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Julia Dahl

@juliadahl.bsky.social

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Novelist, NYU journalism prof, boy mom, knifemaker’s wife. Born in Fresno, now the Hudson Valley. www.juliadahl.com

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Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Nov 10

This is me, cheesing and signing my new novel, I DREAMED OF FALLING, at @mcnallyrobinson.bsky.social. If you like family drama, murder, small towns, and journalism, check it out! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/i-dreamed-...

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Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · 10d

Glad I’m gone. Dark times for a place where I once felt proud to work

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 11d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · 13d

Bari. Fucking. Weiss.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 14d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · 16d

That guy is about to lose his job.

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Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · 16d

lol, this administration is worried about antisemitism when it allows them to attach universities, but not if it means investigating a crime likely committed by someone who voted for them

Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · 20d

It's that time again: I'm starting a new Fiction for Journalists online class! If you are a current or former journalist with a novel in you, this is your chance to make real progress. juliadahl.com/services/cla...

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Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · 21d

Have they been raptured yet?

Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · 29d

I WISH

Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · 29d

They’re having a vigil for you-know-who in my little town on Sunday.

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Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Sep 14

TIL that Louisa Jacobson (aka Marian Brook on The Gilded Age) is Meryl Streep’s daughter!

Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Sep 14

With a little luck, 2027

Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Sep 10

My very first novel, INVISIBLE CITY, is a Kindle deal today: $0.99 for a book that I guarantee will entertain you. www.amazon.com/Invisible-Ci...

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Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Sep 9

In my new novel, I’m writing a couple in a strong marriage and it’s really fun. Feels almost subversive.

Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Sep 5

This women’s tennis semifinal is 🔥🔥🔥

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · Aug 31

Just days ahead of the 70th anniversary of the lynching of Emmett Till, the federal government made public thousands of pages of records on Friday, Aug. 22, on the investigation into his murder.

Emmett Till Investigation Records Released 70 Years Later

Days ahead of the 70th anniversary of his killing, the federal government made public thousands of pages of records on the lynching of Emmett Till.

buff.ly

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Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Aug 25

Fuck fall. Endless summer!

Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Aug 20

It’s official: CVS will not give a Covid booster to anyone under 65 without proof of a immunocompromise. My whole family just got denied. Fuck those who voted for this.

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Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Aug 20

Sorry! Low possibility! No yarmulkes; fair skinned. Mom not dressed particularly modestly (not that there’s anything wrong w that!)

Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Aug 19

Seemed low!

Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Aug 19

I think I encountered a trad wife (and her 5 kids) in Park Slope. Is that a thing?

Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Aug 18

Here’s what I keep thinking: if the election is at all chaotic (it will be), he has the military.

Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Aug 7

Say hello to (the first draft of) my sixth novel: FRESNO FAMOUS

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Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Jul 28

I’m usually ruthless at 50, but multiple times in the past year if I hadn’t pushed to page 100 I would have put down a book I ended up LOVING.

Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Jul 27

“There’s been a murder. And someone’s responsible.”