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Morgan Leigh Davies
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Victorian lady invalid, lying in bed surrounded by books. Long covid, ME, other ailments. Bylines in The Sick Times, Electric Lit, Jezebel, etc; cohost of Overinvested pod in absentia; picking away at a novel. she/her https://linktr.ee/morganleighdavies
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I try not to repost absolute garbage but the backlash targeting disabled people is so intense right now this feels worth highlighting.

People who have succeeded within a certain system are, obviously, very invested in believing that that system proves that they are actually the "best."
Tweet from Josh Barro: "This stuff is such bullshit. If you have a condition that makes it hard for you to complete work in a time limit, that's something your grades should measure, not something they should avoid measuring." Tweet quoted from Paul Novosod: "Every study of how accomodations affect your GPA: they help A LOT. Students with accommodations can get extra time on..." [graph]
November 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Daniel Plainview sitting in his bowling alley surrounded by chaos at the end of There Will Be Blood
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Laurie wants to be involved
Black and white cat squeezing him face over my stomach under a laptop stand, on top of which is my laptop showing the World Series
November 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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I spent most of the night not watching baseball but prepping this book for an interview with Gish Jen on Wednesday… her previous book was about baseball so I think I think she’d probably disapprove
Gish Jen’s new novel Bad Bad Girl
October 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Some pics of my silly kitty for you x
Black and white cat stretched out fully on his back next to me, fluffy stomach totally bared Black and white cat lying over my head on the pillow while I lie in bed, one paw inside my glasses because he has no respect for personal space Black and white cat sprawled out on a bed pillow covered with a towel, showing off his tummy and crotch, looking extremely silly
October 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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“Some say the Nazi death camps are a moral atrocity. Others argue they’re focused on bringing change to Europe”

Genuinely curious if there is anything Republican behavior that would not merit this treatment, I am inclined to think no
A Pile of Rubble: After 123 Years, the East Wing Is Gone Mourners are outraged over President Trump's demolition of the East Wing to make way for his $300 million ballroom. Others say it was time for change. 5 MIN READ
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Disney greenlighting THE RISE OF SKYWALKER one of the single worst blockbuster films of my lifetime and passing on this from Soderbergh the god of pop cinema… don’t speak to me
"I always was interested in doing another 'Star Wars,'" says Driver, who starred as Kylo Ren in the trilogy kicked off by "The Force Awakens." "I had been talking about doing another one since 2021. Kathleen (Kennedy) had reached out. I always said: With a great director and a great story, l'd be there in a second. I loved that character and loved playing him." Driver says he took a concept to Soderbergh for a film that would take place after 2019's "The Rise of Skywalker." That movie culminated in Ren's redemption and apparent death. Driver had undertaken the trilogy with an arc in mind for Ren that inverted the journey of Darth Vader. As the trilogy evolved, it didn't play out that way. Driver felt there was unfinished business for Kylo Ren, or as he was known before turning to the Dark Side, Ben Solo. Soderbergh and Rebecca Blunt outlined a story that the group then pitched to Kennedy, Lucasfilm vice president Cary Beck and Lucasfilm chief creative officer Dave Filoni. They were interested, so the filmmakers then pulled in Scott Z. Burns to write a script. Driver calls the result "one of the coolest (expletive) scripts I had ever been a part of." "We presented the script to Lucasfilm. They loved the idea. They totally understood our angle and why we were doing it," Driver says. "We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman and they said no. They didn't see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that." "It was called "The Hunt for Ben Solo' and it was really cool," adds Driver. "But it is no more, so l can finally talk about it." Soderbergh, in a statement, said: "I really enjoyed making the movie in my head. I'm just sorry the fans won't get to see it."
October 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Distefano, chatting with Halkias, joked that an upside to the kingdom’s repression of women is that his fiancee can’t come with him. Mark Normand, on the other hand, joked he would bring his wife to show her how good she has it in America: “I want to be like, ‘You see? You think I’m an asshole? Well, they’ll cut your clit off, bitch.’”
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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recourse for them. I ran into the story editor in the hallway, who said he was having trouble balancing the narrative because all the Israeli characters seemed evil, while all the Palestinians were angels. A long section that documented, without any editorializing, that Palestinian dispossession was an ongoing process that had begun long before October 7th was whittled down to a single paragraph after a series of fights between the editor-in-chief and the story editor on one side, and myself and the freelance writer on the other.
September 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Aside from Giri's marvelous description of tennis matches, a lot of my favorite stuff in the book was about press access (or the lack thereof), which we talked about a lot. Enjoy!
GN: I think there's this totally flattened version of storytelling in sports right now. There are a lot of reasons for this, including the decline of traditional written journalism and social media being the main platform for these athletes to build their audiences. You basically get these propaganda vehicles, like Netflix docu-series with players having veto power over what goes in and what goes out. These things don't have much shelf life. I think that we will come to a point where sports fans realize that they're missing the stories that they would read or watch from a third-party, independent point of view that's able to be critical where necessary and emotionally sensitive where necessary.
September 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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kindly fuck off bsky.app/profile/sifi...
Text copied from image Jack Draper Withdraws U.S. Open Day 4 Updates 14m ago Lukas Weese Live Reporter at Flushing Meadows Game, Set, Match: Townsend wins but has words with Ostapenko FINAL: Townsend 7-5, 6-1 Ostapenko Taylor Townsend is back into the third round of the U.S. Open. The American trounces 25th seed Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets. She lets out a loud roar after securing the victory when Ostapenko sails her forehand wide. Afterward, the two players have an intense verbal exchange at the net. Once they were done speaking with each other, Townsend riles the crowd up, pointing at Ostapenko and asking the fans to boo her. Just wild scenes at Court 11 with the American into the third round at Flushing Meadows for the third time in her career.
August 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Absolutely ridiculous. Richard is one of the best critics out there.

How exactly do you focus on culture without reviews???
In a memo to staff Tuesday, Guiducci said Vanity Fair will be re-centering its coverage around entertainment, celebrities and culture, along with "money, politics and style." As part of that, the publication will be scaling back certain areas of coverage, including "news aggregation, reviews and trade coverage," Guiducci wrote in the memo, a copy of which was obtained by Variety.
August 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Finally wrote up my best mysteries of the year to date list, wahoo. Lots of great books that are really different from each other! buttondown.com/mldavies/arc...
Eight books, four at top and four at bottom, slightly overlapping, on a pale blue duvet. The Fire Concerto, History Lessons, Vantage Point, The Savage Noble Death of Babs Dionne, Perspective(s), The Fact Checker, The Art of a Lie, Fair Play. Detailed alt text for each cover at the link
July 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Peanuts kids dancing on stage from A Charlie Brown Christmas
June 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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not sure what the point of journalism is if you literally do not believe in objective reality
Kennedy Announces Eight New Members of C.D.C. Vaccine Advisory Panel The appointments of at least two of the experts are likely to draw an uproar from pro-vaccine groups for their criticism of federal scientists and the Biden administration's Covid vaccine policies.
June 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Last thing, I’ve just seen this is also how ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE (which for sure did NOT deserve to win) won in 2015, which didn’t lead to this kind of conversation. What could be the difference in reaction here… such a mystery…
All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr (Scribner) An imaginative and intricate novel inspired by the horrors of World War II and written in short, elegant chapters that explore human nature and the contradictory power of technology. FINALISTS: Let Me Be Frank With You, by Richard Ford (Ecco) Lovely, Dark, Deep, by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco) The Moor's Account, by Laila Lalami (Pantheon)
May 7, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Levine was dismissive of speculation over this year's fiction machinations, noting in an email that, at a moment when diversity initiatives and public funding for the arts are at risk, the Pulitzer Prize stands for integrity — a quality worth celebrating. "Percival's book is so important in this regard," Levine wrote in an email. "Is this really the time to fuss about what might or might not be gender politics in a literary contest?"
May 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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As you were
Text messages, date Jan 17, 2024 James update. Jim is reading Candide on the raft. I'm in heaven If Everett doesn't win the Pulitzer I don't know what the award is for
May 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Here is the victor enjoying the spoils… the boy is sulking at my feet lol
A black and white cat (mostly black) curled up on a yellow fleece blanket over my lap, turning her head to glance back at me in supreme satisfaction
April 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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We are in a global moment of eugenics resurgence (call it whatever you like) but I just don’t know how you sleep at night doing this to people.
Just over 370,000 people who currently claim Pips will lose them, while another 430,000 who would have been eligible for the benefit in the future will not now get it. On average these people will lose £4,500 a year. A further 150,000 people will lose their access to carer's allowance - equivalent to one in 10 unpaid carers. The charity Carers UK said they were the "first substantial cuts to carer's allowance in decades" and would cause "huge anxiety for hard-pressed carers and their families who need every penny they can get to pay their bills"
March 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Utterly evil. What was the use of getting rid of the Tories if this is the result? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
But the most significant measures were changes to the personal independence payment (Pip) criteria, to limit the number of people who can claim it. Under the changes, people who are not able to wash half of their body, or who are unable to cook a meal for themselves will no longer be able to claim Pips unless they have another limiting condition.
March 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Amy E. Greer is an associate at Dratel & Lewis and issues this statement: Last night ICE agents wrongfully arrested Mahmoud Khalil, claiming his student visa was revoked - even though Mahmoud is legal permanent resident (green card) and not in the U.S. on a student visa. Confronted with that fact, the ICE agents detained him anyway. Overnight we filed a habeas corpus petition on Mahmoud's behalf challenging the validity of his arrest and detention. Currently we do not know Mahmoud's precise whereabouts. Initially we were informed this morning that he had been transferred to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey. However, when his wife - a U.S. citizen who is eight months' pregnant and was threatened with arrest as well by the ICE agents last night - tried to visit him there today, she was told he is not detained there. We have subsequently received reports that Mahmoud may be transferred as far away as Louisiana. We will vigorously be pursuing Mahmoud's rights in court, and will continue our efforts to right this terrible and inexcusable - and calculated - wrong committed against him. ICE's arrest and detention of Mahmoud follows the U.S. government's open repression of student activism and political speech, specifically targeting students at Columbia University for criticism of Israel's assault on Gaza. The U.S. government has made clear that they will use immigration enforcement as a tool to suppress that speech. Many individuals and organizations have expressed support for Mahmoud and outrage at the government's conduct, and have offered their assistance in the legal proceedings. Mahmoud greatly appreciates all of that support, as do we.
March 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Pretending Covid is no big deal and that LC doesn’t exist allows this kind of bad actor to make a claim like this more persuasively. This is a failure across parties and govts even though obviously these psychos are their own level of evil.
subcommittee meeting. He said there has been an increase in members of the adult labor force who have excess disabilities in recent years, which he attributed to COVID-19 vaccinations. "We believe that the mRNA vaccines is the cause of these trends," Dowd said. "Regardless of my opinion, the trend has emerged, which is quite alarming, (and) needs to be investigated."
March 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Just seems very tiresome!
The students and faculty at Omelogor's school are all plausibly obnoxious — a professor grants an undergrad an extension on a paper because his dog has an ear infection; grad students call banking "inherently flawed" but do not know enough about finance to discuss it further. Omelogor's only fleeting friendship in school is a Nigerian conservative who a white South African classmate calls "a Federalist Society asshole," but who, to Omelogor, is the only person "who was not looking for all that was wrong in me." It's an intriguing alliance that Adichie neglects to explore beyond a few paragraphs extolling the conservative's capacity for open debate, so unlike the pugilistic progressives.
February 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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As A Woman, this is how much I hate movies about men. Fortunately THERE WILL BE BLOOD has never sparked an enormous online debate about this very topic and I can keep my unorthodox and profane opinions to myself.
Morgan Leigh Davies’ Letterboxd profile, showing top four films THE RED SHOES, THE THIN RED LINE, THERE WILL BE BLOOD, and HOLIDAY (1938). Wheeee!!!
February 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM