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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Reposting because I like attention, and I’m proud of this piece, and also I like attention. My little essay for the Reckon Review about the reviews I got to do for Washington Post Book World, and my thoughts on reviewing in general: reckonreview.com/my-review-by...

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MY REVIEW | by E.A. Aymar – Reckon Review

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Thanks to the Reckon Review for inviting me to write about a hobby that informs my writing. Since I have no hobbies, I wrote about how writing reviews for the Washington Post informed my fiction. Of course, Bezos killed that hobby, so now I just kind of sit here. reckonreview.com/my-review-by...

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MY REVIEW | by E.A. Aymar – Reckon Review

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is SO GOOD! And, yes, I like everything Marvel does, but I really really really loved this one.

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It’s because they believe whiteness is a prerequisite for any position, above Black and Brown people. Also they will accept the most incompetent person like Hegseth and Trump, over any female

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I'm never going to get over the fact that the president of the United States paid a woman more than $5 million after a jury found him liable for raping her. And he's still president. And people still support him. Never. Get. Over. It.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Just me out here buying Trump a Buffalo Bills jersey.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I know the weeklong title reign for Sami was wack and undeserved, but that entrance for Punk went HARD.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

America was never going to truly become a Soccer Nation until we strong-armed FIFA in a completely corrupt transaction that benefits us at the expense of the concept of fairness. So, congrats to us!

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Any day I get to write about hip-hop is a good day, so thank you to @wirobooks.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to review this book about two rap icons, J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar, and socially conscious rap: www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/r...

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Raps of Resistance: How Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole Reignited a Hip-Hop Tradition | Washington Independent Review of Books

The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The @wirobooks.bsky.social was one of the first places I ever published, and I’m happy that I still occasionally write for them. This announcement is great news for the DC writing scene and publishing in general: www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our...

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Our Reviewers Deserve a Raise | Washington Independent Review of Books

The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

A friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding at the Great American State Fair bc he knows no one is there.

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Today’s the day! Publication day for Waves of Burden. It’s surreal. This book and I have been on quite a journey since I wrote the first draft in 2022. I experienced so much, good and bad, as you would expect for over four years. I wrote this novel with 1/2

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Sometimes you can despair of America, but it’s going to be amazing to see one of our greatest cities, with such a diverse population, all come together today to celebrate Danhausen.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My favorite past time is reading Tom Ley’s evisceration of wack journalists on @defector.com

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A lot of people have been wondering if Masters of the Universe is going to be up for next year‘s Oscars, and after seeing it this weekend, I think it’ll be JUST on the outside of the critics’ lists. But still a lot of fun and a worthy addition to the MOTU canon.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Today’s newsletter is about my decision to hire a freelance editor for my next novel and how much it helped. Special shout out to Chantelle Aimée Osman, whose editing help feels like finding the right pair of glasses and suddenly you can see everything clearly. buttondown.com/eaymar/archi...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I am so mad at @hexican.bsky.social that I’m only finding out NOW about Invisible Man v Invisible Stan (h/t @laurentheisen.bsky.social )

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I need to read more Welsh poetry. I was watching Welcome to Wrexham last night and a woman said, complaining about being single: “I have no luck. I could fall into a well of cocks and come out sucking my own thumb.”

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A writer wrote me and asked for some clarification about the AI rules for the DC Bouchercon anthology, specifically if it was permissible to use AI for grammar and story development. Just so it’s clear where the DC Bouchercon anthology stands, here’s the answer:

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I just spent nearly a week in Minnesota for my day job and part of the trip included a behind-the-scenes tour of Viking Stadium. No matter how much I do laundry, I can’t get the scent of failure and death out of my clothes.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Mainstream media should be covering Trump with fewer political reporters and more crime reporters.

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This was such a great read!!!

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Today’s newsletter is about the DC Bouchercon anthology, POWER CORRUPTS. I’m the managing editor, and I’m so excited to work with the guest editor, @almakatsu.bsky.social ! Interested in submitting a story? Check out the guidelines. We’re excited to read your work! buttondown.com/eaymar/archi...

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Make sure you come out to Jackie Lee’s this Sunday night at 6 PM for DC for Noir at the Bar! The only thing staged is the spot where the writers will be reading!

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Feels like I’ve watched this show for the Epsteinth time.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Nailed it! Exactly what he was like. Great work!

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

This is excellent, and especially thrilling because it's the first thing I've read on this topic that gets past its supposed inevitability to assess what AI ed tech is actually like, and what it actually does. www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...

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What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?

“I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in educ...

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/04/2026

OR JUST WRITE THE THING YOURSELF FOR FUCK'S SAKE IT WILL TAKE LESS TIME THAN WHATEVER THE FUCK THIS IS mashable.com/article/sinc...

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Sinceerly is an AI tool to 'un-AI' your writing

A new ouroboros in the tech world has emerged.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Overheard two women talking about The Golden Girls: “Where did they live in that show?” “They all lived in Blanche’s house.” “Oh, I would love to live with my best friends.” “Aren’t you married?” “Yes. What’s your point?”

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Ben Rosen @benrosen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

bad news for me, the guy who uses the world's biggest condom

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Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

What’s up www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/b...

The New York Times says THE NOIR NOVEL OF OUR TIME, Our columnist says Jordan Harper’s A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE IS JUST THAT: a violent masterpiece

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The DOGE forgets. Northern Virginia remembers.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Washington ordered smallpox inoculations for the Continental Army beginning in 1777. Hegseth, therefore, is taking a mid-18th century, pre-Industrial Age approach to medicine and warfare.

@SecWar: The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force.

We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

From an article in the New Yorker, just after Wrestlemania, about Linda McMahon and her running the Department of Education.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/04/2026

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/

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volcanicsand.bsky.social @volcanicsand.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I went to day 2 of the draft in nyc once and it was the saddest event i have ever been to and i have been to a boat show

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Working on something. Is this permissible to include in a set of submission rules for an anthology, legally? "The editors reserve the right to dog walk your ass if we find out you used AI."

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I’m already annoyed at how tremendously Wrestlemania is gonna suck this weekend. I wish I was wrong, but I’ve been hurt before.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

It’s weird how the expression “quite frankly” has become a way to tell if stupid people are trying to sound smart.

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E.A. Aymar @eaaymar.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

As they say, it’s not all men, but it’s always men. 62 million.

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Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com · 15/04/2026

“Everybody’s using AI for everything nowadays, and if you don’t, you’re a misfit outsider who should be stoned to death in the town square, and then resurrected virtually from your data so you can be stoned to death in the virtual town square, for infinity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...

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Opinion | Just Because I Wrote This Doesn’t Mean I’ll Be On Your Panel About A.I.

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