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@chrispps.bsky.social
midwest academic / inveterate fan of The Fall / cat enthusiast / boring social democrat / photographer
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It's that time again: my top record picks of 2025. In the words of Robyn Hitchcock, if this doesn't get rid of you, nothing will.
I am a man who keeps not just one but two cats, so I must be so far into the closet that I've found Narnia
December 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I am a man who keeps not just one but two cats, so I must be so far into the closet that I've found Narnia
government by Fox News addicts for Fox News addicts aimed at producing new Fox News Cinematic Universe content
truly harrowing stuff
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December 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
government by Fox News addicts for Fox News addicts aimed at producing new Fox News Cinematic Universe content
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we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
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Odd that Gender is a biological, immutable certainty AND something you can lose if you own the wrong dog.
December 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Odd that Gender is a biological, immutable certainty AND something you can lose if you own the wrong dog.
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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More generally, the right favors competition, but only if (a) the pool of competitors is restricted to the favored group; and (b) the favored group gets to define the criteria for "merit."
December 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
More generally, the right favors competition, but only if (a) the pool of competitors is restricted to the favored group; and (b) the favored group gets to define the criteria for "merit."
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I think we should condemn schmittian thought. Like a new syllabus errorum
December 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I think we should condemn schmittian thought. Like a new syllabus errorum
The Fall, 'Solicitor in Studio' (New York, 15 April 1983).
Loads of hair-style ideals
Here's the other end of the tale
Here's the other end of the scale
#FallFriday
Loads of hair-style ideals
Here's the other end of the tale
Here's the other end of the scale
#FallFriday
The Fall - Solicitor In Studio (New York, 15 April 1983)
YouTube video by Steve Pringle
www.youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Fall, 'Solicitor in Studio' (New York, 15 April 1983).
Loads of hair-style ideals
Here's the other end of the tale
Here's the other end of the scale
#FallFriday
Loads of hair-style ideals
Here's the other end of the tale
Here's the other end of the scale
#FallFriday
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heard this one second hand like ten years ago but a friend of a friend (bald white guy) told some noisy teens on the subway to quiet down and one of them looked at him and said “suck my pussy uncle fester”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
heard this one second hand like ten years ago but a friend of a friend (bald white guy) told some noisy teens on the subway to quiet down and one of them looked at him and said “suck my pussy uncle fester”
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The already-rough academic humanities job market will not be helped by the fact that it's fundamentally unsafe to try to actually teach anything but rw cultureslop in red states
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The already-rough academic humanities job market will not be helped by the fact that it's fundamentally unsafe to try to actually teach anything but rw cultureslop in red states
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Two stories side by side in WashPost
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Two stories side by side in WashPost
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
December 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
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Happy Boxing Day!
December 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy Boxing Day!
my honest reaction to this is "you people did this to yourselves"
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
my honest reaction to this is "you people did this to yourselves"
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the president is not popular. the civil society-based opposition is very real. the vibes and stories out there are not appreciably different than 2018; it’s the media environment that has decidedly shifted/balkanized.
“.. The concert had been held at the Kennedy Center for 20 years ..”
@nytimes.com
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@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
December 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
the president is not popular. the civil society-based opposition is very real. the vibes and stories out there are not appreciably different than 2018; it’s the media environment that has decidedly shifted/balkanized.
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You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
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… picturing Trump and Hegseth trying to find Nigeria on a desktop globe
December 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
… picturing Trump and Hegseth trying to find Nigeria on a desktop globe
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Pro tip: for my fellow feline lovers, the search term you want to use to access a fire hose of Japanese language cat photos and illustrations is "猫" or "ねこ".
Here's a timeline cleanser:
bsky.app/profile/mnt....
Here's a timeline cleanser:
bsky.app/profile/mnt....
December 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Pro tip: for my fellow feline lovers, the search term you want to use to access a fire hose of Japanese language cat photos and illustrations is "猫" or "ねこ".
Here's a timeline cleanser:
bsky.app/profile/mnt....
Here's a timeline cleanser:
bsky.app/profile/mnt....
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This is bad. Also, if he worried about Nigerian Christians being persecuted, why is he blocking asylum? Everything he does is bigoted and nonsensical.
Merry Christmas!
The President of Peace just bombed Nigeria.
The President of Peace just bombed Nigeria.
December 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This is bad. Also, if he worried about Nigerian Christians being persecuted, why is he blocking asylum? Everything he does is bigoted and nonsensical.
Syd Barrett with family at Christmas, 1967
December 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Syd Barrett with family at Christmas, 1967
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*clears throat*
I think you mean, MAY you send me beats?
And, no.
I think you mean, MAY you send me beats?
And, no.
December 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
*clears throat*
I think you mean, MAY you send me beats?
And, no.
I think you mean, MAY you send me beats?
And, no.
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A little too much Christmas dinner
BL Cotton MS Nero C IV; the Winchester Psalter; f.32r
BL Cotton MS Nero C IV; the Winchester Psalter; f.32r
December 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A little too much Christmas dinner
BL Cotton MS Nero C IV; the Winchester Psalter; f.32r
BL Cotton MS Nero C IV; the Winchester Psalter; f.32r
it’s just Sidanius and Pratto (1999) arbitrary-set type group hierarchy, with religious social identity plugged into the arbitrary set; historically or intellectually consistent doctrine and/or theology is almost entirely beside the point and downstream of the core social dominance motive
This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
it’s just Sidanius and Pratto (1999) arbitrary-set type group hierarchy, with religious social identity plugged into the arbitrary set; historically or intellectually consistent doctrine and/or theology is almost entirely beside the point and downstream of the core social dominance motive