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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In between games, reading Adorno and Benjamin in preparation for my travel writing class. Love teaching On the Concept of History: www.sfu.ca/~andrewf/CON...

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Walter Benjamin On the Concept of History /Theses on the Philosophy of History

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Somehow watched six hours of baseball last night. I'll sleep when the playoffs are over. Go Guards.

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

PJ Harvey’s The Hope Six Demolition Project is worthy alone for this video shot by the great photographer Seamus Murphy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ReW...

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PJ Harvey - The Wheel

YouTube video by PJHarveyVEVO

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Giving a workshop on personas in fiction and art this Thursday in Amsterdam. Really enjoying diving into my book collection for examples where the writer is kinda present, but in augmented, sometimes grotesque ways. Any spring to mind?

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today after abandoning a KLM shopping cart with a flight for Madrid inside, I was served an ad on Instagram for that same trip. Then, after talking with a friend about David Duchovny’s Fail Better podcast I got served this ad. Seriously sick of this shit.

Gillian Anderson in an ad for the an X-Files lego set. She is holding up pieces of legos with a forced smile that suggests she’s being held hostage.

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Dumb movie on in the background as I make a slideshow presentation. Did someone really name Richard Gere's character in Runaway Bride "Homer Eisenhower Graham"?

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

An incredible shame to see this journal closing its doors. Was honored to have a story included in issue 33. A great editorial team. Buy this issue!

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Burnout lasts years.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Mary Ruefle on The Odyssey.

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I think the sirens in the Odyssey sang the Odyssey, for there is nothing more seductive, more terrible, than the story of our own life, the one we do not want to hear and will do anything to listen to.

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Madame Bovary deeply inspired by Don Quixote and wondering what contemporary novels are plucking those same threads of heads filled with romantic folly.

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Lydia Davis translation is superb.

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Speed reading Madame Bovary for a Wednesday book club and I’m already excited about chatting cows.

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Once again artist Shayna Schapp and I will be giving a workshop at Supermercator in Amsterdam—this time about using failure to your advantage as a creator. Join us! www.tickettailor.com/events/honin...

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Does anyone have any recommendations for good books about boring day jobs?

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

For anyone in Amsterdam, my friend and collaborator Shayna Schapp and yours truly are doing a workshop at stellar art space Supermercator in West. It's just €20 for the evening. Here's the info: www.supermercator.nl/self-portrai...

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Self Portraiture as Soul Revival

WORKSHOP: Self Portraiture as Soul Revival

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This Frieze article by Paul Chan is fascinating. "... the data sets I believe authentically express genuine aspects of me and my work may, in fact, be nothing other than the story of my compliance with the external demands I have lived under." www.frieze.com/article/paul...

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The Psychology of Your AI Self-Portrait

Drawing on 25 years of personal data, Paul Chan has built a digital double – and now it’s on the brink of a breakdown

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Just dropped a new Dispatches from the Honing House newsletter and want to share that I'll be running a pay-what-you-can prompt workshop on June 4th, from 19:00-21:00 CEST. Learn more here: danieljcecil.substack.com/p/pedagogy-a...

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Pedagogy and the burnout artist

Notes on not feeling it and doing something about it ...

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The European Review of Books @europeanreview.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Issue eleven is out. The subscription price is lowered. We write about populist algorithms, Stefan Zweig, Pasolini, Thomas Mannm And 3 fiction writers take the stage. europeanreviewofbooks.com/issues/issue...

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Watching Cat Stevens commentary about Harold and Maude and crying.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

"Quote from Count Dankula" — the Russian government

Tim Heidecker’s Alex Jones impression 'cringe as f*ck right out the gate'?

Quote from Count Dankula

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Splice @thisissplice.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

After a publishing hiatus, we're coming back, getting things lined up for later this year and 2027. Are you interested in reviewing some of our new books when they're ready to go? If so, drop your details into this form and feel free to share widely: forms.gle/85CyFN27dDM9...

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I'm not sure how many times I've gifted Maggie Nelson's Bluets to a friend, but the receiver liking it has a 100% success rate.

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full slack @fullslack.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I hated serial killers until I got that first rush of my hands squeezing tighter and tighter around a helpless delicate neck

hated landlords until I became one - tenants are just ungrateful
Rhiannon Picton-James

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bestofthenet.bsky.social @bestofthenet.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Join us in congratulating our fiction selections for the 2026 Best of the Net issue. Special thanks to @andrewporter01.bsky.social for judging. #bestofthenet #fiction

Join us in congratulating our fiction selections for the 2026 Best of the Net issue.

The Great Renunciation by @laurenbarbato.bsky.social, The Sisters by @angieellis.bsky.social, The Harvest by Katie Field, Year of the Rat by @kirakh.bsky.social, and Baby Teeth by Sofia Sears are our fiction selections for 2026!

Special thanks to @andrew.porter.writer for judging.

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The joy of coming into the house to hear the Hair Original Broadway recording on full blast.

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 15/04/2026

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Was just asked to make a friend a reading list … higher education finally proving its worth.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I personally think not safe to remain in any personal relationship with anyone who is using LLMs to analyze your relationship, make conclusions about your motives, or determine how to treat you. I think this is beyond red flag—it should be an immediate dealbreaker.

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 14/04/2026

UNENDING TORMENTS

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

At a recent work event, an administrator asked if I'm using AI in the classroom. When I said that a creative writing class should be an AI-free zone, she asked: What about outlining? What about generating ideas? This is a person responsible for guiding the humanities into the future. We're cooked.

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Mantra: Literature matters. Literature matters. Literature matters.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I love the Talmud

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christians: what could possibly be in that evil book.... what horrible spells does it hold within its pages... what black magic does it propagate....
the talmud: so if you send your kid off to Torah school but he has a really hard time with it, send him back home and go to school yourself instead so that once you've learned Torah you can go and teach your entire family. in fact, once some rabbi went out to go to Torah school and do just this, and on his way he came through this town and he asked if he could stay in the synagogue for the night. and of course the rabbi said yes but weird enough no one was in the streets and something was kind of off about the whole place. so our hero went into the synagogue only to find a seven headed demon just hanging out in the library!! our hero is terrified and prays super hard and because of this the demon is vanquished. he goes back to the rabbi and is like "dude wtf" and the rabbi was like "listen i know this is unorthodox but you're well known for how good at praying you are and this demon has been terrorizing us for well over a month and we were desperate. we knew you wouldn't die" and the guy was like "i didn't know that!" who do you think is in the right? hm. tough question. anyway. what were we talking about again? oh right. what if you make your sukkah doorway 1/7 of a cubit too short. would that be fucked up or what
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#what?
look up Bavli Kiddushin 29b <3

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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Don’t forget to block bsky.app/profile/atti... everyone

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Daniel J. Cecil @danieljcecil.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I’ve always been interested in how changes at the line level have a powerful effect on a story and the reader. AI had me thinking about the “democratizing” of prose and all the ways this is a problem. I wrote about it in my newsletter. Check it out. open.substack.com/pub/danieljc...

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The Roads Amputated the Legs

Or: Writing sentences that define possible futures

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MattieBoomBattie @mattieboombattie.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Love dit. Get rekt NOS.

PRO of Pro
In de eigen uitlatingen schrijft Progressief Nederland ‘PRO’ met drie hoofdletters. Jacobin gaat hierin mee omdat we vinden dat partijen zelf over hun naam gaan. Dat geldt ook voor andere partijen als DENK, BIJ1 en 50PLUS, omroepen zoals HUMAN en rappers zoals MF DOOM.

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