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🎵 "Somethings ain't right with the world today ... "🎶 youtu.be/7nqcL0mjMjw?...

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ANTIQUARIAN "Julia, An exceptional spy will always look deeply into a stranger's eyes at their first meeting, to know the strangers eyes-color, to hold them in a trance ... And if need be, that stranger will never see your knife plunging into their heart." 1/2 ...

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Modern Ideas; "The Constitution is the Guide which I will NEVER Abandon." George Washington.

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Great essay from @yarotrof.bsky.social on the very long-running Russian crimes against Ukraine, and attempts to manipulate historical memory (again) to cover them up. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

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In the darkest times, a Ukrainian author’s words endured. As Russian forces seized his village, Volodymyr Vakulenko buried his manuscript before being killed. His unearthed story is part of Ukraine’s literary revival. @velshi.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/w...

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We are pleased to invite distinguished writers with an interest in serving as the next Paris Review Visiting Professor of Literature at the Bard Prison Initiative to apply. We also encourage readers and friends of the Review to send nominations.

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"liberté de la Presse - as Freedom of the Press." CIA operative Peter Matthiessen is the only writer to win the National Book Award for nonfiction (The Snow Leopard) and fiction (Shadow Country). Also co-founded the literature magazine Paris Review as front for spying.

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"Evil destroys even, itself." - Aristotle

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The Inflation Generation: How Gen Z Is Navigating Money, Politics, and Uncertainty. (@dellavolpe.bsky.social) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250221-top...

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I had to travel to Paris to see this article. "liberté de la Presse - as "Freedom of the Press."

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I had to travel to Paris to see this article. FYI; @craignewmark.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/en/united-st...

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Re Arrested in DC! www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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"Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth." - GEORGE ORWELL, 1984

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"It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic." "Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -Gov. JB Pritzker's ‘ State of State Address. Salutes

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"Intros and Outros" “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. “ -C.S. Lewis

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Nonfiction new read for spy writers of fictional research

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The first color TV set was the RCA CT-100, which was produced in early 1954. It had a 12-inch screen and cost $1,000. The first color TV based on an RCA system began commercial broadcasting on December 17, 1953.

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Act One - Scene; ROD SERLING (sipping his drink) (curiously) "Do you ever wonder, Alfred, if we're merely characters in someone else's story?" [WIP, Act One - script drafts - slow progress is still progress, friends]

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President @volodymyrzelenskiy.bsky.social , is trusted by his citizens War-torn Ukraine sits on significant reserves of rare earth minerals critical to the world's most cutting-edge technologies.

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In total, the Ukrainian government estimates it is sitting on more than 2.6 billion tons of reserves of these crucial minerals & some observers estimate that stockpile could be worth up to $11.5 trillion. The country also has significant reserves of other critical minerals like titanium and lithium.

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@martinishotla.bsky.social a collectors item !

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[Democracy 2026] "RISE" a theme'ng Never too Early to start practicing the Bass Guitar Revival! Thank you Herb Alpert. youtu.be/QS0VjsP9UeE?...

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"When enough people make false promises, words stop meaning anything. Then there are no more answers, only better and better lies." - George R R Martin #GOT And adding a few friends on their acoustic guitars too, bridge and highlight. youtu.be/dk7R9FZj0L0?...

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[A #writers master class] [decisively] "Daddy thought he could beat the sin out of me. But you knew better, didn't you, Mr Smiley? You beat it further in. And that's what scalphunters are made of. Isn't that right, Mr Guillam?" Heck ya!

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[ I revised her lyrics] 🎵 "The library got new math books for kids today, the next day, maga protested and threw them all away" Isn't it ironic 🎶 A neighbor voted that guy and the next day, the guy cut my neighbor's job away. "Isn't it ironic" don't you think?"🎶 @chriswarcraft.bsky.social

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Roman Gods & Writers & Typewriters: Day 4: Mercury typing 300 WPM with an Imperial Mercury #WritingCoach #WritingCoach #WriterForHire #Typewriters #WriterSky #RomanGods linktr.ee/arniebernstein

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"Intros and Outros" I have a strong #writer belief that the parts challenging you, only make you stronger. It wasn't learned in a literature class or math class, it was a strength developed by ... living.

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Standard E tuning E A D G. Her "Jagged Little Pill" album has great Bass Guitar tracks to breeze into & practice ones craft. #AlanisMorisette youtu.be/aA-MWlzXRtY?...

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"Isn't it ironic ... Don't you think?" [Beach Life Festival- it's a California Thing! May 2025] surfers, skydivers, Scuba divers poping in and fans of all ages get ready.] youtu.be/Jne9t8sHpUc?...

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A final shot of the office CNN used for many years in the Pentagon after ⁦ ⁩Hegseth booted several “legacy” organizations out of decades old workspace.

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#jamesbond #writers #resesrch

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@chrislhayes.bsky.social As I hear a firetruck siren in the background - I pause and reread @chrislhayes.bsky.social new non fiction!

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Keeping in tune with Sir Alfred Hitchcock lessons, his preference about villains; reckless, deceitful, dangerous - "The more successful the villain, the more successful the script" A #writer has to go deeper, if/or adapting these characters to fit a modern era villain. #IanFleming did that.

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Thank you Chris @chrislhayes.bsky.social It's always a good time to read when out and about.

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