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Paul Swydan

@swydan.bsky.social

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Owner/operator @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social. Alum: FanGraphs, Boston Globe, Boston.com Book Club, many others. I write two newsletters. https://green-tint.ghost.io/

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@swydan.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 4:02 PM

ICYMI I wrote my favorite yearly piece!

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 2:44 PM

His explosiveness on the breakaway was especially eye opening.

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 11:20 AM

Wait there's a whole week off before the WNBA Finals start? Uh, sure.

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:37 AM

Thinking back to preseason last year when Mazzulla pulled guys for missing a single box out. Either he's mellowed significantly (I doubt it) or he feels a lot better about the team this season.

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:10 AM

Paul George is playing much better now that we have a big lead.

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 12:32 AM

Looks like the C's still haven't figured out how to guard Tyrese Maxey.

@markgongloff.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 7:50 PMReposted by @swydan.bsky.social

In this house Nicolas Cage is a hero — end of story

variety.com/2026/tv/news...

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:11 PM

It was a long 33 days for me not writing about NBA basketball, but we're so back! Included in this year's edition of my most intriguing East players are Hugo González, Karl-Anthony Towns, Moussa Diabaté, Kelly Oubre Jr., Justin Edwards. And of course, JB. green-tint.ghost.io/10-most-intr...

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 7:24 PM

you know, people always talk about "punching" their ticket, but never about gently patting their ticket on the back and telling it it did a great job. more support for tickets imo.

@mingemi.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:34 PMReposted by @swydan.bsky.social

if you want me on your radio or tv show about the Valkyries this week I will do it

@mingemi.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:01 PMReposted by @swydan.bsky.social

Now is a great time to subscribe to Valkyries Beat going into the WNBA Finals, folks.

www.valkyriesbeat.com/upgrade

@rygraham.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:02 PMReposted by @swydan.bsky.social

Talking out of both sides of her mouth is clearly a family trait.

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 4:39 PM

Gotta be very few "tech people are out of touch" examples better than my phone trying to autocorrect "Chalupa" to "champagne." Sorry, no, I just want my Taco Bell, I'm not classy enough for champagne!!

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:46 PM

Ya I don't do crosswords lol. I was just listening to them.

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 2:52 PM

The 1980s were great because you could be like "our band name is Mr. Mister" and everyone else would just be like "yeah, alright."

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 2:51 PM

yeah. truly the best of times.

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:57 PM

I would absolutely tell my sales rep that. Of course, I don't currently have a sales rep for Europa Editions, because my last sales rep retired, and even though he gave a year's notice, somehow they didn't replace him in time. 🤔

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:36 PM

yes, Brown. And a little more Evans too, I think. I dunno, I saw Brown and Evans helping them late in that game and I was like "where were these two in the other five playoff games?" They seemed like much better solutions than Yamamoto and even Lloyd. But maybe I shouldn't read too much into 1 half.

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:27 PM

In a world where George Floyd wasn't murdered, it simply would have been different books that got recommended and those would have become runaway bestsellers. But that's not the world we live in. The lesson is that people want community, not that they're "tired" of learning or whatever.

@swydan.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:26 PM

Finally, people read more during the pandemic because they were home doing nothing. There were no new shows, sports took awhile to come back. People wanted community. When people said read "This Book Is Anti-Racist" or "White Fragility" they did to feel community.

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