The Confidence-Man

@fidele-log.bsky.social

fine-looking Kentucky boatmen, and Japanese-looking Mississippi cotton-planters; Quakers in full drab, and United States soldiers in full regimentals; slaves, black, mulatto, quadroon; modish young Spanish Creoles, and old-fashioned French Jews…

Jaime Gill

@jaimegill.bsky.social

I’m so smart for choosing @fictivedream.bsky.social as my @smokelong.bsky.social #archivechallenge. So many jewels.

I loved this title but the story is even better. None of the modish verbs, voice, and vibes rubbish. Real story. Restrained telling. Massive impact

https://fictivedream.com/2024/02/23/a-stupid-rubber-dinosaur/

@bystander1.bsky.social

"But this is a PM eager to please, keen to be modish, so getting on the Bush Deep podcast (the warning is in the title) was just the ticket. Nothing weighty, nothing cerebral; just some social media bait for viral distribution to show hipness and (groan) accessibility. "