Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 2h

This really you sir?

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 2h

Good luck with the next step!

1 1

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3h

Heeee. I’m in Brooklyn with Megan!

1

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3h

Wishing my observant friends a very happy Yankee Elimination Day!

5 4 35

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 11h

Bonded with my cousin via social media, which grew into a real-world relationship I cherish.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

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

1 9

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 1d

Pissy Spike Lee made me chortle.

1

Reposted by Jason Fry

Defector @defector.com · 1d

Never bunt: defector.com/never-bunt

Never Bunt | Defector

PHILADELPHIA — By the top of the ninth inning, the stadium was visibly pockmarked by absences, and people were booing Jhoan Duran’s walkout show. Duran, who was just doing his job as the Philadelphia…

defector.com

6 39

Reposted by Jason Fry

Graig Kreindler @graigkreindler.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in 1925, Christy Mathewson passed away at the age of 45. One of the most beloved athletes of his era, he was baseball’s first true superstar. Here’s my painting of him warming up before a game at West Side Park in 1907, based on the photography of Francis P. Burke.

5 36

Reposted by Jason Fry

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 2d

My father was supposedly one of the smartest people in the world, and he hated that elitist nonsense.

He loathed the idea that intelligence is something you're born with, a single trait that can be measured. It leads to eugenics and bad policy.

My latest newsletter:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...

You're Not as Smart as You Think You Are

First, some housekeeping! I have written a novel about a trans witch who teaches her broken-hearted mother how to do magic. She also researches a mysterious...

buttondown.com

16 73 420

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 2d

Stopped off in his hometown of Carrabelle, Fla., this spring. The town museum has a nice exhibit in his honor.

Graig Kreindler @graigkreindler.bsky.social · 2d

On this day in 2006, John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil passed away at the age of 94. It's hard to say whether I've ever seen a better ambassador for the sport (especially the Negro Leagues) since I’ve been a fan. Here's a color study of the great man later in life--I wish I could have met him.

1

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 2d

This is my proudest achievement.

Shane • Star Wars 5W @starwars5w.bsky.social · 2d

Kriff first appeared as a curse word in Timothy Zahn’s 1998 Legends novel, Vision of the Future. It found its’ way into Canon with @jasoncfry.bsky.social’s 2014 Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy.

Cover of Timothy Zahn's Vision of the Future, painted by Drew Struzan.

Kriff used in Vision of the Future. "If this thing's a hoax, it's a kriffing good one."

Cover to Jason Fry's Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy, illustrated by Jean-Paul Balmet.

Kriff in the text of Edge of the Galaxy. "You're crooked as a kriffing Hutt!"

5 2 46

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3d

Good idea, done. Thank you! (And hi!)

1 1

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3d

So many opportunities for someone -- anyone! -- to say, "Hmm, let's not do that."

1 2

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3d

Ha. Decided to stick to being a quarter-assed Saints fan. Which is also pretty painful these days.

1 2

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3d

I briefly thought about trying on Jets fandom as a Mets-adjacent experiment and then realized it was the equivalent of voluntarily sticking my hand into a garbage disposal as an experiment.

Whew, that was a close one.

1 3

Reposted by Jason Fry

Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 11d

If you can't handle me at my worst (crying in the shower), you don't deserve me at my best (crying in the shower while eating cake)

8 160 670

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3d

But yes, this is the story of so many people in my circles. The hollowing out of creativity is so brutal and cruel and helpless ... and so much is being lost, for audiences as well as creators.

5

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3d

Saw my work disappear for reasons that were about my specific situation, gave up and got a day job doing something vaguely adjacent. Kicked the shit out of myself for that decision but in fact I was early ... and, I now realize, lucky.

lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 3d

God, It's Brutal Out Here: lindseyadler.substack.com/p/god-its-br...

1 7

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3d

Cap Bingo update: Apparently Saturday night in the East Village is good hunting? Racked up ARZ, TOR, KC and SAC in like a three-block stretch. Absolutely baffling.

3

Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3d

Not quite cultural holes, but I was juuuust too old for the NES and watching Friends to be "well of course" things. Two slightly odd near-misses.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.