Sarah Churchwell
@sarahchurchwell.bsky.social
Public Humanities Prof, School of Advanced Study, Univ London. American abroad. Journalism, US politics, cultural & literary history esp 1920s & 30s & F. Scott Fitzgerald. Podcast: Journey Through Time with David Olusoga. @throughtimepod.bsky.social
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In less depressing news, I’d like to thank everyone who has been listening and sending lovely feedback to me & the brilliant @davidolusoga.bsky.social on our new podcast @throughtimepod.bsky.social. Thanks to you we hit No. 1 within a day of launching! We’re thrilled with the response. Thank you! 🥳
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This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
Also we've fetishized "debate” in these spaces as some kind of civic good, when what matters is competence, trust, shared purpose. Medicine, engineering, boardrooms aren’t organized around debate or requirements of false balance. We've poisoned public discourse by insisting it be adversarial.
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Also we've fetishized "debate” in these spaces as some kind of civic good, when what matters is competence, trust, shared purpose. Medicine, engineering, boardrooms aren’t organized around debate or requirements of false balance. We've poisoned public discourse by insisting it be adversarial.
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Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
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every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
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Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
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the other part of this is that Rob Reiner made good things that impacted so many of us. He did good things that changed lives for the better. Make and do some good.
we should all watch a rob reiner movie tomorrow, this entire site, just pick one and put it on at like 8pm est
December 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
the other part of this is that Rob Reiner made good things that impacted so many of us. He did good things that changed lives for the better. Make and do some good.
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Speaking ill of Rob Reiner, now that should cost you your job
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Speaking ill of Rob Reiner, now that should cost you your job
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Rob Reiner was a true patriot, a champion of democracy who understood the risks we face and strove to ensure that future generations of Americans would live in a free country. May his memory be a blessing.
December 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Rob Reiner was a true patriot, a champion of democracy who understood the risks we face and strove to ensure that future generations of Americans would live in a free country. May his memory be a blessing.
Been seeing this rumor for the last hour - now People is reporting it confirmed. Jesus.
"Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE."
Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son: (Exclusive Sources)
Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found after first responders were called to the couple's Brentwood home at 3:30 p.m.
people.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Been seeing this rumor for the last hour - now People is reporting it confirmed. Jesus.
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Breaking news is tricky ... but FYI when news outlets don't use "alleged" in their headlines... they're not afraid of being sued. Which suggests the evidence is really really solid.
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Breaking news is tricky ... but FYI when news outlets don't use "alleged" in their headlines... they're not afraid of being sued. Which suggests the evidence is really really solid.
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TV news having trouble triaging an antisemitic mass murder on Chanukah, a mass shooting at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, and the apparent murder of one of America’s most beloved movie directors
December 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
TV news having trouble triaging an antisemitic mass murder on Chanukah, a mass shooting at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, and the apparent murder of one of America’s most beloved movie directors
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O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!
Oh god, it’s true. RIP and strength to their family and loved ones. This is looking very dark.
His work brought so much joy into the world.
His work brought so much joy into the world.
Rob Reiner, who directed such beloved Hollywood classics as 'This Is Spinal Tap,' 'Stand by Me' and 'When Harry Met Sally' after starring in the trailblazing sitcom 'All in the Family,' died Sunday along with his wife, Michele, in their Brentwood home. bit.ly/48UWXSi
December 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Oh god, it’s true. RIP and strength to their family and loved ones. This is looking very dark.
His work brought so much joy into the world.
His work brought so much joy into the world.
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There's no rule of journalism that says you have to show a president telling lie after lie – uncorrected – many times a day. That's a decision that corporate media are making for purposes other than delivering the truth to the public.
December 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
There's no rule of journalism that says you have to show a president telling lie after lie – uncorrected – many times a day. That's a decision that corporate media are making for purposes other than delivering the truth to the public.
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Very moved by the Journey Through Time podcast series on the Paris Commune with @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social and @davidolusoga.bsky.social
youtu.be/4b44qyAZfL4?...
youtu.be/4b44qyAZfL4?...
The Paris Commune: France’s Bloodiest Revolution (Ep1)
YouTube video by Journey Through Time
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December 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Very moved by the Journey Through Time podcast series on the Paris Commune with @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social and @davidolusoga.bsky.social
youtu.be/4b44qyAZfL4?...
youtu.be/4b44qyAZfL4?...
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TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
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Just so we're clear, one incident of alleged anti-semitism by a musician = a major national scandal that should be roundly condemned.
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Just so we're clear, one incident of alleged anti-semitism by a musician = a major national scandal that should be roundly condemned.
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
John Carey was a brilliant writer and thinker. He was also a very nice man. I had the privilege of working with him many times and would like to think he has found an infinite library now. RIP.
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
A lovely tribute to the brilliant John Carey, whose work I return to again and again and again.
A lovely tribute to the brilliant John Carey, whose work I return to again and again and again.
John Carey obituary: literary critic
Witty, eclectic and sometimes scathing scholar and reviewer who held sacred cows in little respect, dies aged 91
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
John Carey was a brilliant writer and thinker. He was also a very nice man. I had the privilege of working with him many times and would like to think he has found an infinite library now. RIP.
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Incredibly brave. Imagine the faceless bores the BBC will have making their programmes if they continue down this path.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Incredibly brave. Imagine the faceless bores the BBC will have making their programmes if they continue down this path.
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South Carolina is making national news for all the wrong reasons. This time it’s a measles outbreak.
December 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
South Carolina is making national news for all the wrong reasons. This time it’s a measles outbreak.
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"Trump is still Trump, but what a difference it is, nonetheless, to go from a President who felt it necessary to deny that he had said 'shithole countries' to one who, eight years later, is celebrating the fact that he said it," writes @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
The Curse of Trump 2.0
What does it say that the President doesn’t even feel he needs to hide his most profane and radical views anymore?
www.newyorker.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"Trump is still Trump, but what a difference it is, nonetheless, to go from a President who felt it necessary to deny that he had said 'shithole countries' to one who, eight years later, is celebrating the fact that he said it," writes @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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Today in “Watergate was a harmless high school prank relative to the things Trump does on a daily basis”
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Today in “Watergate was a harmless high school prank relative to the things Trump does on a daily basis”
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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In the name of a unique British identity the far right is becoming more American, adopting a weaponised and hateful version of Christianity because its US backers and funders say so.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on far-right perversions of the Christmas message: promoting a gospel of hate | Editorial
Editorial: A Tommy Robinson-inspired carol service is the latest sign of a burgeoning Christian nationalist movement. The Church of England is right to push back
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
In the name of a unique British identity the far right is becoming more American, adopting a weaponised and hateful version of Christianity because its US backers and funders say so.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...