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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 08/10/2026

Ingrid Carlberg, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, said the author was in Iceland “listening to the wind” when the academy reached her to notify her of the win. apnews.com/article/nobe...

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Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature

Anne Carson, a Canadian poet and essayist, has won the Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy recognized her for her bold and inventive work that engages with classical traditions to create ne...

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Watching a documentary called "David Bowie: The Last Five Years", and in 2012 (it seems, not 100% clear) Bowie says: “What a disappointing 21st century this has been so far, you know?” Oh, David. If only you knew.

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The frisson I get from seeing The Model’s suggestion of how to "improve" my writing, and choosing to preserve my idiosyncrasies instead

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

“I knew the tapes / before they were erased”: I’m really digging this Doublespeak record. Clean, modern production, but so nostalgic-invoking at the same time. Songs like “Strange Weather” sound great loud. Maybe album of the summer for me so far? album.link/i/1884055766

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Doublespeak by Doublespeak, Benge, Vince Clarke & Blancmange

Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Ominous. What do they think is going to happen next year? #punctuation

An “inspirational” message on a high school’s sign that reads:

SMILE OFTEN
THINK POSITIVE
BE HAPPY
UNTIL NEXT YEAR!

The lack of punctuation suggests that these cheerful imperatives only apply until next year.

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

As a kid growing up in suburban Florida, 120 Minutes was like a transmission arriving from another planet, saying: “There’s all kind of life and culture out here. Have a taste…”

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Involuntarily awake before 5am again this morning – but at least I got to hear a barred owl in the distance

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I have heard this quote countless times, but seeing it in print, I realize that the size and scope of the "we" in that sentence is not 100% clear

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Sorting through old files, and realized I never posted this banger.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/04/2026

At least Ahab had a clear and well defined goal

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

“There were no books…” I, too, have an objection 🤬

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Even better, maybe we could get a bunch of people together to just push the tankers across this route? You know, like in “Fitzcarraldo”?! 😵‍💫

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Worst rollercoaster ever

Graph of US GDP from 1870 onwards which shows catastrophic gain, steady state, or catastrophic collapse in the next few years

Bumper sticker that says: “CHILL. IT’S ONLY CHAOS”

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it." - Fred Korematsu Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/

A photo of Fred Korematsu in his later years

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language. ...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Flyer by John Giorno published by Visual AIDS in 1993 for Day Without Art.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.

White background, red ribbon. Text says “World AIDS Day”.

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Last night's dream: a tiny tractor, the size of my thumb, which could drag a phonographic needle behind it, and wirelessly transmit the audio. It could play 20th century era records laid on a flat surface, or use its felt-covered magnetic wheels to cling to a record mounted on metal at any angle.

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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 18/11/2025

I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.

A LinkedIn ad showing Jensen Huang shaking hands with some vague fashion executive:

L'OREAL
6,204,444 followers
Promoted
We're thrilled to announce a collaboration with NVIDIA to supercharge beauty with next-gen Al.

WELCOME TO
NVIDIA

L'ORÉAL
GROUPE

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 14/11/2025

The Epstein response is shaping up to be the same as the climate change response: a Zeno's paradox play. No matter how damning the evidence, it only gets us halfway to proving anything. Every new round of evidence? Sure, it's interesting, but there's so much more we don't know! Repeat forever.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I think we should bring back vibe spelling. Just add extra letters wherever, as you feel ‘em. Things can be frantick or hectick if you need that superfluous ’k’ edge. Resist the tyranny of received orthography!

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

We’re listening to an early 90s playlist while making dinner, and these random semi-tone ascent key changes are just bowling me over every time. “Is your song boring? What if you just ignored that, and created tension by singing it a half tone higher? “ 🫠

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

An audience member asked about how we’ll fix things “after Trump.” Wrong q in a room full of historians. There isn’t a whole lot of “afterward” in US history. Massive paradigms linger. Sometimes for good—New Deal—sometimes not—Reaganism. Or, for that matter, the Civil War, never fully over. 4/

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Super rich people spend their money on the dumbest stuff. Mega yachts and tacky jewelry. I'd buy a Rothko and a Hopper and an Asawa. And an apartment that walked out to a garden or big terrace. And a fuck ton of medical debt.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

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Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Switching the frog from a right-wing meme to a left-wing meme would inspire an entire generation of semioticians

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

"If we were even to suppose the national rulers actuated by the most ungovernable ambition, it is impossible to believe that they would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." Oh Alexander, honey.

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Closest thing I saw to fire on a two mile walk in Portland this morning

A photo of serrated leaves turning red, yellow, and orange, with greener leaves on branches in the background.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

AI videos being sent to him by Miller, Noem et al, right?

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The Map Center @mapcenter.com · 09/10/2025

Important alert for people who like working while a light white noise is playing in the background, there is a family of whales singing next to the Moss Landing Marine Lab hydrophone right now and you should listen! radio.garden/visit/moss-l...

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Listen to live Moss Landing CA radio on Radio Garden

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song. But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I encourage all the media outlets who are about to send people to ”war ravaged” Portland to think twice. Some of the strongest extremism reporters in the country live in this region; journalists who understand the culture of the Northwest and the history of activism here. Do it right this time okay?

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

If, in 2025, you claim only “Western” culture has contributed to humanity, you are telling me you are: undereducated, incurious, willfully ignorant, biased, and obtuse. Read more books. Travel, observe, learn. Renew your sense of wonder at the breadth of human experience and expression.

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Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I went to college in 1997. My mother was a widow, a refugee, and couldn’t help me pay for it. There is no way I would be able to afford college if it was 2025 & the bill US Congress just passed was the law of the land. There are millions of people like me. What a shame.

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Just KD @justkd.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Since it is Juneteenth, I will share a lil something... My ancestors were slaves in Texas & were freed on June 19, 1865. They came together to meet with other ex-slaves & formed the Limestone County 19th of June Organization. They bought 30 acres of land on Lake Mexia.

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Matt Blair @lsws.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

No kings, and no caesars. 👎👑

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.

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