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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 4h

This episode of @thisamericanlife.org is eerie and great www.thisamericanlife.org/870/my-other...

My Other Self - This American Life

What happens when people create alternate versions of themselves and release them into the wild?

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 22h

Not yet! Treat in store…

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TED @epicureandealmaker.bsky.social · 1d

How did that title win out against Vagina Neck?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 1d

Give my regards to Broadway. So thrilled for you!

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 1d

pleasures of the flesh fade, other people however much you love each other will sometimes let you down, the world is filled with sorrows. but from today until the last day of your life, wherever you are if you pay attention there is something new to learn. it's a great comfort.

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 2d

Indie publishing is *vital*. If you are a reader and a lover of books, this is a cause that deserves your strong support. This is the pipeline for some of the best writing around.

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 2d

We need your help. 💙 Salt is fighting to keep indie publishing alive — discovering new writers, nurturing voices that matter. Every pound helps us publish more books. Please donate or share today. #SupportIndie #KeepBooksAlive #Books #Writers #IndiePress

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 4d

'“Get rid of creative and arts degrees” does fail as a test of essential understanding of some of the things that make life worth living. But as a piece of hard-headed economic policy-making… it also fails.' Wise words from the great @naomialderman.bsky.social —

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote an opinion column for the Observer! I never do opinion columns but I was just really annoyed by cultural vandalism and Kemi Badenoch.

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In praise of “rip-off” degrees | The Observer

Kemi Badenoch’s attack on the arts and humanities isn’t just culturally short-sighted, it’s economically illiterate

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 5d

My campaign colleague Kate Murphy has written today about the plight of women's studies in light of the BBC Written Archives Centre's withdrawal from the world of independent study. The policy changes, in her view, are 'nothing short of catastrophic'. cstonline.net/defending-th...

Defending the WAC: recovering the invisible women of the BBC by Kate Murphy

My first visit to the BBC’s Written Archives Centre was in 2002. I was working as a producer on Woman’s Hourand had applied for a three-month attachment to what was then the Diversity Centre…

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 5d

One only has to give a cursory glance to the British literary landscape to see what a vital role indie presses play in our ecosystem. As larger publishers try harder and harder to bet on the supposed "sure thing" (hint: you can't), more and more it's the indies which are doing the real work.

Influx Press @influxpress.bsky.social · 5d

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Indie presses in ‘existential crisis’ call for trade support

More than 20 independent publishing houses – including Bluemoose Books, Tilted Axis Press and Influx Press – have written an open letter calling for the trade to “work together to ensure the longevity...

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 6d

In @thetimes.com letters page today

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 7d

"The exploits of Calamity Jane and Wild Bill became wild west myth, as Peter Cozzens’s history of Deadwood shows. But behind them lay the venal, illegal settlement of Native American land", writes @ericawgnr.bsky.social.

Read more: https://bit.ly/46UxDdV

How America was stolen | The Observer

The exploits of Calamity Jane and Wild Bill became wild west myth, as Peter Cozzens’s history of Deadwood shows. But behind them lay the venal, illegal s...

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David Belbin @davidbelbin.bsky.social · 7d

Salt Books is an excellent publisher who put out exciting books that most multi-nationals wouldn't go near. Think I've bought more @saltpublishing.com titles than any other Indie (bar the ones that publish me, anyway) Why not help them grow? gofund.me/f8293c76d

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

Help Salt Publish Brilliant New Books in 2026 For twenty-… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

gofund.me

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 13d

Sarah Hall had a “human-made” colophon for her new novel Helm and wants others to use it —

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 14d

Sigh.

Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 14d

I've made a donation to @npr.org today: will you join me? Whether you love (or are about to discover!) Tiny Desk, Fresh Air, Wait Wait, Planet Money — NPR's goals are worth supporting, now more than ever.

NPR @npr.org · 14d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 14d

thank you, off to the tap

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 14d

This is what I don’t get about Gen AI. Everything meaningful we do is *process*. And yes: everything is, can be, meaningful.

Kate Nicholls @katenicholls1.bsky.social · 14d

These two pages, generated by genius, are thinking visualised.
Messy, unsure, questing.
Thinking is all about questioning, doubting, exploring, stumbling and imagining.
Darwin and Mendeleev scribbled, walked, visualised, pondered, re-examined and then took leaps into the unknown.
This is human.

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Kate Nicholls @katenicholls1.bsky.social · 14d

These two pages, generated by genius, are thinking visualised.
Messy, unsure, questing.
Thinking is all about questioning, doubting, exploring, stumbling and imagining.
Darwin and Mendeleev scribbled, walked, visualised, pondered, re-examined and then took leaps into the unknown.
This is human.

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Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 14d

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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 16d

Data from the Office of National Statistics shows Londoners are less likely to be violent crime victims (26.4 offences per 1,000 pop) than the rest of England & Wales (31.9 offences). Violent crime has fallen in every London borough in the past year.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17d

i told my landlord they're releasing the amelia earhart files and he lowered my rent 50%. i told my grocer and he gave me a free nectarine. i told my doctor and he said i didn't have to pay for the visit. try it. you never know who out there has been waiting for this moment.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18d

It is really funny that Jimmy Kimmel Live showed more moral fortitude and adherence to a system of values than Columbia University

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