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Drew Schnoebelen

@dschnoeb.bsky.social

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I work for Penguin Random House. I put the books you love into the libraries you should visit more. Worcester Human Rights Commissioner. He/Him.

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Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · Dec 26

It’s hard to dunk on cyber truck owners any worse than what they regularly do to themselves

A gold cybertruck with the words “#1 HAIR TRANSPLANT” in all caps on the side

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Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 18h

Not today, assbutt. Not today.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23h

Most "classics" are boring as fuck to a modern reader in no small part because the context of the story is not understood by them and so many of the allusions and "inside jokes" known to then-contemporary readers have been lost in time and in translation

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 1d

what did she call us | patreon.com/lubchansky

PANEL 1: MATTIE and one other person are handcuffed on a platform over a big cylindrical vat full of glowing liquid. Behind them, TWO ARMED TROOPERS stand. One is shouting, next to a big lever.
TROOPER: You have all been charged with sexual deviance under the new statutes!
TROOPER: You are hereby sentenced…

PANEL 2: Closer in on MATTIE and the person next to her.
TROOPER (VO): …To being dropped into a big vat of acid, thus dissolving your perverted bodies!
MATTIE: I sure did prefer life before we were overrun by fascist stormtroopers.

PANEL 3: The TROOPERS look at each other.
TROOPER 2: Sorry…What did she-he call us?
TROOPER 1: NOT Cool…

PANEL 4: The other TROOPER from panel 3. He's crying, and pulls the lever. Some acid splashes into the frame.
TROOPER: STOP BULLYING ME!
SFX: CLUNK
SFX: SPLASH

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Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 1d

This is what the publisher will be asking when this only sells like 30 copies.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

oh my god, this is real

book cover
Hey Yang, Where's My Thousand Bucks: And Other True Stories of Staggering Depth by Andrew Yang
cover shows Andrew Yang in a hoodie, smiling wildly and holding out 10 $100 bills.

Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 2d

This is so pathetic. Absolute loser behavior. Negative aura, cartoon stink lines coming off this whole thing.

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Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 3d

Still not over Mitra re-inventing slavery here by saying we should make homeless people work farms for shelter and no money.

Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 3d

This sounds like the lyrics to a Tom Waits song

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 4d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 4d

The "participation trophies are for the weak" crowd giving out fake nobel peace prizes now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 4d

LOL this is objectively insane.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 5d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 5d

I used to write for Loot Crate (a nerdy subscription box company with a nerdy website to boot) for years and when I left, they changed all my bylines to "staff writer" then eventually they folded and I lost everything.

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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 7d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 7d

This is one of the accounts I sell to so I'm not thrilled.

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Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 7d

Just cancelled my Spotify. Been meaning to do it for a while but always nice to have a push.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 7d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social · 7d

Following the cancelled asset sale to ReaderLink, Baker & Taylor is going out of business.
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/10/bt-s...

B&T Shutting Down Operations - Publishers Lunch

Baker & Taylor will be closing their business, after a planned acquisition of their assets by Readerlink fell through last month. Operations will cease by January 1, according to online posts from for...

lunch.publishersmarketplace.com

Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 7d

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 8d

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

The Portland frog backing down an army of jackboots

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Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 8d

This is easily how you let these people know how you feel. Hit them in the wallet.

Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 8d

The SPEED with which my paramount account was nuked the moment this happened.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 8d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 10d

@eliyudin.com is the best

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 10d

All right enough about the blood money comedians. Let’s talk GOOD comedians. I saw @davidjroth.bsky.social link to this special once and it had me dying. youtu.be/g9NT46SGqFY?...

Humble Offering | Stand Up Comedy | Eli Yudin Full Special

YouTube video by Cracked Comedy Club

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Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 10d

Y’all posted too much and got too weird about the Travis Kelce dick song that now I’ve decided it’s a banger. Get that D, girl. Good for you. Congrats on the hog, brother.

Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 10d

Oh no, they’re onto us

Drew Schnoebelen @dschnoeb.bsky.social · 11d

There are still heroes out there, pushing back.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 11d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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