Montaigne: humans and animals are equally god’s reasoning creations Descartes: only humans have reason; animals are nature’s automata Hobbes: humans and animals are both automata

Sharing my new article, "Queen Anna of Denmark, Prince Henry Stuart, and an Education in Masquing," out now in Ben Jonson Journal! It's about Anna's masque innovations artistic and political, and her thwarted efforts to pass that potent new form into the hands of her son. doi.org/10.3366/bjj....

"Academics who Listen to Free Jazz" starter pack. By popular demand for attunement to challenging music. If you "like" this post I will add you to the list over the next couple days. Share widely!

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Breeze 2.0

I've seen the David in Florence and stood before Guernica in Madrid. I caught Zero Mostel's Tevye and James Earl Jones in Fences. I've had the tasting menu at El Cellar, twice. But all of that was mere prelude to seeing Sonny Rollins close out jazzfest in New Orleans. God bless his immortal soul.

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Doomers stay winning

Reading Leviathan and shaking my head the whole time so people know I disagree with it

Aquaman qua man

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There is a program in Massachusetts where juvenile offenders are sentenced to performing Shakespeare traumaresearchfoundation.org/lets-get-to-...

Got a chance to see @shaneparish.bsky.social perform Autechre Guitar live last night! So so good

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I wonder how republicans will feel when gas is $7 a gallon and it’s impossible to vote any of these idiots out

I like how every time he takes away more of our rights he also gives us a little lecture

We're kicking off our installment-by-installment revisit of Autechre's 2016 album, elseq 1–5, with a deep dive into elseq 1. Available here on Patreon (free) or wherever you get your podcasts

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My last seven days

At the Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern for Timon of Athens by the one and only THOMAS MIDDLETON

Michael Tilson Thomas got me hooked on Mahler, which then got me hooked on classical music in general. RIP

Ah, so the reason the US is getting humiliated by Iran is because our military is vaccinated for the flu

We're taking a break from our "Autechre Revisited" series by ranking Autechre's closing tracks and comparing our favorites with our listeners'. Available now wherever you podcast.

We’re defending Western Civilization by kicking Plato and Shakespeare out of university classes.

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OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay

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This is the best movie

It's true that protest culture was viciously suppressed but also I guarantee we will see regular protests of whoever the Democratic nominee is in 2028

Please don't let the nuclear war start before I get to see Sunn O))) tonight

Based solely on how bad his new album is

God has a chance to do the funniest thing ever

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What continent is that on the left? I’m too dumb to figure out the orientation

It’s so funny how his racist reforms have resulted in the US straight up losing a war against Iran

No two cats make the same sound

In a terrible mood because all my podcasts have only released premium episodes this week

New bonus episode on Flying Lotus' 2008 record "Los Angeles" is available now. Subscribe now for the entire back catalog of bonus episodes (Autechre content is always free!)

My last seven days. Pretty incoherent!

It’ll be so funny when the Harry Potter show comes out because literally everyone will watch out of morbid curiosity (and it will almost certainly be terrible), but no one will be able to admit it on here

It’s actually illegal to post about the new Harry Potter teaser on bluesky dot com

Happy Accession Day to James I, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, and Defender of the Faith

New episode on Autechre's 2008 album, Quaristice, available now at all podcast outlets

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Saw Roger and James Deakins (and a screening of Sicario) at the Tara tonight

New bonus episode on Boards of Canada's 2013 record Tomorrow's Harvest is available now

Me reading more bad news about the Strait of Hormuz every morning

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Yoko Oneohtrix Point Never Is this anything?

The Shrouds (2024)