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alexlubertozzi

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A dust speck stuck to a grain of sand floating through an infinite & indifferent universe—I enjoy pondering the futility of existence, also snorkeling & tennis. Author of harmless fictions, including the novel Any Other World Will Do.

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Uair, to bookstodon
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@bookstodon

Idea:

Bookstores should group fantasy with horror instead of scifi. Both fantasy and horror are purely creations of the author's mind; scifi is tethered to factual information.

If you need to group scifi, I'd put it with mysteries and thrillers.

alexlubertozzi,
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@deirdrebeth @aprilfollies @_L1vY_ @Uair @bookstodon When characters don’t understand the science that makes up their world, it’s called “nonfiction.”

alexlubertozzi,
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@deirdrebeth @aprilfollies @_L1vY_ @Uair @bookstodon Most people don’t understand how their phones, TVs, computers, cars, or smart refrigerators work. So, yes, I was making a joke.

GrittyLipids, to philosophy
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Serious vibes in the series finale of . I’m not an educated classicist and I know they had to change things for the show and its collapsing budget by this point, but I’m a bit skeptical that the real story was like this.

No wonder people see this show as a precursor to Game of Thrones - I may get round to watching that. I’ll have to rewatch season 1 later.

I also just bought Ten Caesars and will read it soon.




@bookstodon

alexlubertozzi,
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@GrittyLipids @bookstodon I really liked the first season of Rome, but season 2 was something of a disappointment and pretty removed from the actual history. But the show did get me interested in reading Colleen McCullough’s excellent Masters of Rome series of historical novels. She sticks very close to the real history while telling a good story.

alexlubertozzi,
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@GrittyLipids @bookstodon Tom Holland’s Rubicon, an excellent short history of the last century of the Roman republic, was the first book I read after watching Rome, and it really made me want to read some fiction set in the period (and that’s when I found McCullough’s at-the-time ongoing series).

Nonilex, to Law
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Tuesday 7 May 2024 🧵

Is Expected to today

Daniels, who received $130k in to keep silent about her story of having had sex with , is at the center of the case against him.

alexlubertozzi,
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@Nonilex What Daniels is describing in her sworn testimony is rape, which is totally consistent with everything we know about Trump.

franciscawrites, to movies
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Can you name a film that was adapted not from a novel, but from a short story?
Here's one:

The Illusionist (2006)

#writingcommunity @bookstodon #moviesandbooks #film #AdaptedFromaBook

alexlubertozzi,
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@franciscawrites @bookstodon The Thing (both the 1950s version and 1980s John Carpenter remake) was based on the novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell. And, though not many people have seen it, Spiderhead was based on the George Saunders short story "Escape from Spiderhead." Then, of course, there's Short Cuts, Robert Altman's adaptation of a number of Raymond Carver short stories.

GottaLaff, (edited ) to random
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1/... Via Kevinly Father on Twitter:

The Republican party is literally suing to prevent legal votes from being counted.

Bartiromo: I see that the RNC is filing a lawsuit in a battleground state to stop counting ballots past election day.

Lara : Yeah. Well, that's exactly right. You cannot have ballots counted after elections are over.

alexlubertozzi,
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@GottaLaff So, no early or mail-in voting, no counting votes after the election, no machine vote counting. How long must Republicans keep up this charade of caring about/abiding by the results of elections?

taylorlorenz, to random
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“We later found out that Hamas had offered on October 9 or 10 to release all the civilian hostages in exchange for the IDF not entering the Strip, but the government rejected the offer.” https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-doubt-netanyahu-preventing-hostage-deal-charges-ex-spokesman-of-families-forum/

alexlubertozzi,
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@taylorlorenz When you hate the Other more than you love your own.

GottaLaff, to random
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There are a ton of posts about Trump's video, which I won't watch, but the posts alone are chilling.

Via Ben Meiselas:

Pres shared a video praising hardworking American families & how his job is to help all American families

MeidasTouch:

shared an article & video calling anyone who doesn't support him "America's enemies" who need to be taken care of & saying that fear that he is "another Hitler" is a "reason for hope." [+ "his MAGA followers are on standby to “fight for him"]

alexlubertozzi,
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@GottaLaff He and the GOP have evidently decided to lean into the whole “Hitler was good actually” appeal to voters.

GottaLaff, to random
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“People close to the family say the Kennedys' stepped-up engagement... Some family members who have been involved in politics themselves expect to spend time on the campaign trail this fall, esp in states where . qualifies for the ballot. For others, it could be stepping up media appearances or lending revered family name to initiatives that aim to counter their relative’s campaign, potentially even legal challenges to his ballot access campaign”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/kennedy-family-rfk-biden-2024-election-rcna144163

alexlubertozzi,
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@GottaLaff I know plenty of families have someone who’s gone off their rocker like this, but to see it play out with the Kennedys is a little surreal.

donni, to random
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I wish the Bad News Bears were actual bears who went around breaking bad news to people and then maybe mauling them

alexlubertozzi,
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@donni Getting mauled by a bear does kinda put the bad news in perspective.

GottaLaff, to legal
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🤦🏻‍♀️ Via Tamar Hallerman:

New: Fulton defendant Shafer coming fwd w new witness, Cobb co-chief deputy DA Cindi Lee Yeager whom he says had convos w Terrence Bradley bw 8/23-1/24. Says can corrob & Wade in rel'ship earlier than acknowledged

Judge closed off new evidence on DA disqual question but Shafer is asking for him to consider this if he changes his mind

Says Yeager "became concerned" after watching Bradley's testimony in court last wk

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24455538-shafer_proposedtestimony_3424

alexlubertozzi,
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@GottaLaff Pretty soon they’re gonna break out the old “I strenuously object” strategy.

GottaLaff, (edited ) to legal
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Forgot the !

🤭👉🏼 “ offered NY appeals court a bond of only $100 mil to pause the more than $450 million penalty he faces in his civil fraud case, a clear sign that the former president lacks the $ to cover the full amount.

..also asked to pause enforcement of finan penalty & wide range of other punishments the judge levied.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/nyregion/trump-bond-civil-fraud.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y00.UqI6.B_XfSft7EHNo&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

alexlubertozzi,
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@GottaLaff I imagine it’ll be a buyer’s market when he has to sell his assets and have the cash in hand within a few weeks. Womp womp, indeed.

Daojoan, to random
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Someone launched a platform where the internet collectively writes a book by democratically proposing and voting on each word and yep it is turning out pretty much exactly how you’d expect

alexlubertozzi,
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@Daojoan I’d like to see Jonathan Franzen come up with “froot loops poop scoops.”

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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The Supreme Court gave special counsel a week to respond to Trump's filing last night:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23a745.html

Let's look for the Supreme Court to deny certiorari. Of all the possibilities, that seems the most likely to me.

alexlubertozzi,
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@Teri_Kanefield I think you’re right. Entertaining the idea that Biden could have all of the conservative SCOTUS justices murdered and face no consequences seems like too far even for them. I think if they took the case, it would only be for the purpose of delaying his Jan. 6 trial, which I think (or hope) is unlikely.

pluralistic, to random
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Republicans want to defund the (corporate) police

"The Antitrust Division has fewer people enforcing anti-monopoly laws in a $24 trillion economy than the Smithsonian Museum has security guards."

-Matt Stoller

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/congressional-republicans-to-defund

alexlubertozzi,
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@pluralistic I’ve always found it interesting that Republicans rail against “regulations” for businesses, as if that word didn’t just mean “laws.”

GottaLaff, (edited ) to legal
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Totally forgot!! in all caps!

‼️! 🔥 1/…

Via Anna Bower:

BREAKING: DC Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Donald is NOT IMMUNE from prosecution.

UNANIMOUS!!!

alexlubertozzi,
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@GottaLaff If the extra time this court spent on this opinion makes it unlikely that scotus will grant review then it will have been worth it.

GottaLaff, to random
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🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ considers move to make presumptive nominee

“While Trump would still need to reach delegate requirements necessary to win the nom, if the resolution is approved, he’d have access to RNC’s data operation, benefit from fundraising w RNC, & have support of all of the committee’s ground ops. It would also mean the committee would be supporting Trump & effectively opposing Haley – an unprecedented break from party’s past approach to nom process”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/politics/rnc-trump-presumptive-nominee-resolution?cid=ios_app

alexlubertozzi,
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@GottaLaff If Trump wraps up the nomination by the end of February, he has no excuse about needing to campaign for president in March-April, when his Jan. 6 trial is set to begin.

GottaLaff, to random
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Aww, damn. Award-winning journalist Charles Osgood, who anchored "CBS Sunday Morning" for 22 years and was host of the long-running radio program "The Osgood File," died Tuesday at home in New Jersey. He was 91.

The cause of death was dementia, his family said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charles-osgood-veteran-cbs-newsman-and-longtime-host-of-sunday-morning-dies-at-91/

alexlubertozzi,
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@GottaLaff I met him back in 2000 when he narrated the CDs for the book/CD combo Poetry Speaks, which I was editing. He was very down to earth and really easy to work with at the recording session, just a really decent guy. He had such a great voice and warm delivery. So sad to hear of his passing.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Kyle Griffin:

on to CBS: "He claimed Joe was going to get us into World War II. I'm assuming he meant World War III. He said that he ran against President Obama. He never ran against President Obama. He says that I'm the one that kept security from the Capitol on Jan. 6. I was nowhere near the Capitol on Jan. 6."

"I don't know if he was confused, I don't know what happened. But it should be enough to send us a warning sign."

alexlubertozzi,
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@GottaLaff I mean, I detest Haley, but it is nice to see her finally turn on Trump.

alexlubertozzi,
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@GottaLaff She’s awful. Not turned, but it seemed like a more critical tone than any of them except Christie have taken so far. Let’s hope she’s never in a position to pardon anyone though.

GottaLaff, to legal
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“The video, released to CBS News on Friday in response to a freedom of information request, shows claiming to have averted a "nuclear holocaust" and "saving millions of lives" as president. A transcript of the deposition was previously made public as an exhibit in Trump's New York civil fraud case.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-deposition-video-testimony-new-york-fraud-case-nuclear-holocaust/

alexlubertozzi,
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@GottaLaff That is sort of the minimum requirement of the job since Eisenhower, no?

alexlubertozzi,
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@GottaLaff Well, they’ve both had their legal troubles, that’s for sure.

GottaLaff, to random
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For those of you asking, this is the photo people were referring to.

alexlubertozzi,
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@GottaLaff Someone probably should’ve told him a long time ago to stop picking his nose once it starts bleeding.

RickiTarr, to random
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Hubs has finally had a negative Covid test, and I had a nearly invisible line, so I'm thinking by Monday I'll finally be clear too. Now it's in the negatives for awhile, so we are still stuck inside. What do you do to counter Cabin Fever?

alexlubertozzi,
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@RickiTarr I find writing to be a therapeutic way to combat cabin fever.

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