tomnissley.bsky.social
Owner of Phinney Books in Seattle, author of A Reader’s Book of Days
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This is like the Hollywood studios and Hearst uniting against Upton Sinclair when he ran for governor of California.
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This led me down the much more interesting path of "how did we get the idea this film was censored in the first place" and discovering that every source cites an 1896 satirical article that was misinterpreted as being serious.
AI? It would have said it was the first movie to be censored.
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For example, when I researched THE KISS (1896), I was prepared to write about how it was censored. The majority of sources say that it was.
But looking into contemporary accounts, I discovered it wasn't censored at all. It offended almost no one. People loved it. It was screened at churches.
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This whole "AI can organize your first draft and research for you" thing only makes sense if the writer has a pre-conceived conclusion and wants research to support it.
Research requires an open mind. You need to be prepared to follow it wherever it leads you, even if it means you are wrong.
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One of my favorite union trivia things is that all these Peel sessions only exist because of British musicians union rules restricting what percentage of the time the bbc could play records instead of live music
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Ron Whyte's account of his yelling match with Stan Lee over the gayness of Marvel's superheroes, in an easier-to-read format
PROOF that subversively queer cape fans have always been here and will never go away
Please read the full article!
flaminghydra.com/a-swingin-su...
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Fawlty Towers, Washington Week in Review
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Yes, really the only critique I can make of Is a River Alive? is: Needs More Beavers!
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Oh yes x 2
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I'm sorry to hear it, Claire--thank you for all your work. _Especially_ for listening to all those Mike Richards podcasts. #thewomanwhosavedjeopardy
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I am curious if it is building this from analyzing the novel itself, or from mimicking other reviews of it. The first would be impressive; the second noteworthy but plagiaristic
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The idiotic desire to have them all has been rekindled...
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The Time Reading Program! I penned a little love letter to those beauts a while back: ephemeralfirmament.typepad.com/ephemeral-fi...
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Oh boy: unexpected, and intriguing, comp. Does she spend half the books hiding in a hole in the ground?