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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna

@knitandlisten.bsky.social
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Your friendly neighborhood music writer. I lost on Jeopardy. I smell in color, and am easily distracted by cats.

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"If Geller isn’t a relevant moral example to consider, then what, exactly, do we mean when we imagine people reforming, rehabilitating themselves? I worry the answer is fatuously simple: we live in a carceral state dependent on the mythology of retributive justice."
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Exactly. I am tired of seeing the “I always knew”/“their work was actually bad” takes whenever allegations emerge. Sometimes—often, actually!—bad people find their way into good spaces and make good things. And you’re not better than the folks who were taken advantage of for “always knowing”
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I don't think people really understand the psychic impact of knowing that multiple times a day every day your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and everyone who could ever have any power over you is being flooded with agitprop designed to make them hate you
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"okay I asked chatGPT and it said th--" well _I_ asked my cat and she said "meow meow meow meow meow meow meow"
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Cinnamon is taking notes for her next round of zoomies. #f1 #italianGP #formula1 #catsofbsky
A tortoiseshell cat seated on an office chair intently watching Formula 1 racing on a nearby TV.
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
it's the same picture
Shinji Ikari from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion sitting in a folding chair with his head down
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Estéfano Souza @estefano-souza.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Charles Leclerc explicará o final de Evangelion
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
she's just so pretty and curious #catsofbluesky
A tortoiseshell cat looks out a screen window. Her right front paw is on the window casing.
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
these deportation flights are the new cattle cars
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just. WHY would you advertise your catering with all AI-generated images? The food look like rubber!
An ad for dinner packages for Rosh Hashanah dinner, all with completely glossy, sterile AI generated imagery of food that looks like they’re made of rubber
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I'm 33, a year out from my wedding. I'm being aggressively marketed to as a bride(TM). I'm spelunking the fine-fragrance rabbit hole after getting burnt out on Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. And I just got @alyssaharad.bsky.social's "Coming To my Senses" from the library. Carl Jung laughs in his grave.
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👁️saac 👁️o @eyesack.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
it should be illegal to make me do anything when I’m eepy
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A wee personal update, 1/2: Kaija, a very good cat with whom I shared almost 11 precious years, passed peacefully at home earlier this summer. We will always love her and miss her. You can read my remembrance of her here if you're interested. autumnvet.com/2026/07/28/r...
An elderly calico cat seated on the arm of an olive green sofa and looking at the camera.A calico cat lounging on her back in a sunbeam on an upholstered dining chair.An elderly calico cat asleep on the arm of an olive green sofa.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026," the voice in the wall repeated, as the soft rains fell over a burnt-out walk in closet, where the last tender-mice placed mothballs in a lab coat pocket, draped over a black blouse. Only the costume would observe Halloween.
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Meow!
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
My Insta account got hacked this AM and blasted spam to everyone I've ever messaged. I changed my password quickly. Several hrs later all my Meta-based accts were suspended for age verification. Got back into Insta OK, but FB seems to be permanently disabled & I can only verify WhatsApp through FB?!
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"Billionaire brain worms is the chronic condition is contagious among the ultra-rich. "Its main symptoms are forgetting what it’s like to be a normal person who endures occasional inconveniences and the indignity of people saying 'no.'" www.salon.com/2026/07/08/t...
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Elizabeth @kitabet.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
dude in a kilt playing Scotland the Brave on the bagpipes while going down the Boston cop slide in a kilt. god bless the world cup.
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🌅 Patricia Wallinga 🌇 @pwallinga.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It's Tom Holland Umbrella Day, you know the rules
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
i've been seeing a lot of vitriol thrown at Sarah Paulson for wearing this to the Bezos-hosted Met Gala, a la "she went and she's rich so this commentary means nothing" Sarah Paulson's estimated net worth is $12 million; Bezos's is $280 billion. 20,000 Sarah Paulsons have less money than 1 Bezos.
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
#MetGala2026 i'm aware that this outfit probably cost several months' worth of my rent and I'm flabbergasted that they still managed to make the bottom piece look cheap
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
this is haunting. reminds me of the Crane Wife folk tale (man marries transformed crane who uses her own feathers to weave cloth and thus put food on table, even though it physically hurts her)
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
#MetGala2026
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
needed one fewer layer #metgala2026
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
LISA studied the Constitution before coming stateside and decided to invoke her right to bear arms.
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
madame, please fire your stylist
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
the sculptural fit would have been enough already but the antennae (?) takes it into Power Rangers Villain Realness #MetGala2026
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The Norn costumes from Francesca Zambello's "American Ring" but make it fashion
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
tell me this isn't a Silent Hill low level mob. looks like meat grinders on her hips #MetGala2026
Fabiola Beckman wearing a pink dress with odd panniers at the Met Gala
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Art!!
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Did you hear a certain four-note signature in your head upon reading this announcement posted on the door of Dock Square Coffee House, or are you normal?
Photo of a handwritten sign announcing a store will close at one PM for Easter, signed "DSCH."
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Roses are red Greyhounds are thin
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Excuse me but some of us are fools all year round.
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y2000k @y2000k.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Posted without comment 😬
Screenshot of an email announcing the cancellation of a talk by BSO CEO Chad Smith
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Waltham Market Basket is celebrating St Patrick's Day by blasting DANÚ on the store PA and this I am extremely ok with
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I do! #F1
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
breaking news www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/06/a...
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BSO declines to renew Andris Nelsons’s contract - The Boston Globe
Music director will depart after 2027 Tanglewood season.
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Philippa Cole is Yuja Wang's agent. The way I'm reading this, Yuja (or her agents) sent a diplomatic refusal through official channels, and Norman Lebrecht here then emailed Yuja directly, attempting to make her feel obligated to say yes to being on his show anyway...
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, by Umberto Boccioni, 1913, (cast 1931 or 1934), 📸 by Wang Zhao
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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Now that backflips are legal, Adam and Ilia say synchro backflips need to be a thing, too! #MilanoCortina2026 ⛸️
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Does anyone know who was in the Deadpool suit during Misha's panda program? #figureskating #milanocortina2026
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Sam @sgreen3.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
That was adorable and so her. And man, when Jordan rotates around a skater while they're in a spin? Impeccable camera work and so incredible to watch. #MilanoCortina2026 #FigureSkating
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Elizabeth, Knife-Shoe Enthusiast @furiosalizabeth.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Misha doing triples in a panda costume will never get old #figureskating #MilanoCortina2026
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
"We have Tessa Virtue's Moulin Rouge dress at home" #figureskating #milanocortina2026
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
GALA TIME! time to sit back, relax, and watch the skaters put on a show. #figureskating #milanocortina2026
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Anyway, thread incoming of some FS programs that I think make magic with the music, including some warhorses and new (or new to the rink) music.
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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
talked my editors into letting me write about figure skating! and music! congrats disco queen OGM Alysa Liu, champion of my heart Kaori Sakamoto, and everyone else who isn't named Eteri Tutberidze! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/20/a...
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Why music is so key to figure skating’s popularity — and how that music is changing - The Boston Globe
Skaters, once bound by restrictions and tradition, are increasingly choosing music no one has ever skated to before.
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Amelia Sandrine Reisinger 🏳️‍⚧️ @ameliasandrine.com · 20/02/2026
Reminder that Olympic Gold Medalist Alysa Liu supports trans rights
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