Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I loved Gregg Araki’s latest film, I WANT YOUR SEX 030
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New blog entry: Wole Talabi's forthcoming great novel THE FIST OF MEMORY www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2040shaviro.comWole Talabi, THE FIST OF MEMORY – The Pinocchio Theory 051
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Roddey Reid on Trump: medium.com/@roddeyreid/...medium.comTrump, Capitalist Folk Hero: The Bullying Entrepreneur and the Violence of Free Markets, Part 1Roddey Reid 000
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I have posted a review of Kailee Pedersen’s great novel THE MINIMALIST on my blog. BlueSky is not letting me post the link properly, but if you go to my blog www dot shaviro dot com slash Blog, you will see the review as the top entry. 161
Reposted by Steven ShaviroBenjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 19/07/2026"In search of new IP, Hollywood is now adapting all of Dostoyevsky's literature into the shared Fyodoriverse. The flagship film will be the Russo brothers' Notes from the Underground, but other blockbusters include Michael Bay's The Devils and Christopher Nolan's The Idiot." 66119
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 10/07/2026My review of a new biography of J G Ballard: lareviewofbooks.org/article/jg-b...lareviewofbooks.orgThe Estranged Worlds of J. G. Ballard | Los Angeles Review of BooksAn incisive and moving new critical biography of one of the nuclear age’s greatest visionaries. 0242
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 05/07/2026New blog posting, on short stories by Peter Watts: www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2034shaviro.comPETER WATTS, FOLD CATASTROPHES – The Pinocchio Theory 0200
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I went to a movie theater to see the new Boots Riley movie, but it could not be shown due to, ahem, computer issues. 010
Reposted by Steven ShaviroBenjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 07/05/2026"Leaders of the prison gang known as Los Tiburones, or the Sharks, were selling drugs to inmates not only for money, but for their votes. Specifically, votes for now-Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican and supporter of President Donald Trump, investigators found."propublica.orgProsecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s... 177
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 07/05/2026New blog posting: Ray Nayler's new novel, PALACES OF THE CROW. www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2027shaviro.comRay Nayler, Palaces of the Crow – The Pinocchio Theory 011
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Re-upping my review of Kim Choyeop's story collection IF WE CANNOT GO AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT, now that it has been officially published in English translation (I read an advance copy). shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2014shaviro.comKim Choyeop – The Pinocchio Theory 031
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 25/04/2026New blog entry: an appreciation of Molly Crabapple's new book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country. www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2023shaviro.comMolly Crabapple, Here Where We Live Is Our Country – The Pinocchio Theory 010
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 18/04/2026New blog posting, on THE BOOK LOVERS by Steve Aylett: www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2020shaviro.comSteve Aylett, THE BOOK LOVERS – The Pinocchio Theory 030
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 06/03/2026If the dog killer doesn’t work out for you, you can always go to an MMA fighter instead. 020
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Don’t forget Markwayne Mullins’ brothers: Brucewayne Mullins, Johnwayne Mullins, and Newtonwayne Mullins. 040
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Roddey Reid's Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying - now also available as an audiobook: roddeyreid.squarespace.com/new-book-1roddeyreid.squarespace.comAbout 1 — UNSAFE THOUGHTS BY RODDEY REID 000
Reposted by Steven ShaviroAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 19/02/2026So the UK arrests a royal for Epstein, and our govt keeps covering it up and not arresting ANYONE and protecting Donald Seems like maybe the spirit of 1776 switched places NO KINGS 1543914801
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 31/01/2026New blog posting: on TRANSMENTATION | TRANSGRESSION, a new (forthcoming) science fiction novel by the consortium of authors who use the collective pseudonym "Darkly Lem". shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2017shaviro.comTransmentation | Transgression, by Darkly Lem – The Pinocchio Theory 022
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 18/01/2026New blog entry, on South Korean science fiction writer Kim Choyeop, whose first volume of short stories will soon be published in English: www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2014shaviro.comKim Choyeop – The Pinocchio Theory 010
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Thoughts upon reading Jacek Dukaj's monumental novel ICE: www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2011shaviro.comJacek Dukaj, ICE – The Pinocchio Theory 021
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 14/11/2025I finished reading THE ROSE FIELD. It marks a milestone, as I now have read through @philippullman.bsky.social Philip Pullman's six volumes about Lyra Belacqua. All wonderful, and much needed in these dark times. www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2004shaviro.comPhilip Pullman – The Pinocchio Theory 031
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 25/10/2025New blog posting: on Kathryn Bigelow's A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2006shaviro.comA House of Dynamite – The Pinocchio Theory 071
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 23/10/2025New blog entry, on Philip Pullman: www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2004shaviro.comPhilip Pullman – The Pinocchio Theory 121
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Ralph Nader interviews Roddey Reid about Roddey's new book on political bullying: www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/the-era-of...ralphnaderradiohour.comThe Era of the BullyRalph welcomes Professor Roddey Reid to break down his book “Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying: A Handbook for the Trump Era and Beyond.” Then, we are joined by the original Nader... 030
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 02/10/2025New blog posting: a review of Jo Isaacson's brilliant new book on the 1962 movie What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1999shaviro.comJohanna Isaacson on What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? – The Pinocchio Theory 033
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Roddey Reid’s book, now revised and expanded, is the best text I have found that not only grasps the full meaning of Trump, but places him in the context of American business culture. Be afraid. roddeyreid.squarespace.com/new-book-1roddeyreid.squarespace.comAbout 1 — UNSAFE THOUGHTS BY RODDEY REID 034
Reposted by Steven ShaviroDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Hakeem Jeffries voted for Charlie Kirk Day but still isn’t sure if he’ll endorse Zohran Mamdani. This is why the approval rating of the Democratic Party is lower than Trump’s or the GOP. 15547401373
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Just made a Facebook posting that may get me into trouble (as has happened to me once before). But I felt like I had to say it. 120
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 26/07/2025New blog posting: on Cassandra Khaw's The Library at Hellebore: www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1996shaviro.comCassandra Khaw – The Library at Hellebore – The Pinocchio Theory 011
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Book review: MINDS IN TRANSIT by Joan Slonczewski shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1993shaviro.comJoan Slonczewski, MINDS IN TRANSIT – The Pinocchio Theory 010
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 07/06/2025New blog entry: Charlie Jane Anders' forthcoming novel, LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER: shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1990shaviro.comCharlie Jane Anders, LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER – The Pinocchio Theory 042
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 04/06/2025I wrote a brief review of Adrian Tchaikovsky's new science fiction novel SHROUD: shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1987shaviro.comAdrian Tchaikovsky, SHROUD – The Pinocchio Theory 071
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Roddey Reid on political intimidation and bullying in the age of Trump: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPY8...youtube.comConfronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying with Roddey ReidYouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV) 020
Reposted by Steven ShaviroGary L. Herstein @philosophe1957.bsky.social · 01/05/2025"(T)he retreat of morals in the presence of music, and of dancing, and the general gaiety of the theatre, is a fact very interesting to philosophers and very puzzling to the official censors." -- A.N. Whitehead, 'Modes of Thought' 043
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 11/04/2025New blog entry: Donald Trump is not conscious shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1979shaviro.comDonald Trump is not conscious – The Pinocchio Theory 153
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 09/04/2025New book review: Adrian Tchaikovsky's sf novel SHROUD: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...goodreads.comSteven Shaviro's review of Shroud5/5: SHROUD is a look at alien sentience, by the (alarmingly prolific) science fiction writer Adrian Tchaikovsky. Two engineers are stuck in their spacecraft (which is actually more like a bathysphere... 030
Reposted by Steven ShaviroKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 03/04/2025It's weird to have elected leaders who say they want to crash the economy, reinstate segregation, strip human rights and create a perpetual underclass and then have people ask why are they doing this are they bad at economics ? 121108652401
Reposted by Steven ShaviroCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us. 7563591910989
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Just signed a contract to publish a book on the movie NEPTUNE FROST in Bloomsbury's Timecodes: Films MInute By Minute series. @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social 1132
Reposted by Steven Shaviroemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/03/2025This is the second time USAID/State is punishing people revealing the truth that Marco is killing children. They're quite desperate to hide this fact, as if the reporters in Africa or court declarations are making it up. 7461952358
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 20/02/2025RIP Souleymane Cissé, great film director from Mali. HIs 1987 YEELEN, the only film of his I have seen, is extraordinary. He made other films as well, which I hope to get a chance to see. 050
Reposted by Steven ShaviroStephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 16/02/2025archive.is/BVmT2 144
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 13/02/2025"Rolling back 'DEI policies'... is really just a code for no longer hiring Black people." -- Elie Mystal 051
Reposted by Steven ShaviroAnn Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 10/02/2025David Johansen aged with grace from his rock star glory into a position as one of popular music's most jovial preservationists. Now he needs help. My heart hurst knowing of his struggles; he's one of the greats www.sweetrelief.org/davidjohanse...sweetrelief.orgSweet ReliefSweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-rela... 04418
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Trump’s policy is best understood as inverse affirmative action: he seeks to punish and penalize any business that fails to exclusively hire and favor white men. 150
Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Confession: I have never quite grasped the mystique of Pink Floyd. 380
