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JHunt🛡️ @jhuntinfosec.com · 7d

A good read.

Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 7d

Here is a wonderful essay from @danbrooks.bsky.social on the encroachment of MMA culture into all walks of American life, and what you yourself can—and can't—learn from fighting www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

‘Warrior Culture’ Offers a Lot, but Not Everything

A growing appreciation for hand-to-hand combat has permeated nearly all levels of American life. What does that mean?

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 7d

Here is a wonderful essay from @danbrooks.bsky.social on the encroachment of MMA culture into all walks of American life, and what you yourself can—and can't—learn from fighting www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

‘Warrior Culture’ Offers a Lot, but Not Everything

A growing appreciation for hand-to-hand combat has permeated nearly all levels of American life. What does that mean?

www.theatlantic.com

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 7d

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 17d

The shamelessness coursing through modern society is nothing new, but more and more I think it's the defining tension of the 21st century — attempting to live a meaningful life, characterized by meaningful beliefs, can feel so silly when measured against such rife shamelessness. (At least for me...)

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 17d

Now that’s what I call a pivot

Tweet from Shaun king that reads: “Fascinating to see Jews, who do not believe in the Christian Bible, and generally do not read or study it, critique how a Christian tells a story from it at the funeral of a Christian.

I was a Christian pastor for 14 years.

The story Tucker Carlson told was Biblical. Period.”

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 20d

This is Sunday — it's going to be really good

The Drake Motel @drakemotel.bsky.social · 22d

This Sunday, come to the Brooklyn Book Fest and watch me bother @andrealongchu.bsky.social, @jeremygordon.bsky.social, and Sarah Chihaya about criticism

The Fiction Impulse in Nonfiction Criticism - Brooklyn Book Festival

Three literary critics consider the boundary between fiction and nonfiction, literature and criticism. While Sarah Chihaya (Bibliophobia), Andrea Long Chu (Authority), and Jeremy Gordon (See Friendshi...

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The Drake Motel @drakemotel.bsky.social · 22d

This Sunday, come to the Brooklyn Book Fest and watch me bother @andrealongchu.bsky.social, @jeremygordon.bsky.social, and Sarah Chihaya about criticism

The Fiction Impulse in Nonfiction Criticism - Brooklyn Book Festival

Three literary critics consider the boundary between fiction and nonfiction, literature and criticism. While Sarah Chihaya (Bibliophobia), Andrea Long Chu (Authority), and Jeremy Gordon (See Friendshi...

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 24d

I'm doing a panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival on September 21 with Andrea Long Chu, Sarah Chihaya, and Daniel Drake — no spoilers, but we're solving books. Come through if you can make it, event info here: brooklynbookfestival.org/event/the-fi...

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 25d

In “Muscle Man,” a new novel about a socially awkward, contrarian professor, Jordan Castro shows how private grievances can blossom into grand obsessions, @jeremygordon.bsky.social writes:

A Complex Portrait of a Contrarian Crank

An alienated professor takes up weight lifting and ranting in Jordan Castro’s perceptive new novel, Muscle Man.

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 27d

I wrote about the jacked, radicalized minds of Jordan Castro's new novel MUSCLE MAN

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27d

In “Muscle Man,” a new novel about a socially awkward, contrarian professor, Jordan Castro shows how private grievances can blossom into grand obsessions, @jeremygordon.bsky.social writes:

A Complex Portrait of a Contrarian Crank

An alienated professor takes up weight lifting and ranting in Jordan Castro’s perceptive new novel, Muscle Man.

bit.ly

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · 27d

I wrote about the jacked, radicalized minds of Jordan Castro's new novel MUSCLE MAN

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27d

In “Muscle Man,” a new novel about a socially awkward, contrarian professor, Jordan Castro shows how private grievances can blossom into grand obsessions, @jeremygordon.bsky.social writes:

A Complex Portrait of a Contrarian Crank

An alienated professor takes up weight lifting and ranting in Jordan Castro’s perceptive new novel, Muscle Man.

bit.ly

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · Sep 5

I was on the New Books Network podcast talking SEE FRIENDSHIP and many assorted topics newbooksnetwork.com/see-friendship

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · Sep 2

Instead of speed reading 17 pages over 6 train stops I am listening to Pitbull and “liking” one billion posts

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Aug 25

Bobby Hill, the sensitive tween of “King of the Hill,” is now an adult—with extremely Millennial anxieties, writes @jeremygordon.bsky.social:

Bobby Hill’s Very Millennial Sorta-Adulthood

The sensitive tween of “King of the Hill” has now grown up—and captures the anxieties of a generation.

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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · Aug 25

love this from @mitchtherieau.bsky.social on the difficulty we have historicizing Obama-era musical trends and how folk-rock in particular was “about the capture of social life”

The Tragedy Of “Stomp Clap Hey” | Defector

In 1971, the great rock critic Lester Bangs tried to imagine a time when the music of the recent past would seem alien. Projecting himself into the old age he would never reach, he pictured his future...

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Abby Sewell @sewella.bsky.social · Aug 25

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.

She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
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Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital

A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · Aug 22

I wrote about Bobby Hill, my favorite millennial www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

Bobby Hill Has Finally Grown Up. Kinda.

The sensitive tween of “King of the Hill” is now an adult—with extremely Millennial anxieties.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · Aug 22

It's true

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · Aug 22

I wrote about Bobby Hill, my favorite millennial www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

Bobby Hill Has Finally Grown Up. Kinda.

The sensitive tween of “King of the Hill” is now an adult—with extremely Millennial anxieties.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · Aug 22

The first of these is tonight — they're saying an evening of readings has never been so anticipated

Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · Aug 20

Chicago — I'm in town for two novel-related readings. The first is on August 22 at Pilsen Community Books at 7 p.m.; the second is on August 23 at Bookends and Beginnings in Evanston at 2 p.m. I'll be reading with some great people, so come through if you're around

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Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social · Aug 21

Last book completed: @jeremygordon.bsky.social's See Friendship

Currently reading: @jaysongreene.bsky.social's UnWorld

Both highly recommended!

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Aug 21

In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend.

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Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: Study

Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the U.S. down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study published Wednesday found.

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · Aug 20

Chicago — I'm in town for two novel-related readings. The first is on August 22 at Pilsen Community Books at 7 p.m.; the second is on August 23 at Bookends and Beginnings in Evanston at 2 p.m. I'll be reading with some great people, so come through if you're around

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · Aug 20

I lived across from Bill Pulte during my sophomore year of college. Life is so very strange and long, you know?

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · Aug 20

Bill Pulte has now made mortgage fraud accusations against Adam Schiff, Letitia James and now Fed board member Lisa Cook. This looks like the weaponization of the Federal Housing Finance Agency: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Demands Fed’s Cook Quit as Pulte Seeks Mortgage Probe

President Donald Trump called on Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign after a staunch ally called for an investigation of the board member’s mortgages, intensifying his campaign on the central...

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · Aug 18

Top stories of my People magazine weekend roundup:

1. Dad of 4 Attacked by Crocodile in Front of Screaming Onlookers. His Remains Were Later Found About a Mile Away

2. Kate Middleton and Prince William Relocating Family After 3 Years Living in Adelaide Cottage

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · Aug 15

My new bit is meticulously researching something and then saying "Grok told me"—everyone loves it

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · Aug 12

I wrote a Substack about going to the My Chemical Romance show and explaining to my wife why I like My Chemical Romance. Also, some stuff about Michael Clune’s novel and 9/11. jeremygordon.substack.com/p/your-chemi...

Your chemical reaction

Subjects discussed: Marriage, My Chemical Romance, 9/11, Michael Clune's Pan

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