Today's #BaseballBooksYouShouldRead post... "Rotisserie League Baseball" by Dan Okrent
December 14, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Today's #BaseballBooksYouShouldRead post... "Rotisserie League Baseball" by Dan Okrent
Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master
Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master
Packed with gossip and incident, this book is also a fascinating study in the gestation of genius
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master
#page42
":The other men around me had also been reduced to groveling in the dirt."
"Notes of A Russian Sniper" by Vasili Zaitsev, translated by David Givens, Peter Kornakov and Konstantin Kornakov. Edited by Neil Okrent
":The other men around me had also been reduced to groveling in the dirt."
"Notes of A Russian Sniper" by Vasili Zaitsev, translated by David Givens, Peter Kornakov and Konstantin Kornakov. Edited by Neil Okrent
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 AM
#page42
":The other men around me had also been reduced to groveling in the dirt."
"Notes of A Russian Sniper" by Vasili Zaitsev, translated by David Givens, Peter Kornakov and Konstantin Kornakov. Edited by Neil Okrent
":The other men around me had also been reduced to groveling in the dirt."
"Notes of A Russian Sniper" by Vasili Zaitsev, translated by David Givens, Peter Kornakov and Konstantin Kornakov. Edited by Neil Okrent
I'm still waiting for our lord and savior to create an account on this app...
March 20, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I'm still waiting for our lord and savior to create an account on this app...
Aside from comics, you know I’m largely a non-fiction reader. Here are some authors for whom I’ve read multiple books:
Ron Chernow
Fr. Patrick Desbois
Luke Epplin
Jan T. Gross
Peter Guralnick
Ibram X. Kendi
Primo Levi
Wendy Lower
Philip Norman
Daniel Okrent
Jeff Pearlman
Timothy Snyder
Larry Tye
Ron Chernow
Fr. Patrick Desbois
Luke Epplin
Jan T. Gross
Peter Guralnick
Ibram X. Kendi
Primo Levi
Wendy Lower
Philip Norman
Daniel Okrent
Jeff Pearlman
Timothy Snyder
Larry Tye
June 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Aside from comics, you know I’m largely a non-fiction reader. Here are some authors for whom I’ve read multiple books:
Ron Chernow
Fr. Patrick Desbois
Luke Epplin
Jan T. Gross
Peter Guralnick
Ibram X. Kendi
Primo Levi
Wendy Lower
Philip Norman
Daniel Okrent
Jeff Pearlman
Timothy Snyder
Larry Tye
Ron Chernow
Fr. Patrick Desbois
Luke Epplin
Jan T. Gross
Peter Guralnick
Ibram X. Kendi
Primo Levi
Wendy Lower
Philip Norman
Daniel Okrent
Jeff Pearlman
Timothy Snyder
Larry Tye
I think it would all be very instructive for people to read "Last Call" by Daniel Okrent, paying special attention to the rise and political machine of the Anti-Saloon League. If you're thinking the current GOP delegration seems unshakable, take some cheer that things don't last.
www.simonandschuster.com
March 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I think it would all be very instructive for people to read "Last Call" by Daniel Okrent, paying special attention to the rise and political machine of the Anti-Saloon League. If you're thinking the current GOP delegration seems unshakable, take some cheer that things don't last.
I long for the days of Daniel Okrent
July 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I long for the days of Daniel Okrent
Rave Guardian review for Dan Okrent's Sondheim biography.
Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master
Packed with gossip and incident, this book is also a fascinating study in the gestation of genius
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Rave Guardian review for Dan Okrent's Sondheim biography.
Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
Apropos of this, I just finished the new Daniel Okrent bio of Sondheim, and fellow Sondheads: it’s GREAT. I learned lots of new information (his favorite poem! His drug use!) and was convinced by the themes Okrent lays out. Plus it’s got me back into the OBCRs—always a boon.
On this day in 1984, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE had its first preview at the Booth Theatre. A blank page or canvas…
April 2, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Apropos of this, I just finished the new Daniel Okrent bio of Sondheim, and fellow Sondheads: it’s GREAT. I learned lots of new information (his favorite poem! His drug use!) and was convinced by the themes Okrent lays out. Plus it’s got me back into the OBCRs—always a boon.
i also read the excellent "last call: the rise and fall of prohibition" by daniel okrent last year
October 18, 2024 at 9:28 PM
i also read the excellent "last call: the rise and fall of prohibition" by daniel okrent last year
Okrent, "Nuclear Reactor Safety: On the History of the Regulatory Process" was written based on an 'unpublished' 1,100-page manuscript summarizing ACRS minutes. The book is out of print, but the manuscript is available here: www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0906/...
April 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Okrent, "Nuclear Reactor Safety: On the History of the Regulatory Process" was written based on an 'unpublished' 1,100-page manuscript summarizing ACRS minutes. The book is out of print, but the manuscript is available here: www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0906/...
"The big difference is that the xenophobes of that period disguised it. They didn’t come right out and say ‘shithole countries’ or even such a thing in more polite language,” said Daniel Okrent, author of “The Guarded Gate"
December 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"The big difference is that the xenophobes of that period disguised it. They didn’t come right out and say ‘shithole countries’ or even such a thing in more polite language,” said Daniel Okrent, author of “The Guarded Gate"
Tomorrow is pub day for Daniel Okrent's extraordinary Sondheim biography ART ISN'T EASY, a fascinating and extraordinarily well-researched life study packed into 230 wonderfully written pages. Okrent was on with Terry Gross this afternoon for a swell 40 minutes. Get the book. You won't be sorry.
March 17, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Tomorrow is pub day for Daniel Okrent's extraordinary Sondheim biography ART ISN'T EASY, a fascinating and extraordinarily well-researched life study packed into 230 wonderfully written pages. Okrent was on with Terry Gross this afternoon for a swell 40 minutes. Get the book. You won't be sorry.
There's a term for this!
"Okrent's Law", named for the first public editor of NYT, who coined it:
"The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_...
"Okrent's Law", named for the first public editor of NYT, who coined it:
"The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_...
January 19, 2026 at 8:45 PM
There's a term for this!
"Okrent's Law", named for the first public editor of NYT, who coined it:
"The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_...
"Okrent's Law", named for the first public editor of NYT, who coined it:
"The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_...
i actually read a book about this recently! Highly Irregular, by Arika Okrent - v interesting.
January 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
i actually read a book about this recently! Highly Irregular, by Arika Okrent - v interesting.
The first ever NY Times public editor, Daniel Okrent, is one of the inventors of "Rotisserie League Baseball," which lead directly to modern fantasy sports.
explained to a zoomer today about what the new york times public editor job was. "what the hell that sounds like such a good idea" welp yeah
July 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The first ever NY Times public editor, Daniel Okrent, is one of the inventors of "Rotisserie League Baseball," which lead directly to modern fantasy sports.
Dan Okrent giveth, and Dan Okrent taketh.
June 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Dan Okrent giveth, and Dan Okrent taketh.
Dan Okrent is proud of you…champ!
June 3, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Dan Okrent is proud of you…champ!
Finky et Okrent, non, c'est misérable du début à la fin, toujours, partout, tout le temps.
August 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Finky et Okrent, non, c'est misérable du début à la fin, toujours, partout, tout le temps.
Yes, exactly. The problem when your husband drinks his pay and beats you is much better solved that way than (ineffectively) banning alcohol.
Last Call is an amazing book btw. Daniel Okrent.
Last Call is an amazing book btw. Daniel Okrent.
April 3, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Yes, exactly. The problem when your husband drinks his pay and beats you is much better solved that way than (ineffectively) banning alcohol.
Last Call is an amazing book btw. Daniel Okrent.
Last Call is an amazing book btw. Daniel Okrent.
Post 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book a day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no expectations, just covers. (Make a 🧵 out of it so people can see all your picks in the same place.)
#20TBRbookchallenge
1/20
In the Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent
No explanations, no expectations, just covers. (Make a 🧵 out of it so people can see all your picks in the same place.)
#20TBRbookchallenge
1/20
In the Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent
August 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Post 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book a day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no expectations, just covers. (Make a 🧵 out of it so people can see all your picks in the same place.)
#20TBRbookchallenge
1/20
In the Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent
No explanations, no expectations, just covers. (Make a 🧵 out of it so people can see all your picks in the same place.)
#20TBRbookchallenge
1/20
In the Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent
Ugh sorry should have checked the time stamp. Anyway the Daniel Okrent book about prohibition says per capital ethanol consumption was 7 gallons a year by 1830.
March 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Ugh sorry should have checked the time stamp. Anyway the Daniel Okrent book about prohibition says per capital ethanol consumption was 7 gallons a year by 1830.
Daniel Okrent once likened Game 6 of the 1975 World Series to a Russian novel. This is more like The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Daniel Okrent once likened Game 6 of the 1975 World Series to a Russian novel. This is more like The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Highly Irregular by Arika Okrent is also good, very bitesized chapters
and Why Q Needs U by @dannybate.bsky.social if he's interested in the alphabet
If video appeals, Tom Scott's Language Files or Crash Course Linguistics (both on youtube)
and Why Q Needs U by @dannybate.bsky.social if he's interested in the alphabet
If video appeals, Tom Scott's Language Files or Crash Course Linguistics (both on youtube)
December 15, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Highly Irregular by Arika Okrent is also good, very bitesized chapters
and Why Q Needs U by @dannybate.bsky.social if he's interested in the alphabet
If video appeals, Tom Scott's Language Files or Crash Course Linguistics (both on youtube)
and Why Q Needs U by @dannybate.bsky.social if he's interested in the alphabet
If video appeals, Tom Scott's Language Files or Crash Course Linguistics (both on youtube)
Gli esempi non mancherebbero!
Per l’inglese alcuni esempi di parole nate da interpretazioni errate di altre parole!
youtu.be/HSdSuOpyPwA?...
(scusandomi con chi è in questo thread per le informazioni meteo)
Per l’inglese alcuni esempi di parole nate da interpretazioni errate di altre parole!
youtu.be/HSdSuOpyPwA?...
(scusandomi con chi è in questo thread per le informazioni meteo)
Words We Invented By Getting Them Wrong
YouTube video by Arika Okrent
youtu.be
August 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Gli esempi non mancherebbero!
Per l’inglese alcuni esempi di parole nate da interpretazioni errate di altre parole!
youtu.be/HSdSuOpyPwA?...
(scusandomi con chi è in questo thread per le informazioni meteo)
Per l’inglese alcuni esempi di parole nate da interpretazioni errate di altre parole!
youtu.be/HSdSuOpyPwA?...
(scusandomi con chi è in questo thread per le informazioni meteo)