Randal Hendrickson
@hendrickson.bsky.social
Political Theory PhD, history of ideas sort, MS in Library and Info Science. Working out some stuff at "The Vapors.” Would love you to have a look.
https://thevapors.substack.com/
https://thevapors.substack.com/
Excited about progress on the front project. Last session was the Bert Grimm faces at the top. In three days, we’re doing these Topper designs on either side of the Sailor Jerry tiger. All front work by Topper, my favorite American traditional tattooer.
They’re all killers at Homestead, Phila.
They’re all killers at Homestead, Phila.
December 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Excited about progress on the front project. Last session was the Bert Grimm faces at the top. In three days, we’re doing these Topper designs on either side of the Sailor Jerry tiger. All front work by Topper, my favorite American traditional tattooer.
They’re all killers at Homestead, Phila.
They’re all killers at Homestead, Phila.
Bari Weiss is always right. Amazing. I can see why Great Men serious about education sought employment at her debate camp in Austin.
Fucking idiots.
Fucking idiots.
December 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Bari Weiss is always right. Amazing. I can see why Great Men serious about education sought employment at her debate camp in Austin.
Fucking idiots.
Fucking idiots.
You still doing Elf on a Shelf? That’s lame.
December 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You still doing Elf on a Shelf? That’s lame.
This is what Christmas panic looks like. People are moving about. Packages abound (he has a packages thing), and there’s lots of talking that’s not about him.
December 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is what Christmas panic looks like. People are moving about. Packages abound (he has a packages thing), and there’s lots of talking that’s not about him.
Look. I’m at a Target. It’s a wonderful place for shopping deals and experiences. I bet I make at least one friend.
December 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Look. I’m at a Target. It’s a wonderful place for shopping deals and experiences. I bet I make at least one friend.
Rudolph never resonated. If he broke one bully's neck, that's that. He doesn't have to have some personal journey about his fucked up nose, and Santa doesn't have to wait til he's in a desperate weather situation to enlist him. Rudolph already has the job. That bully is dead. WTF
December 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Rudolph never resonated. If he broke one bully's neck, that's that. He doesn't have to have some personal journey about his fucked up nose, and Santa doesn't have to wait til he's in a desperate weather situation to enlist him. Rudolph already has the job. That bully is dead. WTF
If I often say things like, “What’s up, WHAT’S UP, Randal Nation?” will one emerge? Indeed, what IS a nation? In this essay…
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If I often say things like, “What’s up, WHAT’S UP, Randal Nation?” will one emerge? Indeed, what IS a nation? In this essay…
Growing up, my son thought this was Santa Claus.
December 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Growing up, my son thought this was Santa Claus.
Trump: I was NEVER on that jet.
Asst. US Attorney: Yeah you were. A bunch. At least once, it was just you, the sex trafficker who owned the jet, and a young woman whose identity we should protect.
Asst. US Attorney: Yeah you were. A bunch. At least once, it was just you, the sex trafficker who owned the jet, and a young woman whose identity we should protect.
December 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Trump: I was NEVER on that jet.
Asst. US Attorney: Yeah you were. A bunch. At least once, it was just you, the sex trafficker who owned the jet, and a young woman whose identity we should protect.
Asst. US Attorney: Yeah you were. A bunch. At least once, it was just you, the sex trafficker who owned the jet, and a young woman whose identity we should protect.
Come on, man. Look at those paws. I'm going to lose my shit. People will get hurt. Look at this runt! Help me.
December 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Come on, man. Look at those paws. I'm going to lose my shit. People will get hurt. Look at this runt! Help me.
Heads up. I'm working on broke-woke-bespoking the broke-woke-bespoke thing. I'm trying to get the irony quotient right while maintaining rhyme.
December 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Heads up. I'm working on broke-woke-bespoking the broke-woke-bespoke thing. I'm trying to get the irony quotient right while maintaining rhyme.
I really think I could make a better pretend university than Bari Weiss. I know a lot of very thoughtful, intelligent, and learned people who are wasted on what universities increasingly become. I'm just not a propagandist. But I'm willing to accept so much money and hire people.
December 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I really think I could make a better pretend university than Bari Weiss. I know a lot of very thoughtful, intelligent, and learned people who are wasted on what universities increasingly become. I'm just not a propagandist. But I'm willing to accept so much money and hire people.
Think of how much money the Ellisons spent buying the idiot, Bari Weiss. She has been nothing but a string of self-confident stupidities. Remarkable. What a disastrous investment in a propagandist. She makes Steve Bannon seem like James Fucking Bond. So stupid. Ha.
December 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Think of how much money the Ellisons spent buying the idiot, Bari Weiss. She has been nothing but a string of self-confident stupidities. Remarkable. What a disastrous investment in a propagandist. She makes Steve Bannon seem like James Fucking Bond. So stupid. Ha.
Without Steven Pinker to guide us, I'm just wondering Enlightenment How?
December 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Without Steven Pinker to guide us, I'm just wondering Enlightenment How?
Driving my son and his girlfriend from the airport last night. The Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated" comes on, and the boy says, "Aw. We sang this when I was little. I like this song. Those are good memories."
I envisioned a high-speed head-on collision so I wouldn't cry in front of his girlfriend.
I envisioned a high-speed head-on collision so I wouldn't cry in front of his girlfriend.
December 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Driving my son and his girlfriend from the airport last night. The Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated" comes on, and the boy says, "Aw. We sang this when I was little. I like this song. Those are good memories."
I envisioned a high-speed head-on collision so I wouldn't cry in front of his girlfriend.
I envisioned a high-speed head-on collision so I wouldn't cry in front of his girlfriend.
When it's time for Poetry Challenge, I John Cusack a motherfucker with the The Smiths, "Cemetry Gates."
a man is holding a boombox above his head in front of a car .
ALT: a man is holding a boombox above his head in front of a car .
media.tenor.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
When it's time for Poetry Challenge, I John Cusack a motherfucker with the The Smiths, "Cemetry Gates."
What happens is some filthy creep gives you a free Democratic vote in some dodgy park. You try it, and boom! You're hooked on Democratic vote. You're eating the dog's medicine, slitting mom's tires, nothing matters. You just want your Democratic vote. And then death.
–the Free Press on Mamdani vote
–the Free Press on Mamdani vote
December 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What happens is some filthy creep gives you a free Democratic vote in some dodgy park. You try it, and boom! You're hooked on Democratic vote. You're eating the dog's medicine, slitting mom's tires, nothing matters. You just want your Democratic vote. And then death.
–the Free Press on Mamdani vote
–the Free Press on Mamdani vote
"This book is NOT academic."
–from the introduction to a book not at an academic press, revealing at the start that the author says unnecessary things
–from the introduction to a book not at an academic press, revealing at the start that the author says unnecessary things
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"This book is NOT academic."
–from the introduction to a book not at an academic press, revealing at the start that the author says unnecessary things
–from the introduction to a book not at an academic press, revealing at the start that the author says unnecessary things
"There's no such thing as too much hair gel when the world has fun socks in it."
––Pete Hegseth, Secretary Warrior Bro
––Pete Hegseth, Secretary Warrior Bro
December 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"There's no such thing as too much hair gel when the world has fun socks in it."
––Pete Hegseth, Secretary Warrior Bro
––Pete Hegseth, Secretary Warrior Bro
Reposted by Randal Hendrickson
I should get ahead of this. I really had a good idea for a center devoted to the THEORY OF SEPARATE POWERS and thought he’d pay for it. But he just made me hang out with Bannon and talk about layering polos in lieu of hygiene.
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I should get ahead of this. I really had a good idea for a center devoted to the THEORY OF SEPARATE POWERS and thought he’d pay for it. But he just made me hang out with Bannon and talk about layering polos in lieu of hygiene.
After I looked up what "DEI" means, I responded to the "evil," as JD Vance calls it, with my "The Black Mark of Whiteness."
It is published on S•ßtack. That's very good. Brutal intellectual depth-sounding process to get on there.
Score: Philosopher+
🙏
It is published on S•ßtack. That's very good. Brutal intellectual depth-sounding process to get on there.
Score: Philosopher+
🙏
The Black Mark of Whiteness
A supervillain origin pitch that's badass
thevapors.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
After I looked up what "DEI" means, I responded to the "evil," as JD Vance calls it, with my "The Black Mark of Whiteness."
It is published on S•ßtack. That's very good. Brutal intellectual depth-sounding process to get on there.
Score: Philosopher+
🙏
It is published on S•ßtack. That's very good. Brutal intellectual depth-sounding process to get on there.
Score: Philosopher+
🙏
"Yeah. One of you is going to take this starfruit from me? That hoodie that says "security" on it only raises questions here. Let's not make a scene. You know?"
––me, grabbing a snack from Whole Foods and skipping the line and its cash register
––me, grabbing a snack from Whole Foods and skipping the line and its cash register
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Yeah. One of you is going to take this starfruit from me? That hoodie that says "security" on it only raises questions here. Let's not make a scene. You know?"
––me, grabbing a snack from Whole Foods and skipping the line and its cash register
––me, grabbing a snack from Whole Foods and skipping the line and its cash register
I'd look more murdery in those frames now. Should've appreciated them then. No notes on the shirt. That kid always knew. I salute you. Sorry about many, maybe most, of the choices that followed, soldier. Not like you didn't do stupid things, tho. So let's not open a can of worms.
December 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I'd look more murdery in those frames now. Should've appreciated them then. No notes on the shirt. That kid always knew. I salute you. Sorry about many, maybe most, of the choices that followed, soldier. Not like you didn't do stupid things, tho. So let's not open a can of worms.
I should get ahead of this. I really had a good idea for a center devoted to the THEORY OF SEPARATE POWERS and thought he’d pay for it. But he just made me hang out with Bannon and talk about layering polos in lieu of hygiene.
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I should get ahead of this. I really had a good idea for a center devoted to the THEORY OF SEPARATE POWERS and thought he’d pay for it. But he just made me hang out with Bannon and talk about layering polos in lieu of hygiene.