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Abigail Nussbaum
@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social
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Blogger, critic, 2017 and 2025 best fan writer Hugo winner. Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · Jul 29
A lovely @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social reader won an auction for a review by me, and requested Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor. It was a delight to return to this novel with a critical eye, to talk about the things that make it special & set it apart. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/07/the-...
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison - Lawyers, Guns & Money
[This review was requested by reader Greg Sanders, winner of the LGM fund drive auction. Thank you to Greg for the contribution, and for selecting an excellent book!] In the middle of the night, in a ...
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 23h
זה בגלל שרוב האנשים שמדברים על הגירה למעשה מתכוונים לכך שהם רואים אנשים לא-לבנים ברחוב, בלי קשר לאם הם מהגרים, או דור חמישי במדינה.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 2d
טוב, זה, אם יסלחו לי ההורים בפיד, כבר לא אשמת הילד. אם כל החיים עשו לו כביסה מבלי ללמד אותו איך עושים את זה, לא ממש אשמתו שהוא לא יודע איך.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 2d
I'm still reading it, but Big Time by Jordan Prosser is fantastic so far - Almost Famous meets 1984 with bonus time travel drugs.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 3d
מה שלא מובן לי זה מאיפה הם מקבלים את הרעיון הזה. אני עוד זוכרת טלויזיה בשחור לבן, אבל גם אצלנו החלפנו לצבע כשהייתי בת שלוש. איך ילדים שנולדו בעשור האחרון אפילו יודעים שזה היה דבר?
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 3d
לחץ ממי, אבל? איזה גוף יש לו גם השפעה על הועדה, וגם עניין לעשות פוצי-מוצי לטראמפ?
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 3d
לצערי אני לא חושבת שנשיא שאינו טראמפ היה יכול לעשות את הקונץ הזה לביבי, ובהחלט לא לפני הבחירות. הגישה של כל הממשלה הישראלית בשנה שאחרי השביעי באוקטובר היתה "נחכה עד שטראמפ יחזור".
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 3d
סלח לי, אבל לא ראיתי אדם אחד מחוץ לישראל שאומר דברים כאלה שלא כבדיחה.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 3d
אחד מהדברים שלמדנו בשנתיים האחרונות היא שאין גבול לטמטום, ובמיוחד כשהוא מתחרה בגבריות הרעילה של הבן-גבירים למיניהם.

הרי אם היינו יודעים להיות חכמים לא היו יוצאים עשרות סרטונים של חיילים בוזזים בתים של פלסטינים או מפזזים עם תחתונים של נשים פלסטיניות. אבל האכזריות היא המטרה.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 3d
I think the point the season (and perhaps especially this episode) is making is about the complicity of "good" white people who don't participate in fascism but also don't do anything about it. Auggie's speech in this episode is a remarkably clever bit of work in that respect.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 3d
I can't decide if the show is avoiding the darker implications of that, or just not thinking about. We're told that POC are in work camps, so maybe that means this is a sanitized Nazis-win-WWII world where Jews are in camps too, or maybe the show just doesn't want to say the obvious.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 3d
He starts wearing pants halfway through the season, which is obviously very wrong. But there is significant Momoa butt before that.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 3d
Also, while I'm sure that we are all too high-minded for this to be a consideration, I would be remiss not to mention that Chief of War features many, many handsome, thicc men wearing front-only loincloths.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 3d
It doesn't seem to have garnered much attention, but Apple's Chief of War, which dramatizes the 18th century unification of Hawaii, is a compelling, sumptuous historical melodrama with a great cast and gorgeous setting. Perfect for anyone experiencing Game of Thrones/Shogun withdrawal.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 4d
אתם מבינים שהוא לא עומד לקבל את הפרס, נכון? בלי קשר לכך שהזוכה של השנה כבר נבחר ועד שנה הבאה הכל יכול לקרות, אין שום סיכוי שהשוודים ישפילו את עצמם ככה.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 4d
לא יודעת עד כמה ההפגנות הן הגורם (מה גם שהפגנות פרו-פלסטיניות בארה״ב זה יותר משהו של לפני שנה, וההפגנות הגדולות עכשיו הן דוקא אנטי-טראמפ). יותר שטראמפ רואה את עצמו כדילמייקר (וגם, כפי שאמרת, מפנטז על פרס נובל). הוא נכשל באוקראינה כי אין לו איך לסובב לפוטין ולזלנסקי את הזרוע, אז הוא מנסה עלינו.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 5d
I mean it's also just antisemitism.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 5d
Everything he's saying seems wildly outside the authority of a mayor. Does the mayor of NYC get to order the NYPD to arrest people? Seems not great if so. Not to mention that I don't think an ICC warrant is within the NYPD's jurisdiction. Everything he's saying feels really, unnecessarily dumb.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 5d
For the record, describing October 7th as "a kid punching back against a bully" is morally, historically, and factually illiterate.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 5d
It never fails: I log into this site after an incident of antisemitic violence, and within minutes someone on my feed is explaining that violence against Israelis is justified.
Screenshot of a BlueSky post by user Mallorie Malcontent: "The same exact dynamic played out with Israel’s genocide. They bullied an entire group of people for decades on end. And we’re expected to condemn the people who fought back. The same shit is used against every kid who swings back at their bully. How DARE you. It’s fucking disgusting." The post is quoted approvingly by BlueSky user phyphor.
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 7d
This is the way
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 7d
we are going to drink 500ml of water every hour for the next five hours, OK? and then tomorrow will be basically fine.
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 7d
hey psst. are you fasting tomorrow? drink a nice big glass of water right now. don't think about it, just get the water down.
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Ian Mond @mondyboy74.bsky.social · 8d
There’s a world where this wins all the awards next year. I’d like to be in that world.
Books Read: A Granite Silence by Nina Allan
This is the best book of the year. Hopefully, it gets the love it deserves (but I’m not holding my breath).
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 8d
And Midnight Pals impresario Bitter Karella has their novel debut with Moonflow, a gonzo phantasmagoria in which a trans mycologist, a history-obsessed park ranger, and a lesbian separatist cult come together in a forest that may be sentient. locusmag.com/review/moonf...
Moonflow by Bitter Karella: Review by Abigail Nussbaum
Best known for the long-running Twitter/BlueSky comedy account Midnight Pals, in which famed horror writers both living and deceased meet to trade stories and (not-so-)subtly comment on the politic…
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 8d
Some more of my August @locusmag.bsky.social reviews are now online. First up: Holes author Louis Sachar returns with The Magician of Tiger Castle, a sardonic Ruritanian fantasy with shades of Megan Whalen Turner and M.T. Anderson. locusmag.com/review/the-m...
The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar: Review by Abigail Nussbaum
In the Ruritanian nation of Esquaveta, plopped somewhere between Italy and France, court magi­cian Anatole has been presented with a problem. Princess Tullia has thrown off her betrothal, and thus …
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 8d
And Midnight Pals impresario Bitter Karella has their novel debut with Moonflow, a gonzo phantasmagoria in which a trans mycologist, a history-obsessed park ranger, and a lesbian separatist cult come together in a forest that may be sentient. locusmag.com/review/moonf...
Moonflow by Bitter Karella: Review by Abigail Nussbaum
Best known for the long-running Twitter/BlueSky comedy account Midnight Pals, in which famed horror writers both living and deceased meet to trade stories and (not-so-)subtly comment on the politic…
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 8d
Some more of my August @locusmag.bsky.social reviews are now online. First up: Holes author Louis Sachar returns with The Magician of Tiger Castle, a sardonic Ruritanian fantasy with shades of Megan Whalen Turner and M.T. Anderson. locusmag.com/review/the-m...
The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar: Review by Abigail Nussbaum
In the Ruritanian nation of Esquaveta, plopped somewhere between Italy and France, court magi­cian Anatole has been presented with a problem. Princess Tullia has thrown off her betrothal, and thus …
locusmag.com
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