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Or, hang on, are we actually nostalgic for that?
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No danger of any of us slipping into nostalgia here, is there?
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Strong rebuke of spy agency on our local bus stop …
Bus stop with graffiti
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Routledge’s US office is in NY, I believe …

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Pynchon novels ranked in the Guardian. I’m going to dissent on the placing for Against the Day … I loved it! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
From V to Vineland and Inherent Vice: Thomas Pynchon’s books – ranked!
With fans eagerly awaiting the reclusive author’s first book in more than a decade, the noir caper Shadow Ticket, we assess his best fiction of the past 60 years
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Presumably translated as “Sure, this is a Wendy’s, boy …”
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Ominous owl …
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Spotify now just playing Wagner …
a group of helicopters flying over a body of water at sunset
Alt: Helicopters from Apocalypse Now
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New books coming from Thomas Pynchon, Olga Ravn, and George Saunders in the next 6 months … pretty excited for all of these!
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There’s a magnificent version of Arlo Guthrie’s “ODed in Denver” on that album …
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An exhaustive wrap up of a decade of careful scholarly study of one man’s approach to holiday lighting. Behold.
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Finale Day.

film still #66
Adam with balloons.
#severance
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‘An extraordinary debut full of ritual and poetry’ ⭐

What Kept You? by Raaza Jamshed receives a full-page and full-hearted review in the Guardian today!

Read the full piece by Bec Kavanagh: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
What Kept You? by Raaza Jamshed review – an extraordinary debut full of ritual and poetry
A young woman grapples with the stories that shape her in this tightly crafted and complex portrayal of grief and growing up
www.theguardian.com
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😲 George Saunders is releasing "Vigil" on 1/27/26

Like "Lincoln in the Bardo", it will be set in a liminal zone between life and death.
It follows the deathbed journey & moral accounting of an oil company CEO.

Are you adding this one to your TBR? 📚

#books #booksky #litfic #booklover #tbr
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Italian parenting for the win …
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No defects at all …
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Pope Pad See Ew V …

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Call this a democracy sausage? (Actually quite tasty tbf).
Vegetable patty on bread
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Wonderful playing tonight by the great Ed Kuepper

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Amazing!
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Can’t believe my innie was at work when the final episode of season 2 dropped …
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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · Mar 20
Finale Day.

film still #66
Adam with balloons.
#severance

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RIP Dag Solstad …
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Projections on Mount Stromlo last night …
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This is just wonderful - thank you for sharing it.

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‘The reason of the strongest is always the best; / As we shall shortly show.’ Derrida’s meditations on La Fontaine’s The Wolf and the Lamb seem terribly relevant to the grim direction of current events …

by Timothy Snyder — Reposted by Conor McCarthy, Bruno Cousin, Peter Walkenhorst , and 1 more

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Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
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Hey man is everything OK? I noticed your falcon doesn't seem to be able to hear you
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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
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A find at today’s Lifeline book fair …

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Colm Toibín on the Irish literary revival and toothbrushes: www.google.com.au/books/editio...
Lady Gregory's Toothbrush
In this remarkable biographical essay, Colm Tóibín examines the contradictions that defined Lady Gregory, an essential figure in Irish cultural history. She was the wife of a landlord and member of Pa...
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