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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 29/09/2026

I could spend hours here in Bell's Book Store in Palo Alto, CA

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 27/09/2026

there are a lot of terrible things in this article about two goons (Noem/Bovino) teasing a run for office in 2028, but her belief that pheasants are native to South Dakota irks me too. These are Asian birds, first introduced to SD in 1891, that assimilated well to life in the United States

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 26/09/2026

"This is the first time the United States has declined to invite in OSCE monitors since they began observing US elections"

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 25/09/2026

thoughts from @electricliterature.com on that National Book Award Longlist OpEd: "Many of these books tell stories that wouldn’t, or couldn’t, have been told just a few decades ago....They bring more people to the practice of reading, which inspires more people to become writers" shorturl.at/EjgTu

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Bret Stephens Is Big Mad at the Best Writers He Hasn’t Read - Electric Literature

The NYT opinion columnist referred to the National Book Award longlists as “the literary world’s DEI checklist"

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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Started another book by @jonathanslaght.com, this one about fish owls. Who knew that conservation biology could be so riveting!

Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan Slaght

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 25/09/2026

any Bluesky folks in Beijing? I'm giving a Tigers Between Empires book talk on October 8, moderated by the brilliant Terry Townshend (wildbeijing.org). More info and registration here: rasbj.glueup.cn/event/tigers...

Poster for a talk about tigers! In China!

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 24/09/2026

this album is so good - Neil Young's 1971 show at Massey Hall in Toronto

Front cover of Neil Young's album Massey Hall 1971

Back cover of Neil Young's album Massey Hall 1971

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

*door suddenly closes* me: cool, it's a bookstore escape room!! *van suddenly accelerates* me: wait! ... oh. shit.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 22/09/2026

I feel like I am doing things right if the 2026 National Book Award for Nonfiction irks Bret Stephens www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...

Bret Stephens writes "Then there’s the longlist for nonfiction. Much of the same in terms of subject matter: There’s a book about “the rise of Islamophobia in America.” Another about “an experiment in queer parenthood.” A third that’s “an argument against white paint.” (Really.) Last year’s nonfiction winner was a screed about the war in Gaza born of a viral anti-Israel social media post written weeks after Oct. 7."

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 22/09/2026

Tomorrow evening! I'm talkin' TIGERS with the Izaak Walton League of America, W. J. Breckenridge Chapter, in Brooklyn Park, MN. Free and open to the public. Tuesday, Sept 22, 7:30pm at 8816 West River Road, Brooklyn Park, MN 55444. More details: www.breckenridgeikes.org/activities

a poster advertising a talk about tigers in Brooklyn Park, MN

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026

LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So the US is “working on a deal” to buy Potash from a dictator allied with Putin instead of Canada.

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William Butler Yeets @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026

i need to know what happened

sign in a restaurant "due to recent events Bigfoot discussions are no longer permitted on the patio"

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Two visions of America going forward: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts vs. Sniper Enclave Triumphal Arch.

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Benjamin Percy @benjaminpercy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I blame @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social and his @nytbookreview.bsky.social review for making me rush out and buy this ghostly beauty. It’s a big one and will probably take me most of October to read.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 19/09/2026

I've already posted about @andreapitzer.bsky.social's upcoming SNOWBLIND (@stmartinspress.bsky.social, 2027), but I've just finished & it's so good. Can't wait for the world to read about Brusilov, Albanov, Konrad, Zhdanko, & the others who in 1912 endured what I would not wish on my worst enemies

the cover of an early manuscript of SNOWBLIND: Death on the Polar Ice, by Andrea Pitzer

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 18/09/2026

Tilcayo tiger cat! "Slender and spotted, with rounded ears...smaller than a typical house cat and lives in the Bolivian Yungas, the cloud forest where the Andes mountains meet the Amazon basin" www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...

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New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say

A type of tiger cat, the animal is slender, spotted and smaller than a house cat. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.

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EK @ekbroiler.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

11. Tigers Between Empires, Jonathan Slaght - a truly wild tale of a wild place, the co-existence of humans and large, dangerous animals in a remote environment, and the people who set out to accomplish it. Many dudes rocking, pure anti-doom medicine, highest recommendation

Tigers Between Empires by Jonathan Slaght, the second book about Amur tigers in eastern Russia I’ve read in recent years and I want more of them, please.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 17/09/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ODG (any Owl, Duck or Goose) - you better believe I am bringing out the largest owl in the world, the magnificent, salmon-eating Blakiston's fish owl of northeast Asia 🦉

Blakiston's fish owl. Photograph (c) Jonathan Slaght

Balding, bearded man with Blakiston's fish owl. Photograph (c) Sergey Avdeyuk

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 17/09/2026

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 17/09/2026

here's my stack of books that made the 2026 National Book Award longlist! As a juror it's been an amazing day seeing reactions from the authors and their readers - what incredible people and stories

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 16/09/2026

We’re pleased to exclusively announce the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Nonfiction. www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 16/09/2026

Nonfiction Longlist 2026! Humbled to help select these books by @rozinaali.bsky.social, Colin Asher, Zayd Ayers Dohrn, @elgendy95.bsky.social, Camonghne Felix, Wil Haygood, @novicsara.bsky.social, @reluctantlyjoe.bsky.social, @apdoubleyou.bsky.social, @walterspot.bsky.social link: shorturl.at/2IW6q

The National Book Award for Nonfiction Longlist, 2026

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Lisa Bunts (she/her) @labunts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is my 4th graders favorite summer read as well! We just finished it last night (I loved it too) 💛 He has high hopes of becoming a conservation biologist one day. Thanks for helping to inspire the next generation!

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 15/09/2026

very gracious of Terry Tempest Williams to call my tiger book her "favorite read for the summer" over on Instagram! #booksky

Screenshot from Instagram showing a book about tigers with accompanying text from Terry Tempest Williams

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 15/09/2026

super easy to make sure you're registered to vote, Minnesota

Graphic showing that I am indeed registered to vote

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 15/09/2026

very gracious of Terry Tempest Williams to call my tiger book her "favorite read for the summer" over on Instagram! #booksky

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 14/09/2026

so we are screwed is what you are saying www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

Headline from New York Times reads "Trump says a smart president is all that's needed to rein in A.I."

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 13/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #AngryBirds, any bird with an angry face. Here is a female Merlin from my #Minneapolis neighborhood in 2017, about to receive a dead songbird from her mate

female Merlin with tail feathers fanned, about to receive a prey delivery from her mate, Minneapolis, 2017, photo (c) Jonathan Slaght

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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

ok, there's AI slop of a harpy eagle going around (which I almost fell for). If you want giant raptor content, check @jonathanslaght.com

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Laurie Hertzel @lhertzel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I see people griping here all the time, asking WHERE ARE THE REPORTERS? Why aren't they covering Mitch McConnell, Epstein probe, etc. etc. They are being laid off, that's where they are. If you don't subscribe to at least 2 papers you have no right to ask that question. The Miami Herald just 1/2

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The measurable impact of Minnesotans helping neighbors during the height of the ICE occupation. Holy shit.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

So excited that Jon is reading an advance copy of SNOWBLIND, my next book! (And that all of you will get to read it next year, too...)

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

25 years later and The Onion’s ParentCorner 9/11 explainer from immediately after the attack is a better understanding of the threat environment than the one produced by the U.S. government.

An Onion article titled “Talking to your child about the WTC attack,” which is filled with real good info.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 11/09/2026

with duties as juror for the 2026 National Book Award for Nonfiction largely complete (Longlist announced next week!), I'm excited to devour this manuscript of SNOWBLIND by @andreapitzer.bsky.social (2027). Fans of Arctic exploration catastrophe rejoice - the 1912 Brusilov Expedition is a doozy ⛵️❄️💀

The cover of SNOWBLIND by Andrea Pitzer, a true story about really bad things happening to Arctic explorers, coming 2027

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Writer for NBC10 Boston fuckin HATES Mercury

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 10/09/2026

preordered Kawai Strong Washburn's new novel from @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social. His "Sharks in the Time of Saviors" received similar awards to my owl book in 2021 (PEN America, MN Book Awards, NYT NotableBook) & was one of @barackobama.bsky.social's fav. books of 2020! Can't wait to read this one 💙📚