Paul Zakrzewski
@paulzak.bsky.social
(Ghost)writer, book coach, podcaster | | Clients include #1 Amazon New Releases | Bylines: NYT, WaPo, Brevity, New Lines, etc | Hosts "The Book I Had to Write" podcast. Based in Boston, MA. More at bookiwanttowrite.substack.com
I've watched and rewatched this clip. Mike Myers is brilliant -- perfectly captures Elmo's infantile, desperate churlishness.
March 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I've watched and rewatched this clip. Mike Myers is brilliant -- perfectly captures Elmo's infantile, desperate churlishness.
FUCK YES
If Democrats don’t protect norms and intuitions, no one else will. You can’t count on Senator Ted Cruz to defend free and fair elections, or Speaker Mike Johnson to stand up for LGBTQ+ rights. And it’s unlikely Senator Susan Collins, despite her…
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
Democrats Can’t Just Play Dead
The public is frustrated with Trump and Elon’s DOGE-ification of government. It’s time for party leaders to stand up.
www.vanityfair.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
FUCK YES
Saw this for sale and....I feel very seen
February 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Saw this for sale and....I feel very seen
Fascists HATE satire. It cuts autocrats down to size, undermines their authority. It right-sizes things. The great Russian poet Osip Mandelstam got sent to the Gulag in the mid 1930s for describing Stalin in less-than-flattering terms in his "Stalin Epigram." Bravo to this anonymous satirist.
On Monday morning, TV sets at the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development played the seemingly AI-generated video on loop, along with the words “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”
Read the full article: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Read the full article: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
February 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Fascists HATE satire. It cuts autocrats down to size, undermines their authority. It right-sizes things. The great Russian poet Osip Mandelstam got sent to the Gulag in the mid 1930s for describing Stalin in less-than-flattering terms in his "Stalin Epigram." Bravo to this anonymous satirist.
I've never ever seen graffiti in my boring little corner of Goleta, CA. People are pissed off.
February 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I've never ever seen graffiti in my boring little corner of Goleta, CA. People are pissed off.
There's something especially meta about wading through ads in order to watch the best of the Superbowl ads
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Column | The best, worst and weirdest Super Bowl commercials of 2025
The 2025 Super Bowl commercials featured Eugene Levy, Nick Offerman, Jeremy Strong, Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan and Seal ... as a seal!
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
There's something especially meta about wading through ads in order to watch the best of the Superbowl ads
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Great piece by @rtraister.bsky.social -- love this analysis of why Trump is sticking by/pushing thru such an obviously underqualified trainwreck. Because if his administraiton *honestly* felt secure in "owning the libs" they wouldn't need this spectacle. Worth a read for its conclusion alone!
“Yet for all this flaunting of their might, Hegseth and his Republican backers also cast themselves as the helpless victims of this effete mob.” I wrote about how Trump is using peacocking displays of machismo to quell challenge from people they themselves are afraid of.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
The Fear Driving Trump’s Second Term
Pete Hegseth’s nomination relied on brute force for a reason.
nymag.com
January 18, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Great piece by @rtraister.bsky.social -- love this analysis of why Trump is sticking by/pushing thru such an obviously underqualified trainwreck. Because if his administraiton *honestly* felt secure in "owning the libs" they wouldn't need this spectacle. Worth a read for its conclusion alone!
January 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I remember how this movie ended
December 16, 2024 at 3:46 PM
I remember how this movie ended
Since sexual harrassment (& worse) is once again in the news the nominations of Hegseth, Gaetz & others, I'm re-upping this fascinating WaPo article from 2017...
What makes some men sexual harassers? Science tries to explain the creeps of the world.
Harassers have some distinctive personality traits, and certain situations make people more likely to behave inappropriately.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Since sexual harrassment (& worse) is once again in the news the nominations of Hegseth, Gaetz & others, I'm re-upping this fascinating WaPo article from 2017...
Just learned it was the 50th anniversary of Nick Drake's passing, in 1974, at age 26. Along with Elliott Smith and Paul Simon, my favorite acoustic strummers/songwriters. Pink Moon is a perfect song. Here's a remastered version:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdl-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdl-...
November 28, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Just learned it was the 50th anniversary of Nick Drake's passing, in 1974, at age 26. Along with Elliott Smith and Paul Simon, my favorite acoustic strummers/songwriters. Pink Moon is a perfect song. Here's a remastered version:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdl-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdl-...
This sent me chasing down the various Virginia Woolf nonfiction I have...her edited notebooks and the 2nd Common Reader. Wow. The breadth and precision of her writing...the sense of deep consciousness at work. Breathtaking!
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is the best novel I have ever read.
November 27, 2024 at 3:57 PM
This sent me chasing down the various Virginia Woolf nonfiction I have...her edited notebooks and the 2nd Common Reader. Wow. The breadth and precision of her writing...the sense of deep consciousness at work. Breathtaking!
TW: The Pete Hegseth report is truly vile. One random note that's actually quite fitting is that the r*pe is alleged to have happened the night of Oct 7-8 2017...2 days after the Harvey Weinstein story broke in the NYT -- and 1 year to the day (10-7-2016) that Trump's Access H'wood tape leaked.
November 21, 2024 at 4:44 PM
TW: The Pete Hegseth report is truly vile. One random note that's actually quite fitting is that the r*pe is alleged to have happened the night of Oct 7-8 2017...2 days after the Harvey Weinstein story broke in the NYT -- and 1 year to the day (10-7-2016) that Trump's Access H'wood tape leaked.
A jacket you can wear forever...and ever...and ever...
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
A jacket you can wear forever...and ever...and ever...
1/ I was about to post about sitting at a lunch place today with my 17 y o son when a convey of 1-2 dozen 4x4 trucks roared by, honking their hearts out.
November 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM
1/ I was about to post about sitting at a lunch place today with my 17 y o son when a convey of 1-2 dozen 4x4 trucks roared by, honking their hearts out.
Love this - thanks @authorsguild.bsky.social
Hey, authors new to Bluesky: We've gathered a little starter pack of publishers, organizations, and publications to follow and help populate your feed with literary resources.
go.bsky.app/bQfVJ6
go.bsky.app/bQfVJ6
November 15, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Love this - thanks @authorsguild.bsky.social
We need a "Writers Avoiding Their Pages On A Wednesday" starter pack...
November 13, 2024 at 9:51 PM
We need a "Writers Avoiding Their Pages On A Wednesday" starter pack...
Spending far too much time setting up this account, which inevitably leads to a question posed long ago by ELO: Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why...
November 13, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Spending far too much time setting up this account, which inevitably leads to a question posed long ago by ELO: Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why...