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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · 1d

Good news! Hannah Sawyerr's TRUTH IS is a National Book Award Finalist!!! Aaaaaaaaahhhh!!!! www.nationalbook.org/awards2025/h...

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · 6d

Agreed!!! Sorry if this take is too HOT!

Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 6d

I watched the Oceans films with my son recently and they all rule, but I think Oceans Twelve is my favorite one.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 16d

Is it a good thing for an industry when people are constantly inventing new words to describe the terrible side effects of your product?

Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 16d

You don't say!

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

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Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · 17d

I've subscribed since day one, but I'm not going to keep paying while Disney keeps Jimmy Kimmel off the air.

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · 21d

I’m re-reading the Book of Dust books in preparation for book 3 coming soon, and I have to say for the millionth time Philip Pullman is an observant, fearless genius. Maybe my favorite writer.

Page of text from The Book of Dust book 1 about a religious group that set up a society of snitches in schools for kids to rat out the heretics around them

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · 22d

People sometimes ask how I keep up with so much tv and a lot of it has been training from years and years of reading Alan. Worth a subscription!

Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 23d

Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:

Don't stop believing

Some news, as they say

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · 29d

Hey I’m in this piece! And happy on sale day to BONES AND BERSERKERS!

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 29d

13 years after the debut of Nathan Hale’s ‘Hazardous Tales,’ the author-illustrator has added volume 13 to the series with graphic novel anthology ‘Bones and Berserkers: 13 True Tales of Terror from American History’

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales Adds Lucky #13

With good reason, Nathan Hale could refute the age-old superstition that the number 13 portends bad luck. Thirteen years after the debut of Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales, the author-illustrator has...

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · 29d

Heck yes TRUTH IS by Hannah Sawyerr is on the National Book Award long list!!!!!! Congrats to Hannah - so honored to have worked on this with her! www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

Book cover of TRUTH IS featuring a girl doing slam poetry and a hand holding a mic

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Sep 7

I have a neurotic phobia of poorly managed lines, I love the US Open, and I despise DJT with everything in my soul. This is literal hell to me x.com/benrothenber...

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Aug 27

As a potential member of this class, I am highly skeptical that this settlement could be anywhere near high enough. If I get $5 venmoed to me in a year I’ll be pissed!

Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · Aug 26

NEW: A major AI copyright legal showdown just took a huge twist today. Facing a class action on behalf of book authors that could've seen it pay over a TRILLION in damages for alleged piracy, Anthropic has agreed to settle instead: www.wired.com/story/anthro...

Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought By Book Authors

Anthropic faced the prospect of more than $1 trillion in damages, a sum that could have threatened the company’s survival if the case went to trial.

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Aug 13

We had a work thing at Monk McGinns recently and they did this for us! We reserved half the upstairs space, no minimum. Super nice people & location! One thing: I’d ask how they handle multiple payers - we were on one card.

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Aug 2

Most of the things he mentioned weren’t in season 1! I assumed he asked her to watch season 1 (to start!) but had all of them saved on there

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Aug 2

Watched the whole thing out of love for Cuaron and deeply regretted it. Almost impressively airless and anti-dramatic. The cat is the best thing on screen every time he pops up

Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Aug 1

(Most people read it for advice misunderstood that core concept, though)

Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Aug 1

The wild thing is that if you read Neil Strauss’s The Game (I did, ama) this is the secret point: “pick up” “artistry” is just a bunch of nerd hacks for making yourself a more interesting/less desperate/accidentally better person

Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · Aug 1

As a person on the “left” I propose that if men want to fuck they should work on being fuckable

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Aug 1

The left is completely silent on the subject of men getting laid - which, generally speaking, they are v.interested in doing and will continue to be interested in regardless of whether progressives want to talk about it. So the stage has been left entirely clear for the far-right.

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Jul 14

Scrolling by I legit thought Ada was a doll. Happy bday not-so-tiny babies!

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Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · Jun 23

Solemnly, at Carmen Sandiego’s funeral: do it Rockapella.

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Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · Jun 23

Nothing is inevitable! Go vote tomorrow, and don't rank Cuomo. (There's no voting today)

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jun 23

We have gone from the margin of error to the margin of effort.

On the day before the election, we stand on the verge of toppling a political dynasty and winning a city we can afford. But we can only do it with you.

zohranfornyc.com/gotv

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Jun 19

I’ve been meaning to come on here and say this very thing. What a great show!

Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · Jun 19

"Adults" on FX is hilarious. I just finished the first season, and there should have been three times as many episodes. We need more episodes of comedies!

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Jun 16

Just looked this letter up to remind myself of my anti-bath stance and tbf I did say “with great affection” 😂

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Jun 15

Oh yeah, spelling bee? If this isn’t a word, then what did Jane Eyre and the other orphans at Lowood suffer from in the winter, hmmmm???

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jun 14

Holy shit, New York!

Here’s the full view.

#NoKings #50501Movement

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Jun 14

Making an inept romcom is not a brave interrogation of the form!!!

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Jun 14

Great turnout. Great energy. Don’t get stuck on the 42nd and 41st side streets.

Kyle Gilman @kylegilman.net · Jun 14

NYC #nokings march is crowded! Spent 45 minutes stalled on 42nd St. If you're on your way, try getting to 5th Ave from below 38th St.

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Maggie Lehrman @maggielehrman.com · Jun 14

Not enough people talking about how the Brad Pitt racing movie appears to have the same plot as Cars 3. Like going by the trailer it’s beat-for-beat.

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