From the essay JD Vance published in @TheAtlantic.com ten July 4ths ago—a tough-minded, clear-eyed analysis of the tragic, dangerous fantasies Donald Trump was selling to the people Vance grew up with. Astonishing artifact of the demonic quisling before he turned to the dark side.

Love what the Australian soccer team says about modern Australia. Seriously, watch this video, and you'll be cheering for them too.

Reminds me that a circle is rounder than a square.

1️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ That's one million pages digitized and counting. The Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley marks this major milestone in its LoCAL Digitization Project. An archive of California local government history searchable online. Learn more: igs.berkeley.edu/news/one-mil... 🧵 1/5

@legroff.bsky.social Best mail delivery of the year.

I learned more about negotiations involving Iran from the first season of The Diplomat.

@oliharris.bsky.social I have so enjoyed the first two Elliot Kane novels. Will The Shame Archive audiobook be available in the US soon? And…Ascension Island! Who knew. What a fascinating setting.

This made me weepy

@backlisted.bsky.social Of course. (Today’s New York Times)

#caturday Tinker.

@duckpondsreview.bsky.social we’re just back from enjoying three weeks of quiet corners in Australia.

@iammilliam.bsky.social @backlisted.bsky.social

Mark your calendars. And bring tissues.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Upcoming monograph on Charles Dickens and the Classics.

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Germany’s Chancellor Merz presented Trump the birth certificate of his German grandfather, Friedrich Trump. It was a clever jab to remind Trump he’s a German immigrant.

@iammilliam.bsky.social I know you have already heard this from me, but #backlisted has impacted my life in innumerable ways and I will ALWAYS be grateful beyond words.

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#blueskyartshow #lines #baybridge #moonrise

#blueskyartshow #lines At a traffic stop near Salesforce Park, San Francisco.

I will never understand people who come in swinging to defend the indefensible actions of large corporations. They don’t care about you. Anyway, Happy Independent Bookstore day! Show your local indie some love—or find one to love on @bookshop.org or @libro.fm Mine is @thelynxbooks.bsky.social

Giant prehistoric kangaroos preferred to ‘chill at home’ and didn’t like to go out much, scientists say

There’s something about an emotional support chicken…

@ktvufox2.bsky.social Just received this notice. Would love for you to cover this story. We are not happy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b... So saddened. I wrote a few reviews for #headbutler back in the day. He was funny and supportive. His memory will be a blessing.

Can we make sure someone at the #whitehouse sees this? They can borrow my calculator.

Remembering Agnes Martin on her birthday 🎂 📷 Gianfranco Gorgoni Cuba, New Mexico, 1974 "Once you are caught in one of her paintings, it is an almost painful effort to pull back from the private experience she triggers to examine the way the picture is made." - Kasha Linville

BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight. This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.

Read George Eliot’s Middlemarch. At least twice.

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@lilyjaniak.bsky.social I would love to read a story about how The Shotgun Theater in Berkeley paints the building for each new play. How many layers of black and red cover those walls?! Thanks. Off to see A Thousand Ships tonight. Loved A Red Carol. Dickens would have loved it.

@backlisted.bsky.social Most excellent quote.

@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social For your translated literature project.

Discovered Lídia Jorge in translation in a Lisbon bookstore last month. This novel is beautiful. She is a master storyteller.

#lisbon #lisboa