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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · 3d

thanks, Brian!

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 13d

SIMBA IS MISSING IN BROOKLYN: last seen at Avenue D and 42nd St, he's 42 pounds and chipped: 985113010311373. If you've seen or found him please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT SIMBA!

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · 15d

as a definer on the Tenth, I'm pleased as punch to see that the dictionary is putting out a new, riffleable print edition!

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 16d

We have some words for you.

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.

The NEW Twelfth Edition.

Made of paper.

11.18.2025

www.merriam-webster.com/collegiate-d...

Merriam Webster NEW 12th Edition Collegiate Dictionary

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · 16d

headlining at @bookculture.com on Monday with the new edition of Inside of a Dog, and with Christine Webb. NYC, hope to see you there!

book culture @bookculture.com · 16d

yes this is a post to let you know event season starts tonight
bookculture.com/upcoming-eve...

Mark Mazower TONIGHT!
@alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social & @christinewebb.bsky.social in convo Monday
Stephanie Cowell on her Brontë novel Tuesday
@bernardharcourt.bsky.social on Foucault Wednesday
& more!

bookculture.com

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book culture @bookculture.com · 16d

yes this is a post to let you know event season starts tonight
bookculture.com/upcoming-eve...

Mark Mazower TONIGHT!
@alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social & @christinewebb.bsky.social in convo Monday
Stephanie Cowell on her Brontë novel Tuesday
@bernardharcourt.bsky.social on Foucault Wednesday
& more!

bookculture.com

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · 17d

today in dogs in art: Rembrandt copies dog, badly
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/a...

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · 17d

ha! that sounds like she's just playing you :)

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · 18d

you know who doesn't cheat? dogs

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · Sep 10

yay! those are some very good dogs

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Ella Williamson @ellawilliamson.bsky.social · Sep 9

Look what arrived in the post today! 📚 The updated version of ‘Inside of a dog’ by @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social 🐶 the boys won this copy through a recent photo competition by Dr Horowitz - we’re excited to read! 📖 (and retrieve in Russo’s case)

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · Sep 5

Begich to caribou: drop dead. #roadecology

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...

House Votes to Advance a Mining Road Through the Alaskan Wilderness

www.nytimes.com

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · Sep 5

love it! "better book before you buy" -- wisdom there :)

the new one has updates but has the same heart as the original

thanks for reading (&reviewing!)

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · Sep 2

"Right now, you are missing the vast majority of what is happening around you."

A cognitive scientist's field guide to the art of seeing www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/12/o...

The Art of Looking: Eleven Ways of Viewing the Multiple Realities of Our Everyday Wonderland

“Attention is an intentional, unapologetic discriminator. It asks what is relevant right now, and gears us up to notice only that.”

www.themarginalian.org

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · Aug 30

I like the little shake at the end too -- concluding the episode

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · Aug 24

yes, briefly!
-- I'm more concerned with understanding dogs' extant communications that we miss...

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · Aug 23

I'm pleased as punch to know that. hurrah for being amazed and wonderfilled

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · Aug 22

this is great stuff, Mike! I and my 250 Milky Ways love it.

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · Aug 22

omg. dude.

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ret81.bsky.social @ret81.bsky.social · Aug 10

Nora "nose" what's inside

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Brian Patrick Duggan @bpduggan.bsky.social · Aug 9

Sign us up, please!

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · Aug 9

BOOK RAFFLE ALERT!
In anticipation of the Sept. publication of the Revised & Updated version of Inside of a Dog, enter a raffle for the new edition by replying or DM'ing me a photo of your dog with the original Inside of a Dog!
by @scribnerbooks.bsky.social

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · Aug 9

BOOK RAFFLE ALERT!
In anticipation of the release of the Revised & Updated version of Inside of a Dog, reply or DM me with a photo of your dog with the original book to enter a raffle for one of three copies of the new edition!

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Alexandra Horowitz @alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social · Aug 8

me realizing there are only 3 more weeks of summer

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Brandon Keim @brandonkeim.bsky.social · Aug 5

Ignore the stories about how terrible spotted lanternflies are.

If you own a vineyard, they're a pest. If not, they’re no big deal: a new ecosystem member, eaten by other animals.

You don't need to feel bad about them, or squash them, or cut down their trees. You have permission to enjoy them.

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