this year I'm not giving thanks, I'm taking it.

If we are not counting hip hop, nick cave? I am partial to cat power, but I suspect that’s nostalgia

Promoting "conservative voices" never means platforming a Pashtun tribal elder, establishing a column for a withered crone from a Grimms' fairy tale, or hiring a 2,500 y.o. sequoia tree for the endowed chair. It's just "violent white men dominion," which is historically radical and untraditional.

There is no need to deep fry pickles. Do not mess with perfection. It’s weird.

Verily, mazeballs are the soulslikes of children’s toys

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Very funny and annoying that we have to stand up for basic principles of the enlightenment again.

The question of the size of a black box, the limit of a complex system, or the boundary of an apparatus, are never “merely” technical: there is always a normative element, or a commitment to a model of agency or responsibility.

Instead of doing hot yoga, go see the swans

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

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Opus DEI.

We’ve privatized everything and now nothing works. Enough with the clever interpretations.

[depeche mode voice]: "your own....personal....hot spot...."

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

As has been noted by people smarter than me, the assumption that Jews pick where they do high holidays in the same way Christians pick their churches, is bad and dumb.

Getting old to write music to get old to.

Bari Weiss, the inspiring story of what a person can accomplish with only near limitless resources and support

Jews, notoriously, only set foot in a synagogue that they are in complete moral and political accord with. And they use the synagogue’s webpage to ensure this. It’s in the Talmud, people.

While little is gained from arguing with bigots & fools, it’s perhaps worth noting that attending a service doesn’t mean you approve of anything the synagogue posts on their stupid website.

Jean Valjeaning right now

In my Jean Valjean era.

Written ten years ago by @keithkahnharris.bsky.social, and is now sadly useful. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If you’re part of a 19th century mining operation and you don’t see a canary, you’re the canary.

OVERHEARD IN A PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT "Death? Death is just nature's way of telling you to shut the fuck up"

Sometimes separating out the weird nerds will stop them from being relentlessly bullied and k*lling themselves. Being moved to a gifted school was one of the best things that ever happened to me.

If your response to this is “what about Israel?” then you are no better than those who asked about September 11th when muslims were assaulted. www.jewishnews.co.uk/two-dead-and...

What's the word for when a university famous for economics and in possession of a $10bn endowment screws up its finances badly enough it has to sell a whole research institute? www.ft.com/content/4501...

I didn’t think we’d go from “what are the humanities for” to “what are universities for” to “what is the right to free speech for” quite so quickly

When math is hard.

One good way to develop national unity against a hostile neighbour is to make sure we can't communicate with each other, right?

David Lynch

Very important thread 👇🏽👇🏽

I’d rather sit behind my desk than deal with any self-styled “loving community.” As for growing your own food, it’s called “farming,” and it mostly sucks.

The epigraphs to this novel speak to me:

Japanese noise musician #Merzbow has teamed up with Brazilian drummer Iggor Cavalera and Italian guitarist Eraldo Bernocchi for a new collaborative album. The album marks all three artists’ debuts on PAN buff.ly/7JiwtVT

I still think it would be a good bit for the Harper's Letter writers to write the same letter, collect the same signatures, and distribute in Harper's Magazine, every month, Pierre Menard-style.

nice master’s thesis, shame if it were only read for its references

I think we should have a show where there is a rapture, and everything is just way easier and nicer on earth once the saved are gone.

Happy new year, fellow dorks

The effect of car dependency: in 1940, Basil Rathbone was photographed wearing an overcoat outside his home. As more men relied on cars, overcoats became shorter to accommodate drivers. Today, the right is marketed as an "overcoat," even if it would've been considered more sport coat length in 1940.

[bluesky user watches a billionaire setting fire to people for his own amusement] "this is deeply abelist"

Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.

Shalom friends! #RoshHashanah begins on Monday night, September 22. Which is ALSO the shared birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings. Time for a #lordoftherings Rosh Hashanah crossover deep dive event! #LOTR #HobbitDay youtu.be/9ayDdAab8sk

🎧 New episode on our podcast on Star Trek (beginning with Enterprise) and the franchise era, with Adam Kotsko and David Seitz. share.transistor.fm/s/1a04a2fd

We’re at the “defending Jimmy Kimmel” phase of authoritarianism—which was not on Snyder’s list, iirc

We should make houses out of bones. They are a renewable resource.

I know the "real problem" is that capital has sided with fascism, but, tbh, adults who live off a steady diet of marvel movies and fan culture depress me more. We are all exhausted, but you should not give up so easily.

"Don't critique things people enjoy." "Great! I like critique." "No, not like that."