Alan Scherstuhl

Editor/writer. PW. Village Voice for life. Bylines in NYT, Slate, Longreads, LARB, CHIRB, Shelf A, Vulture, RS, Downbeat. Warning: Will tweet about books & jazz

[Alan Scherstuhl @studiesincrap]

"Do not forget that it is your job to highlight what is important and memorable and unique, whether good or bad, and to dash the rest to the rocks": Here's the advice that I've sent to new writers during my years editing film pieces at the Village Voice https://t.co/iw6QTR8G1m

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@alansch.bsky.social

still on fb messenger

Gmail is what you’d guess, first name last

Get out if you can. Hate speech costs lives

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@JustinKownacki Im just an Ariel, wanting to be where the people are

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@JustinKownacki Nope but I’ll prob be on there by Monday, I’m only now really getting serious about jumping and I know it’ll be a while before a true consensus alternative emerges

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Getting a peek

[Nancy Comics by Ernie Bushmiller @JohnnyCallicutt]

The Best Of Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller 1944

[Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social @chris_monsen]

I just learned that the ace French jazz label RogueArt has made some of its music available on Bandcamp. Several gems have been uploaded, incl. the excellent For the Love of Fire and Water by Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet https://t.co/USmqffVEtx

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only send me crypto if i can trade it for Kohls cash

[Alex Heath @alexeheath]

Yesterday, Elon Musk told Twitter employees that he plans to let users send crypto to each other alongside “normal money.” Said he expects that “the payments side of things will probably be more valuable than all the rest of Twitter combined.” https://t.co/eBETcryUGG

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Your occasional reminder that you can read Asimov’s or Fiyah or Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine or Lightspeed or Analog on your phone instead of this transphobic hellsite

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"It must be a plot to make me look bad!" liars exclaim

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Lotta playing dumb about why your audience tries to murder the people you demonize going around these days

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@SketchesbyBoze One of literature’s premiere drips!

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@MatthewDessem The most permanent messages shared on the most volatile platform

[MZS @mattzollerseitz]

My interview with the one and only @jamieleecurtis. What a delight she is!

https://t.co/mwPG30xTkj

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@larazarum @raywongy @markyarm @inversedotcom attagirl

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@larazarum @raywongy @markyarm @inversedotcom healthy industry!

[Vintage Los Angeles @alisonmartino]

Prince at Sam Goody in 1988

[Alan Scherstuhl @studiesincrap]

@raywongy @markyarm @inversedotcom wait, two stories a day and daily pitch meetings is *part* time?

[claire shaffer @claireeshaffer]

bloated idea: a "progress bar" at the top of an article

goated idea: being able to highlight people's names throughout the article (e.g. "Mr. Schmidt") and having a pop-up with their initial descriptor (e.g. "a Brooklyn-based landlord") so you can easily remember who everyone is

[Kat Tenbarge is on Bluesky @kattenbarge]

I’m absolutely gutted to read this @TaylorLorenz story about misogynistic online harassment from a TikToker against a student journalist who profiled him. Weaponized online harassment threatens press freedoms and poses an existential threat to democracy
https://t.co/j1jCQJkU6X