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Rex Bowman

@rexbowman.bsky.social
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Antifa-approved writer (ALMOST HEMINGWAY et al), translator (THE SHALONSKY FAMILY), polyglot with no gift for languages. Writings in Literary Heist, Parhelion, Great Lakes Review, Smart Set, Literary Yard, Full Stop, elsewhere.

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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Admit it. We're all sitting around waiting for Trump to say something stupid and disgusting about Dolly Parton.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A brilliant piece (from May) that will help you understand the US's sad trajectory:
themontrealreview.com
Thucydides’ Realism and the Nightingale
Michael Jackson examines Thucydides' masterpiece on the Peloponnesian War, breaking down the difference between myth-making and the unadorned truth of human conflict.
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sunshinelaughter.bsky.social @sunshinelaughter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Haha, suck it, Jesus.
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GA @gulliaz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
One of the funniest Cartoons I've seen in a while. Lol 🤣 Enjoy
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 02/04/2026
A few thoughts ahead of the President’s speech tonight.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Speaking of disasters... www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
msn.com
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#NoKings rally, Port Huron, MI.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Massive turnout at #NoKings rally, Port Huron, MI.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A worthy read:
chireviewofbooks.com
Why Criticism Continues to Matter: Book Reviews and Our Literary Community - Chicago Review of Books
My neighborhood in Chicago has a delightfully high density of Little Free Libraries. Inside one of these late last year, I stumbled upon a reissue of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence P...
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It's like they don't even realize that absolutely nobody believes them, bless their hearts.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
He's a chump.
wapo.st
Opinion | Putin is failing. These charts prove it.
Data from the battlefield show Ukraine is holding its own.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
What great rhetoric!
dailykos.com
Judge Rules ICE Masks Are "An Assault On Constitutional Order"
“Antiseptic judicial rhetoric cannot do justice to what is happening. Across the interior of the United States, agents of the federal government—masked, anonymous, armed with military weapons, operati...
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Death? What death?
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Not to get political, but why does the US president enjoy sucking Vladimir Putin's dick so much? Truly baffling.
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Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/01/2026
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
documentcloud.org
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Reminder from the Patti Smith Citizens Brigade:
youtu.be
Patti Smith - People Have The Power (Official Audio)
YouTube video by pattismithVEVO
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Let's do it, people.
substack.com
The Culturist (@culturist)
Research data from 160,000 adults in 31 countries concludes that a sizeable home library gave teens skills equivalent to university graduates. Build a home library.
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Frostbitten Flamingo @flemtheparrot.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Morning.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
For lovers of Soviet spy fiction (surely I can't be the only one), this book, KGB Literati, is a must-read. Outstanding research and writing by Fillip Kovacevic. utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Grim reading.
theatlantic.com
Something Is Wrong With Russia’s Children
As violence has come to surround Russian youth, many seem to have become more violent themselves.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
According to JD Vance, if an ICE agent weaponizes his vehicle against you, you're allowed to step aside and kill him.
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 08/01/2026
We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
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Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey @translatormonkey.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“God damn them all.”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
trump did january 6th. republicans did january 6th. violent traitors did january 6th. they stormed the capitol, destroyed the building and threatened to kill members of congress. ashli babbitt was a violent insurrectionist. the capitol police protected people. these are truths we need to repeat.
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Sassy0210 @sassy0210.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Sunday Friends #9 @judithbolyard.bsky.social @southerngayteacher.bsky.social @banblew.bsky.social @scmmoose.bsky.social @gentlem.bsky.social @genxer-71.bsky.social @gmoyer17.bsky.social @deanpitt.bsky.social @wiseguy482.bsky.social @katanon.bsky.social @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
What I'm reading:
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Interesting.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Let me be the first to say that Trump has disgraced his prestigious FIFA peace prize.
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Russ Newell @mrfreeze-ak.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
#Gift On Russia brutalizing its own soldiers. An incredible list of allegations!! Remember that Trump is in thrall to Putin & wants to copy him. Would this be the future of our soldiers under Hegseth? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
How Russia’s War Machine Brutalizes and Exploits Its Own Soldiers (Gift Article)
Confidential complaints filed by troops and their families reveal patterns of wrongdoing in the ranks that are hidden from the Russian public.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Why is Trump acting like Putin's 13-year-old girlfriend?
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Cartoon of tiny-handed lardy gangster Donald Trump handing a red heart-shaped box with a white ribbon across it which says "Ukraine" to a shirtless Vladimir Putin who is clasping his hands together in delight like a gushing goomah girlfriend.

(Bill Bramhall,New York Daily News)
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Well damn.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I don't need to see any more than this to know the man is wretched.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Is he dead yet?
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SammyRock aka Soul Oasis @cyberjamzradio99.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Gavin is Savage!
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
our president...
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Can't be any more succinct than this.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
And now they're coming for Ursula K. Le Guin in Russia.
echofm.online
Силовики потребовали убрать из книжных магазинов роман Урсулы Ле Гуин, ссылаясь на материалы ФСБ — «Осторожно, новости» - ЭХО
Сотрудники силовых ведомств в Нальчике, Ульяновске и Чите говорили продавцам книг, что действуют в соответствии с «материалами ФСБ», но не показывали их, пишет издание «Осторожно, новости»...
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
It's almost like they want to kill as many people as possible.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Great interview with the head of the Freedom Letters publishing house. Hopeful.
freecity.lv
Георгий Урушадзе: «Почти все крупные писатели уехали из России. И они не молчат» :: Freecity.lv
Георгий Урушадзе — издатель нового типа. У его книжного издательства Freedom Letters нет офиса, штат...
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Simply despicable.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
A great read.
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
As if we don't have enough warning signs...
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Rex Bowman @rexbowman.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
As a huge fan of Dan Sinykin's "Big Fiction," I loved this little trip into American publishing history.
lithub.com
How Crossword Puzzles Underwrote Three of America’s Major Publishers
One winter evening in 1924 Mr. Richard L. Simon came home from dinner at his aunt Wixie’s house with an idea. He was a man of letters, now, and that’s why Wixie had invited him over. After Columbia…
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