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Sebastian Stockman

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BLM. Teaching Prof., Northeastern. Reviewer @nytbooks @washpost @BostonGlobe, elsewhere. he/him Newsletter at https://sebastianstockman.substack.com/

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · May 10

I was asked to open the reception for our graduating English majors this week, so I made it into a little post.

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A Note to the Graduates

The English majors, specifically

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2d

If the Altman be Bob,
Great work, good job
If the Altman be Sam,
Good grief, goddamn

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2d

If the Altman be Bob,
Great work, good job
If the Altman be Sam,
Good grief, goddamn

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2d

If the Altman be Bob,
Great work, good job
If the Altman be Sam,
Good grief, goddamn

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 15h

Dignity, always dignity

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Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 15h

Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy try to make sense of Kirby Smart getting off the hook for calling a timeout here.

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 15h

He’s going to push his luck and try to get the TO back just before the next snap

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 15h

That time he was just clapping

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23h

(forgetting the word for antibiotics) do i need cancel culture

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 16h

Remember that if the Democrats take power again, they will go into great detail telling you why they can't do things.

You will tell them that Trump did those things, and they will say he broke the law.

You will then ask why he hasn't been arrested, and they will be very quiet.

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 16h

Fitting that UGA misses that FG

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 16h

Kirby Smart called timeout as the play clock ran down, immediately denied he’d done it, and they let him keep the TO and run the play!

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 16h

It was also hilarious. Maybe Kirby at his weaseliest.

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 16h

Kirby Smart called timeout as the play clock ran down, immediately denied he’d done it, and they let him keep the TO and run the play!

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 1d

Manhattan Transfer

Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 1d

What would be the wildest concert for a fight to break out at?

Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 1d

Would watch an Abbott-Pritzker push-up contest

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Greg Abbott tells Pritzker to "stop complaining and do some pushups"

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

If our TV networks had not been captured by the right wing, some very easy journalism would be to play this clip besides a very not on fire Portland and then tell viewers that the President of the United States is living in an alternate reality.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 2d

it's ok to be a nimby about prisons

Bolts @boltsmag.org · 2d

“My NIMBY stance was for my family property in the beginning. Now it’s for my whole state. I say no, we don’t want a prison. We don’t want this mega prison in this state,” says a resident of Franklin County, Arkansas.

The Prison Next Door

How Arkansas’ secretive plan for a new state lockup angered people in a deep red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration.

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the latest update of the House legislative calendar. Summer break was July 24-September 1. Epstein Files / shutdown break will be Sept. 20 to at least October 20. (3 work weeks out of 9 weeks)

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2d

Bill, what do you think about ChatGPT writing?

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 2d

Yiiiiiiiiikes 😬

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 2d

Caitlin Flanagan
@CaitlinPacific
I’ve missed hearing Woody Allen’s voice - I’d been so rattled this week and there he was, his full self.

⁦
@bariweiss
⁩ is the perfect interviewer. She seemed almost like a daughter to him - in a way she is. We all are.

Order Life with Baum!

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2d

When I log on

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2d

If the Altman be Bob,
Great work, good job
If the Altman be Sam,
Good grief, goddamn

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry to hear this, Celeste. Warmth and love to you and your family.

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 3d

Warren Zevon really put it best:

“Grandpa pissed his pants again/He don’t give a damn”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2d

Thorp’s woke

Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com • 10h
So, Gil Thorp stood up for the rights of trans athletes, entered the National Spotlight, and now every professional sports team in his fictional universe is trying to hire a high school football coach.
Gil Thorp
By Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill
RING!
RIN
MILFORD HIGH - I CAN TAKE A MESSAGE FOR COACH THORP...
I'LL TELL HIM...
COWBOYS?
RING!
RING!
RING!
10/9
I HAVE HALF THE PARENTS THREATENING TO PULL THEIR CHILDREN BECALISE YOU MIGHT NOT BE WORKING HERE...
DR. PEARL,
1 SAID WHAT I SAID.
...AND THE OTHER HALF BECALISE OF WHAT YOU SAID.
COACH
THORP, THE KNICKS WANT TO FLY YOU TO NYC.
WHAT SHOULD I TELL THEM?
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Marquis Lafayette @renegadesci.bsky.social · 2d

I hope every team he enjoys loses from bad calls.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

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Sebastian Stockman @substockman.bsky.social · 2d

Daboll’s even working at it when he comes to the sideline