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LAST CALL (2021) and THE MAN NOBODY KILLED (2025) http://www.elongreen.com

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 18d

I’ve been working on this for a while. (I tried to find Bobbie more than a decade ago and failed.) Please do give it a read.

Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 18d

If you love the song “Me and Bobby McGee” you absolutely must read @elongreen.bsky.social on the life of the woman who inspired the song.

The Unlikely Story of the Secretary Who Inspired One of Music’s Greatest Songs

“Me and Bobby McGee” was originally about a woman—Barbara “Bobbie” McKee. I talked to her.

slate.com

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 1h

literally every time, in big and small ways

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 6h

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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Tyrone @thetyrone.bsky.social · 12h

This is one of the rare times in Illinois politics when you could call for the governor to be jailed and be incorrect.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 15h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 1h

correct, but also yes

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 1h

It’s difficult to explain to non-Jews the extent to which Jewish children are raised to believe that the single greatest athlete in American history is Sandy Koufax

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, that was mesmerizing.

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 3h

The thing is, there’s no reason to defend her! It’s California, just run another democrat and they’ll get elected.

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 3h

I'd be shocked if it was enough to knock her out, but christ, she's horrible.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 3h

Wonder how many videos Porter's staff can leak before they run out.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 3h

Lotta people getting over their skis about the longevity of this ceasefire.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 3h

Breathtaking book.

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 15d

Green recommended Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder as the best book ever about TB and he was right. A lot of insights there into what public health should look like.

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · Apr 19

John Green's Everything is Tuberculosis is brief and interesting, but it feels like a lot of books written before Trump II will need to spend more time on how things can go really really wrong in the future. Also he's a YouTuber, he should do some videos on why funding USAID is good, actually.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 4h

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 3h

Impressed that you didn't do prelaunch fundraising. I feel like that always ends badly.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 4h

i question the wisdom of taking advice about democrats messaging from people who never seem to know what democrats are saying

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 4h

r/NYPDcandidate is the greatest (this is a typical comment)

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 4h

I hear he’s been nominated for a Pulitzer

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 4h

PRESIDENT TRUMP RUMORED TO BE IN THE RUNNING FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 4h

As if these silly fucks haven’t been deeply unhappy during Adams! It’s a shitty job that they all hate. Even cops don’t believe the propaganda.

Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 4h

The cop ultimatums about Mamdani are so funny, oh no, are New York cops going to move to New Jersey? That would be crazy

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Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 6h

you'll get hate for this but you're correct

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 6h

Perfect movie followed by a firehose of garbage.

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 6h

Done and done.

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 6h

alien movies

Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 1d

Food for thought: What is the worst franchise made from the best movie?

15 Great Movies That Were Ruined By Becoming Franchises

These classic films should never have gotten sequels.

screencrush.com

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 6h

If I had a nickel for every 70s kitchen-sink drama about a working class Italian guy who's kind of a fuckup throwing himself into his hobby that is today only remembered as being about that hobby, I'd have two nickels, which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 6h

career, friends, things of that nature.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 10h

May as well rename the paper the Washington Times at this point.

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 16h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 10h

The Goldblatt Diaspora grows.

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 12h

There’s no way anyone at cbs was paying for that shit

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pershing48.bsky.social @pershing48.bsky.social · 16h

Here's to grand juries, the cause of and solution to all our problems!

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