Sarah Weinman

Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 17:57 UTC

Not to be corny but I do think the ongoing aspiration to make America a pluralist democracy of equals is righteous, beautiful, and worth honoring, even if it has more often been the struggle of minorities & dissenters than the policy of the government. 🇺🇸

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 20:38 UTC

Richard Ben Cramer would report the hell out of the current political situation but he’s been dead for over a decade

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 18:28 UTC

Current vibes

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 18:27 UTC

Literally got asked this by a good friend a few days ago

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:52 UTC

A centenary to celebrate.

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:42 UTC

All of this

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:41 UTC

Right there with you. There will be so much hindsight but it is also important (like with early days of the pandemic) that collective uncertainty is a real and true thing and not knowing is the norm

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 15:13 UTC

Happy Beach Day at Rockaway

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 01:38 UTC

A novel that I haven’t had the nerve to reread but would uhhhhh play very differently in 2024 is CHECKPOINT by Nicholson Baker

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:23 UTC

Call her to thank her! Positive comments go a long way too

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 22:49 UTC

Of course the problem is that one side feels that tremendous sense of mortification and the other pretends it doesn’t exist

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 22:47 UTC

Stefan Zweig kind of said this in THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY, which I should reread

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 22:44 UTC

The thing about the march to fascism is that aside from the terror and the consequences it’s also so goddamn embarrassing

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 22:41 UTC

Saxophone on Arsenio

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:55 UTC

AI companies are 100 percent consistent at giving people the exact opposite of what they want

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 00:32 UTC

I don’t really get it — do we want to see Depression-era police brutality, ok

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 00:25 UTC

!!

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 00:12 UTC

RIP and also WHAT variety.com/2024/film/ne...

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 23:50 UTC

By sheer force of will I had a good reporting day

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:20 UTC

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 12:18 UTC

I absolutely loved THE GOD OF THE WOODS and am so glad @katekilla.bsky.social did too!

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 22:52 UTC

Going the ferry really helped today

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 18:07 UTC

YUP

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 18:07 UTC

Gallows humor is fine, doomerism gets you nowhere. It actually matters even more now.

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 14:07 UTC

My own personal true crime nadir moment

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 02:50 UTC

It’s been a lot!! (And thank you!)

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 23:01 UTC

Mom: I don’t trust the media Me: I’m a member of the media and I don’t trust the media

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 23:00 UTC

I understood this reference

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 22:03 UTC

This was almost certainly based on a real guy, Fred Demara, also basis for THE GREAT IMPOSTOR starring Tony Randall

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 21:50 UTC

I’m sure @marisakabas.bsky.social hasn’t

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 21:46 UTC

Gotta celebrate the Ws

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 13:11 UTC

My latest Crime & Mystery column is up, reviewing new books by Patricia Raybon, DC Frost, Richard Lange, and Robyn Gigl.

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