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Joshua J. Friedman

@joshuajfriedman.com
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Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky. Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 9h
Professor Bodywise’s Traveling Menagerie! did this chaotic Kaiser Permanente show come to anyone else’s elementary school and give you nightmares about the Drug Vulture
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10h
Movie or book?
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Ben Zimmer @benzimmer.bsky.social · 10h
Will you say 1-Across after solving my latest crossword for @slate.com? Only one way to find out! slate.com/life/2026/10...
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 10h
October Dahlias, arguably the Best Dahlias
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 10h
I have a list of things that I would buy if I were to ever really Hit It Big and the first thing on that list is this: www.ebay.com/itm/17623400...
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Star Wars C-3PO Tape Dispenser Ceramic Return of the Jedi Sigma 1983 RARE NOS | eBay
The tape dispenser is in very good condition and clean from a smoke free collection. The glaze is still in great shape and the color is amazing. All of the pictures and video are of the exact piece being sold.
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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 10h
Years ago I wrote about one of these and did an interview that was scheduled to be ~30 minutes. I think I was on the phone with them for nearly 2 hours — told them so many times I really had to go, I had other commitments, please follow up via email or let’s book another time. I was near tears lmfao
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10h
Oh, hooray! A worthy celebration
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10h
Oh, absolutely! Here 'tis
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Original Plum Torte Recipe • 5★ (Gift Recipe)
The Times published Marian Burros’s recipe for Plum Torte every September from 1983 until 1989, when the editors determined that enough was enough. The recipe was to be printed for the last time that ...
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11h
It works with so many fruits
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11h
Oh, hooray!! That's going to be so delicious!
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11h
It's true that publishers put "Banned on Boston" on their covers in the hopes that it would boost sales but I'm not aware of any analyses that suggest that the publishers benefited on net from the banning. They were just trying to make the best of a bad situation.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 15h
New: As gay bars across the country say that Meta is flagging and deactivating their accounts without warning, I spoke to an Austin queer bar that says Meta nearly destroyed their ability to advertise events: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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How Meta's new content moderation upended a Texas gay bar
At least one LGBTQ establishment in Texas says the social media giant has incorrectly disabled its social media account, potentially hurting business.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 13h
Art by the wonderful @heyheysu.bsky.social!
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 13h
Yayyyyyy, I'm so glad!! I think it's really cute at the top of the Explore page too. Thank you for inspiring this whole effort!
Lovably surreal graphic for Banned Books Week with a vivid palette of orange, fuschia, yellow and blue, showing some sort of mutant rabbit and what I keep thinking of as a surprised carrot immersing themselves in books. Art by the wonderful Hyesu Lee! @heyheysu.bsky.social
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 14h
Here's the thing: most books that are banned don't make the lists that get circulated each #BannedBooksWeek. If you're a book creator and your book gets banned, please respond to this post with your book and its buy link on bookshop.org. That way we can support indies and banned books 💛
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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
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Cait (spooky edition 🦇) @caitesq.bsky.social · 15h
IKEA update, a month later: The kids, and some sea creatures, caught me in a weak moment.
A shopping cart containing a BLÅVINGAD plush yellow octopus and a small BLÅHAJ plush shark
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 15h
I hate questions that are really games or interview prompts
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hailey @hailey.at · 16h
for all the NFL freaks on here, here's a feed for you that is pretty up to date with all the stuff happening on game day bsky.app/profile/hail...
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Julio Peña III @juliopenabk.com · 16h
The former chair of the BK Dems is trying to call a meeting at 10pm tonight to pick a new chair, in defiance of a judge’s order and using rules that the court struck down. No one should attend this meeting. Democrats respect the results of elections and the rule of law.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 16h
"Well, looks like another day foraging in the sand" "FUCK YES BECAUSE I FUCKING LOVE FORAGING IN THE SAND!" 🪶
A sanderling looking tired on the sand with a ton of sand on their beak A sanderling with their beak in the front of their beak in the front of their face buried almost up to the eye and you can see the sand being moved out of the way ..
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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 19h
wearing my birds cap and my cab driver is calling me miss eagle, go birds
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@sarahemclaugh.bsky.social
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BOObka Streisand (Emmy™️) @babkastreisand.bsky.social · 17h
Before and after I told her Go Birds
Desi Desi with her head cocked to the right
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Mollie Wilson O'Reilly @mollieoreilly.bsky.social · 17h
Men love to tell you how many seconds' difference there is between game and shot clock.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 18h
Yes! And if you can't donate, find local actions you can take ilovelibraries.org/fight-censor... Learn more about attending local school board & library meetings here: uniteagainstbookbans.org/guide-to-att... Also, consider running for school board!
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Fight Censorship - I Love Libraries
Fight Censorship Libraries and schools across the country are experiencing unprecedented levels of attempts to ban or remove books from their shelves. The American Library Association (ALA) documented...
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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 19h
Adolph Menzel, Death as an Unwelcome Guest, 1844/1845. Watercolor and gouache. 5.1 x 3.6 in. (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin). Death politely recognizes that this is a shoe-free house.
Death, dressed in a top hat and overcoat, rings the doorbell as he removes his shoes. Inscribed: "1844: Plusquamperfectum" ("more than finished")
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 04/10/2026
I think we nailed the mushroom fairy hat.
Top view of mushroom fairy hat with felt dots on red velvetFront view showing the dome shapeFront view showing the chiffon gills and lace trimming
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 21h
This is amazing!! Congratulations! Can't wait to watch
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 21h
Good question! Not to my knowledge, but I hope there will be lots of conversation about it so that it'll be a trending topic
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molly @bugmom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
back home, etc
a starry night sky above a warmly lit cabin
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TashasEv @tashasev.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Behold! Today’s spoils from our annual pilgrimage to the gourd fields
The boot of a MINI loaded up with a ridiculous pile of pumpkins and gourds. There are bright and pale orange ones, big and small ones, white ones, a big squatty dark green one, a pale gray green one, an orange one with green stripes, a big golden one, a small red kuri squash, a long pale candy roaster squash, 20 squashes in total
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 04/10/2026
What a haul!!
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 04/10/2026
Yes! Let's focus on what's important: keeping me entertained
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 04/10/2026
Oh no, Alex!! I'm so sorry! The trip looks really beautiful, anyhow. Wishing you lots of luck in finding a new gig soon. Please don't be too hard on yourself—it's such a stressful situation, and I'm certain none of it is a reflection on your excellent qualities!
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fall ritual 🍎🍏🎃🌽🍇🍂🍁
A red farm house, pumpkin parch & fall foliage on a tree. Large pumpkin patch filled with orange pumpkins & red barn at end of field and deep blue sky aboveGrape arbor with clusters of purple grapea & sun filtering through. Lost in a corn maze
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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
i don't think you should be allowed to call your business a speakeasy if it has a yelp page
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/10/2026
And why did they hire an apostrophe who refuses to work with the alphabet
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Donald Wine II @blazindw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They brought in a singer for Oh Canada before the Canada match, and it was botched so bad they just started over with the music and cut the mic off.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 03/10/2026
when your most trusted interlocutor is telling it to you straight about your new haircut
Lady and unicorn tapestry Lady and unicorn tapestry Lady and unicorn tapestry Lady and unicorn tapestry
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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 03/10/2026
A truly stunning set of children’s books for the book historian or printmaker in your life. We just got a full set for the library @skeuomorphpress.org
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/10/2026
A blessed life!
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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Shelties: majestic, regal looking working dogs Tallie: “I like to be carried by dog dad in my tote bag” 😂
A black-and-white Shetland Sheepdog sits snugly inside a gray soft-sided travel crate or carrier, looking directly up at the camera with wide, attentive brown eyes. The dog’s narrow white blaze runs from the forehead down the muzzle, and its long dark fur spills over the edge of the carrier. The softly lit indoor setting includes a blue-and-white patterned rug and nearby furniture, while the Sheltie’s calm, slightly expectant expression makes it look as though it is waiting patiently to go somewhere.
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My beautiful sister everyone
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Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tortured lighthouse keeper-ass dog
A black and white mixed breed dog sniffs a telephone pole. It’s dark out and she’s lit by the beam of a headlampSame dog zoomed into her face, which looks like it’s seen some shit
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dame @dame.is · 03/10/2026
feeding carrots to horses ASMR
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Story here. Attorneys say Pike is unconscious, on a ventilator and that both of her arms were “swollen, burned, and blistered” upon her arrival at the hospital Wednesday night. nashvillebanner.com/2026/10/02/c...
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Christa Pike on ventilator after failed execution attempt - Nashville Banner
Christa Pike was unconscious and on a ventilator a day after she survived two doses oft the lethal injection drug pentobarbital, according to a court filing.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/10/2026
caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ky-cou...
Footnote 14. Justice Robert Lukowsky, who died too soon at age 54, should best be remembered for his constitutional acumen, notable in cases such as Stone v. Graham, 599 S.W.2d 157, 159 (Ky. 1980)(Lukowsky, J., dissenting), rev'd, 449 U.S. 39, 101 S. Ct. 192, 66 L. Ed. 2d 199 (1980) (Ten Commandments case) and Kentucky State Bd. for Elementary and Secondary Ed. v. Rudasill, 589 S.W.2d 877 (Ky. 1979) (limiting state regulation of private and parochial schools). Unfortunately, his most frequently quoted bit of jurisprudence is this well-worn phrase: “The appellants will not be permitted to feed one can of worms to the trial judge and another to the appellate court.” Kennedy v. Commonwealth, 544 S.W.2d 219, 222 (Ky. 1976), overruled by Wilburn v. Commonwealth, 312 S.W.3d 321 (Ky. 2010). We have chosen a somewhat different metaphor which has the advantage of more appetizing imagery and of being a more accurate idiom. Compare Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 684 (11th ed. 2004) (“kettle of fish (1742) ․ something to be considered or reckoned with : MATTER ”), with id. 180 (“can of worms (1962) : PANDORA'S BOX”).
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/10/2026
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (sitcom from 30 Rock alums), Poker Face (retro detective series from Natasha Lyonne and Rian Johnson), Love Island USA, Married at First Sight
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/10/2026
Add a Cefaly device to the ensemble for a bit of sci-fi intrigue
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Sarah Osment @smosment.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
it took 5 vet technicians to look at his eyeballs. my antimedicalization king
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