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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

As a writer, one of the biggest blessings ever is to have fellow writer friends who you respect and who can usefully/honestly sharpen your work, and help shake you out of that crippling self-deprecation that surfaces way too often. Def thankful for that tonight

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The time gap between the last two seasons was so huge that I completely forgot everything about the story. So this season being able to get me invested again was a huge accomplishment for me. My main issue with the finale was that there were 40 minutes left after the final fight scene

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Didn't realize there was this much criticism of the finale. I didn't think it was perfect but I mostly liked it. Hi btw! Hadn't used this and hadn't seen you in a while ☺️

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

You see, at a certain follower level you stop being a person and become an institution customers can complain to, like a bank

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I think lot of these people feel that giving him benefit of the doubt makes them look more reasonable and less biased. But he's gonna be the same corrupt self either way

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/10/2025

i think i am pretty good at tiktok style vertical video. i speak extemporaneously and coherently in a way that flows quite naturally. you might even say i am “authentic.” this is 100% the product of constant practice. you have to *work* at translating your feeling and belief into a message.

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It's my favorite album by him at this point, which says a lot considering how much I love Black On Both Sides. But I really think that The Ecstatic captures who Yasiin really is more than any of his other works. His global perspective, his freewheeling spirit while still being focused

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

@joelanderson.bsky.social yeah, he's intentionally taken it off of DSPs. He spoke about it this last year too IIRC, in an interview with Cutting Room Floor (same interview where he had the controversial Drake comments). Paraphrasing, "certain stuff I'll put on DSPs, but that one is too dear to me"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/06/2025

this is such an important point. i do not think that the typical american understands that for most of their lives, someone like james madison or george washington or thomas jefferson was *surrounded* by black people.

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jayson rodriguez @jaysonrodriguez.info · 03/06/2025

Had a quality chat w/ @weketchum.bsky.social about regionalism in hip-hop, the stakes of rap battles (real or not) + aftermath of Joey Badass v. The West/Field/20 whatever nomenclature you choose. Check out this clip. Link to listen in the next skeet #blueskyhiphop www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXqa...

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Joey Bada$$ vs The West Coast aka New Joey City. Jayson Rodriguez & William Ketchum talk the 20 v. 1

YouTube video by Jayson Rodriguez

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Golden toilet guy thinks your kid has too much.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

the thing about this is...like, it's grotesque and ridiculous, but it's also like as normal as trump gets in terms of spin. it's clumsy spin, but it's just spin. if this was the worst trump's lying got, we'd be so much better off. 1

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

😭😭 I miss working with you too!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/05/2025

the trump administration, obviously concerned with racial equality, thinks its illegal discrimination to spend federal dollars protecting a predominantly black community from raw sewage

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I've been in this industry for 20 years, and the experience is consistently, "I would love that job...oh wait, that job doesn't exist anymore."

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

They won't read.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

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Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher

Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Attention is his currency more than anything. Laughing at him and laughing with him are functionally the same thing

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

It isn’t “gun jumping.” It’s capitulation to an authoritarian. Again, if this keeps up, they should all resign. There was nothing untoward or unethical here. It was basic video editing. Admitting to anything else would be journalistic malpractice.

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

also, seeing that there's an appetite for collective action is Good, Actually, and making it accessible, widespread, and effective, while explaining it in simple terms, is empowering and a great place to start. rather than "this is stupid, won't work" say "this is great, and the next steps are..."

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Give me watermelon, pineapple, and red grapes, and I'm good forever

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Mariah Scary 👻 🎃 • #ProtectJho @dopegirlfresh.blacksky.app · 28/02/2025

you know, as far as Black tastemakers go, I wanna shout out @deephunk.bsky.social @djtara.bsky.social and the whole rare form crew.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

they should make vitamins for men. vitamen

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Shit like this is just one element of why I hate the death penalty so much. Imagine if this dude was executed before this new evidence came out

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 24/02/2025

"Friday's purge at the Pentagon isn’t an isolated maneuver — it’s indicative of an administration intent on reshaping itself around the president’s personal network," writes the Times editorial board.

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Opinion | Trump, Again, Chooses Loyalty Over Leadership

The firing of the nation’s top military officer is the latest example of the president prioritizing fealty over sound policy and expertise.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/02/2025

watched some reacher on the treadmill today and i do love that we have a whole franchise whose central premise is “what if a man were really big”

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

He's looked bad though. Give him all the rest he needs IMO

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I am so sick of this shit. It’s a Sieg Heil. It’s a Nazi salute. Anyone who sees it knows. It’s ridiculous that legal departments presumably won’t let media call it what it is. Bannon made “a provocative gesture that resembled the salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally”? Fuck off.

The Daily Beast tweet:
“Steve Bannon whipped up the CPAC crowd by talking about the possibility of Trump staying in office for a third term - and concluded his speech by giving a provocative gesture that resembled the salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally last month.”

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

For a few weeks, I wanted to reach out to the Trump voters I knew and ask how they felt about all he's done so far. But from what I've seen, esp in that WSJ story, I'm not even curious to hear what they have to say. No response they can give will be helpful for me

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

They just dropped Absolute Batman #1 a few months ago. Is it normal to drop similar titles at once like this?

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 20/02/2025

"The level of access DOGE possesses means that the organization may already be able to siphon data that Musk or his agents could hold on to forever, long after his time as a government liaison, or even after a potential falling-out with the president."

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DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data

The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal agencies.

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 20/02/2025

I’m not grateful for this but I’m relieved that Republicans have finally revealed that they don’t care about the Constitution

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Rusty Redenbacher Is Nasty Slim @rustymk2.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Okay guys, this man is not mentally fit enough to run our country. It’s gonna get a lot worse before it gets better.

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Tough viewing choice tonight. Do I continue Breaking Bad (I know I'm way overdue; just a few episodes into S2 right now), or do I start Court of Gold?

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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

A very good day of fresh local news reporting at @hellgatenyc.com, your favorite reporter's favorite news outlet. First—a breakdown of the insanity engulfing City Hall, with dispatches from inside sources: hellgatenyc.com/abandon-ship/

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Abandon Ship!!!!

The permanent government finally exits the Adams administration, and other links to start your Tuesday.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Jesus christ, was I giving him ideas?

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William E. Ketchum III @weketchum.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Went to my bodega a year and a half ago and asked to buy some eggs. She went in the back and brought me out a whole palette of like 20 eggs 😂

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Remember like 15 years ago when we pointed out that the bros online and in the op-eds crying about free speech didn’t really care about free speech? Anyway, I guess some of us can say we were there back then to be totally ignored. Cheers!

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Totally shocked that the man who incited an insurrection to avoid leaving office would say this once he got back in office. SHOCKED. Never could have guessed.

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