans. 320
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I love the new Strokes. Have I mentioned that? Julian Casablancas sings like your tooth is loose and it’s never going to be ok but actually you are fine. 120
Reposted by Anya Spethmanns. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 11/08/2026I for one welcome our new cephalopod overlords.wired.comWhen Your Brain Is in Your ArmTwo-thirds of an octopus’s neurons are in its arms—each operating independently—including the one it uses to have sex. 0314
Reposted by Anya SpethmannLawyer in Beta dot com @lawyerinbeta.com · 10/08/2026See also: I’ve gotten an unprecedented amount of work done in the past 7 days. THE VOLUME OF THE MUSIC AND THE VOLUME OF THE WORK ARE RELATED. 151
Reposted by Anya SpethmannChristopher Waters @waters-wine.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Why do red wines made from Shiraz grapes taste different from ones made with Cabernet Sauvignon? The answer may surprise you… 021
Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 09/08/2026More groundbreaking analysis: different grapes taste different. 5111
Reposted by Anya SpethmannJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This is such an great feature (Rebecca is great!), and I've been thinking about it for a few days. IMO, "Influencer" in the ten-years-ago sense was really a LOT of jobs (spokesmodel/copywriter/etc.) but now it's morphing, at least in part, into "intentionally annoying person" which feels worse.vulture.comThe Influencer RecessionOnce upon a time, lifestyle influencers could post cute photos and make millions. Now they are forced to pivot. 1761771
