One thing that AI evangelists seem to assume, particularly legal AI evangelists assume, is that the thinking and analysis is quick, and the writing is just tedious busywork that slows us down. But the writing IS the thinking and analysis. You work out the thinking and analysis by writing it down.

Buy from the list or rag on the list, I don't care, just be about books for a minute ... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...

Seems like a good idea to bank the future of the world economy on an imaginary bleepblorp that you can make and then unmake 300 trillion of in one eighth of a second www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/p...

What’s the farthest back you’ve been in your library’s queue? I think there was something in the 400 rank when I lived in DC.

I need to know *everything* about this commercial about a man whose love of pickup basketball has been restored by Camzyos, a drug that does something, which was created by and stars *exclusively* people who have never ever even seen people play basketball. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd9J...

Observations, lessons and incidents from biking 50 percent of Columbus, Ohio. Plus, Ohio's sham redistricting process has its first hearing, and another Columbus Democrat faces school voucher allegations. www.rooster.info/p/observatio...

This is excellent.

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I hope Bob Martin gets his memoir published one day. In the meanwhile, we have this banger. www.esquire.com/news-politic...

Here is why we need local media in Columbus (and wherever you might live) to hold power accountable for their misdirection and lies.

PBS and NPR are Being Defunded. Where are the Publishers? open.substack.com/pub/kathleen...

"She pretended she could write our lives as if we were in one of her novels." yalereview.org/article/work...

Sharing good news.

I always love @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social work so do yourself a favor and subscribe (and preorder her book!) substack.com/@aubreyhirsc...

Patricia Lockwood on the rhythm and style of Sylvia Plath's prose www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

"Censoring Scully's words is an example of how Trumpism slowly destroys everything in America, and how the people who currently run MLB would rather keep Trump happy than stand up for what makes America genuinely great" ~ @lincolnmitchell.bsky.social lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/mlb-plays-...

"The lack of coverage of the All-Star Game’s move out of Atlanta in 2021 — and the frames used to discuss it — are also a narrative that seeks to strip history of its context." ~ @jenramose.online objectivejournalism.org/2025/07/medi...

As a brand new parent (again!) this one really lands with me.

More than 133,000 people have initiated claims to get their unclaimed funds in the weeks since Ohio lawmakers initially suggested using those dollars to help finance the new Cleveland Browns stadium, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/07/m...

80 out of 100, and 19 out of the top 20, for me. Worth noting how few of the best have been made in the last five years. 🤔

Delighted that @storymag.bsky.social is now on the site. Give us a follow and say howdy and all that good stuff to the best litmag out there!

@litbox.bsky.social has arrived

If your literary organization lost an NEA grant this week, I'd like to hear from you for a story I'm writing for the LARB. DMs are open, email is [email protected].

The new pope is younger than 13 members of the Senate Democratic caucus

About @bsky.app on @bsky.app by @chaykak.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

13/10 I do endorse these moves.

As a person who revived a literary magazine, you know what I'd love to see revived next? VIDA I hope someone out there can bring back VIDA Web and The Count, an invaluable resource for writers, readers, and editors, and further our conversation about being diverse and inclusive.

🧨 Highest Dunk Score from Tue. night 🧨 Zion Williamson (108.2) vs. the Lakers

I've always wondered about the Silver Tuna... www.nytimes.com/2023/12/20/m...

"What's a morning or evening routine actually for?" ~ @mckinleaf.bsky.social thewhippet.org/unsolicited-...

Idk, I find book blurbs a pretty useful shorthand. Feels like S&S isn't actually addressing a problem with a solution? www.vox.com/culture/3988...

If you understand that apartheid was an economic system first, and a brutally violent system of social segregation second, you'll understand how Elon Musk is trying to update the principles from his homeland, and bring about a neo-apartheid system in the US. My latest in @thenation.com

“The unelected Musk recently announced plans for a new payments platform run jointly by Visa and X. Now he’s moved his power grab to the CFPB, a clear attempt to attack union workers and defang the only agency that checks the greed of payment providers and auto lenders like Tesla." - CFPB union 🔥

"He's trying to convince you of something that isn't true." ~ @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

"In recent years, the utopian sheen has been stripped away, which casts doubt on the idea that social media benefits children enough to outweigh its harms." www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...

"It is a thing we have to tell ourselves, retrospectively, that when he was away from America, he felt total and purgative relief." ~ Doreen St. Félix via @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...

Perhaps it is a waste of time to be upset about a brand's stupidity, but Huckberry's list of "50 Books Every Guy Should Read" has all of five books by women listed. Le sigh. huckberry.com/journal/post...

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Just accepted a new short story for, well, Story! Friendly reminder to all you fiction writers out there that we are open for submissions all year round. Get at us! #fiction #shortstory www.storymagazine.org/about/

This is an absolutely fascinating discussion about writing, baseball writing, storytelling, careers, and all that good stuff.

The contrast really is striking isn’t it

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Logged in this morning to read @therealbradbabs.bsky.social share this thoughts on Kyle Tucker, Cody Bellinger, and his 2025 Chicago Cubs but it hasn't dropped yet.

This month, the book club is reading THE WORLD WITH ITS MOUTH OPEN, the debut story collection by Zahid Rafiq, available from @tinhouse.bsky.social. Stay tuned for my conversation w Zahid in an upcoming episode...

I had lunch with Nikki once, and I so enjoyed that hour in her company. She was a sharp, hilarious, delightful poet, and an even better person. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...

"To put Soto’s bonanza in perspective, consider that the Fenway Sports Group purchased the Boston Red Sox for $700 million in 2002." 😶 www.nytimes.com/athletic/593...