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Juliana Gray

@julianagray.bsky.social

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Poet & smartass.

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Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Aug 29

Not only did I write this, but I also escaped that cursed washing machine in the 5th-floor Roman walkup.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Aug 28

"Do you want to play the game of laundry? Can you find the correct energy-efficient setting that will wash your clothes in only six hours? One wrong choice begins a cycle that takes seventeen hours and leaves a permanent orange residue on your clothes."

Escape Room Challenge: Your European Airbnb

Welcome to this tiny fifth-floor Airbnb, your home for the next four days in a major European city. Can you escape without incurring additional fee...

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 4d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Rufus Hickok @rufus-hickok.bsky.social · Aug 28

With so much wrong about this 'Ed Gein is bringing sexy back!' take, I'm still going to focus on the historical detail that he couldn't possibly have owned a chainsaw.

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · Aug 27

First look at Charlie Hunnman as serial killer Ed Gein in Ryan Murphy’s ‘MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY’

Releasing October 3 on Netflix.

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Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Shame about the cookie sheet, though. 😁

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pumpkin spice Toddé @toddedillard.bsky.social · Sep 2

my issue of Threepenny is here! here’s my poem “Present Tense,” I would love for you to give it a read!

“I know this so loudly I don’t
hear, at first, my father’s silence.”

Present Tense
by Todd Dillard

My father’s telling me about his dog,
how it fell into a well
when they were walking down a wooded path.
His dog ran across some rotted planks,
the planks splintered, “And whoosh!”
my father says. “No more dog.”
I look at the clock and remind my father it’s three A.M.
“I’m not finished,” he says.
He tells me about the rope he bought, the bucket,
how he knotted the rope to the bucket, lowered it down,
and yelled for the dog to get in.
“But all I pulled up was more barking.”
“Dad,” I say. “This never happened.”
He says he can’t remember
how long he tried to get the dog
to shimmy into the bucket.
Just that at some point
when the sky turned tawny—“Dad—“
as a pitcher of sweet tea—“Dad—“
he decided to give up.
“Dad,” I say. “It’s late.
I’m tired. And you’re dead.”
“Dammit, son,” my father says. “Let me finish!”
My father tells me about filling the bucket with dirt
and pouring the dirt into the well.
And I know what he’s getting at, I know
he’s going to tell me bucket by bucket
he filled the well and
the dog jumped out. He’s going to say
something about how the dog
led him home through the dark.
I know this so loudly I don’t
hear, at first, my father’s silence.
“Dad?” I say. “Dad, are you there?”
I keep lowering the bucket
but all I ever pull up are leaves.
Red leaves. Lately, some gold.

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Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Aug 29

Not only did I write this, but I also escaped that cursed washing machine in the 5th-floor Roman walkup.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Aug 28

Escape Room Challenge: Your European Airbnb

Welcome to this tiny fifth-floor Airbnb, your home for the next four days in a major European city. Can you escape without incurring additional fee...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Aug 19

So we hate doing stuff like this, but as social media platforms continue to throttle indie publishers like us, we rely now more than ever on our readers. If you can spare $3 or $5 or whatever a month, it would go a long way to help us keep on keeping on. buff.ly/E4eljl9

Creating daily humor almost every day

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Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Aug 11

And the award for best afterword title goes to @lauralippman.bsky.social

The essay’s hilarious title is “Shut Up, Memory.”

Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Jul 22

“But isn’t it hard to be vegan? What do you eat?”

A photo of a display of chilled wine labeled “MEATLESS”

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Christopher Swartout @chrisswartout.bsky.social · May 27

Nick Saban could do the funniest thing right now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 27

Tommy Tuberville announces on Fox News that he's running for governor of Alabama

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Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · May 9

Do you think he washed his meth first with his little hands? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Ohio police find raccoon holding meth pipe during traffic stop

When an officer took the pipe away, the raccoon pulled out another.

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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · May 8

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · May 4

He is risen. 🙏

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Apr 21

"There is almost no proof that Vance is responsible for the death of Pope Francis. All we know is that the vice president met with the pope, and a few hours later, the pope was dead. To draw a line between those two facts would almost definitely be a little bit premature."

Getting Ahead of It: JD Vance Almost Definitely Didn’t Kill the Pope

Let’s make one thing very clear: So far, there is almost no proof that JD Vance is directly responsible for the death of Pope Francis. All we know ...

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Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Apr 16

This poem will tear your heart out.

Verse Daily @versedaily.bsky.social · Apr 16

Today's poem is "Mood Swing"
by Erica Dawson
from Birmingham Poetry Review
All Subscribers got to hear this poet from their inbox!
www.versedaily.org/2025/moodswi...

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Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Apr 13

It’s a terrific poem.

Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Apr 13

Really feeling this poem by @peninsulapoet.bsky.social posted on @versedaily.bsky.social today.

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Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Apr 1

NYTimes games are really fucking with us today.

Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Mar 8

There will be a guy with BAGPIPES

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · Mar 4

The fact that there might be a conclave so close to a movie about one has really motivated me to finish my screenplay "The Tech CEO Who Died of Diarrhea So Explosive The Coroner Said He Had No Lower Back to Speak Of"

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · Mar 2

Me, judging everyone’s red carpet looks tonight

George Costanza on couch covered in chips

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Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Feb 23

Four pangrams? In this economy?

Spelling Bee Solver (@beesolved from Twitter) @sbsolver.com · Feb 23

#SPELLINGBEE HINTS
February 23, 2025

I / A C E L N P

Words: 70
Score: 382
Pangrams: 4
Perfect: 1
Debuts: 1
Bingo: Yes

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#nytsb #nytbee #hivemind

February 23, 2025: Basic Spelling Bee Hints

This page offers basic customizable hints for solving the New York Times Spelling Bee from February 23, 2025.

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Pumpkin Powered Fuckmachine @mrmoj.bsky.social · Feb 22

JK Rowling naming an Italian

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

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Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Feb 10

Someone please bring McConaughey inside before he drowns like a chicken.

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Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Feb 10

Last week at my hair salon, the woman in the next chair was reading and chuckling. I asked what she was reading and she showed me the cover of Villa Incognito.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Feb 9

Breaking News: Tom Robbins, whose comic novels drew a cult following by blending pop philosophy and absurdist comedy, has died at 92.

Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92

He blended pop philosophy and absurdist comedy in best-selling books like “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Skinny Legs and All.”