thatadampalmer.bsky.social
I make my living the old-fashioned way: writing. (he/him)
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I was surprised to see that she lives in both Tulsa (my old stomping grounds) and LA (my new grounds upon which I do not stomp but rather drive to see concerts).
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Terrence Malick has given me so much through his art, and I’ve never really known him save for what I’ve experienced through his films. Now I know him better & I’m all the more grateful for his work, his humanity, his soul. Thank you, John Bleasdale, for this gift of a book. @mzspress.bsky.social
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I got the Orbit Basic from U-Turn last year and love it. Simple design, looks great, sounds great, American-made. uturnaudio.com/collections/...
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They had me at "physical knobs"
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Y’know, THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS is kinda the perfect book to take camping. Doesn’t demand too much of you, doesn’t offer a ton in return, is easy to put down so you can watch the sunrise, in an emergency can become kindling with no reservations. It’s fine, but… www.instagram.com/p/DIuk8HRTAx...
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Me, spending 2 hours every Sunday hearing a Jesused-up version of a corporate sales training pitch at a “church” that used to be (and still looks like) a Circuit City: I feel spiritually empty for some reason
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Jeff Chu has a unique perspective on American life in general and American Christian life specifically and he brings his typical vulnerability to GOOD SOIL, which felt scattershot at first but eventually settled into a thread-weaving narrative. I’m grateful for his voice.
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Had this thought during the cold open this week and I actually wondered if he was sick or something and that was throwing him off.
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I hope it treats you well.
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Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
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IRISHMAN, BUSTER SCRUGGS, THE KILLER (Fincher), THE POWER OF THE DOG, The Wes Anderson Roald Dahl shorts, MUDBOUND, ALL QUIET (if that counts), MANK, PINOCCHIO (Del Toro)
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“A-dios”
(Matt Damon pronouncing it with a long A in True Grit)
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please have as much confidence in your writing as the co-author of 10,001 Names for Horses
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A (and C)
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That’s what I was hoping to hear.
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Is this book as good as I’m hoping it will be?
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And to think there was a time when “I got more action than my man John Woo” would’ve been the line that needed explanation.
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The Economy™ is not doling out more and worse recessions; everything that could make the recessions feel slightly less catastrophic deteriorated around us. I think that’s what “millennials” (or whoever) are reacting to.
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I have discovered that, when YouTube gives me an unskippable ad, I can "skip" it by refreshing the page. Then the video just plays with no ad in front of it.
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My teenage daughter was moderately obsessed with it a few years ago, especially the part where a bully jeers that it must be “Take a Worm for a Walk Week.” They just don’t craft zingers like that anymore.
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When I was in college one of my professors drove this home by pointing out the amount we paid for each class period. “If I put a turnstile at the door and charged you every time you came in this room, how would that change what you do in here?”
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Lemme know how it is!
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Wow. WHALEFALL is a huge, huge swing and darn if Daniel Kraus didn’t knock it out of the park. Creatively grounded and immersively emotional. I’ve never read anything like it and when the Brian Duffield film adaptation comes out I’ll probably have never seen anything like it. Incredible.
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Each of his very good books somehow better than the last. And his next one will be a poetry book with a title taken from a Spanish Love Songs lyric. He is a deep well and I’m grateful for his work.
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So exciting! I know you’re gonna kill it. MCB one of the few things that makes me miss Tulsa and I know you’re gonna even deepen that legacy.