James O'Brien
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When the Lisbon football team takes home the championship, 230 a.m. ain’t no thing.
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@DanRather
is on point in today’s Steady newsletter: The biggest steal is underway right now, and the thieves aren’t slowing down because of who sits in the Oval Office. Thr acceleration in recent months is the big story.
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@AmberSmelson
@NotAlexis
I like to prorate guests for electricity and water, heat in the winter. You like that song selection? Apple Music ain't a nonprofit, people. Expect my bill for your hours of enjoyment. Nobody rides for free.
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This
#climatechange
column by
@billmckibben
in
@nybooks
is the most important editorial you will read this year, maybe next year too. Don't believe me? Let's agree to see if I'm correct, circa 2030 (12 years from now!):
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Reporting and revelations about
#CustomsandBorderProtection
have been accumulating for years. Now's the time for a directed response to CBP's role in the
#camps
and other transgressions across the United States. Read my call for action in this new article:
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@nowjazznow
So pull it. If there were no supply chain, there would be no Spotify. It's a simple equation.
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Proud to be part of the Digiday Media team. We stand with the world. Doing good while doing business: it's a practice, not a tactic. Let peace begin now.
#doingtherightthing
@Digiday
@glossyco
@modernretail
@worklife_news
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My new article at The Epigonic Times: "The Trump administration has rolled back a critical element of the United States' terrorism-intelligence apparatus to a pre-9/11 status."
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@mrjamesob
We ought to have a 5 min on-air chat to help instruct the irate to find you on Twitter (& thus stop harassing me about
#Farage
).
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Salmon, shiitake, and baby bok choy in ginger and lemon-grass broth.
#homecooking
#NYC
(via
@Nigella_Lawson
)
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This weekend,
@MichaelMcDermot
received the Tenco prize in Italy. Michael is an artist for whom
@StephenKing
wrote liner notes, that
@washingtonpost
predicted would be among our American luminaries. It's all part of the story on ‘All Your Days' — Tuesday!
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We start with the
@ConanOBrien
moment. Songwriter
@MichaelMcDermot
has been loved and followed (
@StephenKing
wrote his liner notes), but his journey was still one of incredible wrecks and reconstructions. Join us for the season finale of ‘All Your Days.'
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My
@drmartens
problem is getting worse: at the moment two messengers are racing to get me 1 pair of ltd edition
#Staple1461
from SoHo store.
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Morley Safer: reporting provoked Presidential wrath; shot down x2 in Vietnam; filed 919 stories w.
#60Minutes
: RIP:
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Read my new article at The Epigonic Times: it's about apportionment, gerrymandering, the 2020 census, and Donald J. Trump:
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@RealLyndaCarter
☹️One less visitor in Mary Tyler Moore’s apartment, tonight, as well ... sorry for your loss.
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@WillieGeist
I’m in the market for a 12x12 concrete unit with an exposed toilet and 1-hour of exercise time. Are you my real estate agent?
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Self-portrait: mirror:
@OttoPizzeria
: thanks for the go-to place to meet my lovely wife,
@Mariobatali
@Jbastianich
.
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May I recommend an artist and human being who’s still hauling, still driving for it, and right now making some of the best work of his (intensely interesting) career? If you didn’t know ... now you know.
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New maps: 30 years from today, South Vietnam: all but underwater. India, China, Iraq, Thailand, and Egypt: massive reductions of land , cities underwater. You think mass immigration and conflict is something we understand? Talk to you in 360 months, kids:
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I am beyond humbled to announce that
@indiexfest
has officially selected my video "Weaponized" in the category of Best Music video and also my short film ‘Careful in the Future’ (with
@karaughbrown
) in the categories of Best Experimental Short and Best Mobile Short.
#blownaway
🙏
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I'm publishing a series about 'In Search Of ...' (1977–82) with
@retroist
! Here's the second installment:...
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Tuesday is Matt Smith (
@smithtastic
) day on 'All Your Days'! Matt is the managing director of
@clubpassim
, the legendary folk club. In 2020, Matt faced an incredible dilemma — how to keep the 60-plus-year-old venue alive during the lockdown of quarantine.
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Article: Cory
@doctorow
posits an absolute legal defense for companies that make "interoperable" products that plug into Big Tech's offerings — as a way to charge competition, and as an alternative to the crushing task of regulating Big Tech at all:
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@AOC
Thank you for going, and for reporting, and for doing what I know you will do to raise the emergency to the level of a Congressional action that will hopefully force our recently complacent country to address the growing atrocity. Thank you.
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We still need Jonas Mekas, even at 94: one of the greats, and a friend and collaborator with so many greats:
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It's
@jiminfantino
on the podcast tomorrow. Creative mindsets, a very special carriage house in the Paris of the '90s, stories from the road, surprise studio visits from Aimee Mann, and how knowing your Friends from your 'Friends' makes all the difference.
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I've joined the editing team of Richard Green's documentary on the magnificent
#CatherineCoulson
—the Log Lady in
#TwinPeaks
& a cutting-edge woman on-screen, behind the scenes, & onstage. Please join our final sprint to close fundraising for
@LogLadyFilm
:
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Boston area friends, I'm comin' yer way this weekend. Sunday at
@clubpassim
.
#campfirefestival
#passim
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@mrjamesob
And, I'd argue, a "pugnacious" media — eager to argue, even fight — better serves the people than some peaceable newsroom that shies away.
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This Thanksgiving, the Great Turkey —🦃— brought welcome news: "Weaponized" has been selected by the Indie Short Fest (
@fest_short
) for its December roster in the categories of Best Music Video and Best Mobile Short. More info to follow.
#HappyThanksgiving
, everybody.
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@beardedstoner
How's this: democracy is not at all easy or always pleasant, but advocating deeply undemocratic reactions is a mark of the weary & the weak?
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In the early days of post-lockdown, I got the assignment from the excellent
@PaulHaney
to look into 'Girl From the North Country' for
@thedylanreview
. And so I did. The piece now emerges. Check out my first published work on
@bobdylan
in a long time:
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Double rainbow over the Upper West Side (and, presumably,
#NYC
). Thanks to
@CasyCalver
for the photo.
#EditorialInstitute
#rooftoplife
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Update: Late today, a US District Court judge in Seattle issued a temporary nationwide injunction, stopping
#CodyWilson
from posting the files that would allow downloaders to print 3-D plastic guns. This essay still stands, however, with some new details:
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Read Han Kang. I'd say start with 'The Vegetarian," then 'Human Acts'. There is a place in my mind that 'The White Book' claims as well, but in a different way from the claims these other two books achieve. Anyway, read Han Kang. And read
@minjinlee11
's excellent essay.
My essay about Han Kang’s powerful philosophical work “Human Acts” appears in the Fiction Issue of
@nybooks
I think this essay took me four months to write.
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Cocktails at
@Latitude29_NOLA
... It's like drinking in Dr. Jacoby's office.
#NOLA
#TwinPeaks
http://t.co/bTPQ7ZznWu
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@BluePNW
@DEEK_milly
@shmillshmaylor
@alex_c_m_73
@DetroitYoungGun
@whiskeyedout
@igorvolsky
Derek is having a hard time with correlation and causation. Nobody estimates the number of deaths due to a military rifle in a Texas church.
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A photo in time, of time, from Tuesday night's sold-out show at City Winery opening for
@DanBernHQ
. Gratitude.
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Thanks to our guests on 'All Your Days.' Today on Apple Podcasts, we're all over the charts.
@DanBernHQ
@MichaelEDevin
@CoyoteMotel
@3rdGeers
@DhaniJones
@PamelaMeans
@hamellontrial
@annieleist
@karimnagi
@adambrodsky
@Radio8Ball
@jiminfantino
@karaughbrown
@JordanTishler
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Tomorrow is
@DanBernHQ
day on the podcast! In the first part of a two-episode conversation, we get into early days, the lure of the vanishing act and the power of vulnerability, about north stars and big moments. We talk about time. Get yer pod on Tuesday!
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@jamesobriensyd
@mrjamesob
I'd be interested to see a chronology of the tweets mistakenly sent to other JOBs, intended for
@mrjamesob
. Who got roped in first? Who were the first-wave recipients of ire? My own early experiences pre-dated Brexit. Twitter archaeologists among us, can you get it done?
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May I gently suggest that Prince's new album,
#ArtOfficialAge
, is off the goddamn chain? Listen:
http://t.co/7RjktFWJZo
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@AOC
My response is that we must dismantle the apparatus that is causing this: I've outlined it here: This one is dedicated to the fierce and brave work of
@AOC
,
@RepJoeKennedy
,
@AyannaPressley
and others who've braved the camps
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Tuesday’s ‘All Your Days’ brings us the story of Tim Mason. There is probably no one more consequential to my awakening artist’s mind in the 1990s, no early room in which I discovered or practiced art that was not in some way produced by Tim. Get yer pod on Tuesday!
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Rose Garden Superspreader is my new math-punk screamcore band name.
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If you haven’t met
@3rdGeers
, heard about his work in advertising and DE&I, or heard somebody talking about Walter and his impact, please allow me to introduce you to the man and the project. Walter Geer III is today’s guest on ‘All Your Days.’
Listen:
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Third installment of my
#InSearchOf
series, at
@retroist
. We need readers' help finding a UCLA professor! Read it:
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Simple grilled sardines and baked broccoli rabe with Parmesan.
#homecooking
#NYC
(recipes:
@DavidTanisCooks
and
@bittman
)
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Matt Smith (
@smithtastic
) joins the podcast today. As managing director of the legendary Club Passim, the pandemic meant Matt and team had to invent a way to keep the venue alive. A story of persistence and deep love; the new episode of ‘All Your Days.’
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@BevVincent
The best
@StephenKing
adaptation. There are bigger, arguably better films made from books by Mr. King, but this one captures the spirit of the early novels like no other ... the juxtaposition of normal American life with encroaching evil and darkness. Kind of like 2024, really.
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After some consideration, I am prepared to summarize my thoughts on the Democratic primary debates. Please find the most important takeaway below.
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I'm joining the editorial team of
@LogLadyFilm
, an authorized doc by Richard Green about Catherine Coulson (The Log Lady:
@SHO_TwinPeaks
) a longtime collaborator with
@DAVID_LYNCH
, please support this film: (
@Kyle_MacLachlan
)
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If you want to know your enemy, know what they read: Alexandra Minna Stern on the Foundational Texts of White Nationalism:
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Pleased to support
@sffny
last night at their annual
#ZeroTolerance
benefit!
#SanctuaryForFamilies
#noloveinviolence
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I am a writer and I cook, as many days of the week as I am able. One year ago, sometime between this evening and tomorrow morning, we lost a writer and a cook and a lover of the world of food. The silence, still. We miss you,
#AnthonyBourdain
.
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@IndieXFest
@karaughbrown
Update: the shortlist in the
@IndieXFest
was announced overnight: I am, frankly, astonished to say that 'Weaponized' and 'Careful in the Future' (made with
@karaughbrown
) have both advanced to the shortlist of Official Nominees in the Best Mobile Short category.
#honored
#indie
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Scallion meatballs w. soy-ginger glaze & brandied-ginger summits.
#homecooking
#NYC
(via
@juliamoskin
&
@rosieschaap
)
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Slow-cooker curried sweet potato soup with coconut and spinach on Thursday became the setup for seared salmon on Saturday. (Soup recipe:
@SarahDiGregorio
)
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‘All Your Days’ returns tomorrow: part two of our talk with topical songwriter
@drovics
. The collapse of the college circuit, the implosion of CD revenue streams and the rise of an atomized social-media-driven culture. Get yer pod on Tuesday! Subscribe:
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Brilliant decision. These blank animals have now ruled their own children and grandchildren right off a last-ditch chance at life support for a generally inhabitable continent. They'll likely all be dead when the shit really goes down. Their families will suffer.
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@soledadobrien
I'd like to hear the "reasoning" behind men who want their partners (just women?) to change their last names ("take" is an ugly verb here).
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Less than 48 hours to
@DanBernHQ
at
@CityWineryNYC
. The callouses are good. See you at 7:30, friends. Bring those big ‘ol hearts.
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@mrjamesob
@GarethGravell7
Strangely, it's become one of my favorite things about Twitter since it started. I get all the weird attention of a talk-show host's weirdest listeners, but my tax bracket stays exactly as manageable.
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i went to high school with
@MichaelDevin
... he was a bigger human than our mill town could contain. He played bass for a minute in my first band. Harassed, back then ... now he's doing fine. His new album captures everything I love about rock-and-roll:
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5 blogs that fundraisers and philanthropists should read, right now:
http://t.co/puDLS0b1
[
@frdetective
]
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@MrsTad
Yes, unless you mean an unattractive turf war that is also being tended to by a minder.
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Pan-seared cod w. toasted almond. Wine-braised zucchini & carrot w. pickled Belgian endive.
#homecooking
#NYC
(cod via
@Nigella_Lawson
)
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This is the most valuable article about cryptocurrencies and blockchain that I’ve read in some time. Explanations, implications, and well-written to boot. ‘Bitcoin Mania’ via
@nybooks
@suehalpernVT
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Pork-and-broccoli-rabe sausage w. pan-grilled figs and pomegranate molasses.
#homecooking
#NYC
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