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OMG OMG OMG THE FIRST OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED "BLURB" FOR @beckbook.com!!!! IT'S FROM THE LEGENDARY @pappademas.bsky.social!!!!! PREORDER NOW: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-La...

first bound galleys of JOLT arrived last night. I wrote most of this book on paper, then spent months in edits staring at pages on a screen, so it’s cool to be back where we started: paper + ink + my whole goofy life laid bare, nbd. preorders open ahem: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Jolt/T...

the phrase "lipstick on a pig" has always inspired a deep sadness in me. I think of the pig, looking forward to her big night out, and I bring myself to the verge of tears.

This "dream job" is to work with me! We're hiring at Question Everything. We need a top-notch narrative audio reporter. Please apply, we'll be closing applications soon.

My long interview with @coletteshade.bsky.social is up at Scratch this week, in which we discuss writing vs. writing careers, making ends meet under capitalism, and long-term planning from within short-sighted industries. It is an extremely candid conversation about art and money and aging.

Classicist here to inform you all that this is ancient Greek for summoning a cat

I'm doing a book event @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social on June 25 to talk about The Public Scholar, writing for media, and some of the broader questions about being a writer in public, on social media, trade presses, and more. Please share! moonpalacebooks.com/events/55699...

the fetishization of 'civility' is a poison.

"All I know is that when I woke up that day a remarkable and tender calm settled over me, the way sunlight finds its path in a room without furniture" || this @katewagner.wehwalt.net essay really got me: flaminghydra.com/down-to-earth/ via @flaminghydra.com

Can't believe I'm finally saying this: You can preorder my book! For the 33 1/3 series published by Bloomsbury, I wrote about Whitney Houston's underestimated third album, I'm Your Baby Tonight. www.bloomsbury.com/us/whitney-h...

🚨 dream job posting for enterprising audio reporters! 🚨 apply to be a producer on Question Everything, working with the remarkable small team led by Robyn Semien and @brihreed.bsky.social: www.placementtheory.com/jobs/producer

Hey Bluesky! The first excerpt of my book is out! In the New Yorker! Read all about how the religious right fought to keep The Last Temptation of Christ from being released, and how the battle helped them refine the tactics they still use today. www.newyorker.com/preview/arti...

breaking my honeymoon media hiatus to say: all dc folks should turn out for @thrasherxy.bsky.social with @victorerikray.bluesky.social at Politics & Prose on Connecticut Ave!! I would be in the front row…except I’m on the wrong continent :(

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2

I wrote a real 2013-style bit about Tom Brady and the weird grim work of being a Retired Icon last week, and was reminded of how much I miss writing that kind of thing. We had a nice time over at The Awl, in the last moments of whatever that was. This is a gift link: defector.com/tom-brady-th...

huge congrats to @thrasherxy.bsky.social on pub day for THE OVERSEER CLASS. it’s lucid and powerful and will grip you. get your copy now, tell your friends, nudge your library, &c. &c.: www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

Orson Welles: I worked with Grogu. Not in film you see but on the stage. Brilliant performer but a cruel disgusting wretch of a soul. Interviewer: Pourrions-nous parler de Citizen Kane à la place, s'il vous plaît ? Welles: yes he did sell out his friends to HUAC, I will never forgive him for that

The Payback is out in paperback today, it’s the same great student loan industry heist novel in a smaller size and lower price. www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pa...

What a great time to purchase a little pink book, called "fresh" and "well-researched" and "thorough" and "entertaining" and "diverting" and "invaluable" and "enlightening" and "even definitive." press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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there are so very few pleasant surprises these days preorder a book or two enjoy a pleasant surprise u deserve this

This is not the time for wild speculation about what happened. It’s time to bet on Kalshi about what happened

Hello, and happy independent bookstore day! I hope everybody takes this opportunity to support these crucial community spaces, true balms in these wretched times. Also, if you buy/order my book from a DC-area shop, I’ll come sign it for you! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rache...

For @slate.com & @economichardship.bsky.social, I reported on how chaos and changes surrounding SNAP benefits are taking a toll. People described endless fear and worry over feeding their kids, where their next meal will come from, and whether SNAP could become even more difficult to access.

personally I agree that we should indeed reject the hollow pluralism of pretending that we shouldn't judge Klan, Nazi, and sparkling eugenicist subcultures according to what they have historically produced, and would enthusiastically endorse rejecting inclusion of them in public life

Can't tell you how many members of Congress who *at best* had nothing to say when I asked about the Minab girls school attack. There is a profanely cold detachment inside Capitol Hill, a mode completely unrecognizable to common human decency I wish I could properly convey to you.

learning that astronauts have to use microsoft outlook in space is unspeakably depressing. we have set microsoft outlook free from the bounds of earth. polluting the stars with that janky piece of shit

There are two editors who have edited over 100 of my pieces. Ted is one, and I owe so much of whatever I've learned about writing to his care and support for my work.

big congrats to @lollardfish.bsky.social, whose new book is a fun and zippy read packed with excellent advice ❤️ www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Terry Huff was one of the lesser known artists that the format highlighted. If you’ve never read it, @scheinman.bsky.social wrote an amazing profile of the DC icon toward the end of Huff’s life. www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article...

This is a Steely Dan song

went to the store __________ AI Summary ✨ Grammy-nominated R&B singer Jon B. posted that he is going to the stove – perhaps to "cook up" another hot, hot radio single. Frogs and toads, which are the same, can live on the Sun and often choose to.

i've decided not to listen to the audio of a teacher reporting a kindergartender because frankly I don't want to become the person that that event would turn me into. but one thing I hope we are collectively coming to grips with is what it meant that we have lived among such people this whole time

NEW How Palantir captured the Ministry of Defence How a close read of public domain documents show how MoD was commercially colonised by Palantir By me, at FT www.ft.com/content/5207...

"Despite the three disasters, dedicated queer and trans Ugandans — many who could flee to exile to secure their own personal safety — refuse to give up trying to protect the health of their community, even as they’re being crushed."

Former WaPo staff: I’m sorry for the bloodbath. Question Everything is taking pitches for stories about the state of journalism, attacks on the press, our information ecosystem, and accountability for big tech. Pitch us/send tips: [email protected] Signal: brihreed.45

using multiple screens in the 15th century

While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot. I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.

“I imagine if this was a homeless shelter or a mental health center, you would find a way to stop it. You would pull out all the stops." www.welcometohellworld.com/a-surprise-z...

Kind of amazed she had it turned on? I only turn it on when I'm crossing borders or am visiting a country controlled by a repressive regime ahhh shit

"Good politics, like good art, does not lecture or declaim. It strains; it argues; it is an unending negotiation with the difficult and intransigent adventure of humanity." || via @thepointmag.bsky.social

Hello, looks like independent publishers should beef up our books coverage. If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to [email protected]

bezos' vandalism of wapo + bari weiss' defilement of cbs + trump's desecration of everything from civic architecture to the constitution are fundamentally the same political project. america's most enterprising billionaires are working night and day to make this country a stupider, uglier place.

Who’s ready to talk about conservative book publishing www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/box...

The problem with @attackerman.bsky.social being cursed by Apollo with the power of prophecy is that we keep having to add things he’s predicted to his pieces as I edit them

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

Trump has finally delivered the Jade Helm presidency the far right warned of in 2015: a techno-authoritarian assault on the White House’s enemies. Only now instead of raising an alarm over a hoax, they’re cheering the real thing. theintercept.com/2026/02/02/t...

As more academic names keep coming up in the Epstein files, I keep thinking about this NYT interview with the Bard president from a few years ago, and wondering how many people were rationalizing in similar ways. www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/u...