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Grace Lovelace

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Culture writer, PhD, child minder. Bylines in the Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, The Los Angeles Review of Books and elsewhere

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 3h
Colin Jost's Pete Hegseth wearing a bandolier of Fireball shot bottles cracks me up.
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Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 9h
Today's work includes writing a short piece on Norwegian folk-belief concerning the magpie. One such belief is that around Saint Olaf's feast-day (July 29), the magpies all visit Saint Olaf in order to be weighed. Those that weigh less than a quarter of a kilo are given to the Devil.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h
"It used to be that an unpopular movie was released, and then maybe a decade later it was celebrated as a cult classic. That is happening with "Digger" during its initial release cycle and frankly I don't care for it."
Picture of old man (Andy Rooney) on 60 Minutes
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21h
"She exudes a dark and nasty aura" -- I guess we see why he didn't win the Nobel for literature, that's just bad writing. Maybe he should read something by a person who is good with words like Anne Carson.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Statler and Waldorf Criticize the Show
Alt: A gif of Statler and Waldorf sitting in a balcony talking to each other. Their dialogue reads: -this show is awful -Terrible -Disgusting -See you next week? -Of course.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Calling my shot: we will see less than half as many pundit-consultant pieces about this Latino realignment as we saw in the other direction 2021-2025, because a Latino blue shift doesn’t fit the Dems-Too-Woke narrative
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Department of Angela @angelaisms.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You know who else was salty about Nobel prizes? No, really.
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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If they wanted to up the birthrate they could raise minimum wage, provide free daycare or socialized healthcare- instead they are pushing for women to be severely punished for getting an abortion, discouraging women in higher education and questioning if we should vote. The agenda is obvious.
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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Endlessness runs in you like leaves on the tree of night. Anne Carson
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Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻 @punkonbuslives.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Every picture I see from the Oval Office looks just like this.
The Fat Ferengi work two hot ladies. Star Trek TNG.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Father’s Old Blue Cardigan by Anne Carson
Now it hangs on the back of the kitchen chair

where I always sit, as it did

on the back of the kitchen chair where he always sat.

I put it on whenever I come in,

as he did, stamping

the snow from his boots.

I put it on and sit in the dark.

He would not have done this.

Coldness comes paring down from the moonbone in the sky.

His laws were a secret.

But I remember the moment at which I knew

he was going mad inside his laws.

He was standing at the turn of the driveway when I arrived.

He had on the blue cardigan with the buttons done up all the way to the top.

Not only because it was a hot July afternoon

but the look on his face --

as a small child who has been dressed by some aunt early in the morning

for a long trip

on cold trains and windy platforms

will sit very straight at the edge of his seat

while the shadows like long fingers

over the haystacks that sweep past

keep shocking him

because he is riding backwards.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Eight years ago today, Susan Collins cast the deciding vote that put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. That alone should be enough for Maine voters to boot her ass out of the Senate. And that's before you get to the corruption and the Trump bootlicking.
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Charlie Alzamora @chalza.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Monday is National Get Funky Day. I don't have my car so won't you take me to Funkytown?
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online) MISSISSIPPI MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person) OHIO SOUTH CAROLINA — mail TENNESSEE TEXAS npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Adam Morgan @adamm0rgan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
SHE IS RISEN.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 24/09/2026
“It’s fall, fuckfaces. You’re either ready to reap this freaky-assed harvest or you’re not.” buff.ly/pykYN6f
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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.
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Alison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I am excited for many aspects of YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING but most of all for it to join ANCHORMAN, TOP GUN and the first five minutes of ALMOST FAMOUS in the small but mighty canon of San Diego Cinema
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Press pool to Trump: “Quiet, piggy.”
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Kyle Marquis @moochava.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I like how we're getting defrauded by people Philip K Dick would tell to get out of his office and clean up their acts before coming back
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CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sep 20th 2006 - Katie and Micah's camera recorded a door moving by itself while they slept. 📽️📅 Paranormal Activity (2007)
4 Screenshots from the movie "Paranormal Activity" (2007): First, a dark bedroom lit by a night vision camera with the text “Night #3 September 20th, 2006” and timestamp 12:31:12 AM, showing a couple asleep in bed. Second, the same view of the bedroom at 2:09:12 AM with the couple still asleep and the door slightly ajar. Third, timestamp 2:09:15 AM, the door opens wider while the couple remains in bed. Fourth, timestamp 2:09:26 AM, the door is fully open as the couple continues to sleep under the covers.
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What I imagine every non-human mammal thinks when they see a human: Long fur just on the very top of their head? Lmao you do you queen!!!!
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Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
September 18, 1951: "A Streetcar Named Desire", directed by Elia Kazan and based on Tennessee Williams' 1947 play of the same name, starring Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, is released.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 18/09/2026
my republic is so sclerotic dude....don't even look at my potentates
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A. E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
One of the things I love about Greek is the seemingly infinite formulaic greetings and wishes. Just learned a new one: καλό αποκαλόκαιρο!--a wish at the end of summer.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Kennedy Center Shakedown
The only appropriate response is to refuse to accede to his demands.
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 15/09/2026
ONE MORE DAY
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Slow Horses — Season 6 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
how does early voting help protect the vote? 1. it forces the regime to spread out their limited resources & manpower over weeks instead of a single day 2. it provides *weeks* of time to address any registration/ballot issues that come up instead of just hours
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Obviously the feds lie a lot no matter who is president but holy shit if it was at like an 8 before the trump Vance era has dialed it up to an 18 at least. I know u know this but: it is absurd the sheer degree that “assume their statements false until proven otherwise” is just standard operating…
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 12/09/2026
The 33% of the country that remain Trump supporters are so gullible and stupid that democrats could just start telling them complete nonsense lies and probably start chipping away double digit percentages of them
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Kati Knitt @katiknitt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's World Suicide Prevention Day. Remember to check in with your loved ones and be there when it matters. It can be hard to reach out for help. But please try anyway, if you need it. There can always be better days ahead and one day you might be happy you still got to experience them. I know I am
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It’s our birthday today
Michael Raymond Clayton.
Born September 9, 1959,
St. Joseph's Hospital, Bronx, New York
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
James Baldwin: From Another Place (1973) is a delightful short film (12 min) now streaming on Criterion as part of its James Baldwin On-Screen series. It was shot in Istanbul, #Turkey, where Baldwin lived from about 1965-75, by Sedat Pakay. 🎞️ www.criterionchannel.com/james-baldwi... #movies #LGBTQ
Black and white photograph of James Baldwin, standing on a bridge in Turkey with the Istanbul skyline (complete with minarets) in the background. Words on the photo say: "James Baldwin: From Another Place. A Film by Sedat Pakay."
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
He knocked two people to the ground before lunging at the candidate. He had two guns and a pair of brass knuckles on him.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Days after Donald Trump claimed his botched Reflecting Pool makeover, which has cost American taxpayers nearly $20 million, was "almost fixed," recent powerful storms in DC have left it disheveled with fallen fencing and trees, dirty rainwater, and debris.
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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Nerd Reich by @gilduran.com explains how technofascists like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Curtis Yarvin, and Marc Andreessen are not-so-quietly dismantling America as we know it. I explore this science fiction nightmare we’re now all living through. www.conspirituality.net/episodes/boo...
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Book Club: The Nerd Reich — Conspirituality
Gil Duran's exceptional new book, The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy, explains how technofascists like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance, and Marc Andreessen...
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Plug McSassy @sj.gg · 03/09/2026
“ha ha” (from under the diarrhea)
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
oh ok so it’s full blown democracy-ending stuff
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
August 31st/September 1st
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Susan Collins voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, and she still says she doesn’t regret it. That vote helped overturn Roe v. Wade and strip away abortion rights for millions of women. Mainers should judge Susan Collins by her record — and that record has hurt women and families across our state.
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Murderers As Leaders @morbidhegel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
[dismal music] - the best kind!
Screenshot of the Netflix show Dark showing a man walking into a wooden church with the chyron [dismal music]
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
He's entered a state of Quantum Peepaw where he thinks all this stuff is real
AI slop of Trump and Dolly Parton Trump posted
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
All unvaccinated people who die from preventable diseases would have died anyway. And all vaccinated people who die from any cause died because they were vaccinated. SCIENCE!🔬
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Scams targeting authors continue to rise so here's some useful tips to help you spot the scammers 🕵 uncpressblog.com/2026/08/27/p...
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Protecting Authors from Publishing Scams  - UNC Press Blog
UNC Press authors are receiving more scam emails and messages offering book promotion, reviews, book club appearances, podcast interviews, film and television opportunities, marketing services, and ot...
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Remembering Alice Coltrane on her birthday 🎂 📷 Frans Schellekens, The Hague, 1987 "Blending music rooted in the African American tradition with Eastern influences, Coltrane's exploratory modal jazz becomes accessible healing music across cultures." - Sydnee Monday
Alice Coltrane at the piano, smiling
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UK Prime Minister, Some Say Sinister @joemuggs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
And she KNEW she was transmitting that down the years too. She KNEW where she'd come from and she KNEW what legacy she wanted. I wrote this a couple of years ago about Dolly as the antithesis to JD Vance's hateful image of rural America. www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/al...
This is almost too much to bear. This sprawling 37-track collection begins with the sainted 78-year-old Dolly Parton providing a jaunty spoken narration of her family's history in music and the church. It's old-school Disney documentary in tone, but because it's Dolly you listen, and with her endless countrified charm she tells a story of generations of banjo players and preachers of the Appalachians - and reminds us that these, her forebears, were immigrants.
She doesn't use the word, but just how she talks about the landscapes reminding them of home in England and Wales - in a time when America is riven with division
- hits hard. Parton, of course, has always exemplified all that's best about hillbilly culture - and this album is clearly an attempt to demonstrated that it is, or can be, a culture of love. Recording with siblings and cousins, duetting with her own late mother, and interspersing with older recordings still of her family, she's gone all-out to represent unbroken lines of connection through the folk and bluegrass of her parents and grandparents going forward into the modern rock-inflected country that still dominates American culture, and back through the centuries to the old countries.
It's sentimental as hell. I mean, it's country, of course it is. And if you've got an aversion to country twang, this is unlikely to be the record to convert you: although there's plenty of old-style, intimate recording in the first section of the album, it quickly takes a turn for the modern - and the glossy radio production is an acquired taste to say the least. But if you're willing to sit with it, you might just find yourself falling for those latter section, as you realise how the musical tendrils and lyrical themes of love, loss, loyalty, religion, duty and hard labour expand out of the older styles into the new. And hard though it is to think of heartland America in those terms right now, it's a stark reminder of what could be: maybe even a source of forlorn hop…
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
HOT DAMN. Congratulations @karenattiah.bsky.social!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah (Gift Article)
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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