Morgan Sandquist
@morgannels.com
Retired in New York. Trying to come to terms with death. Looking for ideas.
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"The dark social consequences of [the professional managerial class] monopoly on expertise, in addition to its attempts to monopolize public virtue while blocking any attempts at meaningful economic redistribution, have given shape to our present political situation."
Virtue Hoarders, Catherine Liu
Virtue Hoarders, Catherine Liu
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"The dark social consequences of [the professional managerial class] monopoly on expertise, in addition to its attempts to monopolize public virtue while blocking any attempts at meaningful economic redistribution, have given shape to our present political situation."
Virtue Hoarders, Catherine Liu
Virtue Hoarders, Catherine Liu
It occurred to me today that the Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet is somehow the album of 2025, and that this version of Salt of the Earth is especially apt (now the line about cancer or polio).
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Salt of the Earth
YouTube video by Lucinda Williams - Topic
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December 29, 2024 at 1:55 AM
It occurred to me today that the Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet is somehow the album of 2025, and that this version of Salt of the Earth is especially apt (now the line about cancer or polio).
music.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Hj...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Hj...
December 29, 2024 at 1:50 AM
I would pay extra for a hygienist that doesn't ask if I floss.
December 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
I would pay extra for a hygienist that doesn't ask if I floss.
A freshman American Thought and Language (Literature?) class that was just Gravity's Rainbow.
December 19, 2024 at 1:33 AM
A freshman American Thought and Language (Literature?) class that was just Gravity's Rainbow.
I think the Vietnam War, generally.
What’s the first major news story your remember as a child?
Mine is OJ Simpson
Mine is OJ Simpson
December 17, 2024 at 11:09 PM
I think the Vietnam War, generally.
Meditations on Winter Light
24 new items added to shared album
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December 15, 2024 at 11:25 PM
A Walk on the High Line
21 new items added to shared album
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December 13, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#20bookchallenge
#Books
#BookChallenge
#Booklovers
#Reading
#BookSky
#20bookchallenge
#Books
#BookChallenge
#Booklovers
#Reading
#BookSky
December 4, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#20bookchallenge
#Books
#BookChallenge
#Booklovers
#Reading
#BookSky
#20bookchallenge
#Books
#BookChallenge
#Booklovers
#Reading
#BookSky
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie.
November 27, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie.
Last book I read: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Current read: Rickshaw Boy by She Lao
Added to TBR: States of Emergency by Chris Knapp
Next anticipated read: The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen
Current read: Rickshaw Boy by She Lao
Added to TBR: States of Emergency by Chris Knapp
Next anticipated read: The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen
last book I read: The Navigator’s Children by Tad Williams
current read: Human Acts by Han Kang
added to TBR: Left Adrift by Tim Shenk
next anticipated read: A Visionary Madness by Mike Jay
current read: Human Acts by Han Kang
added to TBR: Left Adrift by Tim Shenk
next anticipated read: A Visionary Madness by Mike Jay
last book you read: Pereira Maintains, by Antonio Tabucchi
your current read: This Changes Everything, by Naomi Klein
last book added to TBR: Travails With the Alien, by Satyajit Ray
next anticipated read: Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson
your current read: This Changes Everything, by Naomi Klein
last book added to TBR: Travails With the Alien, by Satyajit Ray
next anticipated read: Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson
November 18, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Last book I read: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Current read: Rickshaw Boy by She Lao
Added to TBR: States of Emergency by Chris Knapp
Next anticipated read: The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen
Current read: Rickshaw Boy by She Lao
Added to TBR: States of Emergency by Chris Knapp
Next anticipated read: The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen
I'm now on my fourth left ear drum.
August 29, 2024 at 1:35 PM
I'm now on my fourth left ear drum.
A Little of Carnegie Hill
5 new items added to shared album
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July 27, 2024 at 2:52 PM
The edge of Harlem and the edge of Mott Haven
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Gentrification
20 new items added to shared album
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July 26, 2024 at 3:30 PM
The edge of Harlem and the edge of Mott Haven
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April 19, 2024 at 4:55 PM