Robert Paul Weston

Poetry Moment: 'ars poetica, 2019,' Airea D. Matthews WPSU's Poetry Moment features poet Airea D. Matthews and her poem 'ars poetica, 2019.'

I have a soft spot for #poetry that endeavours to draw new readers to it, which is why I love this piece by Airea D. Matthews. radio.wpsu.org/2024-04-15/p...

Russia soldiers tell BBC they saw fellow troops in Ukraine war executed on commanders' orders Four men expose the horror and brutality of conditions in the Ukraine war, with two saying they saw soldiers being shot for refusing orders.

This is horrific, one of the worst news stories I've read in a while – and that says a lot. Sadly. People should know about this, what's going on in #Ukraine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Everything is Everything" (feat. Tru Osborne) is taken from the new album 'We Belong' out now on @CitySlang. Listen/order : https://sinkane.lnk.to/WeBelongYD *** Lyrics We’re here again Ain’t… Sinkane feat. Tru Osborne - Everything is Everything (Official Video)

Today's music mood: Smoooth with three Os, aka "Everything is Everything" by Sinkane feat. Tru Osborne. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3X9...

YouTube video by PBS Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary | Independent Lens

Everybody, do yourselves a favor and watch and share The Librarians, a phenomenal film about the librarian heroes putting everything on the line to keep books on shelves. @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social youtu.be/ywQOCY-qDzE

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Dear everyone, but especially readers of Zorgamazoo: There is a sequel. It's called A RHYME IN TIME, and you can listen to it. I've turned it into a podcast. A podcast novel? An "acoustic experience"? Who knows? Read all about it here: robertpaulweston.com/a-rhyme-in-t...

Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” Is Extravagantly Superficial A new adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, is certainly something to behold—but is it something to feel?

According to Justin Chang in the @newyorker.com, #WutheringHeights is "an extravagantly superficial adaptation". Maybe. Hard to compete with Emily Brontë's prose. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Reading a #book is surely the most intimate experience we can have of the inside of another human being’s mind.” —Margaret Atwood (in her acceptance speech for the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels, 2017).

Inside Russia’s Secret Campaign of Sabotage in Europe How Russian military intelligence is recruiting young people online to carry out espionage, arson, and other attacks across the Continent.

From Warsaw to Asmerstdam to London, the "Department of Special Tasks" is the Russia government's low key terrorism-for-hire business. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Kevin Champoux One Easter Sunday, I attended a screening of the film Jesus Christ Superstar put on by my friend at the Brooklyn, New York, office of the well-respected literary magazine where she worked. There were...

"Yoked as they are to universal themes like community or patriotism, Broadway musicals are the public sculptures of the performing arts." —Kevin Champoux for the @parisreview.bsky.social www.theparisreview.org/blog/author/...

Are We Getting Stupider? Stupidity is eternal—and more complex than we think.

"We all blow up a whale from time to time; the important point is not to do it again." 😄 www.newyorker.com/culture/open...

‘Holy, Holy’ from the new album ‘The New Sound’ out now. Listen: https://geordiegreep.ffm.to/newsound Listen to ‘Holy, Holy’: https://geordiegreep.ffm.to/holyholy Follow Geordie Greep YouTube:… Geordie Greep - Holy, Holy

I'm having a good day and I just wish this wasn't a surprise. But on the upside, check it out, my music mood is "Holy, Holy" by Geordie Greep. Yep, that good. 😀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4EU...

Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse. But, of course, he did.

You tell 'em, David. Thank you for writing this. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The race for an AI Jesus is on A chatbot offers personalised counsel on faith

Wait. An AI Jesus? A "race" for an AI Jesus?! So there's, like, competitors. www.economist.com/united-state...

Alicia Kennedy: “Who Was the Foodie?” Alicia Kennedy on Ruby Tandoh’s All Consuming , Marion Nestle’s What to Eat Now , and the evolution of the foodie

Great essay on what it means to be a "foodie" in 2025, by @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social, in the @yalereview.bsky.social: yalereview.org/article/alic... #food

Audio of "No One Noticed" by The Marías Listen to The Marías: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiQyj3m-vBexDuHh_43LYQSs7nV46U6z_ Discover more in our Sad Songs… The Marías - No One Noticed

New #music mood: "No One Noticed" by The Marías. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSlT...

One of the Greatest Polar-Bear Hunters Confronts a Vanishing World In the most remote settlement in Greenland, Hjelmer Hammeken’s life style has gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive him.

Traditional polar bear hunting has "gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive" the last in a very long line of hunters: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... #climate

A fascinating, insightful take on recent developments in US politics, from @jonathanbchait.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

From the new album 'The Moon Is In The Wrong Place,' available May 10: https://click.ees.link/tmiitwp Follow Shannon & The… Shannon & The Clams - "Bean Fields" [Official Music Video]

Today's music mood: Shannon & The Clams - "Bean Fields" www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvo2...

"All in Good Time (feat. Fiona Apple)" by Iron & Wine From the album, 'Light Verse,' out now on Sub Pop Records. Listen Now: https://music.subpop.com/ironandwine_lightverse Director & Editor: Jamie… Iron & Wine - All in Good Time (feat. Fiona Apple) (Official Video)

Today's music mood: Iron & Wine - All in Good Time, feat. Fiona Apple. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C8_... Gorgeous.

Children’s Booker Prize launched Books newsletter: Circling the Square; Listowel curator appointed; Ballyscullion Park Book Festival; Bridport Prize for Irish writer

Children’s Booker Prize launched! www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Truman Capote on the wisdom of the harsh edit, from Conversations with Capote by Lawrence Grobel (1986). #writing #editing #revision

The Silent Woman After a wretched, wakeful night, my hot head buzzing with annoyance, I sat squirming in my study waiting for Ollie to arrive. At nine he put his head in, smiling with his usual greeting, “How are we…

I read Paul Theroux a lot in my teens. He's still got it. Lovely story from him in @VQR: www.vqronline.org/winter-2024/... #shortstory #shortfiction

HarperCollins Traineeship 2026 HarperCollins Traineeship  Stretching back over 200 years, HarperCollins is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world. We publish incredible authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,…

To my students, any alumni who follow me, or anyone else aspiring to work in London #publishing, here's @HarperCollins's 2026 Traineeship. No experience necessary: app.beapplied.com/apply/3wclk4... #editing #books

Today in dehumanizing newspeak: cobot. americanbazaaronline.com/2025/10/22/a... #robots #tech #Amazon

'Vampire Empire' by Big Thief, out now: https://bigthief.ffm.to/vampireempire 7" will be released October 20th, available to pre-order now: https://bigthief.ffm.to/vampireempire Lyrics: Watching TV… Big Thief - Vampire Empire (Lyric Video)

Today’s music mood: “Vampire Empire” by @bigthiefmusic

“Poetry is more philosophical and more serious than history; poetry utters universal truths, history particular statements.” —Aristotle (Poetics, Chapter 9) #writing

MLB World Series Game 4: Toronto Blue Jays beat LA Dodgers 6-2 to level at 2-2 The Toronto Blue Jays tie the best-of-seven World Series at 2-2 after a thumping 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in game four.

Go Jays! #BlueJays #Baseball

Yep, you read that right. Merry Christmas? 🎄

Why Trump Tore Down the East Wing The act of destruction is precisely the point: a kind of performance piece meant to display Trump’s arbitrary power over the Presidency, including its physical seat.

“…a nation writes its history in many books, but the book of its buildings is the most enduring.” @AdamGopnik quoting John Ruskin on the White House renos, in the @NewYorker. #architecture #history www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

MSN When Yoshinobu Yamamoto arrived in Glendale, Arizona, for his first spring training with the Dodgers, fresh off signing the largest free-agent contract for a pitcher in MLB history, his new team quickly...

Meanwhile, in #baseball news, here's a good example of how comitted and intentional cross-cultural cooperation makes you stronger. #Dodgers www.msn.com/en-us/sports...