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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 10m

Maybe that it feels close to the Greek tragedy? In that the nature of the characters means that they act in a way that is unavoidable for them and the event drags them towards their “determined” fates? They all feel trapped. And it’s about the “darkness” rather than about the who did it reveal?

Andrew @andrew37.bsky.social · 18m

Love this, I’ll have to revisit some!

How would you distinguish noir from a classic mystery novel?

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 16m

And noir novels are about energy, but rather than being an energy often generated by a character and their special nature, it’s about bigger events pulling characters forward and everyone working to achieve their goal before the explosive moment where everything is revealed.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 21m

Noir novels are usually the best genre fiction to read because the payoff of the story isn’t about who did it as much as it is about the tight construction of story which often rewards attention to detail and is thrilling because you can see the fates of the characters before they do.

buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 20h

What's your totally ordinary opinion about books that you nonetheless find compelled to share when asked on a social media site such as this one for your most extreme/unhinged/hottest takes?

I'll go first: manga is popular among young people because manga often features young people.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 50m

It’s on a terrible subject but Eric is so smart that I was so happy reading this essay because of the way he was making the argument

newrepublic.com/article/2015...

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 57m

Exactly

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 3h

“Year in exile”

I’d imagine that someone who didn’t look like her did what she did, they wouldn’t be rewarded with a book deal and an even better job after a year. Not really exile when you win prizes for having a romantic relationship with a source and subject.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 14h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 3h

“Federal regulations also don’t generally require supplement makers to prove their products are safe, and there are no federal limits for the amount of heavy metals they can contain.”

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 10h

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 17h

Standing and working against the Republicans is naturally a moral good because their worldview is so evil. It takes no second thought from me. And I honestly thought their counterparts would find a massacre indefensible but it became quickly clear that Israel supersedes any defense of human life.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t think I’m alone in saying that the last few years planted a kind of hatred for everyone in that administration and the whole game of liberal politics that won’t go away. I have spiritual contempt for anyone who allowed it to happen and tried to defend that position.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 17h

And what makes me personally angry was that as cynical and skeptical I am, I genuinely believed that Rafah was a red line and that there would be pressure to stop after the first few months, and then the reports kept coming out about the administration doing everything possible to shield Israel.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 17h

Ahh sorry, I misread it. I’m sorry.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 18h

Beyond the morally corrosive idea that everyone should have shut up as tens of thousands of people were blown up with American weapons, it’s just so comedic because the Dems will throw every group and position away if they think they can win any right wing vote. But can’t budge on genocide.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 18h

It’s also been so amazing to watch liberals go from dismissing protestors and the calls for Biden to pressure Israel to end its genocide to now blaming those people for the Dems losing the election. And somehow the party that was sponsoring the event and watching it cost them has no responsibility.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 18h

Just amazing to me that you have the lack of shame to consider that an administration sponsoring a genocide had no responsibility to stop it when in your calculation, it was costing them votes?

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 19h

Love wins ❤️

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19h

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes announce their engagement

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes Announce Their Engagement, 3 Years After 'GMA' Scandal

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes are engaged. The former 'GMA' stars announced their engagement on the Oct. 14 episode of their podcast, 'Amy & T.J.'

people.com

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 19h

So, your suggestion is that people should have quietly dealt with the state and its democratic administration sponsoring a genocide and not the administration stopping it, or the Vice President offering that possibility as a reason to vote for her? The problem is the people who protested?

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 19h

My favorite, always caught my by surprise at the end of Voodoo youtu.be/P6qz5iiM68c?...

Africa

YouTube video by D'Angelo - Topic

youtu.be

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 19h

Are they who gave you Trump?

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 20h

The funny part is that this is such a remedial deflection tactic that no one even pays attention to, but the arrogance of these kinds of people is that they never even attempt to develop or change their tactics because what they’re defending is indefensible.

morosoph; intergalactic 🦇🎃Spookus🎃🦇 @allwillbewell.bsky.social · 20h

wild stuff

a snapshot of searching kev1n1985's post history for the word 'sudan.' interestingly enough the only mentions are a day ago, and then 29 minutes ago calling out Zito. no fundraisers, no articles were found within the search. weird.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 20h

That’s weird @kev1n1985.bsky.social, it seems that the only time and reason you bring up Sudan is to try to deflect from Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. Some would consider that weird. Others might say that you’re acting as a puppet to minimize the atrocity.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 20h

People on here are stupid in such an aggressive way.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 20h

Yes, Kevin. Famously “people like” me don’t care about that. Where am I possibly saying that people can’t care about more than one issue, can you actually fucking read? And maybe wonder why the fact that the US was directly sponsoring this so that people feel that they can affect it?

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 1d

I refuse to accept this one. So fucking unfair.

Peter Ramsey @pramsey342.bsky.social · 1d

D’Angelo…only 51. What a great talent. RIP

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 1d

No difference between Schumer / Jeffries and the worst Republicans when it came down to Palestine. Democrats were on the frontline of calling for severe punishments against protestors and supplying the country that use bulldozers to crush human beings.

Antifahahaha @lunaticleft.bsky.social · 1d

Genocidal Uniparty

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