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Darby Lyons

@darbylyons.bsky.social
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Retired English teacher. Book and music lover. Midwesterner, kind of (Army brat, IYKYK), with Appalachian roots. MFA, Sewanee School of Letters. Senior editorial assistant, Cincinnati Review.

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 14m
Okay, I'm not a sports fan, but I'm *his* fan now.
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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 16m
From Alicia Ostriker's book, The Holy & Broken Bliss: bookshop.org/a/862/9781949944679 #poem #booksky #writing
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 16m
It's going to be interesting to see if the red areas of Ohio are more racist or more misogynist. Some of those voter's little bigoted brains are exploding.
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 42m
First, these people are kooky, and second, every time that one woman says "trad," I can't help but think how annoying it sounds...like, why did people start abbreviating it like that? Is it so hard to say traditional? Or do they think it sounds less backward if they say it like that? Stop it.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 6h
Yep! I wrote about this in @ballsandstrikes.org last year after I was like hmmmm this legal argument sounds......familiar! ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Anti-Abortion States Are Trying to Enforce a Modern Fugitive Slave Act
A Louisiana prosecutor’s decision to indict a New York doctor for mailing abortion bills calls to mind one of the ugliest chapters in this country’s history.
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NBC4 Columbus @nbc4i.com · 8h
Two Ohio polls show Sherrod Brown leading Jon Husted in U.S. Senate race
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Two Ohio polls show Sherrod Brown leading Jon Husted in U.S. Senate race
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Two new polls conducted over nearly identical periods show Democrat Sherrod Brown leading Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio’s special U.S. Senate election. A poll con…
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 8h
The pear by Jane Kenyon

There is a moment in middle age 
when you grow bored, angered 
by your middling mind, afraid.

That day the sun 
burns hot and bright, 
making you more desolate.

It happens subtly, as when a pear 
spoils from the inside out, 
and you may not be aware 
until things have gone too far.
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 9h
This is incredibly stupid. I live in one of the stupidest states in the world's stupidest country.😵‍💫 ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Ohio lawmakers approve 90-day gas tax holiday just weeks ahead of election • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio state lawmakers have approved a 90-day gas tax holiday at the urging of Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 9h
WHY?
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Marc Chamberlain @marcchamberlain.bsky.social · 9h
Derek Mahon passed away six years ago today. Here he is on autumn, what might have been, and what might yet become, from The Snow Party (1975). #poetry
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 18h
Sunny's a horrible person.
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LadyBusiness @ladybusiness.bsky.social · 21h
On my way to a job interview, smartly leaving the iced coffee at home
Tom Ford spring 2027 runway look
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 19h
I don't recall where I took this picture...some store somewhere...in Knoxville, I think. Makes me laugh.
A wine glass with an opaque white band with black letters across it reading, "I'm not slurring my words, I'm talking in cursive."
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 20h
"[The Great Lakes] hold more than 80 percent of North America's freshwater and more than 20 percent of the world's. If you could empty the Great Lakes over North and South America, you would flood the land in a foot of standing water."👀
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 23h
Stop making TV so dark it's impossible to tell what's happening challenge... I'm looking at you, Slow Horses.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026
A new poll from The 19th News shows faltering Republican support for gender-affirming care bans for trans youth. It also shows that anti-trans ads might be backfiring, with respondents increasingly saying Republicans are talking about trans people too much. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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New Poll From The 19th News Shows Public Turning Against Republican Anti-Trans Healthcare Bans
The poll even shows faltering Republican support for such bans.
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cc: @amyactonoh.bsky.social and @davidpepperoh.bsky.social
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump admin: "Consumer spending is up!" Most Voters: "Duh. And that's why we're dumping you." Me: "Wait, y'all didn't care about the rape, murder, war crimes, and concentration camps?"
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/09/2026
They're moving on from trans youth towards advocating banning care for trans adults, just like we said they would.
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This thread: 💯 Back when I was on our contract negotiation team in a k-12 district, we were always asking for *more time.* Time to meet one-on-one with students Time to plan, especially with colleagues Time for real professional development (ie, NOT a "consultant" droning at us from a stage)...
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Posted on @bittersouth.bsky.social Instagram. Speak up. Step up. Please, hurry up.
On a red background, white letters say "Good Men: Speak up."

The caption below that says "Please. We desperately need you, and your silence is deafening."
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My word, he looks like he's in his 50s or 60s to me!
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every few years, we have this. We share our stories; decent men are horrified. And then... Nothing changes. After Anita Hill's testimony re Clarence Thomas After Bill Cosby's victims spoke up After Brock Turner's obscene sentencing After Weinstein, Lauer, et al were exposed in 2017 I'm so tired.
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Editor Sophia Dasser and reporter Cereese Qusba of the Cornell Daily Sun are the reason we now know about the gang rape case at Cornell and the university’s shameful under-reaction. Nice work, ladies. (📸 Heather Ainsworth)
Two young women, one in a hijab, huddled over lap tops in a newsroom.
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We're #1?
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tired: willful misreadings of skeets followed by performative indignation Wired: simmering down now
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jump scare
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All this used to be fields @solveforgenx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt just invented the Gotchme Question
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Has everyone else already noticed that Sharon Horgan and Nicolle Wallace look like sisters?
Nicolle Wallace Sharon Horgan
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today's my sister-in-law's birthday. She and my big brother are on a Caribbean cruise. When he and his first wife divorced after 35 years, I was so sad, but... He's SO happy now! 😍
A woman with curly gray hair and a flowered top next to a man with glasses and a white shirt and white hair. Both are smiling and tan.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Senior editor Cereese Qusba spent months reporting on the case before breaking the news of the lawsuit on September 18.”
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How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Senator Foghorn Leghorn holds a sign above Senator Dumb As Shit Schmitt's head that says "I'm with Stupid⬇️"
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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here you go.
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Very excited to share the cover of my new book JUST BENEATH THE SOIL: WORLD WAR II THROUGH THE EYES OF ITS LAST WITNESSES. It will be out May 4, 2027. I learned so much writing this book and truly can't wait to share it with you all. It’s available for preorder now: sites.prh.com/justbeneatht...
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I really wish stores wouldn't put Christmas stuff out a month before Halloween.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Drum beats on: NYT joins Boston Globe, Chronicle of Higher Ed, & Inside Higher Ed in following the terrific reporting of student journalists at @thedartmouth.bsky.social on extensive undisclosed AI use by our provost, a national champion of more AI on campuses. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Dartmouth Provost Is the Latest College Professor Examined for A.I. Use (Gift Article)
Dartmouth said it would investigate its provost over A.I. accusations. Similar controversies on other campuses have prompted frustration among students.
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Lee W. Mowen @theleewmowen.com · 29/09/2026
Great night in Cincinnati! Seeing so many great people (like @darbylyons.bsky.social) turn out tonight gives me hope for the future. I'm looking forward to reading @andybeshearky.bsky.social's book!
The cover of "Go and Do Likewise", Andy Beshear's book.
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is bonkers. AI bros are snake oil salesmen, and the stock market is a tacky casino.
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Saw @andybeshearky.bsky.social and Mayor Aftab at Cincinnati's Joseph-Beth bookstore this evening. I was wearing my Dolly T-shirt from @bittersouth.bsky.social and I kept thinking, Dolly would approve of the governor's message.
Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, in a dark suit, stands next to and looks at My Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, who is in khaki pants with a white shirt and blue sport coat. They're standing on the landing of the stairs at Cincinnati's Joseph-Beth bookstore.
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't read a lot of nonfiction, so when I tell you this book is riveting, believe me!
Book on a table. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald 
John U. Bacon
New York Times Best-selling Author
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DR. IRONCLAD, Brunch Democrat @feclad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To every MAGA, Jill Stein, or just couldn't bother to vote person out there, Fuck you. Fuuuuuuuuck you.
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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From Toi Derricotte's book, Captivity: bookshop.org/a/862/9780822954224 #poem #booksky #writing
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Some of the things people get worked up about on here crack me up. Such intense passion about such inconsequential things. 🤣😎🤣
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I. Can't. Stand. Aaron. Rodgers.
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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From Mary Oliver's book, Devotions: bit.ly/devotionsLB #poem #booksky #writing
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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The man is so fucking clueless. We hate it all, dickhead.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Netanyahu is so much like Trump. In one big way, he conflates himself and the country of Israel, just like Trump conflates himself and America. If you hate Netanyahu, then you hate Israel or Jews is his and his supporters premise. Just like Trump pushes if you hate him, then you hate America.
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