Donald Quixote

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: "Any country with windmills is a loser"

Ah, August in the city, when it’s easier to get a restaurant reservation but also everything smells like pee and trash

I was diagnosed after the lightbulb went off when my daughter was diagnosed. As an oldest daughter, I HAD to make elaborate systems to make life work, but I always wondered if I was dumb as hell since everything that’s so easy for others has always been so hard for me and just keeps getting harder

NPR@npr.org · 3d ago

For decades, ADHD was viewed as a childhood condition that mostly affected boys. Researchers now know ADHD manifests differently in girls, but many still go undiagnosed until adulthood.

Took my daughter to AFI Silver Theater yesterday for a repertory showing of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and it just reminded me that they used to make MOVIES, like movie movies

I could never use a chat bot for the same reason I could never join a cult - I’m allergic to positive affirmations and praise

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d ago

I sincerely believe that men cannot handle this. women may be falling in love with their chat bots, too. But I don't think they are categorically attached to its flattery to the same degree.

A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @simonandschuster.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social @orbooks.bsky.social #booksky #bookreview

Our Week in Reviews: 8/1/26 | Washington Independent Review of Books

The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

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You won’t catch me out here often defending Gen X or Millennials but I will say we understand how to go to a concert without pooping on the floor www.pastemagazine.com/music/noah-k...

We’re entering a “shitting on the floor at concerts” epidemic

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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It was full but we just added a few more spots in my Saturday workshop! Snap them up if you’re interested - we always record these so don’t worry if you can’t make it in person.

No Place Like Home: Writing Domestic Fabulism with Amber Sparks

Learn to write domestic fabulism with author Amber Sparks. Transform ordinary home and family stories with fantastical elements in this online seminar.

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Just introducing the 11 year old to an absolute essential classic

New on the site! Our Summer Blockbusters issue continues, with Alec Joyner's reflections on Rob Reiner and STAND BY ME 🎨: @ohhhaeee.bsky.social

40 Notes on Rob Reiner & Stand by Me

Stand by Me is about memory. It’s about the ways in which the people who matter do keep standing by us, even after they’ve fallen away.

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I just know everyone who was way too obsessed with Greek and Roman mythology as a kid is muttering to themselves now “yeah okay well but these new fans don’t know the deep cuts though”

Yep that's pretty much the poem.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life

the hype@thehyyyype.bsky.social · 2w ago

There's no way Bryan Johnson could possibly get any creepier than he already- hang on, I'm getting a note

Now that I’ve sat with my thoughts on The Odyssey for a few days, I find I really disagree that Nolan doesn’t know how to write women or that women are one note in the film. I LOVE Circe’s fierce hatred and feral power, Calypso’s melancholy, and Penelope’s anger, so bitter it touches even her son

This made me so happy. “ Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way” www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

‘The Odyssey’ Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way

This year's breakouts like 'Project Hail Mary' and 'Obsession' were made by filmmakers who sweated. While CG-stuffed franchise disappointments such as 'Supergirl,' 'Moana,' and 'The Mandalorian and Gr...

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I know the trend for a while has been “book that tells the real story of X mythical figure” and they are awesome books, but I would love to write a book that’s just nothing but unfounded gossip about X mythical figure (a little like The Odyssey actually)

The online version of the TWIN PEAKS special issue of the Supernatural Studies Association is now available. A huge thank you to all those who collaborated to this conference/issue! ☕️🍩🦉🌲🚦 #TwinPeaks

Supernatural Studies - Vol 11 Issue 2

Print run sold out. Page under construction [7/19/26].

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I love summer because I love being sad and thinking about endings

Saw (and loved) The Odyssey with my husband and daughter which was cool because today is our 23rd anniversary which is about the amount of time I think Penelope and Odysseus have been married by the time the story takes place

All these armchair classicists on social yelling about how you shouldn’t stray from the text of an ancient epic poem that’s been so strayed from it’s become the basis for 80 percent of western storytelling

Amber is not only a fabulous #writer, she’s a fabulous workshop instructor, especially on all things fabulist 👇

Amber Sparks@ambersparks.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hey all! I have a couple more spots in my workshop on domestic fabulism if you want to join us! (Or watch it after, which also works!)

Here it is, my 285th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

#ScholarSunday Thread 285 (7/19/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

Here it is, my 285th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, &...

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Hey all! I have a couple more spots in my workshop on domestic fabulism if you want to join us! (Or watch it after, which also works!)

No Place Like Home: Writing Domestic Fabulism with Amber Sparks

Learn to write domestic fabulism with author Amber Sparks. Transform ordinary home and family stories with fantastical elements in this online seminar.

writingworkshops.com

I went to a Taco Bell once in rural PA that was out of lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro, cheese, and beef and somehow it still tasted like Taco Bell www.bbc.com/news/article...

Taco Bell removes lettuce from menu after explosive diarrhea link

About 1,645 people in five states were infected by the parasite after having Taco Bell, according to US health officials.

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It’s me, I’m the diehard, I fucking love driving a stick shift

The death of the stick shift is almost here

Driving a manual vehicle is a lost art. Hopes of a revival have fallen flat. With the rise of EVs and autonomous vehicles, only a few die-hards hold on.

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Lolol “It will be open to about 250 members at a cost of $400 or $500 per month, plus a tentative $12,500 initiation fee” but don’t worry, the founder says it’s just “a cool, kind of low-key, no airs, listen to Grateful Dead, kids running around, just hanging out, no pretense.” No pretense!

Inside the $7.5 million plan to bring a members-only club to Rock Creek Park

More than 20 D.C. residents pitched in to buy a historic mansion. Not all of the neighbors are happy about what it might become.

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Brits are like “Look who’s boiling vegetables now.”

This Philly All-Star Game audience loudly booing everyone in the lineup but the Phillies is the most Philly thing ever

The idea that Christopher Nolan is a bad director is extremely stupid, sorry. He’s the kind of very good but broadly appealing director that used to be much more common, the kind of director who makes reliably good, interesting movies for adults

Just making a my little list of writers who better never say shit again about craft after proudly admitting they started using AI to write