robert p. baird
@robertpbaird.com
Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that. || I'm on a Bsky hiatus, but THE NIMBUS, my debut novel, is now available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook. || robertpbaird.com
Twenty-four hours ago, in Playbook. (Blair is White House deputy chief of staff.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Twenty-four hours ago, in Playbook. (Blair is White House deputy chief of staff.)
A good day to keep the ghouls out of Gracie Mansion. #ZohranForMayor
October 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A good day to keep the ghouls out of Gracie Mansion. #ZohranForMayor
I particularly appreciated this part of the review:
October 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I particularly appreciated this part of the review:
My one complaint, where you can still see the presumption thumbing the scale, is the print headline, which I assume Savage did not write. It’s not exactly inaccurate, but it’s precisely the kind of bland soft-pedaling formulation that the article beneath it (to its major credit) avoids.
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
My one complaint, where you can still see the presumption thumbing the scale, is the print headline, which I assume Savage did not write. It’s not exactly inaccurate, but it’s precisely the kind of bland soft-pedaling formulation that the article beneath it (to its major credit) avoids.
NYT suggests he doesn't like what WP put on his page, which seems pretty plausible. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
October 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
NYT suggests he doesn't like what WP put on his page, which seems pretty plausible. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
Can all but guarantee that this app is being used for the same reason the "Lavender" AI was used by Israel in Gaza: not because it provides anything like accurate determinations but because it offers an excuse for expanding target lists to meet political expectations. www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Can all but guarantee that this app is being used for the same reason the "Lavender" AI was used by Israel in Gaza: not because it provides anything like accurate determinations but because it offers an excuse for expanding target lists to meet political expectations. www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...
My publisher is going to be so excited to hear about the new blurb we can use.
October 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
My publisher is going to be so excited to hear about the new blurb we can use.
Time to settle in for some close reading of close readings of close readings. @johannawinant.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Time to settle in for some close reading of close readings of close readings. @johannawinant.bsky.social
I loved this line in Nathan Heller's recent squib on White because it reminds that part of what made EBW so good was that he very often did not take that particular piece of his own advice. www.newyorker.com/magazine/tak...
September 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I loved this line in Nathan Heller's recent squib on White because it reminds that part of what made EBW so good was that he very often did not take that particular piece of his own advice. www.newyorker.com/magazine/tak...
September 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It’s far down on the list of Trump’s crimes against the Republic, but the extent to which he’s convinced other rich/powerful guys that whiny grievance in the service of selfishness and bigotry is an acceptable way to carry oneself in public is unforgivable. www.businessinsider.com/shaun-maguir...
July 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It’s far down on the list of Trump’s crimes against the Republic, but the extent to which he’s convinced other rich/powerful guys that whiny grievance in the service of selfishness and bigotry is an acceptable way to carry oneself in public is unforgivable. www.businessinsider.com/shaun-maguir...
Very possible that a six-year-old Zohran Mamdani had the optimal response to the kind of nonsense he’s facing three decades later:
July 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Very possible that a six-year-old Zohran Mamdani had the optimal response to the kind of nonsense he’s facing three decades later:
I was astonished to see this in real time. And astonished all over again to discover how many people saw it and said to themselves, "ehh, they don't really mean it." And now here we are.
July 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I was astonished to see this in real time. And astonished all over again to discover how many people saw it and said to themselves, "ehh, they don't really mean it." And now here we are.
Just catching up on some Reuters reporting from April. No, no reason, why do you ask? www.reuters.com/world/us/rep...
July 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Just catching up on some Reuters reporting from April. No, no reason, why do you ask? www.reuters.com/world/us/rep...
He’s gonna do it! I haven’t been this proud of NYC since the early days of COVID.
June 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
He’s gonna do it! I haven’t been this proud of NYC since the early days of COVID.
A real delight to see THE NIMBUS written up in this week’s @newyorker.com! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
June 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A real delight to see THE NIMBUS written up in this week’s @newyorker.com! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Give that layout editor a Pulitzer.
June 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Give that layout editor a Pulitzer.
