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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · 16d

Very interesting book. Into second half (“Afterlife”).

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Sep 5

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Oh my.

‘It’s been quite a ride!’ Melvyn Bragg to step down from Radio 4’s In Our Time after 27 years

The broadcaster is leaving the hit BBC programme after presenting more than 1,000 episodes and having ‘enriched the lives of millions’

www.theguardian.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 4

in my capacity as a YLS alumnus I agree we have to throw in the towel on this

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Sep 4

Read most recent edition of @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social over long weekend. As usual, my TBR (or TB located/purchased) list expanded. Any book budget overruns I blame on @nonsuchbook.bsky.social, who pointed me to Slightly Foxed several years ago.

Who am I kidding? I have no book budget.

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks. I have the 2025 subscription.

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Sep 3

How often will the group meet?

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Sep 3

Is this with the subscription?

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Aug 17

Annual village fireworks almost directly overhead last night. Created little cave in bathroom with musical distractions to ride out with dogs. This is how to check a that 14.5 yo dog’s hearing.

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Aug 12

Bojo never looked that good

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Aug 9

Carrie Bradshaw’s mother

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Aug 9

“Talk” for #NYRBwomen25 is like being stuck on Hampton Jitney in traffic, sitting in front of over-educated, under-occupied 29 yo’s. Or rather, on a LIRR local in 1965, stuck eastbound with creaky air-conditioning.

I feel simultaneously old and young. @joiedevivre9.bsky.social

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Aug 4

Which should I start with?

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Aug 3

Should I try the Spufford? Haven’t been able to get into him but willing to try.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 3

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Jul 30

Bunch of things—the Cagneti, the new Gertrude Stein biography (just finished Autobiography of Alice B Toklas), an old mystery by Elliot Paul that I may not finish.

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Jul 30

Damn. Except for Lispector, don’t know any of these. @joiedevivre9.bsky.social, I feel unworthy

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Citymeals on Wheels @citymeals.bsky.social · Jul 29

Extreme heat is dangerous for older adults, putting them at higher risk for serious health issues. Citymeals ensures our recipients have meals on hand when it’s too hot to cook or go out. Read more: www.citymeals.org/blog-post/su...

Citymeals on Wheels

Delivering meals and companionship to older New Yorkers in need.

www.citymeals.org

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Jul 25

Most manage to be characters without being caricatures.

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Jul 25

Hope they appreciated it. Among my all time favorites. Always amazed at how short —104 minutes—and yet well-paced it is. Not a wasted minute.

(With all respect to Fred Zinnemann, another fave—Day of the Jackal—could lose most of the 22 min that put it over the 2-hr mark.)

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Jul 25

I read it when it first came out. One of the grabbiest first lines ever. Love everything she wrote, but this one hasn’t a sentence out of place.

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Jul 25

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Don’t know about anyone else, but I’m considering a class action v. @nytimes.com for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Jul 24

One of the great books. The first line of the first story is perfect. “My “wife is precise, elegant, and well-dressed, but the sloppiness of my mistress knows few bounds.”

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Jul 22

Margery Sharp is a slightly acidic treat.

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Jul 19

My mother introduced me to those.

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aecnyc.bsky.social @aecnyc.bsky.social · Jul 12

This is great. Might have missed it—thanks.

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