Matthew Surridge @bookofdays.bsky.social

Writer of short stories at the Book of Days project: https://www.patreon.com/BookOfDays

Writer of other things at other places, too, sometimes. He/him.

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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social
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"Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead."

-- Kurt Vonnegut, who died #OTD 2007
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com
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A bit of humor for you to brighten your day.
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Great thread about etymology, Dashiell Hammett, and the original Star Trek
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com
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there are so many consequences of everyday people not really understanding how journalism works and people on here thinking there was some sort of massive media coverup of Eric Swalwell being a monster fundamentally is rooted in total misunderstanding of what real reporting requires.
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Born #onthisday in 1722, the English poet Christopher Smart (AKA Mrs Mary Midnight / Ebenezer Pentweazle). A well known figure in 18th-century London, he is best known today for considering his cat Jeoffry in his epic poem Jubilate Agno: publicdomainreview.org/essay/christopher-smarts-jubilate-agno #OTD
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Excellent 🧵
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The great Pierre Houde 🐐 calling Cole Caufield’s 50th Habs goal of the season tonight at the Bell Centre
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Amelia Pond @ameliap.bsky.social
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Iconic call from Pierre Houde.

Everything I hoped it would be and more

Merci Pierre
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HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON.. HER SISTER WAS A WITCH RIGHT? AND WHAT WAS HER SISTER? A PRINCESS. THE WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST BRO— YOU’RE GONNA LOOK AT ME AND YOU’RE GONNA TELL ME THAT I’M WRONG?
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mauditanglais @mauditanglais.ca
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when caufield scored a beautiful woman grabbed me and kissed me on the lips, i have no idea who she was or where she went goddamn i love this city
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social
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You’re right.

That might not be enough time to bury the Statue of Liberty and distribute 400 million ape costumes.
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Rosalyn @rosalynroy.bsky.social
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Concur. Houde was waiting and ready!
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50le Caufield!

(Somebody had to say it.)

(Check out Pierre Houde's call in French, though, if you can; excellent stuff.)

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Were Abby @kellylink.bsky.social
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People in comics & the British fantasy scene! If you were around in the 80s-90s & are willing to speak on or off the record about Gaiman, please DM me or reach out on email. I will put you in touch with someone working on a longform piece. They are wondering why no one, so far, is willing to talk.
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J.M. Berger @jmberger.com
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To be clear, I have never hunted human beings for sport, nor for meat. Especially not for meat. I will not be taking any further questions at this time.
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And my thoughts on Vonnegut's second novel, The Sirens of Titan:

www.splicetoday.com/writing/the-nightmare-ages
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And here's what I had to say about Vonnegut's first novel, Player Piano:

www.splicetoday.com/writing/a-social-satire-in-1952
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Getting back into the swing of non-fiction writing, at Splice Today I'm continuing my articles about the novels of Kurt Vonnegut. Here's my new look at Mother Night:

www.splicetoday.com/writing/mindhunter
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Ankaret Wells @ankaret.bsky.social
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Politics has unexpectedly hit a special interest of mine so here is a quick rundown on the Avignon Papacy.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
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ok that's a good joke
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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social
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FAR SIDE OF THE MOON (Palindrome)

Wonder:
a dark side;
to me, rarer....
A remote disk —
radared now.
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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social
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IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (Anagrammed Lines)

It came from outer space —
a comet of imp creatures;
a curse of meteor impact —
to permute a cosmic fear,
to cap our mesmeric fate...
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com
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Feel like the secret of most Watterson is that it's really just Peanuts if they all lived in Pogo
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Hey #Toronto! You like #Scifi? #SFFH?

Hate fascism?

Check this out.
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Matt "Winter is here" @mattrobb.bsky.social
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As Brits, I feel like we know what the end of power looks and feels like

Except that the US has done 60-80 years of decline in under a decade

Absolutely extraordinary how a movement designed to Make America Great Again has eviscerated American 'greatness' in just months

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social
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Hey, America.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca
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guys I don't think Trump is very good at making deals
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com
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That being said, remember the people who seemed most intent on scaring you today, because they're probably selling something.
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com
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"We handed an insane Nazi pedophile with senile dementia the nuclear football" is a fact few had dared to look in the face until today, and despite the fact that it was all a disgusting farce, I'm glad it's a conversation we're having. We are a nuclear armed fascist state. We have to reckon with it.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
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this wikipedia editor is orbiting the moon right now!
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