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https://brucekrajewski.net/
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Leonine Chameleons: Relativism and Fascism
You have probably lost track of the number of articles about people who have jettisoned family members over contradictory and reprehensible political views. How do we get to the point that educated pe...
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Thanks to Dr. Martina Valković and the workers at the 𝐵𝑙𝑜𝑔 of the American Philosophical Association for publishing my essay "Leonine Chameleons: Fascism and Relativism."
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#philosophySky #academicSky
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Let's add in here Tiny Chef's plush articulations of "blokay"
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Let's add in here Tiny Chef's plush articulations of "blokay"
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November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thanks to Willem at 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒. He edited the interview I did with Adam Farrer about 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝐵𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑠. Willem made many improvements to the interview. @electricliterature.com
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Read more of Adam's writing: adamfarrer.substack.com
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Read more of Adam's writing: adamfarrer.substack.com
Adam Farrer's Strays | Substack
I have a range of things to say and each month those things will be here for you to look at and enjoy or leave a rude comment underneath. Click to read Adam Farrer's Strays, a Substack publication. La...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thanks to Willem at 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒. He edited the interview I did with Adam Farrer about 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝐵𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑠. Willem made many improvements to the interview. @electricliterature.com
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Read more of Adam's writing: adamfarrer.substack.com
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Read more of Adam's writing: adamfarrer.substack.com
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I spoke with @krajewskib.bsky.social for @electricliterature.com about Broken Biscuits, masculinity, brothers and my (corpse-free) Stand By Me childhood. #booksky
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This Memoir Takes A Sledgehammer to Notions of Masculinity - Electric Literature
Adam Farrer’s “Broken Biscuits” uses vulnerability and incisive humor to deconstruct his relationship with his father, brothers, and male friends
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November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I spoke with @krajewskib.bsky.social for @electricliterature.com about Broken Biscuits, masculinity, brothers and my (corpse-free) Stand By Me childhood. #booksky
electricliterature.com/this-memoir-...
electricliterature.com/this-memoir-...
Headline writers for 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 think that we ought to be "ruled." The false presupposition is that there need to be rulers & the ruled. That isn't democracy. The authors, unhappy with messy democracy, want more software. Stick to computer science, chaps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Headline writers for 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 think that we ought to be "ruled." The false presupposition is that there need to be rulers & the ruled. That isn't democracy. The authors, unhappy with messy democracy, want more software. Stick to computer science, chaps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 from Eddy Frankel:
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 from Eddy Frankel:
Journalists at CNN uncertain about what napping looks like. One wishes they had read J.L. Austin's "Pretending," in which Austin says, "Only in special cases is the limit between 'pretending [appearing] to do A' and 'really doing A' of much interest." Some Sleepy Joe karma.
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Journalists at CNN uncertain about what napping looks like. One wishes they had read J.L. Austin's "Pretending," in which Austin says, "Only in special cases is the limit between 'pretending [appearing] to do A' and 'really doing A' of much interest." Some Sleepy Joe karma.
"That's the problem with going out. One thing leads to another, & you find yourself going out again. Before you know it, real life creeps back in."
—Richard Osman's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒, pp. 29-30. 💙📚
—Richard Osman's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒, pp. 29-30. 💙📚
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"That's the problem with going out. One thing leads to another, & you find yourself going out again. Before you know it, real life creeps back in."
—Richard Osman's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒, pp. 29-30. 💙📚
—Richard Osman's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒, pp. 29-30. 💙📚
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The password has been changed to “Louvre2”, don’t worry
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The password has been changed to “Louvre2”, don’t worry
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The Trump administration's cybersecurity policies are indistinguishable from a foreign attack.
In many ways they're worse, given they're wrapped in layers of phony operational efficiency.
In many ways they're worse, given they're wrapped in layers of phony operational efficiency.
Trump Cybersecurity Policy Is Indistinguishable From A Foreign Attack
Last year almost a dozen major U.S. ISPs were the victim of a massive, historic intrusion by Chinese hackers who managed to spy on public U.S. officials for more than a year. The “Salt Ty…
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November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Trump administration's cybersecurity policies are indistinguishable from a foreign attack.
In many ways they're worse, given they're wrapped in layers of phony operational efficiency.
In many ways they're worse, given they're wrapped in layers of phony operational efficiency.
Why does this look like an ongoing crime spree?
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Why does this look like an ongoing crime spree?
Now that the sandwich trial is over, whence entertainment? Sometimes execrable cultural bits generate top-notch responses. "All's Fair" sparks joy in the bile ducts of a few critics, like the item below. The 𝑊𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡's piece is highly acidic too. wapo.st/4omA3ts
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Now that the sandwich trial is over, whence entertainment? Sometimes execrable cultural bits generate top-notch responses. "All's Fair" sparks joy in the bile ducts of a few critics, like the item below. The 𝑊𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡's piece is highly acidic too. wapo.st/4omA3ts
What's not to like about the Scottish Book Trust? www.scottishbooktrust.com/donate 💙📚
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
What's not to like about the Scottish Book Trust? www.scottishbooktrust.com/donate 💙📚
Looks as if the folks in Indiana need National Guard protection. They're in such fear that they're shooting without looking. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Cleaning Woman Killed Through Door After Arriving at Wrong Home, Police Say
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November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Looks as if the folks in Indiana need National Guard protection. They're in such fear that they're shooting without looking. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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I donate to this every year I can and hope some of you will too. Books change lives.
The brilliant Scottish Book Trust's Xmas campaign. Donate here:
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November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I donate to this every year I can and hope some of you will too. Books change lives.
Today is the U.S. launch of Adam Farrer's 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝐵𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑠. Your local, independent bookstore can help put a copy in your hands.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Today is the U.S. launch of Adam Farrer's 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝐵𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑠. Your local, independent bookstore can help put a copy in your hands.
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An inspector’s calling: JB Priestley’s plea for justice echoes beyond his best-known play
An inspector’s calling: JB Priestley’s plea for justice echoes beyond his best-known play
His parable of collective social responsibility is a hardy classic but the Yorkshire playwright’s wider legacy should not be neglected
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November 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
An inspector’s calling: JB Priestley’s plea for justice echoes beyond his best-known play
Translating your being let go from your job as a "win" for capitalism.
November 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Translating your being let go from your job as a "win" for capitalism.
Question for mystery fans: I'm reading J.C. Lenehan's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑀𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 (1929). Investigators seek a man who wore horn-rimmed glasses. When questioned, a clerk responds, "I can never look at horn-rimmed glasses without thinking of a certain American film-actor." Who would this be? Harold Lloyd?
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November 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Question for mystery fans: I'm reading J.C. Lenehan's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑀𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 (1929). Investigators seek a man who wore horn-rimmed glasses. When questioned, a clerk responds, "I can never look at horn-rimmed glasses without thinking of a certain American film-actor." Who would this be? Harold Lloyd?
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Give me "Helen DeWitt Acknowledging Her Life of Privilege" for $500, Alex. 💙📚
November 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Give me "Helen DeWitt Acknowledging Her Life of Privilege" for $500, Alex. 💙📚
Networking comes in at least 2 flavors. Ivy League networking, which is top down. To set up your world, you make contacts with the Haves, who use their influence on your behalf. The 2nd flavor is bottom-up networking, which is Have-nots hoping some other Have-not knows a hairdresser of a Have.
just catching up on Bill Belichick’s disastrous year as UNC coach and discovering the exact mechanics of how he secured the job. www.theringer.com/2025/10/31/c...
November 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Networking comes in at least 2 flavors. Ivy League networking, which is top down. To set up your world, you make contacts with the Haves, who use their influence on your behalf. The 2nd flavor is bottom-up networking, which is Have-nots hoping some other Have-not knows a hairdresser of a Have.
Bringing Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" to life.
November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Bringing Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" to life.
Ezra Klein's "analysis" mentions Nazism in the Republican party, but then in the next paragraph calls the elephant in the room "Trumpism" rather than fascism. Klein's piece wants everyone to ignore fascism, to stop calling fascists "deplorables." Invite fascists into the "big tent," he says.
November 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ezra Klein's "analysis" mentions Nazism in the Republican party, but then in the next paragraph calls the elephant in the room "Trumpism" rather than fascism. Klein's piece wants everyone to ignore fascism, to stop calling fascists "deplorables." Invite fascists into the "big tent," he says.
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Bookstore tourism, Brooklyn version
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Bookstore tourism, Brooklyn version
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2/2 The brilliance of Ter Brugghens hands cannot be overstated, here an arc of them in the Calling of Saint Matthew.
November 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
2/2 The brilliance of Ter Brugghens hands cannot be overstated, here an arc of them in the Calling of Saint Matthew.