David Patterson
@monogramdp.bsky.social
Literary Agent. Recommendation Engine. Paid for with words/and tended with love. 🇵🇷
Enjoy yourself this evening, DC!
No throwing sandwiches!
Or, hey, do that, if you want, it’s your party.
No throwing sandwiches!
Or, hey, do that, if you want, it’s your party.
A reminder that I'll be at Kramers (aka, Kramerbooks) in Dupont Circle with @johnlingan.bsky.social on Tuesday 11/11 at 7pm to talk about his very fun book BACKBEATS: A HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL IN FIFTEEN DRUMMERS, on its publication day. Come hang out with us!
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Enjoy yourself this evening, DC!
No throwing sandwiches!
Or, hey, do that, if you want, it’s your party.
No throwing sandwiches!
Or, hey, do that, if you want, it’s your party.
BACKBEATS releases today! Like John himself, the book is great company wherever you may go. He covers huge breadths of music history, locates & brings forward the beats & the people behind the singers & the strings, & with deft, memorable writing; solid, quick & with flourishes. Like a drummer!
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
BACKBEATS releases today! Like John himself, the book is great company wherever you may go. He covers huge breadths of music history, locates & brings forward the beats & the people behind the singers & the strings, & with deft, memorable writing; solid, quick & with flourishes. Like a drummer!
Veterans are showing up across the country today to take a stand against fascism right here in the USofA.
Please get out there and support them if you can.
www.vetssayno.org
Please get out there and support them if you can.
www.vetssayno.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Veterans are showing up across the country today to take a stand against fascism right here in the USofA.
Please get out there and support them if you can.
www.vetssayno.org
Please get out there and support them if you can.
www.vetssayno.org
Congratulations, always, to Sarah Weinman for doing the work, and being recognized for the work.
“She focuses on the stories of the women behind key cases and crimes, allowing them the depth of hindsight, and the rich humanity that trials by their very nature flatten.”-Rachel Louise Snyder, NYTBR
“She focuses on the stories of the women behind key cases and crimes, allowing them the depth of hindsight, and the rich humanity that trials by their very nature flatten.”-Rachel Louise Snyder, NYTBR
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Congratulations, always, to Sarah Weinman for doing the work, and being recognized for the work.
“She focuses on the stories of the women behind key cases and crimes, allowing them the depth of hindsight, and the rich humanity that trials by their very nature flatten.”-Rachel Louise Snyder, NYTBR
“She focuses on the stories of the women behind key cases and crimes, allowing them the depth of hindsight, and the rich humanity that trials by their very nature flatten.”-Rachel Louise Snyder, NYTBR
Sarah’s WITHOUT CONSENT releases tomorrow. It’s about a man who did the worst things a human being can do, and a woman who tried to do her best. It’s about people who were largely not ready to be on stage in front of the world, or to make history, or create laws, but they did those things anyway.
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Sarah’s WITHOUT CONSENT releases tomorrow. It’s about a man who did the worst things a human being can do, and a woman who tried to do her best. It’s about people who were largely not ready to be on stage in front of the world, or to make history, or create laws, but they did those things anyway.
Agreed!
@sarahweinman.com on the importance of librarians in dangerous times as seekers and keepers of truth.
In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times
Librarians are on the front lines of history and current events, when news and change arrive at a furious clip that only quickens every day. And without libraries, my work would simply not exist. I…
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Agreed!
Good morning, New York!
Please, get out and vote, if you have not already!
Please, get out and vote, if you have not already!
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Good morning, New York!
Please, get out and vote, if you have not already!
Please, get out and vote, if you have not already!
A couple more hours to collect one of these, on this absolutely gorgeous Fall afternoon, Brooklyn. (And talking to you, too, New York City!)
After that, polls are open from 6 am to 9 pm on Tuesday, 11/4.
Vote for Zohran while you’re there.
portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kan...
After that, polls are open from 6 am to 9 pm on Tuesday, 11/4.
Vote for Zohran while you’re there.
portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kan...
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A couple more hours to collect one of these, on this absolutely gorgeous Fall afternoon, Brooklyn. (And talking to you, too, New York City!)
After that, polls are open from 6 am to 9 pm on Tuesday, 11/4.
Vote for Zohran while you’re there.
portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kan...
After that, polls are open from 6 am to 9 pm on Tuesday, 11/4.
Vote for Zohran while you’re there.
portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kan...
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2️⃣ days until Election Day — and you can help GOTV for Democratic candidates from anywhere:
Virginia: indivisi.org/va-calls
New Jersey: www.indivisibleonenj.org/gotv-2025?fb...
New York: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebanking...
California: neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/fb6...
Virginia: indivisi.org/va-calls
New Jersey: www.indivisibleonenj.org/gotv-2025?fb...
New York: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebanking...
California: neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/fb6...
Virginia 2025: Phonebank · Indivisible
## All eyes are on Virginia this November!
### Help Indivisible deliver wins for candidates who will put Virginia first, from the top of the ticket all the way down to the local school board!
Let’...
indivisi.org
November 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
2️⃣ days until Election Day — and you can help GOTV for Democratic candidates from anywhere:
Virginia: indivisi.org/va-calls
New Jersey: www.indivisibleonenj.org/gotv-2025?fb...
New York: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebanking...
California: neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/fb6...
Virginia: indivisi.org/va-calls
New Jersey: www.indivisibleonenj.org/gotv-2025?fb...
New York: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebanking...
California: neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/fb6...
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Scarves were handed out as campaign swag!
October 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Scarves were handed out as campaign swag!
The @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Cost of Living Classic is underway in Coney Island, with @chrispolanco.com from @soccercooligans.com as the mc and guest happy warrior public servant @justinbrannan.bsky.social
Still time to get down here and enjoy the gorgeous weather and easy going day, NYC.
Still time to get down here and enjoy the gorgeous weather and easy going day, NYC.
October 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Cost of Living Classic is underway in Coney Island, with @chrispolanco.com from @soccercooligans.com as the mc and guest happy warrior public servant @justinbrannan.bsky.social
Still time to get down here and enjoy the gorgeous weather and easy going day, NYC.
Still time to get down here and enjoy the gorgeous weather and easy going day, NYC.
Just some New Yorkers out for a stroll with their friends on a beautiful Fall Saturday.
No Kings.
No Kings.
October 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Just some New Yorkers out for a stroll with their friends on a beautiful Fall Saturday.
No Kings.
No Kings.
Teenagers, on scaffolding, leading a chant of “release the Epstein files” at today’s No Kings march in Manhattan. This was moving. It felt like people speaking up for their peers.
October 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Teenagers, on scaffolding, leading a chant of “release the Epstein files” at today’s No Kings march in Manhattan. This was moving. It felt like people speaking up for their peers.
The eagle flies today, y’all.
🦅
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We hope YOU are ready for #NoKings because our incredible new Eagle art is ready for YOU!
If you are in NYC, join us in Manhattan tomorrow www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Find your local event www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
@indivisible.org @50501newyork.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
If you are in NYC, join us in Manhattan tomorrow www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Find your local event www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
@indivisible.org @50501newyork.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The eagle flies today, y’all.
🦅
🦅
Get outside with your neighbors tomorrow. Speak up. Enjoy yourselves. Be peaceful. Be numerous. Be visible. Be heard. Let everyone know that we can recover a democracy here in America.
No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Get outside with your neighbors tomorrow. Speak up. Enjoy yourselves. Be peaceful. Be numerous. Be visible. Be heard. Let everyone know that we can recover a democracy here in America.
Killing the Buddha is celebrating its 25th Anniversary, tomorrow, in Manhattan! Stroll on over after attending the No Kings March. Have a seat. Enjoy the readings and camaraderie!
killingthebuddha.com
killingthebuddha.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Killing the Buddha is celebrating its 25th Anniversary, tomorrow, in Manhattan! Stroll on over after attending the No Kings March. Have a seat. Enjoy the readings and camaraderie!
killingthebuddha.com
killingthebuddha.com
Hello, New York City!
See you there!
See you there!
🪧 NO KINGS NYC
📍 Meet: 47th & 7th Ave
📍 March: South on 7th Ave, to 14th St.
📆 Oct 18th
⏰ 11am
📣 More info at NoKingsNYC.com
📣 Sign up to volunteer bit.ly/4q3mgZU
📣 Sign up to marshal tinyurl.com/NokingsMarshals
This is a peaceful, nonviolent march.
We protest with all the joy we can muster.
📍 Meet: 47th & 7th Ave
📍 March: South on 7th Ave, to 14th St.
📆 Oct 18th
⏰ 11am
📣 More info at NoKingsNYC.com
📣 Sign up to volunteer bit.ly/4q3mgZU
📣 Sign up to marshal tinyurl.com/NokingsMarshals
This is a peaceful, nonviolent march.
We protest with all the joy we can muster.
October 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Hello, New York City!
See you there!
See you there!
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NEW: November general elections are around the corner, so it’s time to launch my cheat sheet of what’s on the ballot this fall!
I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
Explore, share, save:
I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
Explore, share, save:
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else... Read M...
boltsmag.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
NEW: November general elections are around the corner, so it’s time to launch my cheat sheet of what’s on the ballot this fall!
I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
Explore, share, save:
I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
Explore, share, save:
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Are you represented by any of these City Council members? If yes, would you commit to meeting with them to talk about funding our local public libraries? If yes, please sign up and @nycplan.org will be in touch soon: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
City Council Districts
Are you represented by any of the following council members in NYC? If yes, would you consider arranging to meet with them to discuss needed funding for NYC Public Libraries? NYC PLAN would love you...
docs.google.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Are you represented by any of these City Council members? If yes, would you commit to meeting with them to talk about funding our local public libraries? If yes, please sign up and @nycplan.org will be in touch soon: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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not a single news org signed. that's what it takes. stand together. everywhere, every time.
If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news
October 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
not a single news org signed. that's what it takes. stand together. everywhere, every time.
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Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
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Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
Please don’t Vanderbilt, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, USC, MIT, University of Texas, University of Arizona, Brown, UVA.
Don’t you have history departments? Don’t you teach science?
If you’re an alum of these schools, call them, and tell them you want them to stand up for academic freedom
Don’t you have history departments? Don’t you teach science?
If you’re an alum of these schools, call them, and tell them you want them to stand up for academic freedom
October 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Please don’t Vanderbilt, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, USC, MIT, University of Texas, University of Arizona, Brown, UVA.
Don’t you have history departments? Don’t you teach science?
If you’re an alum of these schools, call them, and tell them you want them to stand up for academic freedom
Don’t you have history departments? Don’t you teach science?
If you’re an alum of these schools, call them, and tell them you want them to stand up for academic freedom
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MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
October 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.