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Seeking and learning to recognize who and what, in the midst of inferno, are not inferno. Formerly: Chief Counsel to Sen. Klobuchar, Obama Administration official, Democratic campaign staffer. Speaking for no one but myself.

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It’s a fair use of the term, you see.

19.02.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This thread is inviting a second British Invasion.

10.02.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

count zero interrupt

19.01.2026 04:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A true contribution to legal scholarship. (Welcome to ALI!)

23.12.2025 22:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s what you get for leaving madeleines out instead of cookies.

23.12.2025 02:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A proportional response is a dish best served cold?

17.12.2025 22:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.12.2025 17:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Between the idea
and the reality,
between the motion
and the act
falls the Shadow.

01.12.2025 18:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Prickly Paradigm Press

Prickly Paradigm Press has been at it for years; they've published David Graeber, Chris Lehmann, Thomas Geoghegan, Rick Perlstein...

19.11.2025 03:53 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

diarrhoea is worse than diarrhea

18.11.2025 04:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My Straussian reading is that the reference to building Rome sounds like a go-code for "integration from within."

13.11.2025 03:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A clear antecedent in β€œBobos”-era David Brooks.

03.11.2025 02:57 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is where the NYT’s engagement farming was always going to bring us.

31.10.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't even seen One Battle After Another yet but I do love how happy @thehighsign.bsky.social sounds talking about it on The Slate Culture Gabfest.

07.10.2025 16:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I can

I can

I can

30.08.2025 17:14 πŸ‘ 17260 πŸ” 4070 πŸ’¬ 354 πŸ“Œ 340

There is no winning at Trinitarian Calvinball, other than to not play.

27.08.2025 17:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A page from Daredevil: Born Again, in which Captain America says to a corrupt general, "I'm loyal to nothing, general--except the dream."

A page from Daredevil: Born Again, in which Captain America says to a corrupt general, "I'm loyal to nothing, general--except the dream."

Panel from All-Star Superman 12: Superman fixing the heart of the sun.

Panel from All-Star Superman 12: Superman fixing the heart of the sun.

Scene from Top 10: The Forty Niners, where "Officer Dark" blesses the reservoir to create holy water.

Scene from Top 10: The Forty Niners, where "Officer Dark" blesses the reservoir to create holy water.

Scene from the Watchmen, where Dr. Manhattan tells Adrian Viedt, "Nothing ends, Adrian.  Nothing ever ends."

Scene from the Watchmen, where Dr. Manhattan tells Adrian Viedt, "Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends."

#comicsdna

31.07.2025 04:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.

22.07.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 11910 πŸ” 2730 πŸ’¬ 124 πŸ“Œ 102

Who's up for an intellectual feast?

17.07.2025 03:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I, for one, am looking forward to subscribing to the independent publications The New New Yorker, Vanity Fairest, and HotWired.

11.07.2025 17:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fiction works better at a lower resolution than history; GRRM is now more in Caro's territory than Herbert's.

09.07.2025 17:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Their audience engagement model absolutely requires them to publish that piece, which is why the Times is so far gone.

01.07.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lest anyone think this is a new obsession on the right, see Leon Kass's views (from 1994!) on licking ice cream cones.

30.06.2025 19:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So cyberpunk.

30.06.2025 19:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Right now, it might be nice to have birds that do not come home to roost.

22.06.2025 20:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It might be the only movie bad enough to distract you from the world beyond the screen.

17.06.2025 18:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, Ilya. You've written a fair amount that I disagree with over the years, but I've come to appreciate your commitment to your principles, and the principles that we share, in these times.

17.06.2025 17:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good thing for Michael Anton that he only buys suits made in Hungary.

16.06.2025 03:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it time to create Serpentor?

10.06.2025 05:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0