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Vince Keenan

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Half of classic Hollywood mystery writer Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social. Staff, NOIR CITY magazine. Cocktail enthusiast. Mets fan. Newsletter: Cocktails and Crime. https://vincekeenan.substack.com/

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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · Nov 13

If we're making introductions: I'm one-half of novelist Renee Patrick @rpatrickbooks.bsky.social, the other half being my wife Rosemarie Keenan. In our books, Edith Head solves mysteries in Golden Age Hollywood. And I have a newsletter, Cocktails and Crime. vincekeenan.substack.com

Cover of the mystery novel DESIGN FOR DYING by Renee Patrick, featuring Edith Head.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 20h

They knock her for being a bartender. I think that is her secret.

Kerr Avon ♨️ @kerravon.bsky.social · 20h

Why do I get the feeling, sir, that AOC is the only member of the Squad with any real staying power, in terms of strategy and just being a normal person?

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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 15h

SOME PERSONAL NEWS! Cannot wait to get A HELL OF A DRINK out there in 2027. Chris Elford is a dear friend and a genius bartender. His horror movie inspired cocktails are fantastic. Every Sasquatch book is gorgeous. Halloween will never be the same again!

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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 14h

@scrawfish.bsky.social May recruit your help as an expert witness.

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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 16h

I've been wondering when the definitive bio of Jack was coming, and I can't imagine a better author. Congratulations! (Also, fun fact: read about the deal underneath yours in today's email. Howdy, neighbor!)

Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 16h

Feared this would happen, but hearing the news is still a gut punch. This is where Rosemarie and I co-hosted Noir City Seattle with Eddie Muller for years. Thinking back on the last films I saw here, 4K restorations of THE CONVERSATION and LE SAMOURAI. A fitting way to bring down the curtain.

SIFF @siffnews.bsky.social · 19h

SIFF and Seattle Central have mutually decided to end our current lease at the Egyptian. We are so grateful to Seattle Central for their partnership over the years, and to all who have come to a film or event at SIFF Cinema Egyptian. Read more at siff.info/siffegynews-bsky.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

Been running around outside at night lately like the Weapons kids. Feels good. Refreshing.

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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite thing about baseball is its unparalleled literary history.
My second-favorite thing about baseball is how failure is the norm and nobody can succeed through force of will.
My third-favorite thing about baseball is this:

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 1d

there are not a lot of sports where a person the shape of Alejandro Kirk could be playing at the highest level at the end of the season

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 1d

FanTASTIC news let’s get this done

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 1d

I do not understand my enthusiasm for the TRON movies, but I accept that it exists. I can't wait to see TRON: ARES and I would be the one person Michael Sheen refers to in this interview who tells him how much they love TRON: LEGACY. Especially his performance. www.vulture.com/article/mich...

Michael Sheen Answers All Our Questions About Tron: Legacy

“I was being more flamboyant than any showgirl. He was giving it large, really, wasn’t he?”

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Levi Weaver, but for baseball @threetwoeephus.bsky.social · 1d

In the roughly 80+ years since the invention of batting helmets, America has been involved in one world war.

That’s the same amount of world wars they participated in over the previous 160+ years.

So batting helmets cause a ~100% increase in world wars.

Just a lil idea for the next google ai ad.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 1d

microsoft product (begging, pleading): save this document to my documents?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (twitching, shaking) this jpeg. save to pictures?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (weeping, throwing up): this email attachment... downloads?

me: desktop

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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 2d

One of those days when I'm seeing my college roommate's name all over the news - not a bad reason, he just has a job I don't envy - and feeling both lucky and like a complete failure.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 3d

So glad I caught this

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Hannah Keyser @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social · 3d

here's something different: I wrote about the women of the Harlem Globetrotters. How they pack, train, and approach motherhood while playing against and alongside men. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 4d

For the first time in 24 years, the Mariners have won a postseason game in Seattle.

The series is tied at 1-1.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4d

This is a question from a screenwriter who wants to know if it's okay to have AI write entire scenes for him. My answer would be exactly two letters long, which I guess is why I am not an "ethicist."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/m...

I’m a Screenwriter. Is It All Right if I Use A.I.?

www.nytimes.com

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 5d

I’m the mortician in Richard Scarry’s Busytown. I’m a dog who wears a baseball hat that says “who let ME out”. I drive a dried up footlong meatball sub that’s also a hearse every day.

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Caitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 5d

last minute, but for Oregon folks: I’ll be at the Book Bin in Salem today with Kate Alice Marshall, and a little birdie told me there might be early copies of THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT available tonight only.

A nice graphic with the cover of The Starving Saints, some sculpted columnar ladies, and bees. The text reads:

The Book Bin Presents:
Author Event with Caitlin Starling in conversation with Kate Alice Marshall

When:
Saturday October 4th 5pm
Where:
The Book Bin
450 Court St Ne

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 8d

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Tyson Cole. #NewYorkerCartoons

Sign up for our humor newsletter to get the Daily Cartoon right in your inbox: www.newyorker.com/newsletter/h...

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NPR @npr.org · 8d

The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.

Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech

The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.

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Peter Avellino @peterapeel.bsky.social · 8d

In honor of Walter Matthau’s birthday, I felt I should bring this over from the other place.

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 9d

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