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novelist/ghostwriter/podcaster/beardo Author: SHOW; BALLOON DOG; A SINGLE HAPPENED THING; MOURNING WOOD; THE BALL; OBIT Co-Author: HEAVEN HELP US (John Kasich); UNFORGIVING (Lindsey Jacobellis); BLUE (Steve Aoki) Host: AS TOLD TO danielpaisner.com

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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · Apr 10

one from the archives...
"The work we writers do on the one hand can’t help but color the work we do with the other. Fiction, nonfiction, autobiography, memoir—my book or theirs—it's all part of the same stew in the end."
#ghostwriting #writing #BookSky #collaboration
themillions.com/2022/06/how-...

How Being a Ghostwriter Has Shaped My Fiction

What you discover in one aspect of your work is bound to follow you into another.

themillions.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 52m

this is brutal... and awful... and heartbreaking...
#VirginiaGiuffre #memoir
#releasetheepsteinfiles
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 3h

grab 'em by the neck pussy...
#TIME

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Trump is not too pleased with the photo they used of him in TIME Magazine

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 5h

alas, so many new users here on the #BlueSky today... and yet, not a single new follower... (sigh)
🦋 🦋 🦋

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 1d

"I miss starting something new. So I’ve got to find something new to start.” - #TimCurry
#Vagabond #memoir
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...

Tim Curry Isn’t Done Yet

www.nytimes.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 2d

big finish...
@barackobama.bsky.social
#WTF
#podcast

Marc Maron @marcmaron.bsky.social · 2d

Today is the final episode of the show! wtfpod.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 2d

high concept...

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 2d

"People think that the highlight of my life was running fast from here to there or winning Olympic medals, and that’s not how I see it. I see that the highlight of my life, really, is how many people can I truly, positively impact." - #MarionJones
@theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

Olympian Marion Jones is done apologizing for her past: ‘It made me a better person’

Celebrating her 50th birthday, Jones is living a positive life and refuses to let a past scandal interfere with her present.

www.nytimes.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 2d

Sour Me Unicorn Farts?... Purple Monkey Dishwasher?...Hopportunity Knocks?...
#craftbeers
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/o...

Opinion | How to Save Beer

www.nytimes.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 2d

"The number one word in my head is: survive, survive, survive." - #EdgarRosalesJr.
#LongBeachCityCollege
#survive #homelessness #highereducation
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He was a homeless college student. He found hope in a parking lot.

Long Beach City College reserves 15 spots in a parking lot for homeless students. For Edgar Rosales Jr., the program has been a lifeline.

wapo.st

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 3d

so this is kinda great...
#OctoberBaseball
#Mumford&Sons
#MilwaukeeBrewers
@brewers.com
⚾️ 🎶
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Am82cm/

This was amazing! @Mumford & Sons @milwaukeebrewers

TikTok video by jennawiniarski1

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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 3d

was just a singer in a rock and roll band... 🎶
#JohnLodge #RIP #TheMoodyBlues
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/a...

John Lodge, Singer and Bassist With the Moody Blues, Dies at 82

www.nytimes.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 3d

but of course...
#SaulZabar #RIP #Shiva #Zabar's
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/s...

To Honor the King of Lox, Lots of Lox

www.nytimes.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 3d

"If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, does that mean mirrors are a waste of time?” - #DianeKeaton #RIP
#ThenAgain #memoir
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/m...

Diane Keaton, a Star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘First Wives Club,’ Dies at 79

www.nytimes.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 4d

love that he rates a NYT obit...
#ClarkOlofsson
#StockholmSyndrome #bankheist #obit
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Clark Olofsson, 78, Dies; Bank Robber Helped Inspire ‘Stockholm Syndrome’

www.nytimes.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 4d

went looking for a clip from the original Broadway run of #Hair and came across this #LoveAmericanStyle segment... every legend starts somewhere...
#DianeKeatonRIP
youtu.be/Xk391Rg21L4?...

Love American Style 2X19 Love and the Pen Pals November 27, 1970

YouTube video by icogye

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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 4d

"Well, la-di-da..."
#DianeKeaton #RIP @alhirschfeld.bsky.social

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 4d

this... of course, this...
#AnnieHall #LaDiDa
youtu.be/iLBL-XeNrRI?...

Annie Hall (4/12) Movie CLIP - Cooking Lobster (1977) HD

YouTube video by Movieclips

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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 4d

oh no!...
#DianeKeaton #RIP
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Diane Keaton, 'Annie Hall' and 'The Godfather' Actress, Dead at 79

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning actress known for a prolific career in uplifting comedies, has died at the age of 79.

www.rollingstone.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 4d

the uniquely talented @marcmaron.bsky.social on the informed clutter of his first garage studio, and the years-long uncluttering of his thoughts and hopes and anxieties as he leans into the penultimate ep. of his pioneering pod...
#wtf #podcast #swansong #storytelling
siriusxm.com/player/episo...

Episode 1685 - Marc Maron | SiriusXM

Only one episode of WTF remains after this one and it will not be recorded in the garage. So with this being the final WTF episode taking place in Marc’s sacred space, it’s only appropriate that he cl...

siriusxm.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 4d

that time #EmmaHemingWillis joined you during her book launch, following interviews with #Oprah, #KatieCouric, #MariaShriver, #DianeSawyer, and #AndersonCooper, for an important conversation on her #caregiving journey...
#writing #booktalk

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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 4d

cluck cluck cluck...
newrepublic.com/article/2016... via @newrepublic.com

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 5d

good to see the gloves starting to come off at the paper of record...
#disgrace #ShameOnUS
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | Trump Disgraces American Justice

www.nytimes.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 5d

"I believed winning wasn’t everything and losing wasn’t the end of the world, because there was always another game to play.” #SisterJean, as told to podcast guest @sethdavishoops.bsky.social...
#RIP #WakeUpWithPurpose

listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6WKF...

www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Sister Jean, nun and sensation on basketball sidelines, dies at 106

As chaplain for Loyola University Chicago’s hoops team, Jean Dolores Schmidt enjoyed a sudden fame with the squad’s 2018 NCAA Tournament performance. Her motto: “Worship, Work, Win.”

www.washingtonpost.com

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 5d

so great...for so many reasons...
#NobelPeacePrize

Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 5d

how soon before our so-called president claims the voting was rigged?...
#NobelPeacePrize
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize