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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It was great seeing Boogie Nights in theaters again — but I believe this release removed "Driver's Seat" from the soundtrack!

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

very excited to celebrate one of Portland theatre’s high holy days, the annual one-night-only performance of Anonymous Theatre. they pick a play, each actor rehearses separately in secret, and everyone finds out together who is in it when they stand up from their seat to say their first line

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Recognizing a film location because it's just outside the theater where you're seeing a movie = gravitational singularity

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I was delighted to find a real-world version of my favorite scene from Alice in Wonderland (which inspired the name of my website, rulefortytwo.com). As Alice told the King of Hearts, "Then it ought to be Number One." (Quote reported by @zackmeisel.bsky.social .) www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

Text from The NY Times: "It's the first rule: Rule 21," said one multi-time All-Star who believes the league has done its due diligence. "No betting on baseball."

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

On my way to the wedding! V excited, blasting The Man out my windows as I drive to midtown!! Don’t 100% understand the Steampunk Manatee (casual-elegant Southwest/Netherlands) dress code but I’m game & ready to binge on solid-gold Pringles

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I am grooving on the SPACE ECHO compilation right now!

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Name a TV show no one remembers but you.

A poster-type image for the TV show B.A.D. Cats, an Aaron Spelling cop show that had six episodes air on ABC in January and February 1980 (and dammit, I watched every one). The three leads are featured in this image: Asher Brainer, Michelle Pfeiffer (just 21 years old), and Steve Hanks.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Carrying the New York love everywhere I go.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

NEW YORK KNICKS ARE CHAMPIONS. Before this season, I did not believe I would see this in my lifetime.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The Knicks have a 14-game winning streak in playoff games without Trump in attendance!

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 06/06/2026

look at this Look At This LOOK AT THIS

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I feel disoriented and lightheaded after that Knicks victory. What is this confusing emotion? Could it be... joy?

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I'm so sad Anthony Stewart Head had died, just 72. He always felt like a friend whenever I saw him on TV, even when he was being a right bastard. This is my favorite Rupert Giles moment: "The Exposition Song."

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Giles' Exposition Song - Good Quality (Buffy the Vampire Slayer S04E22 "Restless")

YouTube video by Tobi Smethurst

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I succumbed to 82-0. (It's not much of a game, strategically, but it's nevertheless very satisfying.)

LeBron at PG, George Gervin at SG, Dominique Wilkins at SF, Domantas Sabonis at PF, Wilt at C.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I think you will enjoy this short story.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Come for the photograph of the B-52's at their first performance ever, stay for the amazing insider dish.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

RIP Marcia Lucas, who was a genius editor and the secret sauce for Star Wars. When I visited Skywalker Ranch in 2005 to interview George Lucas, a friend who worked there warned me, "Whatever you do, don't compliment him on the stained glass." (Marcia had left George for the stained glass artisan.)

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I'm listening to SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS and thinking about how lucky I was to have spent my entire life (up through today) on the same planet as Sonny Rollins.

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Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I was lucky enough to get my mitts on an early copy of BIG FAN by @joeposnanski.com and @kentremendous.bsky.social — judging by Joe P.'s eve-of-tour event in Charlotte, it's a hugely entertaining book. Also, Joe personalized my copy with some inside information about his friend and coauthor.

Author Joe Posnanski standing in a bookstore (a B&N in Charlotte NC), speaking to a crowd. He's wearing a blue shirt, a dark jacket, and khakis, and he's holding a microphone.

The cover of the book BIG FAN by Michael Schur and Joe Posnanski. Subtitle: "Two friends, 82,490 Miles, and the Wild, Wonderful Sports We Love."

A page inside the aforementioned copy of BIG FAN, autographed by Joe Posnanski and Mike Schur. Joe has added the inscription "Mike is a secret Yankees fan," which I assume must be true, because why else would he say such a thing about his friend and coauthor?

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I experienced this personally at Condé Nast — we were told that the target circulation for Details was 400K, but once we achieved that, it got ratcheted up to 500K, which turned out to be a bridge too far. Everything we did to expand the readership also alienated our core audience: lotsa churn.

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Worms In My Salad (she/her) @wormsinmysalad.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Everything I need right now (and have needed this past year as an American) is in the book I'm listening to this week. #MrRogersNeighborhood #ILikeYouJustTheWayYouAre

Image of the book cover of Kindness and Wonder: Why Mr. Rogers Matters Now More Than Ever by Gavin Edwards. Mr. Rogers is smiling on the cover with the Daniel Tiger puppet.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

This excerpt deserves all the shares that it's getting, but don't miss out on the longer essay that it's drawn from, which is just as smart. It's specifically about AI usage in astrophysics, but the implications are larger and obvious. ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...

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The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.

On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

All my trans friends: I see you and honor you, today and every other day of the year.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

This is a great, loving piece about the mighty D. Boon and his legacy. Excellent work, Bob!

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I am excited for this: Douglas runs a great book club and Los Bros are, of course, geniuses. Maybe I'll see you there?

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

My BTS-adjacent article about Elvis in the army is on the front page of today's NY Times print edition!

Front page of the March 21, 2026, NY Times, including a below-the-fold article headlined "As BTS Transitions From the Military, Recalling How Elvis Did It"

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I wrote about Elvis's army years and return to civilian life for the New York Times. If the members of BTS are looking for lessons learned as they relaunch their pop careers, I recommend not getting hooked on amphetamines or pursuing 14-year-old girls. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/a...

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As BTS Returns From the Military, There’s a Precedent: Elvis

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Hey, English language fans: this is an extremely clever journey back through the past millennium of the written word. Most people hit the wall around 1200 or 1300.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

You say there's a football play worth 7 points? That seems unlikely.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Random icky news of the day: I'm in the Epstein Files. (He received a link to an article I wrote for the Rolling Stone website in 2015, "8 Grammy Moments You Couldn't See on TV.")

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I was watching the video for Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes," and now I want the complete life story of the guy in her band rocking a hat with an enormous feather.

Screen capture from "Bette Davis Eyes" video with Kim Carnes and three musicians, one of whom (the bassist, maybe?) is wearing a vest, a skirt, and a hat with an enormous white feather.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I spent some time with a random sample of fifth graders this week, during which I discovered they knew exactly two things about Star Trek: 1. The Spock hand gesture. 2. "George Takei was in it."

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jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1765

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

You didn't know you needed footage of test planes crashing synced to Van McCoy's "The Hustle," but I am telling you that you very much do.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Also, because I know some of you are writers and other types of artists: your creative work is a valuable asset and you should name a literary executor in the event of your death (which, obv, I hope doesn't happen for a long time).

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

YES THIS: "Whichever consonant you think to double in an Italian word/name, you probably picked the wrong one."

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Went through airport security right behind Fred Armisen.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

To me, my X-Mas!

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

RIP Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. In this moment of unspeakable awfulness, I want you to know something about them together: the story of how they met, introduced by Barry Sonnenfeld when he was the cinematographer on When Harry Met Sally.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Since Emily and I were in the same HS drama club, this seems like the natural order of the world reasserting itself.

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Gavin Edwards @mrgavinedwards.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

RIP the incomparable Tom Stoppard, whose plays moved and inspired me my entire life. I directed a production of Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth in college that still delights me to think about (much more credit to him and to the actors than to me). But the moment that really awakened me... 1/2

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