Jeremy Bassetti
@jeremybassetti.com
Writer. Photographer. Educator. Human. Currently thinking about mountains. More info ⤵
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On Mountains | Jeremy Bassetti
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I'm ramping up research and writing around my ongoing mountains project. This includes a podcast called "On Mountains" and a microsite where I'm publishing research notes, interviews, and essays. This is in an attempt to "work with the garage door open." See more: jeremybassetti.com/on-mountains/
This administration is only happy when it has someone by the throat… and other body parts.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This administration is only happy when it has someone by the throat… and other body parts.
Anyone tuning in to watch Alex Honnold free solo Taipei 101? It is called Skyscraper Live and will be streamed on Netflix in a few hours. I don’t think I have the stomach to watch…
January 23, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Anyone tuning in to watch Alex Honnold free solo Taipei 101? It is called Skyscraper Live and will be streamed on Netflix in a few hours. I don’t think I have the stomach to watch…
My son turns two in a few weeks and his favorite song? Verdi’s La Traviata (Act II: Noi Siamo). Mommy and daddy don’t listen to Verdi, at least not before. 🤷♂️
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
My son turns two in a few weeks and his favorite song? Verdi’s La Traviata (Act II: Noi Siamo). Mommy and daddy don’t listen to Verdi, at least not before. 🤷♂️
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Join us for our first podcast! We talk with the amazing Alexandra Cotofana about landscape sentience in the Romanian Carpathians and the concept of xenophobic mountains.
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January 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Join us for our first podcast! We talk with the amazing Alexandra Cotofana about landscape sentience in the Romanian Carpathians and the concept of xenophobic mountains.
shorturl.at/DfOrj
@jeremybassetti.com @julianhoffman.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social @edithmayhall.bsky.social
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@jeremybassetti.com @julianhoffman.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social @edithmayhall.bsky.social
What a beautiful and important work the 16th-century Florentine Codex is, available for transcribed from the Spanish and Nahuatl and translated into English. florentinecodex.getty.edu
Digital Florentine Codex
The Getty Research Institute provides global access to the Florentine Codex, considered the most important manuscript of early colonial Mexico
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January 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
What a beautiful and important work the 16th-century Florentine Codex is, available for transcribed from the Spanish and Nahuatl and translated into English. florentinecodex.getty.edu
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I chair the acquisitions meeting of @reaktionbooks.bsky.social, an independent publisher. We're open to unsolicited book proposals: history, art, music, film, food, animal studies and any great indefinable non-fiction book ideas you might have. Check out the list and get in touch.
January 11, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I chair the acquisitions meeting of @reaktionbooks.bsky.social, an independent publisher. We're open to unsolicited book proposals: history, art, music, film, food, animal studies and any great indefinable non-fiction book ideas you might have. Check out the list and get in touch.
Fare thee well, Bobby Weir.
January 11, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Fare thee well, Bobby Weir.
⚠️ Gross Platforming Chatter ⚠️
My newsletter lost subscribers at a 3:1 ratio last year. Not great. The main culprit was twofold: not showing up online and removing my "email magnet" — a free PDF I gave people in exchange for signing up. 🧵1/3
My newsletter lost subscribers at a 3:1 ratio last year. Not great. The main culprit was twofold: not showing up online and removing my "email magnet" — a free PDF I gave people in exchange for signing up. 🧵1/3
January 9, 2026 at 1:58 PM
⚠️ Gross Platforming Chatter ⚠️
My newsletter lost subscribers at a 3:1 ratio last year. Not great. The main culprit was twofold: not showing up online and removing my "email magnet" — a free PDF I gave people in exchange for signing up. 🧵1/3
My newsletter lost subscribers at a 3:1 ratio last year. Not great. The main culprit was twofold: not showing up online and removing my "email magnet" — a free PDF I gave people in exchange for signing up. 🧵1/3
Spent 2025 building roots underground while everything looked dead from the surface. Launched On Mountains. Made it to Bolivia. Published 38 posts. The exhaustion is real, but so is the foundation I'm laying. End-of-year review: jeremybassetti.com/fieldnotes/2...
2025 End of Year Review
My End-of-Year Review for 2025
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December 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Spent 2025 building roots underground while everything looked dead from the surface. Launched On Mountains. Made it to Bolivia. Published 38 posts. The exhaustion is real, but so is the foundation I'm laying. End-of-year review: jeremybassetti.com/fieldnotes/2...
The Carpathian Mountains punish invaders and shelter defenders in Romanian national memory. This 'mountains as protectors' idea appears from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Afghanistan.
The Carpathians as Protectors: Mountains as Active Protectors and Agents | Jeremy Bassetti
The Carpathians punish invaders and shelter defenders in Romanian memory. This 'mountains as protectors' idea appears from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Afghanistan.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Carpathian Mountains punish invaders and shelter defenders in Romanian national memory. This 'mountains as protectors' idea appears from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Afghanistan.
Maybe not “crazy,” but when I opened a folio from the early 18th century, pounce or sand fell out… suggesting not many people had opened it between its writing and me.
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Maybe not “crazy,” but when I opened a folio from the early 18th century, pounce or sand fell out… suggesting not many people had opened it between its writing and me.
Have you listened to the new mountains podcast yet? Put on by @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @jonwestaway.bsky.social and @profpitches.bsky.social, the "Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures" podcast has published its first episode. Also, follow the podcast on Bluesky: @futuremountain.bsky.social .
A New Mountains Podcast: 'Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures' | Jeremy Bassetti
Listen to the new mountain podcast coming out of the University of St Andrews
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December 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Have you listened to the new mountains podcast yet? Put on by @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @jonwestaway.bsky.social and @profpitches.bsky.social, the "Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures" podcast has published its first episode. Also, follow the podcast on Bluesky: @futuremountain.bsky.social .
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Hope you can join us for the launch of the Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast in 2026. Stay tuned....
IMAGE: Signal and heliotrope station, Monte Rosa, Switzerland, 1914.
SOURCE: Swiss Topo, Memoriav Memobase
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IMAGE: Signal and heliotrope station, Monte Rosa, Switzerland, 1914.
SOURCE: Swiss Topo, Memoriav Memobase
shorturl.at/oqEEa
December 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Hope you can join us for the launch of the Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast in 2026. Stay tuned....
IMAGE: Signal and heliotrope station, Monte Rosa, Switzerland, 1914.
SOURCE: Swiss Topo, Memoriav Memobase
shorturl.at/oqEEa
IMAGE: Signal and heliotrope station, Monte Rosa, Switzerland, 1914.
SOURCE: Swiss Topo, Memoriav Memobase
shorturl.at/oqEEa
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Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
Filed under the enshittification of Substack.
Hamish McKenzie says Substack is starting to test native sponsorships with some writers but won't take a cut for now (Emily Sundberg/Feed Me)
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December 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Filed under the enshittification of Substack.
Friends: I published some thoughts on the idea of the notebook as a life interface. I do take digital notes, but I never feel like quitting on pen and paper. Don't worry... my post is not prescriptive; I offer no "tips" or methods on how to take notes.
The Notebook as Life Interface | Jeremy Bassetti
The Genius Loci Newsletter for December 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Friends: I published some thoughts on the idea of the notebook as a life interface. I do take digital notes, but I never feel like quitting on pen and paper. Don't worry... my post is not prescriptive; I offer no "tips" or methods on how to take notes.
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re: The Tonearm
I'd like to bring on another writer to our online mag who specializes in experimental music, be it freak-out jazz, post-classical, sound art, outsider noise, or delicious combinations of those … must have writing experience (this can be your blog/newsletter) + into doing interviews
I'd like to bring on another writer to our online mag who specializes in experimental music, be it freak-out jazz, post-classical, sound art, outsider noise, or delicious combinations of those … must have writing experience (this can be your blog/newsletter) + into doing interviews
The Tonearm | putting a needle on the cultural wax
Interviews, commentary, and creative kudos abound.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
re: The Tonearm
I'd like to bring on another writer to our online mag who specializes in experimental music, be it freak-out jazz, post-classical, sound art, outsider noise, or delicious combinations of those … must have writing experience (this can be your blog/newsletter) + into doing interviews
I'd like to bring on another writer to our online mag who specializes in experimental music, be it freak-out jazz, post-classical, sound art, outsider noise, or delicious combinations of those … must have writing experience (this can be your blog/newsletter) + into doing interviews
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🚨PRE-ORDER Mountains Magazine #2 for delivery in early Dec. Prices from just £2.99!
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#Sale #Mountains
🏷️WINTER SALE
Subscribe & save. 4 issues delivered for just £24.95
BUY HERE > www.mountains-magazine.com/Shop/#wbs1
⛰️Saint-Gervais
⛰️Shiga Kogen
⛰️Méribel
⛰️Copper Canyon
⛰️Bavaria
⛰️+ much MUCH more!
#Sale #Mountains
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🚨PRE-ORDER Mountains Magazine #2 for delivery in early Dec. Prices from just £2.99!
🏷️WINTER SALE
Subscribe & save. 4 issues delivered for just £24.95
BUY HERE > www.mountains-magazine.com/Shop/#wbs1
⛰️Saint-Gervais
⛰️Shiga Kogen
⛰️Méribel
⛰️Copper Canyon
⛰️Bavaria
⛰️+ much MUCH more!
#Sale #Mountains
🏷️WINTER SALE
Subscribe & save. 4 issues delivered for just £24.95
BUY HERE > www.mountains-magazine.com/Shop/#wbs1
⛰️Saint-Gervais
⛰️Shiga Kogen
⛰️Méribel
⛰️Copper Canyon
⛰️Bavaria
⛰️+ much MUCH more!
#Sale #Mountains
I wrote about Mountains in Kalidasa's 5th-century poem "The Birth of Kumara."
Mountains in Kalidasa's 'The Birth of Kumara' | Jeremy Bassetti
In Kalidasa's 5th century epic, mountains give birth to the material world — and offer escape from it.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I wrote about Mountains in Kalidasa's 5th-century poem "The Birth of Kumara."
Finished reading and started unpacking my notes on David Smith's English translation of Kalidasa's Sanskrit "The Birth of Kumara."
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Finished reading and started unpacking my notes on David Smith's English translation of Kalidasa's Sanskrit "The Birth of Kumara."
Servitude as a Service: Artificial Intelligence Software from the Perspective of Kant.
Servitude as a Service: Reading Kant in the Age of Artificial Intelligence | Jeremy Bassetti
Kant warned about 'mechanical aids' that keep us in permanent immaturity. Two centuries later, we subscribe to them monthly.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Servitude as a Service: Artificial Intelligence Software from the Perspective of Kant.
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The deadliest mountain in the world in 2025...
#Mountains #Mining #Extractivism #Indigenous #HighAltWork
#Mountains #Mining #Extractivism #Indigenous #HighAltWork
After nearly 500 years of mining, Cerro Rico, the Bolivian mountain whose silver financed the Spanish Empire, is experiencing increasingly frequent and severe cave-ins.
In the heart of Bolivia, the mountain that financed an empire risks collapsing
At about 4,800 meters, or nearly 15,800 feet, above sea level, Cerro Rico towers over the city of Potosí, in Bolivia’s southern highlands. Famous for its vast silver reserves, Cerro Rico — whose name…
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October 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The deadliest mountain in the world in 2025...
#Mountains #Mining #Extractivism #Indigenous #HighAltWork
#Mountains #Mining #Extractivism #Indigenous #HighAltWork
The confluence of indigenous cosmology, Catholic devotion, and political authority in one of Bolivia's festival honoring the Virgin of Urkupiña: jeremybassetti.com/on-mountains...
Mountains, Mary, and Modern Bolivia | Jeremy Bassetti
How Bolivia's Virgin of Urkupiña festival blends indigenous cosmology, Catholic devotion, and political authority.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The confluence of indigenous cosmology, Catholic devotion, and political authority in one of Bolivia's festival honoring the Virgin of Urkupiña: jeremybassetti.com/on-mountains...
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🔔 Event reminder!
🗻 Conference | Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future
📆 22-24 October 2025
❗ fully booked in-person
🌐 online registration still available: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🗻 Conference | Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future
📆 22-24 October 2025
❗ fully booked in-person
🌐 online registration still available: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🔔 Event reminder!
🗻 Conference | Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future
📆 22-24 October 2025
❗ fully booked in-person
🌐 online registration still available: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social
🗻 Conference | Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future
📆 22-24 October 2025
❗ fully booked in-person
🌐 online registration still available: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social