Stephen Kearse
@kearse.bsky.social
Journalist, critic, and author of novels Liquid Snakes and In the Heat of the Light.
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Stephen Kearse
@kearse.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Liquid Snakes
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hi new followers. i write about music, books, and sometimes movies. I also write fiction, like this book. it's pretty good.
softskull.com/books/liquid...
softskull.com/books/liquid...
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
if there were a nobel prize for loserdom, musk would get it for grokipedia
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
if there were a nobel prize for loserdom, musk would get it for grokipedia
it's honestly fascinating how pedestrian titles get to be when you're a Name.
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
it's honestly fascinating how pedestrian titles get to be when you're a Name.
"american canto." huh, they clearly put a lot of thought into that
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"american canto." huh, they clearly put a lot of thought into that
I know houseplants have a sense of humor because over- and underwatering have the same symptoms
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I know houseplants have a sense of humor because over- and underwatering have the same symptoms
15 years ago a friend shared someone else's family recipe with me under the condition I never tell said person (who I've never met) where I got it
every time I cook it, I wonder if we will ever meet, and whether the source would actually care lol
every time I cook it, I wonder if we will ever meet, and whether the source would actually care lol
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
15 years ago a friend shared someone else's family recipe with me under the condition I never tell said person (who I've never met) where I got it
every time I cook it, I wonder if we will ever meet, and whether the source would actually care lol
every time I cook it, I wonder if we will ever meet, and whether the source would actually care lol
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“This feels like the only transaction that you can do on the internet that doesn’t involve a password or some kind of authentication, and it’s a really important one, and it’s across the entire music streaming ecosystem.”
Why Is It So Easy to Flood Streaming With AI Slop?
And what the hell is Operation Clown Dump?
www.hearingthings.co
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“This feels like the only transaction that you can do on the internet that doesn’t involve a password or some kind of authentication, and it’s a really important one, and it’s across the entire music streaming ecosystem.”
as someone who feels deeply exploited every time I buy glasses, I have to assume all the influencers who dramatically slam their glasses on tables are using props
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
as someone who feels deeply exploited every time I buy glasses, I have to assume all the influencers who dramatically slam their glasses on tables are using props
keiyaA: hooke’s law
Read Stephen Kearse’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
a funny thing about writing: I can't remember anything I've written unless I'm drafting and repeat myself.
when that happens, a silent alarm trips and I instantly know I have to revise/rephrase/tweak.
when that happens, a silent alarm trips and I instantly know I have to revise/rephrase/tweak.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
a funny thing about writing: I can't remember anything I've written unless I'm drafting and repeat myself.
when that happens, a silent alarm trips and I instantly know I have to revise/rephrase/tweak.
when that happens, a silent alarm trips and I instantly know I have to revise/rephrase/tweak.
to my great annoyance and consternation, I am increasingly seeing "abundance" referred to as a movement
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
to my great annoyance and consternation, I am increasingly seeing "abundance" referred to as a movement
would be cool for there to be a criterion closet series for music, based in like q-tip's record collection
November 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
would be cool for there to be a criterion closet series for music, based in like q-tip's record collection
Daniel Caesar: Son of Spergy
Read Stephen Kearse’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
breaking longstanding neutrality, the xenomorph queen endorses cuomo
October 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
breaking longstanding neutrality, the xenomorph queen endorses cuomo
"the album feels unbound, not simply because dance music is physically freeing, but because...Parks has activated some latent part of her style and sound, decompartmentalizing ideas and ideals that were once stored on separate drives; syncing them."
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/g...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/g...
In an era of techno-dystopia, Sudan Archives' 'The BPM' imagines a liberated future
On her stunning new album The BPM, the multi-instrumentalist Sudan Archives explores the freedom of augmented reality and technology through the sounds of club music.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"the album feels unbound, not simply because dance music is physically freeing, but because...Parks has activated some latent part of her style and sound, decompartmentalizing ideas and ideals that were once stored on separate drives; syncing them."
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/g...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/g...
hard to overstate how good The Boy Who Played the Harp is
October 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
hard to overstate how good The Boy Who Played the Harp is
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As the Trump administration pushes for the restoration of Confederate monuments, Kara Walker has turned one an undead centaur. My review of “Monuments,” an extraordinary show that juxtaposes the lies of the Lost Cause with the black histories they eclipse
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
October 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
As the Trump administration pushes for the restoration of Confederate monuments, Kara Walker has turned one an undead centaur. My review of “Monuments,” an extraordinary show that juxtaposes the lies of the Lost Cause with the black histories they eclipse
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Taking @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social's line: we're going to win.
Wells Fargo Workers Push to Bring A Union to the Banking Industry
Workers at Wells Fargo are organizing the first union at a major U.S. bank—in one of the least-organized industries in the country. The first branch where workers won a union vote, in 2023, was in Alb...
labornotes.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Taking @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social's line: we're going to win.
I wish all those bad rufo profiles would have mapped power the way this does
www.propublica.org/article/russ...
www.propublica.org/article/russ...
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I wish all those bad rufo profiles would have mapped power the way this does
www.propublica.org/article/russ...
www.propublica.org/article/russ...
one of the weirdest vestiges (and evidence) of segregation is all the content that's basically like, "did you know [another race] also [does thing your race does]?"
October 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
one of the weirdest vestiges (and evidence) of segregation is all the content that's basically like, "did you know [another race] also [does thing your race does]?"
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Tyler, the Creator spent his early years cultivating a fanbase of trolls. Last weekend, it came back to haunt him in a big way. How much reckoning will it take to shake it? Read Dylan's thoughts on the situation
Tyler, the Creator Brought This Reckoning on Himself
The California rapper-producer spent his early years cultivating a fanbase of trolls. How much reckoning will it take to shake it?
www.hearingthings.co
October 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Tyler, the Creator spent his early years cultivating a fanbase of trolls. Last weekend, it came back to haunt him in a big way. How much reckoning will it take to shake it? Read Dylan's thoughts on the situation