Brendan
@freshhegemony.bsky.social
Writer, Chicagoan, abolitionist, basketball fan, etc.
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Brendan
@freshhegemony.bsky.social
· Jan 27
Querying 2 completed novella manuscripts (pitches below!)—“Pieces of the Last Summer,” a speculative-literary piece, and “What Comes After,” a speculative thriller. Both are set in a far future society of hunter-gatherers.
Also in progress on a novel, “A Sunburst Bond,” a sci-fi political thriller.
Also in progress on a novel, “A Sunburst Bond,” a sci-fi political thriller.
Me: I swear, it was just a fling. I was experimenting. It didn’t mean anything.
Spotify: All 70s Brazilian guitars
Spotify: All 70s Brazilian guitars
June 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Me: I swear, it was just a fling. I was experimenting. It didn’t mean anything.
Spotify: All 70s Brazilian guitars
Spotify: All 70s Brazilian guitars
One of the funniest moments in my college career was when a poetry professor, a very sweet old man, told me, wrt meter, “I don’t understand. You get it conceptually and are clearly trying very hard, but you still can’t do it at all.”
the frustrating thing is that meter isn't particularly hard! you can teach the basic idea in an hour
I was never ever taught how meter worked in public school English, and to this day I consider it a signal failure of the literature curriculum
Meter is super cool when you understand it properly, and also a useful device for ESL students (as you've discovered)
Meter is super cool when you understand it properly, and also a useful device for ESL students (as you've discovered)
June 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
One of the funniest moments in my college career was when a poetry professor, a very sweet old man, told me, wrt meter, “I don’t understand. You get it conceptually and are clearly trying very hard, but you still can’t do it at all.”
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i think the thing people don't really understand is that it's not search which has gone to shit, not entirely. it's the internet.
every AI phone commercial is just someone having an extended, spoken conversation that could also have been a Google search before Google turned into AI slop
June 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
i think the thing people don't really understand is that it's not search which has gone to shit, not entirely. it's the internet.
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Pope Leo’s first miracle
The Chicago White Sox announced that Jerry Reinsdorf and Justin Ishbia have reached a long-term investment agreement that establishes a framework for Ishbia to obtain a future controlling interest in the White Sox.
June 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Pope Leo’s first miracle
Those mushroom haircuts are gonna create some hilarious results when gen z men start to lose their hair
May 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Those mushroom haircuts are gonna create some hilarious results when gen z men start to lose their hair
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How can we ask our children to grow up in a cruel world like this, a world where evil triumphs and the Mavericks wind up with Cooper Flagg?
May 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
How can we ask our children to grow up in a cruel world like this, a world where evil triumphs and the Mavericks wind up with Cooper Flagg?
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That tiebreaker cost the Bulls the No. 1 pick.
May 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
That tiebreaker cost the Bulls the No. 1 pick.
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[adam silver stuffing gold bars in his jacket pocket] "wow crazy."
May 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
[adam silver stuffing gold bars in his jacket pocket] "wow crazy."
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gonna start saying “is the pope from Chicago?” when someone asks me an obvious question
May 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
gonna start saying “is the pope from Chicago?” when someone asks me an obvious question
I’m super excited for the Chicago Sky’s (pre)season starting tomorrow. Yet, as always, I have no idea how I can watch the games
May 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m super excited for the Chicago Sky’s (pre)season starting tomorrow. Yet, as always, I have no idea how I can watch the games
It’s more art than science. Unlike art, which will be done by a computer
AGI is coming for all of us. It will write symphonies, direct movies, and author the best novels.
The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people
The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people
April 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It’s more art than science. Unlike art, which will be done by a computer
Really enjoyed Babel by @rfkuang.bsky.social. It was my first time reading her work, and I was initially skeptical of the setting, but she does such a great job drawing you in with characters in the 1st half and then going to levels I never would have expected in the 2nd half
April 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Really enjoyed Babel by @rfkuang.bsky.social. It was my first time reading her work, and I was initially skeptical of the setting, but she does such a great job drawing you in with characters in the 1st half and then going to levels I never would have expected in the 2nd half
I did know about Paul Newman as a child but primarily because of the pasta sauce
Always baffles me when someone said “I didn’t hear about that when I was a kid.” Of course you didn’t. You were a child. You hadn’t heard of most things. I didn’t know who Paul Newman was when I was a kid, that doesn’t mean he didn’t exist.
April 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I did know about Paul Newman as a child but primarily because of the pasta sauce
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Always baffles me when someone said “I didn’t hear about that when I was a kid.” Of course you didn’t. You were a child. You hadn’t heard of most things. I didn’t know who Paul Newman was when I was a kid, that doesn’t mean he didn’t exist.
April 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Always baffles me when someone said “I didn’t hear about that when I was a kid.” Of course you didn’t. You were a child. You hadn’t heard of most things. I didn’t know who Paul Newman was when I was a kid, that doesn’t mean he didn’t exist.
Hiring Patton was the most positive thing the Bulls had done in the last several years. So, this is awful. Also, good to know they only have one analytics guy now too 🫠
Player development has never been a higher priority for the Bulls front office, which is going all in on “experienced young players” in a rebuild.
But after the dismissal of Peter Patton, the path forward is less clear.
So where do the Bulls go next?
But after the dismissal of Peter Patton, the path forward is less clear.
So where do the Bulls go next?
Chicago Bulls’ dismissal of Peter Patton puts player development in the spotlight for front office
The Chicago Bulls opted not to exercise a team option on player development director Peter Patton’s contract. The decision was not well-received by many players.
www.chicagotribune.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hiring Patton was the most positive thing the Bulls had done in the last several years. So, this is awful. Also, good to know they only have one analytics guy now too 🫠
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when you're the first guy to get laid in star wars
April 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM
when you're the first guy to get laid in star wars
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"Sell the team" chants starting at the United Center as fans head toward the exit.
Bulls trail 109-86 with 1:23 remaining.
Bulls trail 109-86 with 1:23 remaining.
April 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"Sell the team" chants starting at the United Center as fans head toward the exit.
Bulls trail 109-86 with 1:23 remaining.
Bulls trail 109-86 with 1:23 remaining.
So… are they just doing away with the dagger and Shadar Logoth? Cause some important things happen there #wheeloftime
April 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
So… are they just doing away with the dagger and Shadar Logoth? Cause some important things happen there #wheeloftime
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Time to check in on social media for my little hit of dopamine.... what??? All cortisol???? Again??!?!
April 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Time to check in on social media for my little hit of dopamine.... what??? All cortisol???? Again??!?!
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90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record
Trump administration officials have described the men deported to El Salvador prisons last month as “the worst of the worst,” suggesting they were gang members involved in murder, rape and kidnapping.
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The Trump administration is comfortable disappearing people to foreign gulags partially because the Trumpis Justices on the Roberts Court have enabled him at every turn, rewriting the Constitution when necessary to accommodate Trump's lawlessness www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
April 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Trump administration is comfortable disappearing people to foreign gulags partially because the Trumpis Justices on the Roberts Court have enabled him at every turn, rewriting the Constitution when necessary to accommodate Trump's lawlessness www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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MC Ktrine’s rapping is a gift to Brazilian funk:
MC Ktrine's Rapping Is A Gift To Brazilian Funk | Defector
Brazilian funk, at least out on the radical, thrilling, ear-frying, brain-scrambling fringes, is primarily a producer’s genre. It’s not that the songs are mostly instrumental. Vocals are a critical…
defector.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
MC Ktrine’s rapping is a gift to Brazilian funk:
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a little organizing wisdom from my choir sheet music
April 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
a little organizing wisdom from my choir sheet music