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Jason Yarn

@kalyarn.bsky.social
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Lit guy. Lawyer human. Jason Yarn Literary Agency - query submission details on my website: www.jasonyarnliteraryagency.com

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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Very excited for my client @michaelmoreci.bsky.social !!!! This is going to be amazing!
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Eating scrambled eggs on the subway should be a crime.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines. Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
They injected Robert Pattinson with Paul Bettany. #dune3
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Jonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Some of the best snowman-making snow I’ve seen in a long time. It just instantly came together at midnight last night. #blizzard26
Big snowman for Blizzard of 26
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Columbia Journalism School @columbiajournalism.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🌍 Meet our Spring 2026 Climate Expert in Residence, Jenna Lawrence! A lecturer at Columbia Climate School and co-director of the Earth Network on Nature-based Solutions, Jenna will work with CJS students as part of the CJS2030 Climate Initiative: journalism.columbia.edu/news/2026-cj...
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Defector @defector.com · 29/01/2026
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
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Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his…
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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I love Dan McQuade dearly and will miss him terribly. No one else like him. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
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Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Trump’s crackdown is just a more extreme version of what every other administration has always done. If you actually want to stop illegal immigration, then put the CEO of Tyson Foods in prison for one month per undocumented immigrant found working in their factories. Anything else is just theater.
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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
When you have a strength, a talent, it’s important to use it.
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Someone on the subway has “Jingle Bells” as their ringtone.
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Huzzah for @apamaate.bsky.social’s PACHEO from @andrewsmcmeelkids.bsky.social !!
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
God fucking dammit
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Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora — CNBC
Disney is investing in OpenAI and has licensed its iconic characters like Mickey Mouse, Ariel and Iron Man to be used in the Sora AI video generator.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/11/2025
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Hegseth is a cold-blooded murderer. There's no way to dress it up. He's a criminal. And his was precisely the kind of illegal order that those Dem members of Congress urged the military not to follow. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 23/11/2025
Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
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Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Yaaaayyy!!!!
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Happy Book Birthday to IN WOLF’S CLOTHING by Alfred Carry! A timely look at the justice system and American politics through the lens of the recent past.
Cover for In Wolf’s Clothing by Alfred Carry
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I had a call with an attorney about a contract today and the first thing they said was “I’m not trying to shake you down, but”
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
It’s a happy book birthday to THE GANYMEDAN!!!!!
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Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th [Sun rises] [Sun keeps getting bigger] BUCK: yes [World engulfed by flames] BUCK: oh god yes
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
She-Hulk attended the CLE panel I was on!! Every attorney needs their license credits. #NYCC2025
Me and She-Hulk, Attorney at Law
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
My son rushed down after school to get a chance to meet Martin Sheen, whom he idolizes after completing the full run of The West Wing. It was a big thrill to meet him and talk politics.
Martin Sheen and Hal
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I got to shake Martin Sheen’s hand today at #NYCC and I know it’s like West Wing nostalgia methadone, but goddamn it made me smile so big to talk to him.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 06/10/2025
Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Dagger
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
It seems that Kaleb Horton has passed away. A devastating loss. One of the best writers of this generation. Kaleb was a friend for ten years and in all our conversations I was trying to convince him how good he was, something he seemed to know but also never fully believe. I am going to go cry now.
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I’m never going to stop being mad that hedge funds and tech middlemen siphoned off all the money that should’ve let someone like Kaleb Horton have the career he deserved
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
This final post from Kaleb Horton is very beautiful and hits hard. This is just so sad. RIP.
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2025, So Far
I wish I had a time machine so I could go back in time and talk to my dad in 1988, just before I was born, and tell him what it’s like to live in the future. I’d tell him all the amazing things that a...
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Solaris Presents is back with a bang! Join us at 5pm BST for a fun, FREE!, online event with @taranhunt.bsky.social & @voidcricket.bsky.social talking about the latest releases (THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS & AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD) in their expanding SciFi Universes! 👉https://geni.us/SPTHRH 1/2
From left to Right, The Book cover for THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS, an author photo of Taran Hunt, an author photo of Ren Hutchings, the book cover for AN unbreakable world. Below, the white Solaris logo in the bottom left corner. White text against a red background "Expanding Universes with Taran Hunt and Ren Hutchings.
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wobblerocket 🎲🎮 @wobblerocket.com · 18/09/2025
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Many people and institutions that fight back are winning. This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
This is the key. It’s easy to come out for the big guys. It’s the unknowns who are getting hammered that need so much more help.
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Christopher Wade ✊🏿 @itsmechriswade.com · 27/09/2025
We also need to raise hell for every trans and brown and queer and black person who is not nearly as famous as Kimmel. Normal, everyday people deserve to be just as loudly defended.
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
This is couch cushion money for Gargamel, Megatron, and Mumm-Ra.
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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 @goddessblade.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
For those who want more straight trans women rep in romance and erotica reading, what I recommend is to find the people who are writing that and follow them, support them, read and talk about their work. Trans fiction isn’t zero sum and all trans creators are building readerships! Get on board now!
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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I’m repeating myself, but it deserves saying again: IDW’s Star Trek Lower Decks comics are Very Good Indeed & there’s a darn good chance you’ll love them too. The stories by Ryan North & his colleagues are witty & clever & enthralling. Why miss out? Opt in. Don’t make me beam over & repeat myself.
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Am I bad person for raising my son a geek?
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Awful and dangerous to hear the Mayor echo the transphobic bigotry coming from the Trump administration. It's completely at odds with the values of our city and another reason why his single, disgraced term in office cannot end soon enough.
A screenshot of two tweets from the Politico reporter Joe Anuta.

The 1st: ".@NYCMayor elaborates on his comments yesterday that boys and girls should not use the same bathroom. He says he will review the policy of his own education department, which allows students to use restrooms “consistent with their gender identity” and potentially change it"

2nd: "He says students whose sex at birth differs should never be allowed to use the bathroom at the same time, regardless of gender identity"
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I don’t think this post is wrong, but it still gives me cognitive dissonance since every media exec buying content relies so heavily on the creator’s level of social media engagement (or says they do).
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/09/2025
JUST IN: Harvard won summary judgment against the Trump administration with the court finding that the admin violated Harvard's 1st amend. rights. The court has vacated the funding freeze orders and termination letters and issued a permanent injunction. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
[cite_start]A screenshot of the first page of a court document from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts[cite: 3]. [cite_start]The document is titled "MEMORANDUM AND ORDER" [cite: 43] [cite_start]and was filed on September 3, 2025[cite: 1].

The document lists two related civil actions:
* [cite_start]**Civil Action No. 25-cv-11048-ADB**: President and Fellows of Harvard College, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants[cite: 4, 5, 14, 17, 21].
* [cite_start]**Civil Action No. 25-cv-10910-ADB**: American Association of University Professors - Harvard Chapter, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Justice, et al., Defendants[cite: 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 36].

[cite_start]The order is from Judge Burroughs, D.J.[cite: 44]. [cite_start]The text begins by identifying the plaintiffs in the consolidated cases[cite: 45].A screenshot of pages 81 and 82 from a court order, detailing the judge's rulings and the relief granted.

**Rulings:**
* **For Harvard's case:** The court grants Harvard's motion for summary judgment on several counts, including violations of the First Amendment and Title VI. It grants in part Harvard's motion regarding the "Freeze Orders" and grants in part the defendants' motion regarding the "Termination Letters," citing a lack of jurisdiction.
* **For the Organizational Plaintiffs' case:** The court grants the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment on their First Amendment claims and denies the defendants' cross-motion on several counts. The ruling on the "Freeze Orders" and "Termination Letters" mirrors the one in Harvard's case.

**Ordered Relief:**
1.  The court vacates and sets aside the Freeze Orders as arbitrary and capricious.
2.  The court vacates and sets aside the Freeze Orders and Termination Letters as violations of the First Amendment.
3.  The court vacates and sets aside the Termination Letters as violations of Title VI.
4.  The court permanently enjoins the defendants from implementing the Freeze Orders, Termination Letters, and their unconstitutional conditions.
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Jason Yarn @kalyarn.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Jesus fucking christ
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
i met anubis in the realm of the underworld, big strong guy by the way, had a dog’s head, i’m not so sure about that. and he said to me, mr president, you’ve got the heaviest soul we’ve ever weighed down here. can you believe it? they’ve never seen a soul that heavy in all of duat
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 28/08/2025
They’re gonna turn people over to ICE. Just don’t use their trash at all. It’s bad for your brain and they’re an evil company.
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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I spent the 2010's arguing with my white colleagues that we were facing a crisis in newsroom diversity. The smart, dedicated, talented cis white journalists I thought of as my friends didn't want to hear it. Most of them ignored me. At least one of them told me to go to hell.
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