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Philip S Turner

@pstnyc.bsky.social

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Blogger @ http://TheGreatGrayBridge.com /editor @ PT Book Productions—http://philipsturner.com/about-ptbp. Live music&urban enthusiast http://HonouraryCanadian.com

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · Feb 9

I was on a panel last year evaluating book proposals/grant applications in the American history segment of the NEH's public scholar program. I read and recommended support of some superb book ideas. Worried the program will be ended by Tr*mp+M*sk. #PublishingIn2025 #NonFiction #Grants #Reading

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1h

This is a huge scandal, one of the worst in modern law enforcement and something that is astoundingly unconstitutional and illegal.

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 1h

Ed Simon is one of my favorite commentators on gothic topics. The Poe essay below is excellent, as is a current piece on Faustian bargains in American life and politics. #Faust www.themontrealreview.com/Articles/Fau...

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 18h

Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.

www.statnews.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h

EXCLUSIVE: Governor Gavin Newsom’s office confirmed to MeidasTouch he is working with local partners to minimize what would be “a massive disruption, and reckless disregard for California’s infrastructure and communities.”

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 1d

Love what she's wearing.

Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 1d

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 1d

This is what I've had the privilege to watch happening in Chicago:

A genuine social moment, so new and spontaneous (though not without antecedents and seedbeds) it doesn't even yet have a theory or "ideology." Just: people doing....

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 1d

Link to the Commotion episode about John Candy. youtu.be/2NoI1Q1q3nE?...

How we remember John Candy

YouTube video by Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 1d

Great convo w/CBC host Elamin Abdelmahmoud about John Candy w/ @vishkhanna.bsky.social, Teri Hart, and Candy biographer Paul Meyers. I loved Vish's comment abt "the dad-sized hole in John Candy's life." My fave John Candy scene is when he play Babe Ruth who's asked to hit a home run for a sick kid.

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 2d

I'm eager to read One of Us. I just finished his 2017 novel Ill Will, which I found quite engrossing. I also liked Sleepwalk very much.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 2d

I'm attending “NO KINGS New York City March - October 18” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

NO KINGS New York City March - October 18 · Indivisible

Downtown Nasty Women, Markers For Democracy and Team Min will be participating in the No Kings Protest on Saturday, October 18 at Father Duffy Square on 47th street and Broadway. Join us! We are mee...

www.mobilize.us

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 2d

this is an incredibly ominous beginning to a future with a largely carved out federal emergency response system

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 2d

Zohran rally right now. www.youtube.com/live/2PP82Rd...

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2d

something for Indigenous Peoples Day, a piece I wrote a while back about the connections between art and heritage when you're trying to parse some things about your identity

Native Son – Mn Artists

When once-hidden details of Native heritage eventually come to light for later generations, people so assimilated they have come of age mostly oblivious to those roots, is there way to reconnect with ...

mnartists.walkerart.org

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day

Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

TONIGHT @ 7:00pm:

Our Time Has Come
Rally Livestream on IG + YouTube

Feat.
Attorney General Tish James
Rep. Nydia Velázquez
Rep. Adriano Espaillat
CM Chi Ossé
@kristengonzalez.bsky.social
Lina Khan
Natasha Cloud
The Kid Mero

MC'd by @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social

Big colorful graphic of Zohran smiling that says, "Our Time Has Come: Rally Tonight" and a list of speakers.

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 3d

Correction: Ill Will is not Dan Chaon’s first novel.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Still can’t operate an umbrella, I see.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump gets some help closing his umbrella while boarding Air Force One

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 3d

Hi @natepatrin.bsky.social—I'm sure this essay will interest you, re: cover songs: lithub.com/living-in-th...

Living in the Shadow of Your Father’s Iconic Song

From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 4:47 PM Subject: Re: Two quick “I Fought the Law” questions Hi Randal, Thank you for your interest in “I Fought the Law.” To answer your qu…

lithub.com

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 3d

Just finished Ill Will, Dan Chaon’s first novel, largely set in Cleveland. Pretty compelling, even though its execution doesn’t fully match its ambition. I had very much dug his 2022 novel Sleepwalk, and want to read his latest, One of Us, a carny novel.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 4d

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 4d

Ooh, I'm putting this Yale exhibit on my go-to list. Here are images of a small Blake engraving I own.