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Editor-in-chief, Washington Independent Review of Books. Loser-in-chief, "Jeopardy!" season 39. "It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

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Please share this deleted tweet far and wide. ABC News just suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran for making it.

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You cannot go about your life thinking about ways to avoid making fascists angry. You will not succeed, and you will not be free.

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How do things look this week? Bookish! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-l... #Booksky

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good GOOD (this whole thread is stunning)

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AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Let us never forget.

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Breaking news: In a rematch of their 2023 U.S. Open final, Coco Gauff beat top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka to win the French Open. She is its first American champion since Serena Williams in 2015.

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Coco Gauff!!

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In one week. Be there or be ruled. Nokings.org

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Don’t forget that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could put a stop to all of this.

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Our Week in Reviews: 6/7/25. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @fsgbooks.bsky.social @wwnorton.com @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social @everymanslibrary.bsky.social @grandcentralpub.bsky.social #booksky

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Are the women pitching *again* tonight? Of course. They're not fragile like the dudes... #WCWS

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Romance Roundup: June 2025. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/rom... @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @berkleyromance.bsky.social @putnambooks.bsky.social @kristinawright.bsky.social @carleyfortune.bsky.social @aishasaeed.bsky.social #Booksky

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And according to Sean Duffy, 45% of them were murdered.

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This seems like a great day to remind Bluesky that Stephen Miller lived four doors down from me freshman year And our student council person asked him (and everyone) to sign a birthday card for our dorm’s janitor And he threw a tantrum and wrote an op-ed about not socializing with “the help.”

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If not Satan, why Satan-shaped? www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/s... @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @hapahaiku.bsky.social #Booksky

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I love this review MAGIC CAN'T SAVE US from the always wonderful @wirobooks.bsky.social !!!

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Might I briefly turn your attention to the Women's College World Series?

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Is there smoke coming from the Reichstag yet?

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None of this was covered in my Tesla manual.

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Someone in Vegas is running through the streets right now, yelling, "I had June 5th! I HAD JUNE 5TH!"

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The Polish foreign minister, a writer and journalist who covered the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, clearly knows a thing or two about a patiently-timed response.

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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

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This is the best day ever to be in a group chat with people who aren’t online. They react to every piece of breaking news about the beef like you’re Paul Revere.

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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

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We're being governed by low-rent Bond villains.

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I feel like Musk could really blow MAGA's collective minds just by continuing to tweet out facts the rest of us have known for years but never penetrated their media bubble.

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Best. Infrastructure. Week. Ever.

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Send us your poems, stories, and nonfiction pieces through Submittable at the link below: mississippireview.submittable.com/submit

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These sweet, silly offerings read like fairytale postscripts. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/m... @joshdenslow.bsky.social #Booksky

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Ironically, I don't know how to say "900" in Spanish.

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Join Maureen Dowd at @politicsprose.bsky.social at the Wharf in DC tonight at 7 p.m. for a conversation with @mollyjongfast.bsky.social (HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER, @vikingbooks.bsky.social)! It's our Spotlight Event: www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/mol... #Booksky

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Podcast: Kostya Kennedy. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/pod... @stmartinspress.bsky.social #Booksky

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Glad to see PORTRAITS IN A NUTSHELL included in this Summer Preview! Preorder it today from your local bookstore, online retailers, or our website: brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/portra... #Brazil #snuffbox #artbook #coquillanut #woodcarving #antiques #collection #history #atlantic

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An outstanding introduction to the master’s body of work. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/i... @everymanslibrary.bsky.social @karlstraub.bsky.social #Booksky

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Sneak Preview: Summer 2025! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/sne... @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @eccobooks.bsky.social @tachyonpub.bsky.social @brandeispress.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social #BookSky

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A poetic yet serious consideration of waterways and us. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/i... @wwnorton.com @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social #BookSky

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On QUESTION 7 and the Problem of Evil. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/the... @aaknopf.bsky.social #BookSky

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An extraordinary treatise on what it means to be critical. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a... @fsgbooks.bsky.social @andrealongchu.bsky.social #BookSky

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The Trump administration has revoked permission for a 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives lifesaving medical care from a California hospital to stay in the country, attorneys for the family said on Wednesday.

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This no-kill animal shelter is in desperate need of kitten food, kitten milk replacement, and other supplies. If you post a screenshot in my replies showing that you donated at least $10 (even as a Chewy gift card), I'll answer a style-related question for you. Donation info in their thread.

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Counterpoint: There's a zero-line bathroom and a full bar just steps away. If we could somehow swap out this act for Paul McCartney, I'd be living my best life.

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The main act hasn't started, but it's (checks watch) almost 9 p.m. on a Sunday. Am I in hell? Is that it?

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Jewish Americans suffer another horrific violent antisemitic attack. Sending solidarity & support to the victims & to everyone grappling with fear in the face of more utterly indefensible violence. There is no justification for hate violence and terror. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...

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