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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Not the usual freestyle ride but a real slice of NYC

This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

At 63 years of age, I figured it was time to start posting videos of my absurdist bike rides, chatting about whatever comes to mind, near or far—before they put the training wheels back on.

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Beach Beneath the Street ;)

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

A few people have described these bike rides as "NYC history tours." Others as "the first thing that's gotten me to sleep in weeks." A kind of Yoga Nidra on wheels. I'll take the compliment.

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Some people thought Series Two might never see the light, especially after everything that unraveled post-DNC Chicago. But This is Now was never about sticking to the script.

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Nervously explaining to ChatGPT that I'd like to try out the newer, shinier bot has turned our relationship into something akin to AI Seinfeld.

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Trump is as American as apple pie.

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 20 / 20 ✅ #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 19 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 💙📚

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 18 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 💙📚

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 17 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 16 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 💙📚

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 15 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 💙📚

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 14 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 💙 📚

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 13 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 💙 📚

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 12 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 💙📚

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 11 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge 💙📚

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 10 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge 💙📚

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 📚💙 Day 8 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge 💙📚

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 7 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge 💙📚

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 6 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge 💙📚

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 5 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

FYI: open.substack.com/pub/thisisno...

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 4 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 3 / 20 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚 Day 2 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

understandable. we were drunk a lot back then

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! Day 1 #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Art of Memory is great. Wild.

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Biggest second for the Culture series. I even created a recommended reading order for friends.

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Quote post with a picture of yourself to the newbies so they know what they’re dealing with

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Just as selfie revolutionized the way we think about identity a made-up word like sonder has the potential to change how we engage with the world.

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hanging with the mighty and superior @ninaturner.bsky.social during the DNC.

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Try making solace itself an act of defiance ;)

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

As Gawker put it, I’m "the unlikely vehicle that took VICE from art school hard-on to America’s grandest journalism internship." Now, we’re putting the band back together—this time on Substack.

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This is Now @thisisnow.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Obligatory self-hype: I’m Trace Crutchfield—storyteller, wanderer, and creator of 'This is Now,' a new non-consumerist travel show that’s an exercise in Leaning & Loitering with intent.

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