Eric Weinberger
@ericweinberger.bsky.social
Writing, etc. No guru, no method, once teacher.
Cambridge, Mass. to The Hague, the Alps, and back to Cambridge
ericweinberger.substack.com
Cambridge, Mass. to The Hague, the Alps, and back to Cambridge
ericweinberger.substack.com
Pinned
It's only on b'sky that we keep saying, "This is insane"
Or, as McKibben has said elsewhere, it's impossible to think of going to war over solar.
International law won't constrain Trump's thirst for oil. But every solar panel that goes up makes crude reserves that much less valuable
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billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...
Just possibly it's the oil?
A solar panel is the new peace sign
billmckibben.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Or, as McKibben has said elsewhere, it's impossible to think of going to war over solar.
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Note the horse's ass
January 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Note the horse's ass
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New Year's Day update from a Dutch eye hospital
January 1, 2026 at 3:34 PM
New Year's Day update from a Dutch eye hospital
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I wrote about skiing, and the resort of Crans-Montana, for The New York Times at the end of the last century
A Wealth of Powder in Crans-Montana (Published 1999)
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I wrote about skiing, and the resort of Crans-Montana, for The New York Times at the end of the last century
I wrote about skiing, and the resort of Crans-Montana, for The New York Times at the end of the last century
A Wealth of Powder in Crans-Montana (Published 1999)
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I wrote about skiing, and the resort of Crans-Montana, for The New York Times at the end of the last century
New Year's Day update from a Dutch eye hospital
January 1, 2026 at 3:34 PM
New Year's Day update from a Dutch eye hospital
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Residents of a white working-class neighborhood in Amsterdam North attack police with fireworks on NY’s Eve. The city had barred them from lighting a public bonfire because of the danger to neighboring houses.
Stukje traditie in Amsterdam Noord. Politie beschieten met vuurwerk.
January 1, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Residents of a white working-class neighborhood in Amsterdam North attack police with fireworks on NY’s Eve. The city had barred them from lighting a public bonfire because of the danger to neighboring houses.
The night each year Dutch people lost eyeballs and fingers - now a steeple
Steeple of the Vondelkerk in Amsterdam has collapsed. Surrounding houses being evacuated. What a fittingly awful end to the Dutch tradition of New Year’s fireworks www.at5.nl/artikelen/23...
Grote brand Vondelkerk, toren ingestort en veel woningen ontruimd
Grote brand Vondelkerk, toren ingestort en veel woningen ontruimd
www.at5.nl
January 1, 2026 at 4:33 AM
The night each year Dutch people lost eyeballs and fingers - now a steeple
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I think what's more likely to happen is that Vance and co. will either (a) let Trump be impeached (if Dems take Senate too), or (b) remove him via the 25th, making Vance president and defusing Democrats while urging "goodwill" on all sides
So if over 2026 it looks increasingly certain that Democrats take control of the House or Senate than watch out for language from Trump, Vance, Miller et al claiming that mid-terms will be "fixed" and Congress "illegitimate".
That's a path to armed ICE or CBP goons storming Congress.
That's a path to armed ICE or CBP goons storming Congress.
December 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I think what's more likely to happen is that Vance and co. will either (a) let Trump be impeached (if Dems take Senate too), or (b) remove him via the 25th, making Vance president and defusing Democrats while urging "goodwill" on all sides
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What an awful year for Kennedys. A good one died; a center desecrated. And the worst of them taking over the Kennedy "legacy" or mantle.
December 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
What an awful year for Kennedys. A good one died; a center desecrated. And the worst of them taking over the Kennedy "legacy" or mantle.
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Still pondering this mysterious local factoid, which has escaped my notice for 27 years
December 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Still pondering this mysterious local factoid, which has escaped my notice for 27 years
I think what's more likely to happen is that Vance and co. will either (a) let Trump be impeached (if Dems take Senate too), or (b) remove him via the 25th, making Vance president and defusing Democrats while urging "goodwill" on all sides
So if over 2026 it looks increasingly certain that Democrats take control of the House or Senate than watch out for language from Trump, Vance, Miller et al claiming that mid-terms will be "fixed" and Congress "illegitimate".
That's a path to armed ICE or CBP goons storming Congress.
That's a path to armed ICE or CBP goons storming Congress.
December 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I think what's more likely to happen is that Vance and co. will either (a) let Trump be impeached (if Dems take Senate too), or (b) remove him via the 25th, making Vance president and defusing Democrats while urging "goodwill" on all sides
Still pondering this mysterious local factoid, which has escaped my notice for 27 years
December 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Still pondering this mysterious local factoid, which has escaped my notice for 27 years
Looks like another monstrous 6-3 SCOTUS decision in store for us
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 31, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Looks like another monstrous 6-3 SCOTUS decision in store for us
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Absolutely
“If you want to have a job in 5 years here are the rules of AI you have to know.” So begins one of the most common ads I am served on YouTube. Given this fact, every high schooler and university student is compelled to use it. Still fail to see how this can't coexist with concern about its effects.
Broadly unpopular, but every high schooler & college student is using it.
December 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Absolutely
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My blue-blooded grandmother in Washington DC resigned from the DAR because of this.
Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My blue-blooded grandmother in Washington DC resigned from the DAR because of this.
My blue-blooded grandmother in Washington DC resigned from the DAR because of this.
Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My blue-blooded grandmother in Washington DC resigned from the DAR because of this.
Absolutely
“If you want to have a job in 5 years here are the rules of AI you have to know.” So begins one of the most common ads I am served on YouTube. Given this fact, every high schooler and university student is compelled to use it. Still fail to see how this can't coexist with concern about its effects.
Broadly unpopular, but every high schooler & college student is using it.
December 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Absolutely
Beloved UK children's entertainer at Christmastime: "Bring back hanging!"
Imagine profiling a Christmas panto veteran with a headline like this - the Daily Telegraph of course
December 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Beloved UK children's entertainer at Christmastime: "Bring back hanging!"
That Ta-Nehisi Coates "Wow, that's pretty racist" meme
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
That Ta-Nehisi Coates "Wow, that's pretty racist" meme
Imagine profiling a Christmas panto veteran with a headline like this - the Daily Telegraph of course
December 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Imagine profiling a Christmas panto veteran with a headline like this - the Daily Telegraph of course
Palantir weirdo Alex Karp has bought a Benedictine monastery in Aspen - where six Trappist monks still live - for $120 million.
Crazy story by @jasonblevins.bsky.social
Crazy story by @jasonblevins.bsky.social
Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks who labored in silence, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M
The $120 million sale of the 3,700-acre St. Benedict’s Monastery in Old Snowmass was one of the largest residential sales in state history
coloradosun.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Palantir weirdo Alex Karp has bought a Benedictine monastery in Aspen - where six Trappist monks still live - for $120 million.
Crazy story by @jasonblevins.bsky.social
Crazy story by @jasonblevins.bsky.social
"success fees"
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"success fees"