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ā€œI worry that it makes those people feel like the skills that fall under a traditional life are things that they can’t pursue... And I think that’s hogwash." @MaterGarruli washingtontimes.com/news/202…
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what a time to be alive . What a time
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peter brooks on why so many good books are long
this is obvious bait; all the same it bears saying that great works of literature are not reducible to prĆ©cis. the drawn-out experience of reading a novel—like that of writing it—confers pleasures distinct from knowing ā€œwhat happensā€ and that emerge only in the course of the text
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the lion doesn't concern itself with being a lion
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fireflies near the NY/CT state line
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Boredom has to be the stupidest, most embarrassing thing to possibly fear. All of us fear it intensely
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Boredom has to be the stupidest, most embarrassing thing to possibly fear. All of us fear it intensely
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Latest Pew Survey on Catholicism by @ayersramme link in commentsā¤µļø
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be gone, white boy being over familiar with the bodega guy, do not cast your eyes upon me
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There is no enemy you have whom God is not urgently inviting to become a saint.
Blessed Bartolo Longo, once a Satanist who experienced a profound conversion and became a devoted lay Dominican and promoter of the Rosary, will be canonized a saint by Pope Leo XIV on October 19. Image: Fra Dennis Duene Ruiz
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This is 24 hours from now in the main bar area of KGB in NYC! Doors open to the public at 7 pm, and the reading starts at 7:15. Join me, @wackyforms, @malsmart, @BurialMagazine, @CameronDarc, @VSquaredTwo, @slackenin, @zacsmithtweeto & other friends of the mag for a fun time!
scaffold's 1 year b-day is coming up, so i (@GergleySteve) will be hosting a live reading on june 12th, from 7-9 pm, at kgb bar in nyc! featuring: @BurialMagazine @malsmart @zacsmithtweeto @slackenin @CameronDarc @wackyforms & @VSquaredTwo! save the date, everyone is welcome!
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this is an insult to my critically acclaimed novel The Crazy Timeline
The worlds greatest fiction writers couldn’t have conceived of a timeline like this
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If that’s how I wrote sentences I’d want to be replaced by computer too
wrote a new post, the gentle singularity. realized it may be the last one like this i write with no AI help at all. (proud to have written "From a relativistic perspective, the singularity happens bit by bit, and the merge happens slowly" the old-fashioned way)
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William Oldys, from "On a Fly Drinking Out of His Cup"
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New York Senate just passed the MAiD bill, the loosest assisted suicide measure in the nation, by several standards. Headed to Gov. Hochul's desk for signing now.
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New York Senate just passed the MAiD bill, the loosest assisted suicide measure in the nation, by several standards. Headed to Gov. Hochul's desk for signing now.
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Critics are hoping for a veto after the governor takes a look at the details. She hasn't said yet what she plans to do!
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