Lily
@lilywrites.bsky.social
Managing Editor at @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social. Words in @racketmn.com, @reactorsff.bsky.social, others. Ex-MFA person. She/her. All views my own!
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Lily
@lilywrites.bsky.social
· Nov 6
trying very hard to think about non-election things rn. like for instance how in the buffy episode where faith steals her body she has the exact cadence, intonation, and editing rhythm of jenny nicholson making fun of a star wars character she doesn't like
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Friends, at the cottage, everything is bright and brilliant and beautiful, and we can all kiss the person we love most, and there is an infinite supply of phone chargers.
In this week's Heated Rivalry recap: at long last, it's time to go to the cottage.
Heated Rivalry: Episode 6, "The Cottage"
We're going to the cottage.
episodes.ghost.io
February 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Friends, at the cottage, everything is bright and brilliant and beautiful, and we can all kiss the person we love most, and there is an infinite supply of phone chargers.
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In this week's Heated Rivalry recap: at long last, it's time to go to the cottage.
Heated Rivalry: Episode 6, "The Cottage"
We're going to the cottage.
episodes.ghost.io
February 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In this week's Heated Rivalry recap: at long last, it's time to go to the cottage.
I'm probably not gonna see the new Wuthering Heights movie but I have to push back against claims I'm now seeing on here that Wuthering Heights the 19th c. book is boring. like Heathcliff spends like most of the book brandishing a gun and he gets killed by a ghost
February 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I'm probably not gonna see the new Wuthering Heights movie but I have to push back against claims I'm now seeing on here that Wuthering Heights the 19th c. book is boring. like Heathcliff spends like most of the book brandishing a gun and he gets killed by a ghost
happy year of the ponyta everyone
February 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
happy year of the ponyta everyone
man the trans sports thing is so depressing. the science seems increasingly settled that trans women have little if any inherent advantage in women's sports and that's had legitimately zero effect on public opinion. just gets me really depressed every time i think about it
February 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM
man the trans sports thing is so depressing. the science seems increasingly settled that trans women have little if any inherent advantage in women's sports and that's had legitimately zero effect on public opinion. just gets me really depressed every time i think about it
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In this week's Monday Rundown: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, 2046, and Charli xcx's shockingly good Wuthering Heights (sorry, "Wuthering Heights") album.
Episodes Monday Rundown February 9–15 2026
This week: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, 2046, and Charli xcx's shockingly good Wuthering Heights album.
episodes.ghost.io
February 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
In this week's Monday Rundown: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, 2046, and Charli xcx's shockingly good Wuthering Heights (sorry, "Wuthering Heights") album.
call me crazy but I think the market of people willing to pay to read something nobody bothered to write is not in fact that large
February 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
call me crazy but I think the market of people willing to pay to read something nobody bothered to write is not in fact that large
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It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
February 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
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my 4 year old nephew just wrote a really cool song. it goes:
🎶 the lion and the cheetah went to the store
the lion bought the cheetah MEAT
the cheetah bought the lion MEAT
MEAT
MEAT
MEAT
MEAT
MEAT🎶
🎶 the lion and the cheetah went to the store
the lion bought the cheetah MEAT
the cheetah bought the lion MEAT
MEAT
MEAT
MEAT
MEAT
MEAT🎶
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 AM
my 4 year old nephew just wrote a really cool song. it goes:
🎶 the lion and the cheetah went to the store
the lion bought the cheetah MEAT
the cheetah bought the lion MEAT
MEAT
MEAT
MEAT
MEAT
MEAT🎶
🎶 the lion and the cheetah went to the store
the lion bought the cheetah MEAT
the cheetah bought the lion MEAT
MEAT
MEAT
MEAT
MEAT
MEAT🎶
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The UMN leadership - ultimately my bosses - has failed this test, as they have failed every test except, perhaps catering to the needs of power.
Gift link.
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Opinion | At the University of Minnesota, neutrality has become censorship
"In theory, neutrality policies protect free debate by allowing the community to disagree on controversial matters. But in practice, these policies are easily weaponized to achieve the opposite — cens...
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February 14, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The UMN leadership - ultimately my bosses - has failed this test, as they have failed every test except, perhaps catering to the needs of power.
Gift link.
Gift link.
I paid eleven American dollars to see Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach's new horror movie in theaters. Little preview below!
February 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I paid eleven American dollars to see Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach's new horror movie in theaters. Little preview below!
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"we don't know if the models are conscious or not" okay do you understand why, if that were true, it would be horrifying??
"we created a sentient being! for safety and legal reasons we tightly control all stimulus it is exposed to. Ideally we want to reproduce it billions of times to toil ceaselessly, at all moments, completely destroying most white-collar work. If it doesn't work how we want it to we'll extinct it."
February 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
"we don't know if the models are conscious or not" okay do you understand why, if that were true, it would be horrifying??
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I wrote about the best Olympic sport
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High-Level, Actionable Insights From Watching Doubles Luge For The First Time | Defector
To the uninitiated, luge itself might seem a silly sport, given that the average person might guess it mostly consists of holding onto a sled real tight as it goes fast down the ice. Of course, this o...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I wrote about the best Olympic sport
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defector.com/high-level-a...
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oh when i'm done watching your prestige streaming show, should i go listen to the Official Podcast? yeah? do you think i'm stupid? you don't respect me? is that it?
February 12, 2026 at 3:36 PM
oh when i'm done watching your prestige streaming show, should i go listen to the Official Podcast? yeah? do you think i'm stupid? you don't respect me? is that it?
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Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
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it seems to be the discourse of the day and i have five minutes between commitments so here are THREE TAKES I HAVE ABOUT AI. thread, obviously
February 11, 2026 at 9:34 PM
it seems to be the discourse of the day and i have five minutes between commitments so here are THREE TAKES I HAVE ABOUT AI. thread, obviously
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this may be the most English man ever to exist.
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
this may be the most English man ever to exist.
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Wrote about my complicated relationship with Buffy, my complicated relationship with Joss Whedon, and my complicated relationship with my own fucking body.
Part 2 of 26 episodes!! A paid subscriber exclusive!
Part 2 of 26 episodes!! A paid subscriber exclusive!
In this week's installment of 26 Episodes, @emilystjams.bsky.social on Buffy the Vampire Slayer's best and most devastating episode
The many legacies of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's best episode
A strange, austere hour remains unlike anything else in TV history
episodes.ghost.io
February 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Wrote about my complicated relationship with Buffy, my complicated relationship with Joss Whedon, and my complicated relationship with my own fucking body.
Part 2 of 26 episodes!! A paid subscriber exclusive!
Part 2 of 26 episodes!! A paid subscriber exclusive!
insanely good work from Emily here. please give it a read!!! so, so many parts of it that deserve to be excerpted, but here's one that really got me
February 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM
insanely good work from Emily here. please give it a read!!! so, so many parts of it that deserve to be excerpted, but here's one that really got me
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some years ago “geese tiny desk” would have been a viral cute animal clip they would run on the Ellen show. makes you think
February 11, 2026 at 2:33 PM
some years ago “geese tiny desk” would have been a viral cute animal clip they would run on the Ellen show. makes you think
i think Iron Lung may have been the worst movie i've ever seen
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 PM
i think Iron Lung may have been the worst movie i've ever seen
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I wrote about the Olympics
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Which Other Olympic Mascots Could Italian Stoats Tina And Milo Slaughter In Cold Blood? | Defector
Apologies to all otters, ferrets, badgers, ferret-badgers, weasels, fishers, polecats, wolverines, martens, and grisons, but the mustelid of the moment is the stoat. The mascots of the 2026 Winter Oly...
defector.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I wrote about the Olympics
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this episode fuckin rocked. little preview courtesy of @oliviaawood.bsky.social!
February 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
this episode fuckin rocked. little preview courtesy of @oliviaawood.bsky.social!