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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 2d

My newsletter this week is short. It's about content, context, and chronic pain (kind of).

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We live in the era of content. Content! What the fuck is content? And what is all this content without its context? What are any of us without context? Without context, we can become divorced from the fullness of meaning. Sometimes we are even divorced from any meaning at all. I know that context isn't fixed, that the context in which I create something is not the context in which you will have your own experience of it. We all know that so much of what matters is unwritten, beyond view, out of frame, not gridworthy. But god, some days I feel as if I were drowning in an ocean and my only refuge a floating garbage island. Where am I even going with this? The drowning is how my context sometimes makes me feel, because of all the work that goes into dealing with it, because I deal with it alone, and because even if I didn't, no one else can see it. The floating garbage island is the assortment of shitty, half-baked content generating platforms—far less social, much more media—that make isolation feel so much lonelier. If you thought you and your problems were invisible before you unlocked your phone, boy howdy does that not compare with how you feel when you realize you're not even good at getting attention by shouting into the void.

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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 2d

Oh I love how she painted the sky for you this morning. That's our grace, always so thoughtful.

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · 2d

Woke up to this beauty. Lovelier than the sunrise. Thank you, Charlie.

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning, especially, to @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social and all of her friends

White balcony. Classic Duchess Mug™️ filled with coffee, cinnamon, and light foam rests on the railing. In the distance, palm trees, homes, one with a metal roof nearby to the upper right. Farther back, you can see the early sunrise gradations of blue, pink, peach, and light yellow tones of a changing sky. Moon, not pictured, slightly less full than yesterday, sits high and to the left. Still bright.

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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 2d

For me: friends and fun, and a book, and life itself.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 3d

Remember me as one who encouraged you to keep up your daily carbs, even when I had pressing engagements elsewhere.

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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 4d

Cut yourself a cross section of any October afternoon, and beneath the shale level you're going to find a hard nugget of old caramel. It'll still taste good.

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Laura Lippman @lauralippman.bsky.social · 4d

The recipe I used: www.dessertfortwo.com/one-chocolat...

One Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe - Single Serving Cookie

One chocolate chip cookie recipe is the most important recipe you need in life! This single serve cookie is always there for you.

www.dessertfortwo.com

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Laura Lippman @lauralippman.bsky.social · 4d

Obligatory disclaimer: I know the world is a shit show. BUT I was sitting here, wishing I could bake just one cookie & I found a recipe for just one cookie and it’s a darn good cookie that took 5 minutes to make, 16 minutes to bake.

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · 6d

I'm attending Galveston County Democratic Party's event, “Democracy: Keep it Alive Rally and Protest” - sign up now to join me! #GCDPtx www.mobilize.us/gcdptx/event...

Democracy: Keep it Alive Rally and Protest · Galveston County Democratic Party

A short 1/2 mile protest on Seawall Blvd followed by music and speakers. Costumes are encouraged. Protest and gather with friends! Bring your lawn chair, bring your cooler, bring your neighbor – and ...

www.mobilize.us

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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 6d

Little less conversation, little more ritualistic dancing in the moonlit forest to ward off evil, please.

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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 11d

I see a lot of you trying to cheer each other up and cheer each other on. It all adds up. I'm keeping a tally.

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · 12d

Improved!

Same photo as above, but with Duchess Goldblatt added to mug

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · 12d

National Coffee Day, and we are back to basics, heading to Texas.

White to-go cup with brown cardboard grip. Lidless with wooden stirrer inside. Cup is filled with black coffee. Natural wood table with White Sox insignia in darker brown stain at edge. White paper napkin in blurred background. White metal barstool with backs in the distance, indicating a Chicago Airport restaurant.

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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 20d

I've extended my online blackout. You may entertain yourselves by doodling my name over and over in your diary, like any other weekend.

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · 20d

The day got away from me! Hello, hello :)

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · 21d

The Duchess watches over a bookshelf shelf holding poetry, plays, a glass apple.

cc: @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social

White living room bookshelf. Natural wood coaster. Atop coaster rests a Duchess Goldblatt™️ coffee mug filled with espresso and the only remaining dollop of whipped cream (melted) from our fridge. A bit of side eye from Your Grace this morning. She knows there are no colorful sprinkles today. But there is poetry, there are plays.

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · 23d

I wish I could remember how I lucked into finding her online. Must've been around 2013-2014. 💛

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · 27d

I believe it's an extremely limited edition built only to hold coffee or a fine Riesling

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · 27d

Good morning. Let’s flashback to this thrilling moment!

Photo of a 2017 tweet by Duchess Goldblatt wherein she posted a picture of a coffee mug adorned with my (back then, youthful) face. I laughed and laughed with great delight.

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · 29d

So nice!

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · 29d

Good morning, all

Photo of the Duchess Coffee Mug I've had longest, battered by the dishwasher, nicked and scratched, whipped cream dollop on the top, rests on kitchen island countertop. In the blurred blue-gray distance is the living room with two navy barrel chairs and white shelves of books. The beloved television shines with a reflection of morning light from the windows. Fireplace sits cold beneath the television. The day and the world begin to right themselves, as indicated by Duchess Goldblatt herself.

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · Sep 9

It's that time again: I put my employment in jeopardy and nominate @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social for an honorary degree.

Imagine! "That's *Doctor* Duchess Goldblatt."

Call for Nominations: 2026 Honorary Degrees

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · Sep 10

What a bright, beautiful group of people ✨💛✨

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Pamela @pjmilam1.bsky.social · Sep 7

Best in this universe or any other!

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