I’m going to have a Campari and soda this weekend (oh, wait… tonight) thanks to @simonmayo.bsky.social’s grumpy recommendation: “might as well just squeeze a lemon in your face”
@sloshadile.bsky.social
Agree. I waited for my paper copy to arrive because I was looking forward to reading it. It was enlightening!
Noah Lanard@nlanard.bsky.social · 6mo agoExcellent profile of JB Pritzker by @timothypmurphy.bsky.social that shows the family history behind his efforts to stand up to another very different billionaire www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-... So by my math we only need about 260 more of these conventions and we’ll be close to breaking even! #laconventioncenter
@kennyuong.bsky.social I went to see @thewaroncars.bsky.social at the Dynasty Typewriter in KTown— they were great! And it was a full house! Hope you’re going to be able to go.
I think it's more like this.
At her brother’s recommendation on @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social’s podcast, I just read the essay by @zadiesmith.bsky.social about her father. Hugely affecting. Beautifully written. Lovely. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/...
My father, the accidental hero
Zadie Smith always found it hard to reconcile the horror and heroism of D-Day with her cautious, mild-mannered father. But, recently, she persuaded him to talk about his war: an ordinary man's chaotic...
telegraph.co.uk
I just read in the @tomtomorrow.bsky.social newsletter that’s he’s working on a new kickstarter for a new collection, and… takemymoney.gif I genuinely think it will help me understand and contextualize the last 5 years in a way I can’t otherwise.
On this 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, I think of Rudolf Vrba, one of only a handful of Jews ever to escape the camp - who did it to warn the world. I told his story when I was a guest on the brilliant Rest is History podcast. You can hear that here open.spotify.com/episode/1Ezd...
291: The Man Who Escaped Auschwitz
The Rest Is History · Episode
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