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Literary agent, editor, author, PhD. Authors Guild member. Soccer club president. Springsteen and Wes Anderson fan. Publisher of upstatespurs.substack.com and borntorun.substack.com #books #music #nature #Mets #Broncos #Isles #Rutgers #COYS

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Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 8h

Only just now seeing the news. Yet another reason Forest can sod off.

Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 8h

Broncos return from a road (air) trip to Europe to play a Giants team that's had 3 more days of rest. I realize we just played in Tottenham, but does that means the NFL schedule makers have to treat them like the Premier League and UEFA treat Spurs?

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Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social · 1d

We all knew this was coming, and what a mess it will be.

The need for critical thinking skills is higher than ever at the moment where they are being completely undermined.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

The Constitution explicitly requires that any disbursement of funds from the US Treasury must have congressional approval. But Scott Bessent is plucking down $40 billion to bail out one of his investment buddies' bad bets in Argentina, and he isn't even briefing Congress about it.

Treasury Secretary Stakes Credibility and Taxpayer Money on Argentina Bet

www.nytimes.com

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 1d

Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 1d

As @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social says: "Bring back shame."

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

After failing to explain why Border Patrol posted a video using offensive terms for Jews—even as it was celebrated by antisemitic accounts—the agency has finally responded.

“We deleted the post and will update with different music. End of story. Now focus on the violent criminal illegal aliens.”

Border Patrol won’t say why it used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics

The video was live on Facebook and Instagram for two months.

www.motherjones.com

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Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 1d

I'm the type of Tom Petty fan who thinks his best stuff was from 1976-81.

Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 1d

Ha...at first I thought you meant South Korea or LAFC. Congrats!

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Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 2d

No, we work him into a 4-man rotation along with Danso ASAP.

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Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 2d

It's the guy wearing shorts in October, right?

Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 2d

Who wants to tell him?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump on Schumer: "I think he's losing IQ points with time. I think that happens. I hope it hasn't happened with me. I know if it did, you guys would let me know about it very quickly."

Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 2d

@hjm.bsky.social I just wanted to say how much your work means to me. I read H just after my own father passed away. Years later, I used it when homeschooling kindergarten. Also read from VESPER FLIGHTS aloud at the dinner table. Honored to have you among my Bluesky followers.

Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 4d

Third shirt Green Day.

[drops mic]

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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American Roots Music @fotokiddie.bsky.social · 6d

Woody Guthrie in 1943 at McSorley’s Old Ale House in New York City singing and playing his guitar which is labeled “This Machine Kills Fascists.”

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 6d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6d

Diane Keaton’s ability to show you a character’s vulnerability was as striking as her gift for showing you what can lie beneath such sensitivity, including neediness at its rawest and most acutely exposed, our chief film critic Manohla Dargis writes.

Often Overlooked, Diane Keaton Was Essential to ‘The Godfather’ Saga

The star’s emotional transparency and expressive eyes helped us see the Corleones as both fascinating and repellent, just as her character did.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

You know it's going great when you have to repeatedly remind the interviewer you're the Vice President of the United States mid-tantrum.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7d

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Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 6d

Best defensive performance on that field since every match with Romero and VDV on the pitch.

Denver Broncos @denver-broncos.bsky.social · 6d

The DEFENSE‼️ 😤

All 9️⃣ sacks from #DENvsNYJ:

Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 6d

For fellow Spurs supporters who may be unfamiliar with the NFL and are curious how that performance stacks up, it was like Spurs beating Sunderland 0.5 goals to 0.

Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 6d

Great defense. Just hope we don't waste it this season.

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Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 6d

Beyond questionable. Way too herky-jerky and played into Jets hands too often. Not impressed with Nix this season, either.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

STEPHANOPOULOS: Did Tom Homan give the $50,000 back?

VANCE: He did not take a bribe. It's a ridiculous smear

STEPHANOPOULOS: You didn't answer the question

VANCE: Did he accept $50,000? I'm sure that in the course of Homan's life, he's been paid more than $50k for services.

(So, no, he didn't)

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Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 6d

Foolish game for Payton/Nix. Broncos may well have the best defense in the NFL, but they'll never win a championship with that QB and play calling.