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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 16h

A remarkable fact I've learned about the current Harvest Supermoon is that if you observe it natural surroundings and gaze up at it in awestruck reverence for long enough, there's a good chance you'll walk into a tree.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 9h

This.💯

So much this.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 10h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Mary Hrovat @maryhrovat.bsky.social · 1d

Cloudy moon.

Night photo of the moon surrounded by and partially covered by gauzy clouds. The branches and needles of a pine tree are visible in the foreground.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

With fewer than 60 lawyers, we are currently litigating 63 voting and election cases in 30 states — a number that will almost certainly rise in the weeks to come. The only thing that could cause it to fall anytime soon would be court closures resulting from the Republican-caused government shutdown.

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

What Trump doesn’t want us to know about ourselves
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Turning out the lights on the economy

How Trump is systematically concealing America from Americans

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

October 6, 2025
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October 6, 2025

If White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is at the head of the administration’s deployment of federal agents against undocumented immigrants, it appears that Office of Management and Budget...

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

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My new commute book!

How the Collapse of Local Journalism Led to the Erosion of Community Trust

My family had once been proud of me. In March 2011, my sister Terry went to the trouble of stuffing Post‑it notes into every issue of O, the Oprah Magazine in the checkout line of her grocery store…

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

New books this week: Thomas Pynchon's first novel in 12 years, and much more www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...

New books this week: Thomas Pynchon's first novel in 12 years, and much more

In addition to Pynchon's Shadow Ticket, this week's releases include a new memoir from Dopesick author Beth Macy, and a coming-of-age story from former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo.

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

Thomas Pynchon, Marisa Meltzer, Chris Kraus, and more: 24 new books out today! lithub.com/thomas-pynch...

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Looking forward to my copy of the new Joy Harjo!

Thomas Pynchon, Marisa Meltzer, Chris Kraus, and more: 24 new books out today!

The clock struck October, and with it, we welcomed in a slew of meaty, fascinating, and binge-worthy books. At long last, Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket, a much-anticipated work by the 88-yea…

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

Looks good! Thanks for sharing.

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

Stories Through A Career in Katherine Dunn’s Posthumous “Near Flesh” chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/07/s...

Stories Through A Career in Katherine Dunn's Posthumous "Near Flesh" - Chicago Review of Books

An author can live on through their writing well beyond their deaths. Publishers releasing new works posthumously has become something of a sport. Joan Didion’s journal, Notes to John was recently pub...

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

“Are We Breaking Apart, Or Is There Enough Left to Bind Us?” longreads.com/2025/10/07/a...

"Are We Breaking Apart, Or Is There Enough Left to Bind Us?" - Longreads

Conversations and revelations about an ailing nation along Interstate 95.

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Fall electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...

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15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Fall - Electric Literature

These books ask what it means to belong, to stay or leave, or to exist in-between

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

Erin Patterson mushroom murders inspire new book by Helen Garner www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

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Erin Patterson mushroom murders inspire new book by Helen Garner

Co-written with Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, The Mushroom Tapes is inspired by their experience attending the headline-grabbing trial earlier this year

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s Plan
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Trump's Plan

To invoke the Insurrection Act

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 2d

Nobel Prizes 2025: What to Know www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/w...

What to Know About the 2025 Nobel Prizes

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 2d

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ABA’s Dan Cullen Dies at 69

Cullen worked at the American Booksellers Association for 35 years, retiring in January 2022 from his role as senior strategy officer. Remembered as a “revered ambassador for ABA,” he died October 4 f...

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 2d

Phyllis Gardner, Early Skeptic of Theranos, Dies at 75 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/s...

Phyllis Gardner, Early Skeptic of Theranos, Dies at 75

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Spencer Cross @spencercross.bsky.social · 6d

A wonderfully cogent piece by @elienyc.bsky.social that does a great job explaining in plain English why Thomas' approach to jurisprudence isn't just casual partisan hackery but an existential threat to the foundations of how the SC is supposed to function. www.thenation.com/article/soci...