anna claire
@annaclaire.bsky.social
couching my critiques in greek philosophy with the best of em
anti-nihilism hannah arendt liberal, militant leibnizian optimist
anti-nihilism hannah arendt liberal, militant leibnizian optimist
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anna claire
@annaclaire.bsky.social
· Aug 27
when i say "i’m a liberal" i’m saying "i am a political existentialist" and when you say you’re a liberal you mean "i was a libertarian like 12 years ago but then trump came along"
i watched this animal farm teaser 4 months ago and i thought it looked like a very good movie. i got so excited about it finding a US distributor this past summer that i reread the book. still very excited about it. why hate on a movie that isn’t even out yet?
youtu.be/fyfj97mSRX0?...
youtu.be/fyfj97mSRX0?...
ANIMAL FARM - Teaser Trailer (2026)
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December 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
i watched this animal farm teaser 4 months ago and i thought it looked like a very good movie. i got so excited about it finding a US distributor this past summer that i reread the book. still very excited about it. why hate on a movie that isn’t even out yet?
youtu.be/fyfj97mSRX0?...
youtu.be/fyfj97mSRX0?...
dubai chocolate is representative of nothing, least of all late-stage capitalism. people do buy chocolate and have for over a hundred years
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
dubai chocolate is representative of nothing, least of all late-stage capitalism. people do buy chocolate and have for over a hundred years
i am once again begging everyone to please stop suggesting Jünger was a Nazi
December 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
i am once again begging everyone to please stop suggesting Jünger was a Nazi
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the reasonable soul
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
the reasonable soul
she taught at the University of Chicago in the Committee on Social Thought at the same time as Leo Strauss, noted Heidegger fanboy, so that was probably a whole thing too
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
she taught at the University of Chicago in the Committee on Social Thought at the same time as Leo Strauss, noted Heidegger fanboy, so that was probably a whole thing too
me, a crank: fukuyama was wrong because his whole argument comes from studying under bloom and cribbing kojeve’s move, yoking heidegger’s nietzsche to marx and calling it hegel
they all think it’s tragedy, but it’s just farce
they all think it’s tragedy, but it’s just farce
you, a fool: fukuyama was wrong because stuff kept happening
me, an intellectual: fukuyama was wrong because the lack of purpose he describes is not an inherent function of liberalism but a result of a failure to metabolize containing Russia or global warming mitigation as sources of meaning
me, an intellectual: fukuyama was wrong because the lack of purpose he describes is not an inherent function of liberalism but a result of a failure to metabolize containing Russia or global warming mitigation as sources of meaning
My imp of the perverse gets so amused at the fact that people pooh-poohed Fukuyama after 9/11 or thereabouts and it's only recently that they actually realized he was right after actually, you know, thinking about his work critically
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
me, a crank: fukuyama was wrong because his whole argument comes from studying under bloom and cribbing kojeve’s move, yoking heidegger’s nietzsche to marx and calling it hegel
they all think it’s tragedy, but it’s just farce
they all think it’s tragedy, but it’s just farce
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you, a fool: fukuyama was wrong because stuff kept happening
me, an intellectual: fukuyama was wrong because the lack of purpose he describes is not an inherent function of liberalism but a result of a failure to metabolize containing Russia or global warming mitigation as sources of meaning
me, an intellectual: fukuyama was wrong because the lack of purpose he describes is not an inherent function of liberalism but a result of a failure to metabolize containing Russia or global warming mitigation as sources of meaning
My imp of the perverse gets so amused at the fact that people pooh-poohed Fukuyama after 9/11 or thereabouts and it's only recently that they actually realized he was right after actually, you know, thinking about his work critically
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
you, a fool: fukuyama was wrong because stuff kept happening
me, an intellectual: fukuyama was wrong because the lack of purpose he describes is not an inherent function of liberalism but a result of a failure to metabolize containing Russia or global warming mitigation as sources of meaning
me, an intellectual: fukuyama was wrong because the lack of purpose he describes is not an inherent function of liberalism but a result of a failure to metabolize containing Russia or global warming mitigation as sources of meaning
asked Claude for a self deprecating joke about my apple music rewind and the model said: "my top genre is avant-garde jazz. i’m going to be alone forever and i deserve it"
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
asked Claude for a self deprecating joke about my apple music rewind and the model said: "my top genre is avant-garde jazz. i’m going to be alone forever and i deserve it"
libertarians are people who want to use the media system to get out of having to maintain a community
September 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
libertarians are people who want to use the media system to get out of having to maintain a community
"The Straussian Moment" actually refers to the point where even the education system gives up and stops checking citations
September 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"The Straussian Moment" actually refers to the point where even the education system gives up and stops checking citations
Hannah Arendt would be ashamed of her Center affiliating itself with Thomas Chatterton Williams
Coming Monday 9/15 at 6:30 pm at @bardcollege.bsky.social Thomas Chatterton Williams will discuss his new book with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
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September 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hannah Arendt would be ashamed of her Center affiliating itself with Thomas Chatterton Williams
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Charlie Kirk was a person. He might not have cared if I died, but if I don’t care that he died then I’ve already lost.
I believe in the dignity of all human beings and I want to live in a society that treats each of us as sacred and ensouled.
I believe in the dignity of all human beings and I want to live in a society that treats each of us as sacred and ensouled.
September 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Charlie Kirk was a person. He might not have cared if I died, but if I don’t care that he died then I’ve already lost.
I believe in the dignity of all human beings and I want to live in a society that treats each of us as sacred and ensouled.
I believe in the dignity of all human beings and I want to live in a society that treats each of us as sacred and ensouled.
someone should let me publish a piece on silicon valley weirdos and their fascination with Plato’s Republic
i’ve been pitching this around all summer and nobody is buying
i’ve been pitching this around all summer and nobody is buying
September 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
someone should let me publish a piece on silicon valley weirdos and their fascination with Plato’s Republic
i’ve been pitching this around all summer and nobody is buying
i’ve been pitching this around all summer and nobody is buying
Book 8 of the Republic contains an extended critique of democracy as inevitably devolving into tyranny, and if a student were to read only this book of the Republic and no other, the argument would appear clearly in favor of determinism, authoritarianism, class-based elitism, and bioessentialism.
Welcome comrades to the new free-speech university UATX, created by the co-founder of Palantir! Today after early-morning calisthenics we will discuss the writings of esteemed Leader Alex Karp, Palantir CEO. Come prepared to discuss Leader Karp's belief that companies must take over the state. 1/
September 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Book 8 of the Republic contains an extended critique of democracy as inevitably devolving into tyranny, and if a student were to read only this book of the Republic and no other, the argument would appear clearly in favor of determinism, authoritarianism, class-based elitism, and bioessentialism.
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i wish analytic philosophers were allowed to just say 'i'm doing autotheory' rather than sublimating it in implausible universal claims
September 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
i wish analytic philosophers were allowed to just say 'i'm doing autotheory' rather than sublimating it in implausible universal claims
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balaji srinivasan is a special advisor to Chainlink, and he's got a good bit in his book that describes exactly why they want to put everything on the blockchain.
the short version is it's adam tooze's bit about statistics being the driving force of history in Weimar
the short version is it's adam tooze's bit about statistics being the driving force of history in Weimar
August 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
balaji srinivasan is a special advisor to Chainlink, and he's got a good bit in his book that describes exactly why they want to put everything on the blockchain.
the short version is it's adam tooze's bit about statistics being the driving force of history in Weimar
the short version is it's adam tooze's bit about statistics being the driving force of history in Weimar
when i say "i’m a liberal" i’m saying "i am a political existentialist" and when you say you’re a liberal you mean "i was a libertarian like 12 years ago but then trump came along"
August 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
when i say "i’m a liberal" i’m saying "i am a political existentialist" and when you say you’re a liberal you mean "i was a libertarian like 12 years ago but then trump came along"
here's a good reader of nietzsche talking about bad readings:
"in studying nietzsche, we learn to master completely the
constant inclination to fall prey to the wording of utterances; we are trained to overcome the crudeness of arguing with isolated propositions."
lot of this going around lately!
"in studying nietzsche, we learn to master completely the
constant inclination to fall prey to the wording of utterances; we are trained to overcome the crudeness of arguing with isolated propositions."
lot of this going around lately!
August 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
here's a good reader of nietzsche talking about bad readings:
"in studying nietzsche, we learn to master completely the
constant inclination to fall prey to the wording of utterances; we are trained to overcome the crudeness of arguing with isolated propositions."
lot of this going around lately!
"in studying nietzsche, we learn to master completely the
constant inclination to fall prey to the wording of utterances; we are trained to overcome the crudeness of arguing with isolated propositions."
lot of this going around lately!
can confirm that SUNY Purchase students still look like this, at least as of 2015
August 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
can confirm that SUNY Purchase students still look like this, at least as of 2015
it’s really not fun to use the great books to perform ego for an audience. the fun is in treating the Great Books like dolls. you can make them kiss and make them fight. it’s just play. ever wonder what a teatime between hegel nietzsche and kierkegaard looks like? you’re never gonna BELIEVE it folks
I want to get into the Great Books, but I don’t like that you have to post little still life images of your favoritest booksies and say things like “a man must be Cicero-maxing in his study.”
August 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
it’s really not fun to use the great books to perform ego for an audience. the fun is in treating the Great Books like dolls. you can make them kiss and make them fight. it’s just play. ever wonder what a teatime between hegel nietzsche and kierkegaard looks like? you’re never gonna BELIEVE it folks
this ad is a lot like the work coming out of Warwick philosophy in the 90s: seems fine at first glance, but notice that one word and start asking questions, and next thing you know the entire thing becomes a confused and stilted meditation on national identity
see also: CCRU
see also: CCRU
The University of Warwick has paid a lot of money, I'm guessing, for their internet banner ads on the Guardian and elsewhere.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
August 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
this ad is a lot like the work coming out of Warwick philosophy in the 90s: seems fine at first glance, but notice that one word and start asking questions, and next thing you know the entire thing becomes a confused and stilted meditation on national identity
see also: CCRU
see also: CCRU
paying taxes is punk rock
earnestness is punk rock. libraries are punk rock. cleaning up litter is punk rock. everything is punk rock except making loud fast music that annoys your neighbors
August 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
paying taxes is punk rock