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Everybody here keep an eye out for Miriam Pawel's history of the U of California, coming in September from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

I was wondering where Mr. Peabody had gotten to

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My poster for #NoKings

Something good from the other site

Dr S was not just a bestseller but something of a pop cultural phenomenon of his time. Books, prints, tableware all featured the Dr on his adventures. I own a set of Dr Syntax plates much like this:

E.g.:

As a New Yorker who was here on 9/11, I will never forget the Onion's utterly brilliant response. To see the print edition on the streets that grim week was an amazing lift. My pick from that front page:

This is really a toughie. My personal favorite is the below but...

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I appreciate your engaging on this issue and don’t want to litigate word choices all day. But using the word “error” also implies intent (good faith mistake), and Ellis is clear these guys were telling deliberate whoppers. This is the kind of thing that makes a lot of readers frustrated w the Times.

You found one reference to Bovino but Ellis’s 200+ page ruling is scathing throughout on the govt’s lack of credibility. NB “Defendants” in this case not just Bovino but Noem, DHS et al. See footnote as well as text here

Great stuff but speaking as a Sox fan in NYC, the greatest headline of 2004, and surely one of the all time classics, was this one

BREAKING: Two men have been arrested in connection with the heist of France's crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris.

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The latest essay on our Advice page at www.independenteditorsgroup.com/advice, from Susan Leon, who knows what she's talking about: How to write a query letter that will get your submission read. #writing #publishing #agents #MSWL

No doubt the folks in this line were all, "Ha! Ha! THIS will show that Roosevelt."

I’m obliged here to repost what I got when I asked the bot for a map of the California Zephryr train route. The typography is nice…

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Chekhov's quote about the gun on the wall is maybe the hoariest old adage in #writing manuals. But a lot of writers fail to follow it. I've written a brief post about why setups and payoffs are important in narrative, now up at the Independent Editors Group site. independenteditorsgroup.com/advice

If we include effects, surely it's this one.

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