Expatriarch
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Africa expert, Red Sox fan, stay-at-home dad, obsessive new country visitor. Blogs at expatriarch.substack.com
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This is a truly timeless piece... harpers.org/archive/1941...
February 1, 2026 at 12:28 PM
This is a truly timeless piece... harpers.org/archive/1941...
Never forget.
The greatest press conference of all time was held by the Adult Swim guys after they were released from jail and immediately told reporters that they were only answering questions about 1970's hairstyles.
"That's not a hair question" is the hardest I've ever laughed watching CNN
"That's not a hair question" is the hardest I've ever laughed watching CNN
HAPPY BOSTON MOONINITE PANIC DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
January 31, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Never forget.
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I don't know whether it is the #1 Catherine O'Hara accomplishment but the fact that she invented a manner of speaking that no other person in human history has ever attempted for Schitts Creek and made it seem realistic that her character would talk that way felt like a comedy miracle to me
January 30, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don't know whether it is the #1 Catherine O'Hara accomplishment but the fact that she invented a manner of speaking that no other person in human history has ever attempted for Schitts Creek and made it seem realistic that her character would talk that way felt like a comedy miracle to me
I’m on a podcast for the first time! By Their Own Compass interviewed me about Africa, Livingstone, and safaris. If you know me and miss my beautiful voice, or just listen to two Patriots fans talking Africa, this is the place.
Listen, you might learn something.
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Listen, you might learn something.
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Look at Me, I'm on A Podcast
How I Found "By Their Own Compass"
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January 29, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I’m on a podcast for the first time! By Their Own Compass interviewed me about Africa, Livingstone, and safaris. If you know me and miss my beautiful voice, or just listen to two Patriots fans talking Africa, this is the place.
Listen, you might learn something.
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Listen, you might learn something.
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This
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
January 28, 2026 at 8:21 AM
This
If the post gets rid of sports, there will be no reason left to read it. I can get billionaire hot takes literally everywhere.
January 26, 2026 at 6:07 PM
If the post gets rid of sports, there will be no reason left to read it. I can get billionaire hot takes literally everywhere.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
This is in my neighborhood!
CERN Researchers Apologize For Destruction Of 5 Parallel Universes In Recent Experiment https://theonion.com/cern-researchers-apologize-for-destruction-of-5-paralle-1819579830/
January 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM
This is in my neighborhood!
non violence only, but I'm lately remind of my favorite snippet of poetry by Bertold Brecht:
All mankind should love each other,
But when visiting your brother,
Taken an axe and hold it fast,
Not in theory, but in practice,
Miracles are wrought with axes,
And the days of miracles are not past.
All mankind should love each other,
But when visiting your brother,
Taken an axe and hold it fast,
Not in theory, but in practice,
Miracles are wrought with axes,
And the days of miracles are not past.
January 23, 2026 at 11:55 AM
non violence only, but I'm lately remind of my favorite snippet of poetry by Bertold Brecht:
All mankind should love each other,
But when visiting your brother,
Taken an axe and hold it fast,
Not in theory, but in practice,
Miracles are wrought with axes,
And the days of miracles are not past.
All mankind should love each other,
But when visiting your brother,
Taken an axe and hold it fast,
Not in theory, but in practice,
Miracles are wrought with axes,
And the days of miracles are not past.
Last year, a friend I barely knew, but who had truly believed in my writing for more than 30 years, died of cancer. Her fondness for my writing is no small part of why I continue to write. Here’s what she meant to me.
Someone Believed in My Talent
A tribute to a friend and inspiration gone too soon
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January 22, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Last year, a friend I barely knew, but who had truly believed in my writing for more than 30 years, died of cancer. Her fondness for my writing is no small part of why I continue to write. Here’s what she meant to me.
Tthe town of Bulle in Fribourg has a baseball club with a name that's very dear to me. #RedSox This led me to consider the question of how much, after 2.5 years here, we've integrated into Swiss society. Answer: We really like it here and we try hard fit in, but we're still pretty American.
After 2.5 Years, How Swiss Are We?
Answer: Not very, but we're integrating
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January 19, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Tthe town of Bulle in Fribourg has a baseball club with a name that's very dear to me. #RedSox This led me to consider the question of how much, after 2.5 years here, we've integrated into Swiss society. Answer: We really like it here and we try hard fit in, but we're still pretty American.
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/2 Anyway, yeah, New York Times, tell me more: I definitely want to hear what the people who voted for Eric Adams think about fucking bagels.
January 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
/2 Anyway, yeah, New York Times, tell me more: I definitely want to hear what the people who voted for Eric Adams think about fucking bagels.
A childhood friend of mine who's a big labor organizer in MN says Unidos MN are the people to donate to help to peacefully and legally fight fascist takeover of Minnesota. I just sent a check. www.givemn.org/donate/Navig...
GiveMN | Ignite generosity. Grow giving.
www.givemn.org
January 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
A childhood friend of mine who's a big labor organizer in MN says Unidos MN are the people to donate to help to peacefully and legally fight fascist takeover of Minnesota. I just sent a check. www.givemn.org/donate/Navig...
I have a lot of silliness in this essay, as always, but a lot of seriousness too. If looking at Sicilian history taught me anything, it's to remember that above ideology, civilization, religion, and certainly ego, people are what matters--all of them.
How Sicilian History Explains the World
A not-serious/serious look at how empire, ego, and ideology ruin things
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January 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I have a lot of silliness in this essay, as always, but a lot of seriousness too. If looking at Sicilian history taught me anything, it's to remember that above ideology, civilization, religion, and certainly ego, people are what matters--all of them.
#JoeStrummer was a profit
This is a public service announcement
With guitar
Know your rights
All three of them
Number one
You have the right not to be killed
Murder is a crime
Unless it was done
By a policeman
Or an aristocrat
Oh, know your rights
This is a public service announcement
With guitar
Know your rights
All three of them
Number one
You have the right not to be killed
Murder is a crime
Unless it was done
By a policeman
Or an aristocrat
Oh, know your rights
January 9, 2026 at 7:01 AM
#JoeStrummer was a profit
This is a public service announcement
With guitar
Know your rights
All three of them
Number one
You have the right not to be killed
Murder is a crime
Unless it was done
By a policeman
Or an aristocrat
Oh, know your rights
This is a public service announcement
With guitar
Know your rights
All three of them
Number one
You have the right not to be killed
Murder is a crime
Unless it was done
By a policeman
Or an aristocrat
Oh, know your rights
Me learning the U.S. has withdrawn from the International Lead and Zinc Study Group.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnF8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnF8...
Come Back Zinc
YouTube video by MacGuyver913
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January 8, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Me learning the U.S. has withdrawn from the International Lead and Zinc Study Group.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnF8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnF8...
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For months, Trump’s DHS has wreaked lawless havoc in our neighborhoods. Tear gassing infants, families, and police. Firing their weapons at peaceful citizens. Killing innocent people.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
January 8, 2026 at 2:32 AM
For months, Trump’s DHS has wreaked lawless havoc in our neighborhoods. Tear gassing infants, families, and police. Firing their weapons at peaceful citizens. Killing innocent people.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.
It must stop.
Kristi Noem must go. Now.
I'm so angry I just sent an email to my 88-year-old non-voting delegate.
January 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I'm so angry I just sent an email to my 88-year-old non-voting delegate.
Call your reps and demand they call for that ICE agent's immediate arrest and Kristie Noem's and Stephen Miller's resignation. The federal government is not entitled to murder people.
January 7, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Call your reps and demand they call for that ICE agent's immediate arrest and Kristie Noem's and Stephen Miller's resignation. The federal government is not entitled to murder people.
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From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Of all #Italy mysteries surely the greatest is why so many toilets in Italy’s public spaces do not have seats. Dan Brown has fictionalized and fabricated every secret one can possibly imagine and Futurama proved that Leonardo was a space alien, but there is no hidden symbol that explains this.
What Not to Miss-ily When in Sicily
A Tale of Two Washrooms
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January 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Of all #Italy mysteries surely the greatest is why so many toilets in Italy’s public spaces do not have seats. Dan Brown has fictionalized and fabricated every secret one can possibly imagine and Futurama proved that Leonardo was a space alien, but there is no hidden symbol that explains this.
Let’s be honest, isn’t an off brand Lego cannoli set what we all really want?
December 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Let’s be honest, isn’t an off brand Lego cannoli set what we all really want?