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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · Jul 31

🎶Y’ALL READY FOR THIS🎶

…because I have an essay out today on the 30th anniversary of Jock Jams, Vol. 1 and how the relationship between music and sports has completely changed.

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We're All Jocks, Jamming

How did sports and music get so inexorably entangled?

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 2h

One of the finalists for the National Book Awards this year is a D- book, a true shock to me it got any acclaim at all… but I’m not saying which 😈

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 12h

I think America may be unwell

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 12h

Time to tune in to some analysis from Antifa expert…Chef Andrew…Gruel?…founder of…American Gravy Concepts?

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 17h

my opinion on many current affairs:

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 18h

deeply unfair that “make america great again” is a catchy little phrase for the kind of rebuilding effort you’d need to do after these fuckers have eviscerated & embarrassed the government misusing that same phrase!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 19h

TONIGHT @ 7:00pm:

Our Time Has Come
Rally Livestream on IG + YouTube

Feat.
Attorney General Tish James
Rep. Nydia Velázquez
Rep. Adriano Espaillat
CM Chi Ossé
@kristengonzalez.bsky.social
Lina Khan
Natasha Cloud
The Kid Mero

MC'd by @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social

Big colorful graphic of Zohran smiling that says, "Our Time Has Come: Rally Tonight" and a list of speakers.

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 19h

some of y’all need to come back after you’ve had a timeout in the

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 23h

Something that’s very funny (and we could all learn from) is that New Directions — his English language publisher — just had an author win the Nobel prize and they haven’t tweeted or posted in over a month and still haven’t. Cool as hell.

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 23h

A really good example of progressive brand selection — when these ghouls claim that something called “No Kings” is terrorism, even that premise would evoke the most patriotic form of insurgency (you know…against that king).

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 1d

cop, lying: Me and my friends, who are troops, will delete Candy Crush if Zohrani 'Hussein' Mamdani is mayor of New York City. We are the most active users on the platform and this could affect the stock market

Bari Weiss: Chilling. And not the cool weed kind of chilling. This week on 60 Minutes

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not a comfortable position for progressives, but local police are going to be a needed pillar here and this kind of shit gives (many) of them absolute aneurysms. Surprised ICE/CBP haven’t shot themselves yet.

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 1d

Agent in the foreground pointing his gun at the couple on their phones while agent in the background talks to them.

It is so exceptionally clear these morons have absolutely no mission nor training nor rules — and I continue to think the people who will be MADDEST about this are actual cops.

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 1d

reading this profile of former Finland PM Sanna Marin and eager to find out where (Union Pool? The Fly? Rodeo?) becomes the Zero Bond of the Mamdani Mayoralty, stuffed with the global left’s hottest commodities and also six types of dirtbags

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s some rain talk from Krasznahorkai, for those in the northeast today.

“…it would pour down steadily, without pause, right until the first frosts

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 2d

Laszlo is perfect rainy weekend reading. Get your intro here!

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 4d

Well it’s not long sentence, but I did get to write this essay for @newrepublic.com! I strongly encourage you to join us.

newrepublic.com/article/2015...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, likewise! We can leave the debate over what Krasznahorkai actually thinks about men for the sold out panel we’ll do at MSG.

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 3d

Can’t believe I didn’t see this before filing my copy… mainly to assert to @alexshephard.bsky.social @markkrotov.bsky.social that my parents are NOT worried about me, because I already replaced them with nearby vagrants with grandiose schemes, all the better to understand my master.

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 3d

Time to duel, men

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 4d

Well it’s not long sentence, but I did get to write this essay for @newrepublic.com! I strongly encourage you to join us.

newrepublic.com/article/2015...

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 3d

New at @newrepublic.com: my formal invitation to you to join me in the Krasz Crew.

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 3d

You can’t beat an armed state by force, but you can beat it by farce.

Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 3d

Lessons from Portland. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Portland's Dancing Protesters Are Showing Us How to Stand Up to Trump

The president wants us to be afraid. These activists are clowning him instead.

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks to @lauramarsh.bsky.social for the opportunity and edit!

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 4d

Well it’s not long sentence, but I did get to write this essay for @newrepublic.com! I strongly encourage you to join us.

newrepublic.com/article/2015...

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 4d

the fact that anyone would yell the words “MORTAL KOMBAT” in any context near mortal combat, I just don’t buy it you know