Tricia Romano
@tromano.bsky.social
Author of The Freaks Came Out To Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture.
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Tricia Romano
@tromano.bsky.social
· Jan 23
We're excited to announce the shortlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Nonfiction! Congratulations to all of the finalists.
I've never made a shortlist for anything! (Unless you count being on a list of very short people). I'm so honored to be a finalist for @bookcritics.bsky.social Award for Nonfiction with these books. 🙌
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I have doomscrolled enough and you probably have too.
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I have doomscrolled enough and you probably have too.
Watching Blue Lines and their big bad drug in Ireland is cocaine which is …. Quaint
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Watching Blue Lines and their big bad drug in Ireland is cocaine which is …. Quaint
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Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
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There are still right wing operatives in this Washington going around and talking about a "WA DOGE" - like Glen Morgan. Such a thing doesn't exist and never will because voters in the Evergreen State don't want to be governed by the likes of Morgan, Brian Heywood, Jim Walsh, Dave Reichert, etc.
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
There are still right wing operatives in this Washington going around and talking about a "WA DOGE" - like Glen Morgan. Such a thing doesn't exist and never will because voters in the Evergreen State don't want to be governed by the likes of Morgan, Brian Heywood, Jim Walsh, Dave Reichert, etc.
Miss me with this cover. It should have continued to say - Is Not A Scientist
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Miss me with this cover. It should have continued to say - Is Not A Scientist
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MAGA thinks they can’t Trust the Biden party? Just wait until all their Tax Returns are taken by Grok.
DOGE Laid Off the Humans. Now the IRS Is Deploying AI Agents
Get ready for a bot to hallucinate your tax bill.
gizmodo.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
MAGA thinks they can’t Trust the Biden party? Just wait until all their Tax Returns are taken by Grok.
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So, how is bailing out Argentina, funding Israel's genocide, and now attempting a war with Venezuela "America First" and "non-interventionism" that was allegedly promoted by MAGA, Trump and all their right-wing reeks?
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
So, how is bailing out Argentina, funding Israel's genocide, and now attempting a war with Venezuela "America First" and "non-interventionism" that was allegedly promoted by MAGA, Trump and all their right-wing reeks?
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Anyways,,,
*leads chant
Can you win in the 1st quarter?
*leads chant
Can you win in the 1st quarter?
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Anyways,,,
*leads chant
Can you win in the 1st quarter?
*leads chant
Can you win in the 1st quarter?
Seahawks got lazy and sloppy
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Seahawks got lazy and sloppy
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Before the JXN td I was like who is this team and why are they doing this to me?
November 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Before the JXN td I was like who is this team and why are they doing this to me?
Excited to have Josh join us tonight.
@tromano.bsky.social wrote an oral history of the Village Voice. @ericacbarnett.bsky.social & I will be interviewing her tonight at Elliott Bay. 7pm. Free. Here's the Village Voice from the week I was born. Stokely Carmichael's original "Black Power" exhortation and also the Beatles on the cover.
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Excited to have Josh join us tonight.
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Olivia Nuzzi is like a character in a movie -- one of those crummy movies where the female reporter always sleeps with people she's covering.
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Olivia Nuzzi is like a character in a movie -- one of those crummy movies where the female reporter always sleeps with people she's covering.
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@tromano.bsky.social wrote an oral history of the Village Voice. @ericacbarnett.bsky.social & I will be interviewing her tonight at Elliott Bay. 7pm. Free. Here's the Village Voice from the week I was born. Stokely Carmichael's original "Black Power" exhortation and also the Beatles on the cover.
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
@tromano.bsky.social wrote an oral history of the Village Voice. @ericacbarnett.bsky.social & I will be interviewing her tonight at Elliott Bay. 7pm. Free. Here's the Village Voice from the week I was born. Stokely Carmichael's original "Black Power" exhortation and also the Beatles on the cover.
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Disney’s animated classic ‘Beauty and the Beast’ was released 34 yrs ago today—a charismatic candlestick met an enamored teapot & the world was never the same🫖🕯️
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Disney’s animated classic ‘Beauty and the Beast’ was released 34 yrs ago today—a charismatic candlestick met an enamored teapot & the world was never the same🫖🕯️
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hard launch.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
hard launch.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
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Today was wacky as hell. Did somebody spike the water supply with acid.
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Today was wacky as hell. Did somebody spike the water supply with acid.
all the people saying, "Wow, MTG is really making sense," need to read her letter and ask themselves how easily they are conned.
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
all the people saying, "Wow, MTG is really making sense," need to read her letter and ask themselves how easily they are conned.
OK but why tho
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
OK but why tho
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Like a proud grandpa.
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Like a proud grandpa.
Reminder--I'll be at Elliott Bay Books tomorrow night with @ericacbarnett.bsky.social and @mudede.bsky.social come on down!!!
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Reminder--I'll be at Elliott Bay Books tomorrow night with @ericacbarnett.bsky.social and @mudede.bsky.social come on down!!!
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No, they can’t, yes, they are doing it anyway.
So immigration judges can be fired at will without cause? Isn't there some job security in the US to avoid this type of firing?
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
No, they can’t, yes, they are doing it anyway.