Oona Patrick
@oonapatrick.bsky.social
Writer of essays and memoir #cnf. I get mad about books a lot. Reskeeting cheese news and good birds. Summers: Disquiet Int'l, Lisbon 🇵🇹. she/her https://linktr.ee/oonapatrick
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The @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social arts and culture transition committee for those who (like me) are into such matters:
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social arts and culture transition committee for those who (like me) are into such matters:
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Twice in its 30 year orbit, Saturn’s rings appear edge-on as seen from Earth. Now is that time. My image was taken with an Olympus M4/3 camera attached to a Questar 90 mm telescope in west suburban Chicago.
#astrophotography #saturn #planets
#astrophotography #saturn #planets
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Twice in its 30 year orbit, Saturn’s rings appear edge-on as seen from Earth. Now is that time. My image was taken with an Olympus M4/3 camera attached to a Questar 90 mm telescope in west suburban Chicago.
#astrophotography #saturn #planets
#astrophotography #saturn #planets
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Happy World Walrus Day! The English word walrus probably comes from Dutch and means “whale horse.” The Albanian name for a walrus, lopë deti, means “sea cow.” And the Navajo word for a walrus is tábąąstííntsoh bideeʼ hólónígíí. It means “big otter that lies on the shore, with tusks”
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Happy World Walrus Day! The English word walrus probably comes from Dutch and means “whale horse.” The Albanian name for a walrus, lopë deti, means “sea cow.” And the Navajo word for a walrus is tábąąstííntsoh bideeʼ hólónígíí. It means “big otter that lies on the shore, with tusks”
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I am going to tell you a very important secret. You can just not celebrate holidays if you don’t want to. You can skip them for any reason that feels right to you or no reason at all. You won’t go to jail; the world won’t end. It’s fine.
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I am going to tell you a very important secret. You can just not celebrate holidays if you don’t want to. You can skip them for any reason that feels right to you or no reason at all. You won’t go to jail; the world won’t end. It’s fine.
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We just published a really excellent feature on this with some sample answers depending on how snarky you want to be 🙂↕️
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We just published a really excellent feature on this with some sample answers depending on how snarky you want to be 🙂↕️
Got in trouble for reading off-topic books in a corner of the classroom in fourth grade. Now I get paid to read books all day in a corner of a publishing house.
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Got in trouble for reading off-topic books in a corner of the classroom in fourth grade. Now I get paid to read books all day in a corner of a publishing house.
Yup. Inherited that thing like a family heirloom.
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Yup. Inherited that thing like a family heirloom.
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Ok #BookSky It's Friday night and we're a bookstore gearing up for the holiday shopping season, AMA about bookstores, publishing, books, whatever.
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Ok #BookSky It's Friday night and we're a bookstore gearing up for the holiday shopping season, AMA about bookstores, publishing, books, whatever.
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Exclusive investigation: A 2020 Harvard report detailing Jeffrey Epstein’s long relationship with the university didn't mention a major gift that the late financier helped broker for Larry Summers' wife. trib.al/tHKZC11
Correction: We deleted a previous version of this post due to an error.
Correction: We deleted a previous version of this post due to an error.
Harvard reported millions in donations linked to Epstein. But it didn’t mention a major gift to Larry Summers’ wife. - The Boston Globe
Harvard announced a new review of those with university ties who are also mentioned in the recently released Epstein emails.
trib.al
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Exclusive investigation: A 2020 Harvard report detailing Jeffrey Epstein’s long relationship with the university didn't mention a major gift that the late financier helped broker for Larry Summers' wife. trib.al/tHKZC11
Correction: We deleted a previous version of this post due to an error.
Correction: We deleted a previous version of this post due to an error.
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PLEASE tell every author you know about this!
Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
Predatory Opt-Out Scheme ClaimsHero Targets Anthropic Settlement Participants: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litiga...
authorsguild.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
PLEASE tell every author you know about this!
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As somebody situated in that exact cultural space at that time, this is *mind blowingly accurate.* The landscape is SO different, it feels like remembering a parallel universe.
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
As somebody situated in that exact cultural space at that time, this is *mind blowingly accurate.* The landscape is SO different, it feels like remembering a parallel universe.
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OREGON: ...
NANTUCKET: ... why do you keep staring at us?
OREGON: we have an idea
NANTUCKET: ... why do you keep staring at us?
OREGON: we have an idea
A dead sperm whale has washed up on Nantucket for the first time in decades. It’s too big to move — at least until officials figure out a plan.
Dead Sperm Whale on Nantucket Is Too Big to Move, for Now
A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could be dragged out to sea by Thanksgiving.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
OREGON: ...
NANTUCKET: ... why do you keep staring at us?
OREGON: we have an idea
NANTUCKET: ... why do you keep staring at us?
OREGON: we have an idea
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I am so obsessed with what every other country packages as "American," which seems to be classified by a sense of ostentatiousness more than anything
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I am so obsessed with what every other country packages as "American," which seems to be classified by a sense of ostentatiousness more than anything
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Ok, however much you've thought about this Nuzzi business, I promise I've thought about it more.
newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/note...
newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/note...
Notes on Your American Canto Draft
I read it. Everyone deserves a good editor, even people who don’t get one. Olivia, Thank you so much for this. I’m impressed with the scope of your ambition...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Ok, however much you've thought about this Nuzzi business, I promise I've thought about it more.
newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/note...
newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/note...
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Stop laying off copy editors and then complaining about errors and lack of reader trust challenge
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Stop laying off copy editors and then complaining about errors and lack of reader trust challenge
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A train crew found a loose chicken on an N train this morning—and couldn’t get it to leave.
Loose chicken fouls N train as subway stowaway slows morning commute
A loose chicken gave new meaning to “free range,” scoring a gratis subway ride to Coney Island on the N train Thursday morning after it was discovered fouling a subway car in storage.
www.nydailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A train crew found a loose chicken on an N train this morning—and couldn’t get it to leave.
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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Proud to be repped by the same agency as one of my favorite cheeses @peter23.bsky.social www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Hollywood’s Cheesiest New Star? Parmigiano Reggiano Reportedly Signed By UTA for Film and TV Placement
The agency will reportedly work with the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium to get "the king of cheeses" product placement in Hollywood projects.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Proud to be repped by the same agency as one of my favorite cheeses @peter23.bsky.social www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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❄️WINTER READING SALE ❄️
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
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Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
❄️WINTER READING SALE ❄️
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
We’re running a winter sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. GMT on 19 December, with a 30 per cent discount across our website, including Fiction, Essay, Classics and Poetry titles, subscriptions, collections and tote bags.
❄️
Shop now: bit.ly/4oRFpxc
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We've never been so proud to be misaligned! Your support keeps us doing the thing this administration sees as a threat and a disruption.
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We've never been so proud to be misaligned! Your support keeps us doing the thing this administration sees as a threat and a disruption.
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
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But you must look at this matter in every light.
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
But you must look at this matter in every light.