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dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Sep 17

Today is Samuel Weisberg's centenary, better known (barely) as poet Samuel Menashe. Despite talking beautifully & deeply about everyday things using everyday words, he was so neglected, they gave him a Neglected Master award of $50k. Here's how I knew him. danfriedmanme.substack.com/p/an-undisco...

An Undiscovered Poem of a Neglected Master

Discovering Samuel Menashe Anew at 100

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dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Aug 26

As per JB Pritzker: "thirteen of the top twenty cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of these cities is Chicago. Eight of the top ten states with the highest homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states is Illinois.”

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · Aug 15

On one hand, Republican officials call themselves "warfighters."

On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident.

Real macho stuff.

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dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Aug 13

Does anyone care that the new Cuomo social media team sound absolutely nothing like Cuomo? Or is it just good theater?

dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Aug 8

Pure white ribbon?

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · Aug 7

Just over a month ago, trailblazing particle physicist Mary Gaillard passed away. Today, we induct her into the Archive. Her work on kaons, strange and charm quarks, the Higgs boson, and supersymmetry was central to the Particle Revolution.

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#WomenInSTEM #Physics #HistSci 🧪⚛️

Underneath It All: Mary K Gaillard’s Adventures in the World Subatomic

The sub-atomic world as we learn about it in high school is a seemingly settled and staid affair - you have protons and neutrons in the nucleus, and much smaller electrons orbiting about them. Electro...

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dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Aug 8

It's like they want Americans to be sick.

ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 8

With deep job cuts at the FDA, inspectors say the ongoing strain could compromise policing an industry spread across more than 90 countries.

“Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.

FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say

Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked with rooting out dangerous manufacturing practices.

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dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Aug 8

btw btw I would definitely help write that series.

dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Aug 8

Btw, it's after a war, but not post-apocalyptic.

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dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Aug 8

I reviewed @anneleen.bsky.social's new book which, btw, would serve as the basis for an amazing cartoon series.

bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · Aug 6

Automatic for the Robots explores Automatic Noodle, Annalee Newitz’s post-apocalyptic novella about robots running a noodle shop. Tender, political, hopeful.
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@Annaleen #AutomaticNoodle #AnnaleeNewitz #CozySciFi #BFGReads

Automatic for the Robots - Book and Film Globe

I feel conflicted about Automatic Noodle, the latest novella from Annalee Newitz. On the one hand, Newitz is one of my favorite thinkers and writers in

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dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Aug 4

I wrote a thing about Marc Maron’s new show.

bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · Aug 4

Panicked! In Marc Maron's new comedy special he's “mining for gold in a river of panic.” He shovels real & metaphorical poop on the way to personal insight and dark laughs.
Review at: bookandfilmglobe.com/comedy/minin...
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#Panicked #MarcMaron #HBOmax #StandupComedy

Mining for Gold in a River of Panic - Book and Film Globe

In the first 2 minutes of Mark Maron’s new stand-up show Panicked he dismisses 50 million of the American electorate. Within 30 seconds he has called

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Justin Fox @byjustinfox.bsky.social · Jul 21

The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Chart showing risk of being murdered in the subway if you rode 500 times last year (0.4 in 100,000) versus other risks such as that of dying in a traffic accident in the US last year (12.1 in 100,000)

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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · Jul 28

Fawlty Towers is about to turn 50. We revisit the cringe, chaos & comedic genius that made these 12 short episodes Britain's finest.
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@danfriedmanme.bsky.social #FawltyTowers #ClassicComedy #BFGTakes

Don’t Mention the Anniversary - Book and Film Globe

For decades at the end of the last millennium our family gatherings would be marked by repeat viewings of Fawlty Towers episodes taped on deteriorating

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dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Jul 31

Corporations ICIJ.org/tags/irs

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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · Jul 31

August streaming roundup:
@netflix.com Wednesday S2 (Aug 6), Hostage,
Hulu King of the Hill reboot (Aug 4), Alien: Earth
@primevideo.bsky.social The Pickup (Aug 6), Butterfly
& @criterionchannel.bsky.social @streamonmax.bsky.social
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#StreamingAugust #BFGTakes

Everything Streaming August 2025! - Book and Film Globe

Everything That’s Streaming in August 2025 As we head into the heat domes of summer, most streaming services are offering slim pickins. Well, except for

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dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Jul 28

Genius at 50.

bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · Jul 28

Fawlty Towers is about to turn 50. We revisit the cringe, chaos & comedic genius that made these 12 short episodes Britain's finest.
bookandfilmglobe.com/comedy/dont-...
@danfriedmanme.bsky.social #FawltyTowers #ClassicComedy #BFGTakes

Don’t Mention the Anniversary - Book and Film Globe

For decades at the end of the last millennium our family gatherings would be marked by repeat viewings of Fawlty Towers episodes taped on deteriorating

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Gordon Haber @gordonhaber.bsky.social · Jul 16

I asked AI image generators to draw me.
See the surprising results…
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · Jul 14

Or, as @stevevladeck.bsky.social says: open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...

167. The Inconsistent Court Strikes Again

Comparing Monday's unexplained grant of emergency relief in the Department of Education downsizing case to how the justices handled President Biden's student loan program is ... telling.

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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · Jul 15

The show they couldn't categorize is snubbed by the Emmys. bookandfilmglobe.com/comedy/very-... @dropout.tv @vipeopleshow.bsky.social @vicmmic.bsky.social @theemmys.tv #VeryImportantPeople #Emmys

'Very Important People' Snubbed In Emmy Talk Series Category It Can’t Win - Book and Film Globe

Imagine an improvised show so well-played that it feels like a tightly-scripted comedic short. Like an elaborate Whose Line Is It Anyway game, with the

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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · Jul 14

The thing about "new normals" is that until the whole global economy gets off of fossil fuels, new normals will soon become old normals. These are snapshots on an upward climbs not a stable new resting place at the top of a hill and... www.bbc.com/news/article...

Met Office: Extreme weather the UK's new normal

The UK has a notably different climate compared with just a few decades ago, the Met Office says.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · May 1

OK I at this point I am 100% convinced that a malicious government with sway at FIFA designed the Club World Cup trophy to be as gold as possible so Trump would keep it in the Oval Office and then filled it with listening devices. It's been there for months!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · May 1

The White House Flickr account just published a photo taken yesterday that feels like one of those you could dissect for hours.

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office seated at the Resolute Desk with three men standing on the other side of the desk looking at him. Scott Bessent is smiling, Marco Rubio looks sullen with his hands in his pockets, and Mike Waltz looks like he knows he's about to get fired.

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dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Jul 14

Important piece by the excellent @dfriedman.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...?

Stop taking the Epstein bait, Dems

Democrats don't need conspiracy theories. There are more than enough real Trump scandals.

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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · Jul 14

I am just learning that Trump went to the Club World Cup championship, got booed, hung awkwardly around on stage after the game, then stole the trophy. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-kept-g...

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dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Jul 11

supposed to be good! bookandfilmglobe.com/film/gunning...

Gunning for a Good Time - Book and Film Globe

Here comes the sun — the yellow rays of Sol, to be precise, reinvigorating and refreshing a bloodied, broken franchise. Superman is back again in

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dan friedman @danfriedmanme.bsky.social · Jul 11

Oh gosh, something educational about physics?

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