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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 06/10/2026

H’as spoken like a traitor, and shall answer As traitors do.

Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'd never read this before! A gift from @medievalmarginalia.com so long ago that I should be ashamed. My #sundaysentence, one day early (flying tomorrow): "Life without sinning was like food without salt, pure but tasteless."

The cover of Sharon Kay Penman's novel "When Christ and His Saints Slept," with dahlias and glasses.

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are a cruel, barbaric country, and the taking of a life is evil, and the taking of a life by the state is a monstrous evil, and as long as we continue to do it we will continue to be a cruel, barbaric country

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 30/09/2026

Thou shouldst be mad; And I, to make thee mad, do mock thee thus.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy William-the-French-Usurper invasion day, for all who celebrate. I’m Team Harold, so asking for privacy during this difficult time.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

South Philly’s Bok Building defined me today

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My #sundaysentence this week is from Gertrude Stein in 1940; I love this discarding of the given and ownership of what you make your own: "And so I am an American and I have lived half my life in Paris, not the half that made me but the half in which I made what I made."

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Our agent escaped the sandbox, that little rascal. What a scamp! Also now would be a good time to say goodbye to your loved ones.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm a shameless sucker for a good spy thriller, especially if Russians are involved. My #sundaysentence this week is from Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews: "If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one." (Went from this novel right into the sequel and it was pretty good, too.)

Toes on the beach at Cape May, NJ, reading the novel Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The shelf of badass chicks (&samshepard because patti smith helped write it) #booksky

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 17/09/2026

A poor, infirm, weak, and despis’d old man

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Guys, my buddy Gail has a new book out and I must insist you go get it right now, today, immediately. It has it all: Medieval British Jews! Murder! Brave Children! And she wrote “Ella, Enchanted,” so c’mon already, what more can I say. #booksky

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

shame on me for sure but this just doesn’t get old cape may point, nj sept 7, 8:05am

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medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 06/09/2026

“To everyone’s relief, William I died if dysentery in 1166…” You know it’s bad when people are rooting for dysentery.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Really cool feature about Jack Johnson in the NYT had this perfect quote from Ben Harper, describing Jack (& artists in general, I think). It's my #sundaysentence this week: "It takes a great deal of intensity to actually sound simple and pure."

Photo from the NYT of Jack Johnson's feet and guitar-effect pedals onstage.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

those boys of summer all caught the last train to clarksville cape may, nj sept 5, 7:58am

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medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com · 02/09/2026

fall of the damned (detail), dieric bouts, 1470

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Gregg Cagno @greggno.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#playmusicontheporchday 2026. On the Ventura Highway with @christianbauman.bsky.social & nephew Matt.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I just adore Deborah Levy. Simply adore. Her new one was an absolute delight. My #sundaysentence for this week: "We liked not knowing much about each other because there was so much to find out."

The book My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein, by Deborah Levy, an a lap, with photos and art and a nice Martin guitar in the background.

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So embarrassing that Lake America is the smallest of the Great Lakes. One more Trump failure.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

find your hidden genius west cape may, nj 9:29am #musicsky #booksky

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

As happens sometimes with great books, in the midst of reading something so removed from my own experience, I find myself revealed on a page: my #sundaysentence: "This is the life I have made for myself, always striving for something beyond my grasp, while hauling implausibly complex armfuls."

The cover of A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ni Ghriofa; the accompanying bookmark has handwritten directions from Kentishtown to Heathrow Airport.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thank you for everything. 💚💚💚 Tomorrow, there will be more of us.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

so much depends upon the grilled cheese of august

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 17/08/2026

GLOUCESTER Come hither, friend; where is the King my master? KENT. (as CAIUS.) Here, sir, but trouble him not—his wits are gone.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Great new dystopian thriller by my friend @brendandeneen.bsky.social (seen here out in the wild w/ me in the lobby of One Penn) provides this week's #sundaysentence: "They were discarding their salvation the entire time and didn't even know it." Funny, that brings to mind half of America right now.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

strong joe and Baby Lou (new hope, pa 10:02am)

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 09/08/2026

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Cooking from one of the Zahav books is generally even more masochistic than Ottolenghi, but after a few months I foolishly forget the pain and try anyway. Although this one looks reasonable…plus we have fresh local honey this week!

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I've been waiting to read this since I saw it in London back at Easter; finally got it on kindle. My #sundaysentence for this week: "People had an alarming tendency to die in the Thames." #booksky

Cover of book London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 07/08/2026

But such is the infection of the time

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This novel was on my tbr for a very long time, but I just didn't enjoy it. High expectations; I liked another one by him. Still, we get a #sundaysentence: "Proof, once again, that reality was not objective, but always waiting to be reshaped and redefined by one's attitude."

cover of :The Book of Strange New Things" by Michael Faber

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 31/07/2026

You will not own it.

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Tamlyn @tamlynrogers.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The axe forgets but the tree remembers

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Fun fact, this is one of my top 20 fave novels, I pull it down every few years. I see the gaps & cracks I didn't when I was 13; doesn't matter. Anyway, my #sundaysentence is a contemplation of emotional bumps in the road: "You'll never get anything done if you walk around with an unchipped heart."

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

IMAX this, IMAX that, IMAXing why we can't have a fun little rom-com every now and then

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

My #sundaysentence this week is from @natcassidy.bsky.social's terrifying short story collection I Know a Place: "Innocence is simply experience that hasn't made up its mind yet."

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Tatiana Fajardo @tatiana1979.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Poster for F. W. Murnau’s 'Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens' by Albin Grau (1922)

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Dirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 17/07/2026

“A hunter of shadows, themself a shade.” (Homer) 🎨 Alex Kuno

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Amy Malkoff @amalkoff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Today is both National Mac and Cheese Day and National Nude Day. You know what to do.

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

sunday still-life with caffeinated caption & canine new hope, pa 9:11am

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My #sundaysentence this week is from the NYT, quoting this man on the failed math of book reduction: “Every book I own, I need.”

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Christian Bauman @christianbauman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Slicin’ Saturday: prepping Japanese pickles, French galette, Watermelon slushie…

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

When the weather gets hot, please take special care for the goths in your life. With their floor-length coats, platform shoes, and velvet capes, it’s hard for them to thermoregulate as we do.

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