at this very moment there are tens of liberal arts gay boys writing some version of “Heated Rivalry and the Straight Female Gaze”

It's September, and all of us are like

started the new Capital translation. Wish me luck

made me realize what a large percentage of films I watch aren’t from the 21st century

under late Capitalism we only have working situationships. all meaningful relations of labor have been slowly degraded into temporary exchanges of services just to keep up with your rent

“…unlike McCarthyism, which focused only on the past political activities of individual professors, the current onslaught, led off by the not inconsiderable power of the federal government, touches almost every aspect of higher education.”

For years, I, too, wept, in secret, and so did not weep at all. —Jennifer Chang, from "The Death of Socrates"

unwrapped & playing an Ethel Cain vinyl on this rainy day. it’s hitting so hard

I’m hearing more and more customers openly making anti-Canadian statements while I’m working… **sigh**

“[The suggested amount spent, a huge cut, by Republicans…] would not be enough to continue the research toward a vaccine, which we need, and toward a cure,” said Dr. Beyrer, who serves as an adviser to the H.I.V. Vaccine Trials Network.”

Marriage equality is firmly in the sights of conservative US politicians.

@remarksist.bsky.social’s post-election take 💕 “…Die Linke’s voice in opposition is indispensable. There is no doubt that it will continue to defend the firewall against the AfD.”

Donald Trump's suggestion of ethnically cleansing the Gaza Strip lays bare the "long-term American project" in the Middle East, says Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Kurd. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/11/mohammed_el_kurd_palestine_perfect_victims

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www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... was worth making the Atlantic account (lol) & the points about how our living spaces are more and more designed for loneliness were good

‘I don’t know about you, but as an American taxpayer I don’t want my dollars going toward this crap.”

👏

“What’re you into?”

RIP. Melancholically listening to the ballad of lucy jordan

Cruel and unusual

i love it when a conversation goes somewhere truly bold and unexpected and funny and a bit tragic and kinda hot

men at nh gay bars be saying I look old. I’m fine.