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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 9d

The new book by @luaz.bsky.social is almost here

Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · 9d

Preorder now: the first full collection from Kyla Houbolt asterismbooks.com/product/beco...

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 41m

I like my new commute but the mornings I don’t go in and I can breathe and think and tidy up, I remember and miss when this pace was the norm

Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 43m

A song of descents.

Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 44m

Evangelical Judaism didn’t used to seem to me like a category error on a gut level, but now I’m like, ok, wyd. *sigh*

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 46m

Got asked if I had taken the lulav yesterday (I had).

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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 2h

#Poetry -- The preorder page for Becoming Altar has been expanded and updated to include more about me, and a swell poem. Check it out! And @unionherald.bsky.social many thanks for the blurb.
asterismbooks.com/product/beco...

Cover image of Becoming Alter, a blue field with yellow type. Also showing the spine of the book, with white type.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Rebecca Kosick @rkokayokay.bsky.social · 5h

Unfortunately still timely

Rebecca Kosick @rkokayokay.bsky.social · Jan 20

Paul Hoover Alternative Press poetry postcard, 1990s

Paul Hoover Alternative Press poetry postcard reading “OPPRESSION STUDIES FIELD TRIP CANCELLED”

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 10h

Baseball remains the most efficient means to hurt almost everybody’s feelings

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 10h

Just wait ‘til next year

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 13h

Sure. And I’m not reading a WSJ troll piece.

Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 13h

Yep.

Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 13h

Counterpoint — in his early 70s tv appearances he walked the line between cool and corny, and stumbled onto each side of the line over and over

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 13h

Quantum cool as long as I can remember

Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 13h

With increasing interest in antiquarianism, the neo-classical fear of pedantry waned.

— Jewel Wurtsbaugh

Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you for reading!

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 21h

"money double stamped"

My experience with @unionherald.bsky.social's book Necessary is that it is worth looking up everything. E.G. "money double stamped" leads us to learn that in Marco Polo's time, coins were becoming standardized, +...

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Recent reading October 2025: A Review

Shady Library, Henry Gould, 2025, ISBN: 9781300052364, £4.64 The Gate, Henry Gould, 2025, ISBN: 9781257941216, £4.65 some presence, Charlie Ulyatt, self-published via Bandcamp, 2025, £3 More of How…

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 15h

First, look at the weather vane. Then, align your quip with the prevailing breeze.

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 16h

🇵🇱 Habitual friendly reminder: never start small talk with Poles, you'll regret that.

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 15h

A diss track called “Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife”

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 15h

"The average listener is not under the impression that a diss track is the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, conveying to the public factchecked verifiable content."

The forum here is a music recording, in particular a rap “diss track,” with accompanying video and album art. Diss tracks are much more akin to forums like YouTube and X, which “encourag[e] a freewheeling, anything-goes writing style,” than journalistic reporting. Sandals Resorts, 86 A.D.3d at 43 (quotation marks omitted). The average listener is not under the impression that a diss track is the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, conveying to the public factchecked verifiable content.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 18h

I think Russian schools still teach cursive but Russian handwriting is crazybonkers.

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 15h

Zombie / purge paradigm

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 16h

every pile-on has the majority of people all saying the same thing, not noticing (or caring) that everyone before them on the comment thread said it

Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 15h

If we make it out of this time no one is going to believe anything we tell them about it

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 16h

Ah the “and” is a transcription error on my part :)

Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 16h

“My 2025 performance reflects strong and operational excellence and strategic relationship management capabilities.” You better believe it

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