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Jon Sternfeld

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Author. Collaborator. Ghost. NYT Bestseller SCENES FROM MY LIFE with Michael K. Williams (Crown); WaPo Book of the Year AN INCONVENIENT COP with Edwin Raymond (Viking); UNPREPARED: AMERICA IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS (Bloomsbury)

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Mary Reber @maryreber.bsky.social · 5h
Received my copy of Kyle MacKachlan’s memoir, Fictional Selves and thought appropriate to stand where Agent Cooper stood in the Finale of the Return! Congrats Kyle! #twinpeaks #palmerhouse
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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 7h
who needs social media when kyle maclachlan's memoir just came in the mail
hard cover of Fictional Selves, Kyle Maclachlan's memoir
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Josh, Still Turning Green @dr-david-banner.bsky.social · 7h
One of the very few things I actually enjoy about the modern world: getting home from a long not-great day and finding a book I’m excited to read waiting for me at my front door
Fictional Selves by Kyle MacLachlan
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GQ - Men's Fashion, Style, Grooming, Fitness, Entertainment, Li… @gq.com.web.brid.gy · 13h
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Kyle MacLachlan on Being ‘A Regular Guy from Yakima’ Who’s ‘Drawn to Darkness’
In the latest episode of GQ’s weekly interview series One More Question, the Twin Peaks and Fallout star talks to Zach Baron about typecasting, ambition, the ups and downs of his long friendship with David Lynch, and new Dune versus old Dune.
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Vanity Fair @vanityfair.com · 14h
In an exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, 'Fictional Selves,' Kyle MacLachlan details how his wife convinced him to take on the role of Trey MacDougal in 'Sex and the City,' reluctantly becoming the “only actor who’d join a show about sex and not have any”
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You're a MacDougal Now: Kyle MacLachlan Wanted to Be Mr. Big, He Says. The World Knows Him As Trey
In an exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, Fictional Selves, the actor details how his wife convinced him to take on the role of Trey MacDougal in Sex and the City, reluctantly becoming the “only ac...
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Zach Baron @zachbaron.bsky.social · 13h
One More Question Episode Five: Kyle MacLachlan! youtu.be/4nbojusQBpA
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Kyle MacLachlan Is Still Grappling with Fame: "It’s Too Scary"
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Civilian Reader @civilianreader.com · 14h
New Books (September)... civilianreader.com/2026/09/29/n... Always a busy period for new books, here are 12 new ones I've received for review or bought; all of which I'm very much looking forward to reading.
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New Books (September)
Featuring: Leigh Bardugo, Mike Bockoven, Tom Cox, Hernan Diaz, David Goodman, Ken Jaworowski, Jonathan Kaufman, Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor, Kyle MacLachlan, Emily St. John Mandel, Walter Mosley…
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Ivan the Terrible @underthefan119.bsky.social · 14h
Today is the release day of Kyle MacLachlan's memoir Fictional Selves (also available as an audiobook read by the author)
Kyle MacLachlan Fictional Selves: A Memoir book cover
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Jean-Paul Blartre: Mall Cop @oldpappythomas.bsky.social · 14h
Amazing read from Kyle McLachlan. www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...
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Kyle MacLachlan, Star of David Lynch’s ‘Dune,’ Was the Only One on Set Who Knew What ‘Dune’ Was About
In an exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, MacLachlan recalls the sweat, tears and toxic smoke on the set of the sci-fi epic (his first film, which turned out to be an epic bomb) and realizing that ...
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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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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s indeed possible to write a headline that says “Trump lies again.” It doesn’t violate any rule of journalism or shatter the laws of nature. it just tells the truth.
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Nathan Cone @nathancone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
MacLachlan was 23 when he auditioned for Lynch's adaptation of Dune. The two would go on to work together on the cult classics Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. MacLachlan's new memoir is "Fictional Selves." www.tpr.org/2026-09-28/k...
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Kyle MacLachlan says he was David Lynch's 'submersible' into dark places
MacLachlan was 23 when he auditioned for Lynch's adaptation of Dune. The two would go on to work together on the cult classics Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. MacLachlan's new memoir is Fictional Selves.
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Brian Drew @bmdrew73.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fantastic event at Symphony Space with Kyle MacLachlan and Ethan Hawke discussing Kyle’s new memoir, Fictional Selves. Great discussion about the art of acting and Kyle’s amazing career. And always wonderful to share these events with my dear friend @floobish.bsky.social.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/09/2026
MacLachlan was 23 when he auditioned for Lynch's adaptation of Dune. The two would go on to work together on the cult classics Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. MacLachlan's new memoir is Fictional Selves. n.pr/47k8cTQ
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Kyle MacLachlan says he was David Lynch's 'submersible' into dark places
MacLachlan was 23 when he auditioned for Lynch's adaptation of Dune. The two would go on to work together on the cult classics Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. MacLachlan's new memoir is Fictional Selves.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 28/09/2026
Kyle MacLachlan, long beloved as David Lynch’s clean-cut oddball, revisits his four-decade Hollywood journey in a new memoir, “Fictional Selves. www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/… 
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Lisa 🇨🇦 @pinkmouse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a really cool article. To me Kyle MacLachlan is the only Paul Atreides - Chalamet WHO? David Lynch's version of Dune is the ONLY version of Dune (sorry Denis - yes I have seen both). MacLachlan reminds me of David Lynch a bit. The comments from readers are delightful.
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Kyle MacLachlan: David Lynch’s Singular Weirdo Is Secretly a Normie (Gift Article)
The actor still hasn’t come to grips with the loss of David Lynch. He talks about that, his hesitation about taking a role in “Sex and the City” and his new memoir.
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 28/09/2026
100%. It's not a coincidence that his three worst movies are the ones he wrote and directed, while his best movies were directed by (chronologically) Rob Reiner, Harold Becker, Mike Nichols, David Fincher, Bennett Miller, and Danny Boyle.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The thing about Aaron Sorkin is I don’t think he’s without talent he just needs to be paired with a director who is a bigger name that can take or leave what he writes and edit out the stuff that you roll your eyes at, lots of talented writers are like that. Stephen King adaptations are like that.
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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Inside the strange universe of the characters in Kyle MacLachlan’s head
In a candid new memoir, the beloved 'Twin Peaks,' 'Dune,' 'Blue Velvet' and 'Fallout' actor breaks down the multiple selves behind his famous face.
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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kyle MacLachlan: David Lynch’s Singular Weirdo Is Secretly a Normie www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/m...
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Kyle MacLachlan: David Lynch’s Singular Weirdo Is Secretly a Normie
The actor still hasn’t come to grips with the loss of David Lynch. He talks about that, his hesitation about taking a role in “Sex and the City” and his new memoir.
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Jason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI EXECUTIVE (bragging about his product): Using this every day has made me incredibly stupid
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
this guy doesn’t seem to know what insurance is
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A couple quick observations here, which should be obvious. 1) insurance “risk pools” work by requiring younger/healthier people who make few or no claims to sign up and pay premiums alongside older/less healthy people who do, essentially covering their costs.
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 26/09/2026
It really just rules that the people who are sledgehammer- dismantling our national insurance apparatus DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW FUCKING INSURANCE WORKS
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
once again the actual "story" behind Tilly Norwood is how the company's PR firm continues to get these stories placed in ostensibly legit outlets over and over despite zero demonstration of the supposed phenomenon being written about ("AI movie star Tilly Norwood") being real
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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Close Encounters ass sky
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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Inside the strange universe of the characters in Kyle MacLachlan’s head
In a candid new memoir, the beloved 'Twin Peaks,' 'Dune,' 'Blue Velvet' and 'Fallout' actor breaks down the multiple selves behind his famous face.
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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Still stuck on the idiocy of Sopranos and West Wing, which aired over 95% of their shows in 2000s, not on the list for the arbitrariness of the premiere being the cut-off date. They're MASSIVE shows from this century!
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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
i fucking hate that we are currently ruled by the dumbest people
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 24/09/2026
The Yakima-born actor and University of Washington alum spoke with The Seattle Times ahead of an event with Seattle Arts & Lectures.
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Kyle MacLachlan discusses memoir 'Fictional Selves'
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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I try not to whinge about AI too much here bc I feel like bsky has that covered, but when I see people sharing AI-generated music... that is so fucking depressing Making art is the best thing humans do and music maybe the purest form of that--if we're outsourcing that we should just pack it in
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 23/09/2026
Just a reminder to any senator saying Don Jr. is not selling access to the presidency: Don Jr. started a private club called Executive Branch within months of Trump retaking office, with appearances by Trump cabinet members. How much more obvious does it need to get?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Elizabeth Warren: "It's gonna look like whatever Xi Jinping wants it to look like. Donald Trump loves to bully when he's talking to the press. He loves to bully when he's front of a big crowd. But face to face is there any evidence that he has ever been tough with another dictator?"
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Democrats in Maine on Wednesday accused Republican senator Susan Collins of corruption after a major media outlet reported that the FBI had proposed investigating her for allegedly accepting bribes – before Donald Trump derailed the inquiry.
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Democrats accuse Susan Collins of corruption after bombshell ‘pay-to-play’ report
Republican senator calls bribery allegation ‘categorically false’ as ProPublica reports Trump derailed FBI inquiry
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 23/09/2026
There is a plus side to this: A large WPA-style jobs program hiring people to undo all this shit.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I think he thinks a pause would tank the stock market and, thus, as with Covid, is leaning into soothing fantasies. There is no AI risk = cases will soon fall to zero.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A reminder that Putin is wanted for war crimes by the ICC in connection with Russia's mass abduction of Ukrainian children. The Trump administration is of course trying to destroy the ICC.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Journalists at CNN, MS NOW and Politico failed to maintain “standards of professionalism,” according to lawyers working for President Trump, who recently told a female reporter, “Quiet, piggy.”
The Trump administration accused media outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico of publishing sensitive or classified information and failing to maintain "standards of professionalism" in a court filing Tuesday, days after President Donald Trump said the news organizations would be banned from White House grounds.
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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
AI seems to be the perfect intersection of our biggest exports: GREED and LAZINESS.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So much of what we’re living through right now, from Trump to AI, feels like it’s driven by an explicit strategy of “we just do the crimes so quickly that we can’t be stopped and by the time the courts weigh in, they have no choice but to accept our crimes.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...
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It's the accountability, stupid.
Doing crime
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The Space Pope @popecrocodylus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You had to get tapes from the Oval Office to hear stuff as racist as what they just tweet out in hype videos now.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with.
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Agent Ivy @agentivy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Coop 🖤 people.com/kyle-maclach...
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Kyle MacLachlan Says He Accepts ‘Twin Peaks’ Will Be the ‘First Line of My Obituary’ Ahead of New Memoir ‘Fiction Selves’ (Exclusive)
In his new book ‘Fictional Selves,’ out Sept. 29 from Crown, the ‘Sex and the City’ and ‘Blue Velvet’ actor reflects on his offbeat career and iconic roles.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 23/09/2026
Ban presidential profiteering. Ban presidential profiteering. Ban presidential profiteering. We have some ideas:
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Stopping Trump’s profiteering: How to actually ban presidents from earning outside income - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
It is imperative for Congress to make it a priority to address President Trump’s dangerous conflicts of interest.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/09/2026
NEW: OpenAI took 20 million ChatGPT responses and had one of its experts search for chunks of text—specifically chunks of 25 words in a row- that were identical between ChatGPT’s responses and a news article. They found more than 400,000 of these 25-word overlaps between ChatGPT and our articles.
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AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump at the UN inadvertently showing the value of credibility. He’s bluffed so many times that his extreme threats win no concessions and barely even get a reaction. Even if people are scared by it, he reneges and fails to follow through so often that no one thinks giving in could be worth it.
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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
People who sign up for insurance, pay for it, and never make a claim are *funding the whole damn system my guys!*
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is no such thing as art without a human on one end of the line and a human on the other end. In communication with each other.
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There is no such thing as art without a human on one end of the line and a human on the other end. In communication with each other. Like a closed electric circuit (?) I could explain that better but I spent my life appreciating art. There are pieces of writing that stand on their own without any supplementary information but there's a reason that when we read a classic poem or short story we usually soon after want to know when and where and under which conditions it was written. Same with music. You can hear a song you like and appreciate it knowing little but the first question people often ask when you play them something by a new band is where are they from? It’s funny that you should ask because they are from a city that exists. Art is a conversation where the particulars of the world are made universal and the universal is made particular. Think about how powerful an engine of imagination it is for a young person hearing a band and learning that they are from some far off place – Tokyo or New York or even somewhere gross like the UK. It is a time portal. It is magic. It even works if the artist dead. So too with a painting. The little information plaque in the museum is an extraordinarily powerful tool. What if it said no one painted this nowhere? Well then you’d be looking at nothing. And now what would you be?
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William Snyder @profsnyder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Brazen criminality.
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