Danny Elfanbaum

I love that I couldn’t get into a Boston Book Festival event because it was already at capacity. I cannot describe how much that pleases me.

...they changed example.com. Minimally. But... what?!

(I will not say, however, that we "[drink] less because of anxiety"; but maybe we skew more millennial. Or degenerate. Or whatever.)

Yes, Two Page Tuesday doesn't even have an IG but the crowds are good and the work is good, as are the vibes and community. Folks really seem to like to gather together in person for art.

(Also the next one is Oct 14 at The Banshee in DOT if you are local want to come check it out.)

Friday Links is UP! Featuring @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social @bobsykora.bsky.social @delfanbaum.bsky.social @thelincoln.bsky.social @davidjroth.bsky.social and MORE!

www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162657593

The caps lock key leads only to unnecessary yelling and overambitious SQL and should therefore be removed permanently.

A few years ago there was this thing publishers were doing where they were top-binding certain novels/prose books like a reporter's notebook. Does anybody remember what that was called? Or have any articles about this handy?

A cool thing about cleaning your house is that when you're done the cat will vomit in the living room to make sure you didn't miss that spot.

In that case: for sure! Especially given their different... experiences... in the Olympics MTB and so on.

Also: "Ardennes boy" is maybe my new favorite moniker 😂

Similar trajectories for sure through. But even in the classics it's more of a Holy Week vs Ardennes thing, isn't it? Anyway – fun thing to ponder!

I mean, I'd really defer to your much deeper expertise!! But knee-jerk, yes: MvDP has never carried GC ambitions, whereas Pidcock has (or has had them thrust upon him). So despite the weirdness of the current era (i.e., Pogacar doing everything), they're not comparable, at least on the road, for me.

Sumo oranges and crabapples 🤷🏻‍♂️

GitHub - delfanbaum/tmplcl: Templates to your clipboard: because sometimes you *just* can't be bothered to type it again. Templates to your clipboard: because sometimes you *just* can't be bothered to type it again. - delfanbaum/tmplcl

I got tired of pasting the same stupid bio into Submittable so I made a little to-clipboard utility to make that a little faster. Also I needed a new Python project to pin to my GitHub for *reasons*. Please enjoy.

github.com/delfanbaum/t...
pypi.org/project/tmpl...

Sometimes things are not, in fact, what they say on the tin.

You should listen to @escapecollective.bsky.social's Wheel Talk podcast because it's awesome and the TDFF is great this year (as it is every year), but especially for the audio diaries – such a pleasure!

Utopias Everywhere: An Interview with Bob Sykora I’ve been hearing about Bob Sykora, his work, and the things he gets up to for years. He was in the cohort that left the spring before I started an MFA at UMass Boston, and everyone spoke so …

"...one of the cool things about living in New England is the pretty immediate and physical access to history and these historical places, so the narrative really started to make sense to me once I decided to visit some of the sites I was learning about." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/07/10/u...

Utopias Everywhere: An Interview with Bob Sykora I’ve been hearing about Bob Sykora, his work, and the things he gets up to for years. He was in the cohort that left the spring before I started an MFA at UMass Boston, and everyone spoke so …

I had a chance to talk to @bobsykora.bsky.social about his WONDERFUL book, Utopians in Love, and @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social was kind enough to publish that conversation. Check it out below!!
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/07/10/u...

Vauquelin is going to get a good contract next year.

"I'm a sprinter now!"

Thanks @delfanbaum.bsky.social for creating such a great, low-key literary community!

EB is the best.

I like a Caleb Ewan redemption arc.

In my "adding emojis to all meeting agendas because I'm bored to tears and it brings me joy" phase.

Thrilling.

The women's Classic Brugge-De Panne *thrilling*

My cat, she snores so loudly.

Just got the notification that @bobsykora.bsky.social ‘s book has shipped and is on the way to my house. VERY exciting!

Turns out it's not that hard to replace a watch battery.

crates.io: Rust Package Registry

New release of `asciidocr`, includes various fixes and a better path forward for docx generation (behind the docx feature): crates.io/crates/ascii...

#asciidoc #rust #clitools #lightweightmarkup

Unix piping is a very satisfying thing.