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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 2d

I love this book; just read it for the second time and it will almost certainly be my favorite book published this year. I have the hardcover but will get an ebook version for redundancy!

Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social · 2d

do you like ebooks

do you like ebooks about haunted architecture

did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal?

just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd!

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Rose/House

Rose/House is a breathtaking and taut sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire.“I’m a piece of arc...

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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 2d

Take me back... to Wittgenstein?! Yes please.

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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 4d

Multi-year AAR concluded that it was, in fact, cyber: www.denver7.com/news/local-n...

‘Large boulder the size of a small boulder’: San Miguel Sheriff celebrates five years since iconic tweet

The San Miguel Sheriff’s Office is celebrating five years since an iconic social media post – and shouting out its author – on Monday.

www.denver7.com

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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 5d

I emailed a company support desk today asking how much one of their products weighs, and got back an AI response that said “we don’t list the weight of this product on the page.” Mind totally blown. 🤯

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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 5d

Everything is being carried by the AI bubble and crypto speculation.

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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 5d

As bad as Hoover was (and he was very bad) he refused to support Nixon at the end because he worried that the image of corruption would taint his legacy. Today, unabashed corruption is a central feature of the image.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 5d

"To members of the post-liberal right, J. Edgar Hoover is not an ominous figure, but a pillar of security whose cunning and craft helped save the country from radical subversion." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politics...

The Politics of Fear in American History

The precedents for the violence and overt use of state power we are now experiencing can be found in the 1910s and 1920s rather than the 1930s and 1940s.

www.liberalcurrents.com

Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 9d

Do you recommend it? My dead tree queue is too long for it, but I have been thinking of burning an Audible credit on it for the next road trip.

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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 9d

ZOMG, never have I bought something so fast. Not only is H.D. my favorite poet but To the Lighthouse is my favorite novel. Thank you!

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Dr. Kim Hannula @stressrelated.bsky.social · 10d

The Colorado state constitution was originally published in English and Spanish (and German).

coloradosun.com/2025/10/20/w...

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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 11d

Finished "The Missionary Kids" by @hollybfletcher.bsky.social, almost certainly the only serious book I have read because the author is funny (and serious) on YouTube. Very interesting work on a subject I never would have considered otherwise.

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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 12d

Did the former Senate Intel Chairman think about what betraying USG informants might mean for CIA, FBI, DIA, ATF, or DEA going forward?

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 17d

"Are you still alive in there, Djuna?"

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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 18d

I should've just said "after Dickinson".

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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 18d

The H.D. Book by Robert Duncan. Definitely not for everyone though. And eggplant parm sandwiches.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 18d

Ok switching up the vibes. Everyone recommend a book you like. Or a sandwich or something

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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 18d

H.D. is hands down the greatest poet of the last 120 years.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 18d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 18d

This is a very important point for understanding my field. It accounts for why journalists who speak primarily to “principals” often have radically different reporting than those who are closer to mid-level bureaucrats or on-the-ground operatives.

dcthings.bsky.social @dcthings.bsky.social · 18d

Genuinely embarrassing that no senior leaders I interact with actually read anything (yes this also applies to Biden appointees). No one responds to emails, no one reads past two sentences, no one does anything. The rest of the Pentagon follows along.

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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 23d

I wonder what will happen to GLB. The visibility and the DDoS mitigation stuff that was added after you left were absolutely crucial.

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Jay Swan @sanjuanswan.bsky.social · 24d

Desktop machine vibes are on point too.

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