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Mark Sarvas @marksarvas.bsky.social · 8h

Enjoying Stephen Fry as Lady Bracknell in the West End. Can die happy.

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 20h

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

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gilberts1950.bsky.social @gilberts1950.bsky.social · 19h

László Krasznahorkai's English-language reputation has been built through the work of his key translators, George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet and John Batki.

So let's praise them too!

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 1d

László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature!

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 1d

OH WOW! Congratulations to our contributor, László Krasznahorkai, for winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature!!! 😍🥳
wordswithoutborders.org/.../view/lsz...

László Krasznahorkai - Words Without Borders

László Krasznahorkai is the recipient of the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature, the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, and the 2013 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction.

wordswithoutborders.org

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Shakespeare and Company @shakespeareandcompany.com · 1d

Lászlóóóóóóóóóóóóóó!

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Mark Sarvas @marksarvas.bsky.social · 2d

Have never cared for Bill Burr's angry shouty grievances.Totally unsurprised by his latest garbage. For a guy who claims not to give a fuck, he's pretty vehement, dontcha think?

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Ulrica Hume @uhume.bsky.social · Sep 24

We have destroyed something by our presence, a world perhaps.

~Virginia Woolf (The Waves)

[Stèle avec lune by Anna-Eva Bergman]

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Mark Sarvas @marksarvas.bsky.social · 7d

BD4PREZ

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 8d

CBS News will now be a megaphone for the country's most vicious crusader against free speech, and the most relentless propagandist of far-right disinformation.

Cancel Paramount Plus, call every CBS advertiser until their only remaining ads are for MyPillow and Daily Stormer.

Media

exclusive
Bari Weiss to lead CBS News as part of major Paramount Skydance shakeup: sources
By Alexandra Steigrad
Published Oct. 2, 2025, 3:24 p.m. ET

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Mark Sarvas @marksarvas.bsky.social · 8d

Murrow is spinning in the ol’ grave.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8d

Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports

Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned.

Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the situation said.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 9d

No need to be scared of him. The trend is clear - everyone outside of his hard base is abandoning him.

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · 9d

Dr. Jane Goodall was a remarkable individual – as a scientist, as an advocate for wildlife and wild places, and as a source of profound hope for the future of our planet. She brought such a joyful spirit and unfailing optimism to her work. #inspiration #hope #wildlife #conservation

Two white-haired women stand outdoors facing each other in conversation. The woman to the left is shorter. In the background are the concrete buildings of Monterey Bay Aquarium and a distant view of the ocean.

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Mark Sarvas @marksarvas.bsky.social · 9d

An inspiring giant. Talk about a life well-lived.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d

Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 9d

Rip Jane Goodall What amazing work you did with your life. A heartbreaking day

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Mark Sarvas @marksarvas.bsky.social · 9d

The Guardian should offer headline writing class to @nytimes.com editors.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 9d

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.

All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.

So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

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Mark Sarvas @marksarvas.bsky.social · 10d

I think there is one thing we can all be reasonably certain about: Fetterman will be a one-term senator.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10d

Happy Erev Shutdown to all who observe

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Karen Palmer @karenpalmer.bsky.social · 10d

If you are interested in a signed copy of She's Under Here, please consider ordering from Diesel Bookstore (@dieselbookstore). They were so wonderful to me at the reading—as they are to all authors, and to readers—and it would be great to support them.

dieselbookstore.com/book/9781643...

She's Under Here: A Memoir (Signed)

dieselbookstore.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 11d

We keep calling Stephen Miller the shadow President. Now you know why. The most powerful unelected psychopath in the world.

Luke Russell @lukerussell.bsky.social · 11d

The Deputy Chief of Staff... is in charge of military strikes? Do we even have a president?

Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats

Exclusive: Miller’s homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Sarvas @marksarvas.bsky.social · 11d

What the fuck is wrong with people? Are we terminally bored or just that desperate for an Atlantic byline?

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11d

"Dad—I’m creating this chatbot to talk to you." Jon Michael Varese on the resurrection of his dead father through ChatGPT:

I Used ChatGPT to Resurrect My Dead Father

My own private Frankenstein

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Mark Sarvas @marksarvas.bsky.social · 12d

Silver is just fucking with us now, right?

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 12d

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Mark Sarvas @marksarvas.bsky.social · 13d

This is my amazing kiddo, who is a bit camera shy.

James Asmus @ LACC K45 @jamesasmus.bsky.social · 13d

AAAAAHHH! AMAZING custom puppet of Spellya Spellington from vol 2 of #SurvivalStreet by one of the coolest supporters a book could ask for 💖

Blown away and so delighted
#ComicConLA

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