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Elon Green

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LAST CALL (2021) and THE MAN NOBODY KILLED (2025) http://www.elongreen.com

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 21d

I’ve been working on this for a while. (I tried to find Bobbie more than a decade ago and failed.) Please do give it a read.

Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 21d

If you love the song “Me and Bobby McGee” you absolutely must read @elongreen.bsky.social on the life of the woman who inspired the song.

The Unlikely Story of the Secretary Who Inspired One of Music’s Greatest Songs

“Me and Bobby McGee” was originally about a woman—Barbara “Bobbie” McKee. I talked to her.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 8h

lmaooooooooo

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 8h

having seen her not that long ago, i gingerly disagree, given that it's not hard to imagine an intra-left brawl break out in the audience

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 8h

It's amusing that you think Aubrey is the asshole in this situation.

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 4d

In NY state the Supreme Court is the lowest rung in the judicial branch and hmmm maybe that ought to apply federally

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 11h

With fondness!!

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 11h

Right. It’s her whole thing now.

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 11h

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 11h

probably some folks are aware of the tweets but not many know about helping to fund the anti-trans legislation

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 11h

Yep, yep.

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 12h

I feel lots of things that felt like, were billed as, self-actualization read in retrospect as canaries in the coal mine for the fraying commitments we owe to each other as members of a society.

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 13h

Relatedly, I recall a lot of "the joy of canceling plans" jokes and memes from the 2010s and now folks are talking about a loneliness epidemic, and, well...

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 11h

“how will you persuade voters?” is a biased question? Come on now.

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 11h

Porter stans on here trying to turn this into some clever answer… bananas.

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 11h

Goddamn right.

Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 11h

The noble frog's reclamation from fascist pervert associations is so long overdue

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 11h

It’s so rare that famous men are done in by their egos. (I’m sure singer wasn’t thrilled that Saul told people he had only taken a few hours to translate.)

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 11h

Can’t believe this is Noah Oppenheim’s second act.

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 1d

“Written by the guy who spiked the Harvey Weinstein story at nbc” isn’t the tagline you want to see

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 11h

For that reason alone I hope she’s dropped into a volcano.

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 11h

A murder of crows, a harem of translators.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 11h

Katie Porter losing her shit at the reporter’s banal questions overshadowed her biggest fuckup: saying that she didn’t need the votes of Trump supporters. I mean, a politician can *think* that mathematically they may not need a segment of voters, but it’s utterly deranged to say that on camera.