Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 23hPhillies, Brewers, Padres, Guardians, Braves, the whole Earth consumed by fire, Dodgers, Yankees. 020
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 01/10/2026m.youtube.com/watch?v=88dL...m.youtube.comZitherYouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic 121
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thank you, Astros, cursed franchise, for getting yourselves eliminated before the Red Sox. 000
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They have a pitcher named Fried and a guy named Rice who used to be a catcher but I doubt they were smart enough to market the Fried Rice battery. 010
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Searching for the pettiest reasons I can think of to hate this new iteration of the Yankees. Cam Schlittler, you have too many dumb consonants. 130
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Rooting for the Red Sox, of course, but part of me feels like it would be an immense moral victory if they don't get shut out for the whole series. 001
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sparkling wit and a sloppy Joe sandwich on an insufficient paper plate. 040
Reposted by Neil Serven Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 205189325400
Reposted by Neil Serven Edward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Couple Drinking - 1906 botfrens.com/collections/173/conten… 0397
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Federal officer standing over us brandishing billy club: “That grass ain’t gonna touch itself, sweetheart.” 040
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Did they enlarge the font on Wordle or am I having an aneurysm? 000
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I live near New Hampshire, and every time I see an AI-slop poster it reminds me of the mailers we’d get from fireworks retailers (before AI slop was a thing). Same loud, garish, cluttered aesthetic. 020
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Nate Burleson just said “this offense looks very granola,” when I think he meant “vanilla,” unless he’s really talking about driving the Subaru to the co-op while wearing Birkenstocks and doing standouts for peace on the common. 120
Reposted by Neil Serven the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026rip annie dillard 1134241139
Reposted by Neil Serven Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I wrote about being Annie Dillard's student at Wesleyan in the spring of my last year in college for Elizabeth Benedict's Mentors and Monsters anthology, and The Morning News: themorningnews.org/annie-dillar...themorningnews.orgAnnie Dillard and the Writing Life - The Morning NewsWriters aren’t born, they’re made—from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage. 1629966
Reposted by Neil Serven Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is what Paris in the 20s was like 1709
Reposted by Neil Serven Federal Street Books @federalstbooks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026We’ll be closed through SEP 22 26 for a short break. Open regular hours SEP 23 26. See you soon! (Library relic found inside a recent donation.) 021
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Things I was frightened of as a child: 1. Snakes. 2. Mannequins (not so much IRL but they appeared in a lot of nightmares) 3. Santa/Easter Bunny/costumed figures 4. Loud buzzers on game shows 120
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Anyone else like Frederick Busch? Perhaps my favorite writer that nobody else seems to know about. 020
Reposted by Neil Serven Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 12/09/2026My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com 111288421
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Early that morning at M-W was when I used a copier and paper cutter to make blank reference slips (termed “pinks”) for the 11th Collegiate. I'd stamped them with my date stamp [SEPT 11 2001] *before* I xeroxed them so there are a mess of slips—like thousands—still in the file with that cursed date. 041
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Saw a clip of Vicki Lawrence still playing the Mama character from "Mama's Family" (blue-haired, fusty, slow-moving) even though Vicki Lawrence--who is not blue-haired nor fusty and seems to move okay--is now older than the character was supposed to be, and am now confused about how time works? 010
Reposted by Neil Serven Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 07/09/2026The scale model of the Mississippi River on Mud Island in Memphis is flowing again! 🚨🚨 510714
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 06/09/20261988 was my first year watching the Red Sox and it turned out to be a thrilling season. Joe Morgan took over as manager and the team immediately won 12 games in a row. Guy had a knack for understanding his players and going on hunches. RIP Walpole Joe. 000
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I love everything that Emma Cline writes, and I loved how Switzy rolls on with assurance of voice in spite of a character aware of his own mental scatter. It’s kind of terrifying in a good way. 010
Reposted by Neil Serven 😱 Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🔪 🩸 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026you can’t trust online book reviews. amazon, tiktok, goodreads—all of them can be gamed by bots and fraudsters. but it was different back in the 70s. back then, if you picked up a sci-fi paperback and there was an ad for cigarettes right in the middle of it, you knew you were in for some good shit: 68617
Reposted by Neil Serven Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Pro tip! The less you post about "Lake America," the less written evidence of its use there is, and the less likely any reputable dictionary company will enter it into their dictionaries. ONLY *YOU* CAN PREVENT BAD LEXICOGRAPHY 9399105
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I thought I just heard someone on TV say “I had a few too many Adderall spritzes.” 010
Reposted by Neil Serven pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The auteur theory is an attempt by adult males to justify staying inside the small range of experience of their boyhood and adolescence. (1963) 28421
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 30/08/2026How to Draw Cars and Trucks. (Truth . I wasn’t a serious reader until college.) 020
Reposted by Neil Serven Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”. 282115232170
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Job interview, 2001: gray il-fitting suit, tie that had been my father’s, copy of resume laser-printed on foolscap in a leather binder. Job interview, 2026: quarter-zip and cargo shorts, bare feet, hiring manager in a tank top against branded backdrop, resume tailored to pass through ATS filters. 010
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 25/08/2026All you got to do is smile that smile And there go all my defenses 040
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 25/08/2026No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your photo roll. 020
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I didn’t get the Jeopardy! clue writer job—which would have required moving to California, no small thing—but out of 1,300 applicants I was one of a small number who got to interview with a producer. 390
Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 23/08/2026It's going to be the sunny side from now on. Get out, all of you. 040
Reposted by Neil Serven Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026years ago me and Ms. Moreno talked about how this came together and it was the greatest www.newyorker.com/culture/cult... 112462632