Stephen Kearse
@kearse.bsky.social
Journalist, critic, and author of novels Liquid Snakes and In the Heat of the Light.
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Stephen Kearse
@kearse.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Liquid Snakes
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hi new followers. i write about music, books, and sometimes movies. I also write fiction, like this book. it's pretty good.
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"There have been times where people are like, 'I read your book and then I canceled Spotify and I got Apple Music!' That kind of misses a lot of the point that this book lands on." – 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 author Liz Pelly
Liz Pelly on the Impact of Her Anti-Spotify Book ‘Mood Machine’ and Where We Go From Here
“The point is to encourage people to reject the idea that it’s a one-click solution.”
www.hearingthings.co
January 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
"There have been times where people are like, 'I read your book and then I canceled Spotify and I got Apple Music!' That kind of misses a lot of the point that this book lands on." – 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 author Liz Pelly
very clear kanye plans to sell something soon
January 26, 2026 at 9:53 PM
very clear kanye plans to sell something soon
Yokinobu Tatsu is built different
January 25, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Yokinobu Tatsu is built different
would love to see a pew research poll on how many people know Sade is a band
January 25, 2026 at 7:47 PM
would love to see a pew research poll on how many people know Sade is a band
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
another horrific day in john roberts' america
January 24, 2026 at 10:36 PM
another horrific day in john roberts' america
reupping this
January 23, 2026 at 7:10 PM
reupping this
truly fascinating how many rightwing nightmare scenarios ICE embodies (jackbooted goons, lawless gangs, centralized gov power, masks, black sites, runaway public spending, "outside agitators"). and yet
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 PM
truly fascinating how many rightwing nightmare scenarios ICE embodies (jackbooted goons, lawless gangs, centralized gov power, masks, black sites, runaway public spending, "outside agitators"). and yet
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like this is a wild and unholy snubbing
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
like this is a wild and unholy snubbing
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the oscars are not my thing but No Other Choice should have got nominations
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
the oscars are not my thing but No Other Choice should have got nominations
very annoyed by the No Other Choice snub
January 22, 2026 at 3:22 PM
very annoyed by the No Other Choice snub
would love to know what experts consider a normal amount of self-chuckling
January 13, 2026 at 11:06 PM
would love to know what experts consider a normal amount of self-chuckling
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There are Bari Weisses everywhere for those with the eyes to see defector.com/bari-weiss-i...
Bari Weiss Is The Symptom | Defector
Who says Bari Weiss doesn’t know how to run a newsroom? “My general view here,” the CBS News editor-in-chief wrote in a memo before shelving the now-infamous 60 Minutes report on El Salvador’s CECOT c...
defector.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
There are Bari Weisses everywhere for those with the eyes to see defector.com/bari-weiss-i...
in a texas senate race rabbit hole entirely off the strength of this: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fLT9ax/
Anger is not the absence of thought — it is the presence of memory. And Black women have long memories when it comes to being discouraged, dismissed, and disciplined out of power. When people use “str...
TikTok video by Hope Giselle
www.tiktok.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:54 AM
in a texas senate race rabbit hole entirely off the strength of this: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fLT9ax/
sad that people can't imagine a world without police despite such a world being the majority of human history
January 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
sad that people can't imagine a world without police despite such a world being the majority of human history
when my dog pretends not to hear me I think of all the times I dropped a crumb and somehow 🧐—over the sound of the oven and music and talking—she came running to the scene
January 8, 2026 at 9:50 PM
when my dog pretends not to hear me I think of all the times I dropped a crumb and somehow 🧐—over the sound of the oven and music and talking—she came running to the scene
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twitter was always exactly this. what we're seeing this week is a culmination of years and years of abuse run rampant on the platform, supercharged by a megalomaniac's greed and fantasy www.404media.co/grok-ai-sexu...
Grok's AI Sexual Abuse Didn't Come Out of Nowhere
With xAI's Grok generating endless semi-nude images of women and girls without their contest, it follows a years-long legacy of rampant abuse on the platform.
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
twitter was always exactly this. what we're seeing this week is a culmination of years and years of abuse run rampant on the platform, supercharged by a megalomaniac's greed and fantasy www.404media.co/grok-ai-sexu...
what a perfectly horrifying image
"Scientists estimate that adults ingest the equivalent of one credit card per week in microplastics"
stateline.org/2026/01/06/p...
"Scientists estimate that adults ingest the equivalent of one credit card per week in microplastics"
stateline.org/2026/01/06/p...
January 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
what a perfectly horrifying image
"Scientists estimate that adults ingest the equivalent of one credit card per week in microplastics"
stateline.org/2026/01/06/p...
"Scientists estimate that adults ingest the equivalent of one credit card per week in microplastics"
stateline.org/2026/01/06/p...
weird seeing so many outlets place imperialism in quote marks like it's some loaded partisan word
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
weird seeing so many outlets place imperialism in quote marks like it's some loaded partisan word
a further reminder how absurd his campaign for the nobel peace prize was
January 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
a further reminder how absurd his campaign for the nobel peace prize was
the protein boom can feel scammy but it is at least responding to demand
January 3, 2026 at 3:25 AM
the protein boom can feel scammy but it is at least responding to demand
just saw the all caps beat used in an AI commercial. gross dude
January 3, 2026 at 2:54 AM
just saw the all caps beat used in an AI commercial. gross dude
