Celebrating Gwen’s 14th birthday with Orange Fanta and @retrococktailhour.bsky.social

If the Epstein files turn up evidence of Trump with an underage girl, expect a lively discussion on the right about the arbitrariness of age of consent laws.

I miss the carefree days of Anthony Scaramucci and Michael Cohen.

This is such important historical work. I lived through the thick of this, and Cosper covers it with honesty and care.

The thing I’m wondering is why JD Vance’s suits never fit. He always looks like he grabbed a matching jacket and pants set off the rack at JC Penny’s on the way to the event.

This is almost certainly bullshit; that said, be on the lookout for a forthcoming podcast from @eddymoretti.bsky.social detailing some much more interesting Trump/Russia ties. www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...

Been reading the literature on post tramautic growth. Suffering doesn’t teach us a damn thing.

*Taylor Swift and the Philosophy of Re-recording: The Art of Taylor's Versions*. Out now in hardback and paperback!!! Please check it out, and share this post widely. #taylorswift #taylorsversions #philosophy

@mymorningjacket.bsky.social new tune hits me hard.

One of my new favorites...

So, it’s now The Gulf of America? What does that mean for New Mexico?

Full article available at Inquiry. The beauty of conspiracy

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? John Cage:

If I were a conspiracy theorist, I’d be thinking that Joe Biden faked his dementia to sabotage the Dems so that they wouldn’t be holding the bag in the economic collapse coming in the next four years. These market trends are terrifying.

I really love @duneprophecy.bsky.social, but I fear for its cancellation.

Happy to report that my paper "The Beauty of Conspiracy" has been accepted for publication in Inquiry!

This week's Retro Cocktail Hour is an encore show (and so is next week's) while yours truly is gallivanting around the islands. Hear it at www.mixcloud.com/MartiniBunke... and at www.retrococktail.org. Enjoy!

Favreau is more right than wrong here. The problem the left has in winning elections is not the internal machinations of the Democrat party, or the lack of a “perfect” candidate. The problem Dems have is with the voters.

I was about to get mad about Hunter's pardon, but then I read about the crimes for which Trump pardoned Charles Kushner.

They say that salespeople are the easiest people to sell to, and I think that’s what’s going on with Trump’s cabinet picks. Each one is a magnificent shittalker, and Trump is snookered into believing that means they are competent in their respective fields.

Just a reminder to be careful about your travel companions today…

My Thanksgiving Turkey

Aesthetics people: I'm looking for things to read about the development of taste, i.e. the capacity for aesthetic appreciation. Not stuff about the judgment of taste: I'm specifically interested in reading about what it is to *develop* one's taste, and how one goes about it. Reposts welcome!

Tonight’s playlist is a hefty dose of exotica music curated by @retrococktailhour.bsky.social.

It’s heartening to witness a good idea take off. Starter Packs are one such good idea!

Lay’s Stax are superior to Pringles in every way. Here I stand, I can do no other.

This little review really captures the heart of What to Save and Why : )

The trouble with RFK jr. is not that he is an heterodox thinker, it’s that he’s never met a conspiracy theory he didn’t like.

From Hugh Hefner, to Jeffrey Epstein, to Roy Moore, to Mark Robinson, to Matt Gaetz--any Trump supporters out there care to admit that he surrounds himself with, and endorses, men whose sexual preferences are far from traditional? Party of family values indeed.

Seems about right… www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

A little public philosophy I did with Destiny.

Given its cultural impact, it is wild to me that the first ever Q-anon post in 2017 was a failed prediction.

If Die Hard is a Christmas movie, then The Fugitive is a St. Patrick’s Day film.

Herbert Read doubts that “a person with real sensibility ever stands before a picture and, after a long process of analysis, pronounces himself pleased. We either like at first sight, or not at all.” Not sure he’s right?

People holiday shopping: Do you have friends or family who are curious about what to do, think, and feel when artists whom they love do shitty things? I wrote a book about that, and you can grab it for under $15. No easy answers, but plenty of food for thought #philsky www.amazon.com/Drawing-Line...

I’m wondering if scientific theories count as narratives in the sense that we can use narratology to criticize them.

“Firstly” should not be a word.

When presented with a novel conspiracy theory, on average how much time do you spend considering if it’s true?