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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 5d

weekend listening...
#journalism #newpodcast #writinglife #storytelling #books #publishing

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 5d

"Pull the heart of your work out of your chest and lay it out there for the gods." advice to writers from retired @columbiajournalism.bsky.social professor #SamuelGFreedman
#writing #writingcommunity
#journalism #BookSky #AuthorSky #PodcastSky
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Bob Dylan Might Be His Dad. But the Star of His Book Is His Mom.

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 4d

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little...

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 4d

props to @dwightgarner.bsky.social for suggesting this alternate title for the new #SamSussman novel, "Boy From the North Country":

"You're Going to Make Me Loathsome When You Go"

#amreading #newfiction #BookSky @nytbookreview.bsky.social #BobDylan @writersbone.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/b...

Opinion | The N.F.L. Gets It. Why Don’t Democrats?

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 4d

yes...

"Democrats need to listen for the roar of the crowd." - @mollyjongfast.bsky.social

#BadBunny #NFL #SuperBowl @nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...

Reposted by Daniel Paisner

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 5d

"Pull the heart of your work out of your chest and lay it out there for the gods." advice to writers from retired @columbiajournalism.bsky.social professor #SamuelGFreedman
#writing #writingcommunity
#journalism #BookSky #AuthorSky #PodcastSky
share.google/5P5xlRoaECOD...

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 5d

weekend listening...
#journalism #newpodcast #writinglife #storytelling #books #publishing

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 5d

"Pull the heart of your work out of your chest and lay it out there for the gods." advice to writers from retired @columbiajournalism.bsky.social professor #SamuelGFreedman
#writing #writingcommunity
#journalism #BookSky #AuthorSky #PodcastSky
share.google/5P5xlRoaECOD...

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 5d

"Pull the heart of your work out of your chest and lay it out there for the gods." advice to writers from retired @columbiajournalism.bsky.social professor #SamuelGFreedman
#writing #writingcommunity
#journalism #BookSky #AuthorSky #PodcastSky
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Donald Trump and the Aggressive Pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 6d

how 'bout we all agree to pacify this man with his coveted #NobelPeacePrize, on the condition that he immediately resign his office and renounce every public position he's taken since helping Kevin through the lobby of the Plaza in "Home Alone 2"?... deal?...

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 6d

"Everyone says I should get the Nobel Peace Prize," Donald Trump told the UN last week. Will the Norwegians on the receiving end of his brash lobbying agree?

The president said it would be “a big insult” to the US if he doesn’t win. Some in Norway fear retaliation if he’s disappointed.

bloom.bg

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 6d

well-played...

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 6d

less cowbell... please...

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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 6d

"I don't believe God meant us to be sober." - #evandando
#Lemonheads
#memoir
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

Evan Dando Is Back From the Brink

Lally Weymouth, Globe-Trotting Reporter and Scion of Graham Family, Dies at 82

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 8d

that about sums it up...

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 8d

such a life... such an obit...

... the granddaughter, daughter, sister and mother of publishers of the @washingtonpost.com who was never given a leadership role at the paper... #LallyWeymouth #RIP
#TripGabriel #journalism #legacy
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

Trump Gave the Military’s Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44.

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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 8d

"These were pretty much the same things he talked about a day earlier while standing next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu... the same things he talked about at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service...the same things he talked about at Windsor Castle..." #ShawnMcCreesh
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

it’s not a trip to the desert without a camel ride 🐪 OG Anunoby went for a ride while #inabudhabi

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 9d

spit take - not sure I want to see our $212.5M player on camelback as we lean into a new season...
#Knicks #OGAnunoby #NBA #hoopsky #preseason 🏀 🐫
youtube.com/shorts/H7XWO...

YouTube video by New York Knicks

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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 9d

Oy...

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 9d

heh heh...

"Recognizing that the audience had turned against him, a panicked Donald Trump tried to flee the building but was foiled when the escalator he boarded suddenly lurched to a halt." - @borowitzreport.bsky.social

#militarymadness 🪖
www.borowitzreport.com/p/hegseths-m...

Hegseth's Meeting Backfires as Military Audience Starts Chanting, "Epstein, Epstein"

The Defense Secretary fled the stage in tears.

www.borowitzreport.com

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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 11d

hope you'll take the time to listen...

good stuff on what it takes to write a compelling, selling book proposal, from a former @columbiajournalism.bsky.social professor who helped to launch more than 100 book projects during his storied career...

#journalism #books #publishing #SamuelGFreedman

Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 14d

now spinning, on all the pod platforms...
#SamuelGFreedman @writersbone.com @columbiajournalism.bsky.social #writingcommunity #journalism #storytelling #booksky #publishing
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Episode 96: Samuel G. Freedman - | Listen on GoodPods™

“Pull the heart of your work out of your chest and lay it out there for the gods,” podcast guest Samuel G. Freedman told his Columbia Journalism S...

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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 9d

"Ultimately Democrats are going to have the same problem everyone else does when they’re negotiating with Trump: He’s Trump." - @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
@vanityfair.com
#shutdown
#TrumpShutdown
#politics #LoseLose
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The Clock Is Ticking on a Lose-Lose Government Shutdown

“Democrats have been resolute that we need a real negotiation,” Chuck Schumer tells VF.

www.vanityfair.com

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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 9d

"This 'war from within' you speak of, sir? Is it a gastrointestinal thing?"
#TopBrass
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

5 Takeaways From Trump’s Address to Generals and Admirals