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It’s like the US has been bought by Alden Capital.

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This coming Sunday, talk about a grand finale, come hear @davidulin.bsky.social @atticalocke.bsky.social @emipasbeck.bsky.social and Alex Espinoza read from #snapshotsthebook @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social at Stories Books & Cafe! You’ll be so glad you did! 🥳

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"Have you said thank you even once?"

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"The world Is going to be destroyed Any minute now, so live."

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"There will come a time, kid, when you’re my age. And you’ll be very surprised nobody remembers those dark days." www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

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This is why I walk most mornings — not only as exercise (although that too) but because a daily connection to Los Angeles, to my neighborhood, is a routine that enables me to cope. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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Happy 92nd birthday to an ongoing inspiration.

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1. In a sermon at the National Cathedral on Sunday, Sen. Rev. Warnock, pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist, condemned Trump's executive orders, defended Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and connected it to Scripture. "Don't tell me you reject DEI when you live in a White House built by Black hands"

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The very thought of Peter Thiel preaching to me about Jesus makes me want to stab my eyes out with a fork. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...

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Thirteen Question Method goes German. (In hardcover, no less.)

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This is very very good

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As 83rd anniversary of infamous EO9066 approaches, I salute those standing w/immigrants under threat, recalling WWII race-based mass incarcerations in US concentration camps. & hope all Americans remember: 2/3rds imprisoned then were citizens, born here, children of legal immigrants, then imprisoned

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High praise to Charlie, Carol, and the NYT for getting this story—and these names—out.

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The term Gulf of Mexico verifiably began appearing on navigational charts and official written records in 1550. As a regional geographic feature, it predates the entire existence of the United States by over two centuries.

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Just waiting for this gummy to kick in.

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RIP to a real one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCn_...

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"Walger plays with the idea that the self we present to others is as much a creation as any fiction." We're thrilled to publish the 1st novel by Sonya Walger, an actor who appeared in Lost. If you are in LA, Sonya will discuss the book with @davidulin.bsky.social at Diesel on Tuesday (2/3).

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Now I understand why old people are always complaining that the world has gone to shit

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"In the blue above, flight is possible. In the blue over the edge of the ship, one plummets to death. Hell was the bottom of the ocean floor until it became salvation." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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Wrote 1400 words this morning, which feels like a fitting way to start saying fuck you to the next four years.

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Just as each of us has a story, a point of view, a set of elements that define us, so too do the places where we live our lives. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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@penamerica.bsky.social has initiated an emergency grant program for writers and other literary professionals affected by the Los Angeles wildfires. To apply, click the link below. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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“If you’re freed of all distinctions, there’s no need of words like ‘God.’” www.altaonline.com/books/nonfic...

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"In June my father entered an assisted-living facility in Pasadena... This is my father’s first go-round as a California resident, and he is right to be afraid." In the NYT, PEN America member @davidulin.bsky.social wrote about being away from LA when the fires struck www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/o...

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"...to live in California meant to understand that disaster could strike at any instant, which is to say that there is nothing we can count on, nothing that will guarantee safe passage through the world." Gorgeous piece on place, fate, character, and fire by @davidulin.bsky.social in the NYT.

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"The only solution is to assess your risks and keep on living. That is what Southern California teaches everyone. It’s not a trade-off that to live amid such beauty requires recompense. No, it is something like an acceptance, or even an embrace, of everything we cannot and will never know."

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My dear friend David Ulin @davidulin.bsky.social with his trademark insight, breadth, and depth—on the LA wildfires ravaging his hometown, and on the essence of LA itself. LA the Elemental. Exponential entendres intended. NYT, Gift Article:

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Beautiful piece by my dear friend.

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Who'd want to rush to L.A. when wildfires rage? Professor David Ulin describes a different, deeply Californian mindset in the NY Times.⤵️ @davidulin.bsky.social

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Before long, I hope, this will all be over. Before long, I will be back home. In the meantime, it is tearing me up not to be there. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/o...

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Have written and filed my first piece of 2025 so I guess this year is really happening.

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Somewhere else on the internet, I referred to myself as a devoted heretic, which is true, I'd say, but also makes me want to think more deeply into what heretic and heresy mean. Not in the classic sense -- although that, too -- but in a more active, contemporary way.

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It’s like the US has been bought by Alden Capital.

This coming Sunday, talk about a grand finale, come hear @davidulin.bsky.social @atticalocke.bsky.social @emipasbeck.bsky.social and Alex Espinoza read from #snapshotsthebook @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social at Stories Books & Cafe! You’ll be so glad you did! 🥳

"Have you said thank you even once?"

"The world Is going to be destroyed Any minute now, so live."

"There will come a time, kid, when you’re my age. And you’ll be very surprised nobody remembers those dark days." www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

This is why I walk most mornings — not only as exercise (although that too) but because a daily connection to Los Angeles, to my neighborhood, is a routine that enables me to cope. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Happy 92nd birthday to an ongoing inspiration.

1. In a sermon at the National Cathedral on Sunday, Sen. Rev. Warnock, pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist, condemned Trump's executive orders, defended Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and connected it to Scripture. "Don't tell me you reject DEI when you live in a White House built by Black hands"

The very thought of Peter Thiel preaching to me about Jesus makes me want to stab my eyes out with a fork. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...

Thirteen Question Method goes German. (In hardcover, no less.)

This is very very good

As 83rd anniversary of infamous EO9066 approaches, I salute those standing w/immigrants under threat, recalling WWII race-based mass incarcerations in US concentration camps. & hope all Americans remember: 2/3rds imprisoned then were citizens, born here, children of legal immigrants, then imprisoned

High praise to Charlie, Carol, and the NYT for getting this story—and these names—out.

The term Gulf of Mexico verifiably began appearing on navigational charts and official written records in 1550. As a regional geographic feature, it predates the entire existence of the United States by over two centuries.

Just waiting for this gummy to kick in.

RIP to a real one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCn_...

"Walger plays with the idea that the self we present to others is as much a creation as any fiction." We're thrilled to publish the 1st novel by Sonya Walger, an actor who appeared in Lost. If you are in LA, Sonya will discuss the book with @davidulin.bsky.social at Diesel on Tuesday (2/3).

Now I understand why old people are always complaining that the world has gone to shit

"In the blue above, flight is possible. In the blue over the edge of the ship, one plummets to death. Hell was the bottom of the ocean floor until it became salvation." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Wrote 1400 words this morning, which feels like a fitting way to start saying fuck you to the next four years.

Just as each of us has a story, a point of view, a set of elements that define us, so too do the places where we live our lives. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

@penamerica.bsky.social has initiated an emergency grant program for writers and other literary professionals affected by the Los Angeles wildfires. To apply, click the link below. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“If you’re freed of all distinctions, there’s no need of words like ‘God.’” www.altaonline.com/books/nonfic...

"...to live in California meant to understand that disaster could strike at any instant, which is to say that there is nothing we can count on, nothing that will guarantee safe passage through the world." Gorgeous piece on place, fate, character, and fire by @davidulin.bsky.social in the NYT.

"The only solution is to assess your risks and keep on living. That is what Southern California teaches everyone. It’s not a trade-off that to live amid such beauty requires recompense. No, it is something like an acceptance, or even an embrace, of everything we cannot and will never know."

My dear friend David Ulin @davidulin.bsky.social with his trademark insight, breadth, and depth—on the LA wildfires ravaging his hometown, and on the essence of LA itself. LA the Elemental. Exponential entendres intended. NYT, Gift Article:

Beautiful piece by my dear friend.

Who'd want to rush to L.A. when wildfires rage? Professor David Ulin describes a different, deeply Californian mindset in the NY Times.⤵️ @davidulin.bsky.social

Before long, I hope, this will all be over. Before long, I will be back home. In the meantime, it is tearing me up not to be there. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/o...

Have written and filed my first piece of 2025 so I guess this year is really happening.

Somewhere else on the internet, I referred to myself as a devoted heretic, which is true, I'd say, but also makes me want to think more deeply into what heretic and heresy mean. Not in the classic sense -- although that, too -- but in a more active, contemporary way.

“There was a frigid, moral aspect to it, which chilled me to the bone.” www.altaonline.com/books/nonfic...

Wilshire Boulevard, the last Sunday morning of the year.

Night one.

I’d vote to bring this back.

My hat on his head. Cape Cod. August 1979.