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James Urbaniak @jamesurbaniak.bsky.social · Jul 16

DONALD TRUMP'S COMPLETE LIST OF DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVES WHO CREATED THE HOAX "EPSTEIN FILES"

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 5d

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 11d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 11d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 13d

zuckerberg trying for John Wick this Halloween but ending up more ghislaine maxwell

Zuckerberg in a black suit and a wig that's a thick, black bob

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 13d

AAAAHHHHHH WHAT IS IT KILL IT WITH FIRE

It appears to be an advertisement for a hoodie that is sewn to look as though skin has been flayed revealing a new underneath

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 22d

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads “EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”

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Laurie Woolever @lauriewoolever.bsky.social · 22d

I wrote about blood donation, Vanderpump Rules and astonishing cookies for @flaminghydra.com flaminghydra.com/its-not-abou...

It’s Not About the Cookies

There are 182,000 members of the Reddit community, r/vanderpumprules, a subreddit I have been really digging into since I started watching all eleven seasons, in order, of Vanderpump Rules, a reality ...

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Laurie Woolever @lauriewoolever.bsky.social · Aug 24

New episode of CARBFACE featuring Andy Corren, author of DIRTBAG QUEEN podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Uta Hagen in the Summer

Podcast Episode · Carbface · 08/23/2025 · 1h 3m

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Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · Aug 21

TODAY: @tomscocca.bsky.social and @mariabustillos.com chat about The Argument, a new publication that is supposedly For The Left. "So they whiffed instantly on the most volatile topic in U.S. news right now, and I bet not by accident." flaminghydra.com/r/eddbcc67?m...

Liberal label / Tourist tips

Tom Scocca and Maria Bustillos on the latest media flimflam; advice for travelers from Trevor Alixopulos

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · Aug 17

She doesn’t need a hero, she is the hero we need. 🤩

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Laurie Woolever @lauriewoolever.bsky.social · Aug 18

See you in Manhattan with all these smart folks on October 28?

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Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · Aug 6

ALSO TODAY: @lauriewoolever.bsky.social looks at art in Norway. "[I]t would appear that people have been aura farming all along, centuries, in fact, before the age of antibiotics and electricity." flaminghydra.com/art-for-arts...

Art for Art’s Sake

a fiery writer-owned cooperative

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Laurie Woolever @lauriewoolever.bsky.social · Jun 24

New episode of CARBFACE podcast featuring Helen Cho, the woman behind many of your fave docuseries:

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Show Us the Labubu

Podcast Episode · Carbface · 06/24/2025 · 53m

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Laurie Woolever @lauriewoolever.bsky.social · May 29

I wrote about being 23 and delusional in Ireland, for The Places Review:

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Air Mail @airmail.news · Mar 21

“When I left my hard-won editor job, I was 35 years old, an overwhelmed new mother who had once dreamed of rising through the ranks of a magazine.” @lauriewoolever.bsky.social

At 35, She Left Her Hard-Won Editor Job to Become Anthony Bourdain’s Assistant

It was the best decision Laurie Woolever ever made.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · Mar 25

folks let me tell you: a normal administration is "veep shit." this signal stuff is not veep shit, it's "the entire national security team of the Trump admin is complicit in behavior that ensures that every hostile government has a direct line of sight into American-decisionmaking" shit

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Laurie Woolever @lauriewoolever.bsky.social · Feb 28

My forthcoming book *isn’t* a Bourdain tell-all, but PEOPLE mag knows the angles and kindly excerpted it here: people.com/anthony-bour...

Anthony Bourdain’s Assistant Laurie Woolever Reveals His Eerie Final Texts to Her in Emotional Memoir (Exclusive)

In an exclusive excerpt from 'Care and Feeding: A Memoir,' Laurie Woolever offers a look inside her relationship with Bourdain — and the weeks leading up to his death by suicide.

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Laurie Woolever @lauriewoolever.bsky.social · Feb 9

Book tour dates for my forthcoming memoir, CARE AND FEEDING, published by Ecco:

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · Jan 16

If you want to do something to protect journalism, send money to journalist-owned, cooperative and local outlets. As much as you can spare.

@theflytrapmedia.bsky.social
@defector.bsky.social
@hellgatenyc.com
@404media.co

and the one I work at!!

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Flaming Hydra

a collective of 60 writers, on fire and hard to kill

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Laurie Woolever @lauriewoolever.bsky.social · Jan 17

COUNTING DOWN TO THE NEXT FYRE FESTIVAL: A Times Square Billboard Seeks Aid for LA Fire Victims. Is It for Real? www.thecity.nyc/2025/01/16/l...

A Times Square Billboard Seeks Aid for LA Fire Victims. Is It for Real?

With concerns growing about shady solicitations, an internet entrepreneur with a controversial business record insists he’s on the level.

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Drive In, Get a Coke @christhornton.bsky.social · Jan 7

Big new ep of Carbface with me and @lauriewoolever.bsky.social. I talk about the odyssey for getting my sperm checked, and Laurie talks toilets. shows.acast.com/carbface

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Jenny Rowe @jenny-rowe.bsky.social · Dec 3

What I'm reading at an info desk tonight at @prairielights.com: an ARC of Care and Feeding, a memoir by the late Anthony Bourdain's assistant @lauriewoolever.bsky.social.

Sharp, insightful, and shies from nothing. Halfway through & devouring like a good meal! Look for it on March 11th, 2025.

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Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · Oct 7

ALSO TODAY: @lauriewoolever.bsky.social on some extremely restorative and important sandwiches flaminghydra.com/party-all-th...

Party All the Time Sandwiches

by Laurie Woolever Back when I was a problem drinker and pothead, I loved parties, which offered a chance to drink a lot for free and messily eat ill-advised quantities of crispy, fatty, salty and ...

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · May 28

The complex flavors of a story by @lauriewoolever.bsky.social are indescribable. Today a gentle, funny and wrenching story about her mom:

'The Lorna Doone Hour'

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The long ending / Short subjects

Today: Laurie Woolever, author of Appetites, World Travel, and Bourdain: the Definitive Oral Biography; and Luke O'Neil, author of the story collection A Creature Wanting Form and the newsletter Welco...

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