Byron’s Glowing Filament
@oedipaskvass.bsky.social
HS English teacher. Lover of books and film. Advocate for re-education through Gravity's Rainbow. ☭
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Part 2 - Chapter 36: Communal Masculinization
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 36: Knockwood's Inn, Reunion, the Modern Bar, Masculinity and Femininity, Armand Allègre, Croissants
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Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 36 is up. Knockwood's Inn and Armand Allegre.
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Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 36 is up. Knockwood's Inn and Armand Allegre.
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Part 2 - Chapter 36: Communal Masculinization
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 36: Knockwood's Inn, Reunion, the Modern Bar, Masculinity and Femininity, Armand Allègre, Croissants
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November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 36 is up. Knockwood's Inn and Armand Allegre.
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Some thoughts on Xenophanes and Pythagoras for my paid subs.
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Philosophy, Part 2: The Presocratics (2) - Pythagoras and Xenophanes: As Above, So Below
On Xenophanes and Pythagoras, one who sought to make God as little like a man as possible, and the other who himself became a God
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November 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Some thoughts on Xenophanes and Pythagoras for my paid subs.
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Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 35 is up. Cherrycoke's thoughts on history and his ride in the carriage.
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Part 2 - Chapter 35: History of the World
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 35: The LeSparks Discuss History, Literature and Art, Cherrycoke in America, the Carriage, Redzinger's Story
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November 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 35 is up. Cherrycoke's thoughts on history and his ride in the carriage.
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New paid series begins today on the Exegesis. Might take some time to really get going with the themes I want to tackle, but I tried to explain the emergence of Western philosophy in this one.
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The Pre-Socratics - Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes: From Gods to Reactions
On Homer, Hesiod, and the Three Milesian Philosophers, taking us from a world understood by the mystical to one which would attempt to be understood by the material
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November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New paid series begins today on the Exegesis. Might take some time to really get going with the themes I want to tackle, but I tried to explain the emergence of Western philosophy in this one.
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Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 34 is up. Mason and Dixon view the site of the Paxton Boy massacre.
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Part 2 - Chapter 34: The Britannian Dream
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 34: Field-Records, Lancaster, The Dutch Rifle, Britannia's Dream, America Awakes, the Massacre Site, Turncoats
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November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 34 is up. Mason and Dixon view the site of the Paxton Boy massacre.
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Beginning a minor project which could (COULD, not will) result in a mini series for premium subs on the Pynchon-stack.
Pre-Socratic philosophy to start.
Pre-Socratic philosophy to start.
November 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Beginning a minor project which could (COULD, not will) result in a mini series for premium subs on the Pynchon-stack.
Pre-Socratic philosophy to start.
Pre-Socratic philosophy to start.
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 33 is up. A year spent mapping the tangent line.
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Part 2 - Chapter 33: A Year of Agitation and Anxiety
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 33: The Indian Queen, Proprietarian Politics, the Harlands, the Tangent Line Again, Brae and Cherrycoke's Emergence, Delaware Swamps, Back at the Farm
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November 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 33 is up. A year spent mapping the tangent line.
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Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 32 is up. The perpetual motion pocket watch.
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Part 2 - Chapter 32: Perpetual Motion Machines
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 32: The Twins to Bed, the Perpetual Motion Pocket Watch, Time and Borders Merge, R.C., Emerson's Euphoria
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October 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 32 is up. The perpetual motion pocket watch.
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Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 31 is up. The Paxton Boys.
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Part 2 - Chapter 31: The Act of Killing
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 31: Something Wrong, The Restless Bee, the Paxton Boys, Coffeeshop Gossip, LeSpark's Excuses, Mason's Lesson on History
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October 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 31 is up. The Paxton Boys.
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Unconfirmed, but… a potential new Pynchon?
October 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Unconfirmed, but… a potential new Pynchon?
October’s premium subscriber post will be a ‘vibes based’ essay on Shadow Ticket. By that I mean, I don’t think I really understand all of Pynchon’s layers yet, so instead of analysis, I’m going to compare it to what he said in his other works and what is going on in our world.
October 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
October’s premium subscriber post will be a ‘vibes based’ essay on Shadow Ticket. By that I mean, I don’t think I really understand all of Pynchon’s layers yet, so instead of analysis, I’m going to compare it to what he said in his other works and what is going on in our world.
It is done. And it was amazing. As opposed to Gravity’s Rainbow which showed the ostensible ‘downfall’ and subsequent naturalization of fascism, this shows its rise. It’s a great lead in to the ideas of that novel. Are there flaws?Yes. But who cares. It’s phenomenal.
October 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It is done. And it was amazing. As opposed to Gravity’s Rainbow which showed the ostensible ‘downfall’ and subsequent naturalization of fascism, this shows its rise. It’s a great lead in to the ideas of that novel. Are there flaws?Yes. But who cares. It’s phenomenal.
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 30 is up! The origin point of the line.
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Part 2 - Chapter 30: The American Underground
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 30: Philadelphia's Border, Harland's Farm Observatory, the Line's Origin, the American Coffeeshop, Dolly and the Underground
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October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 30 is up! The origin point of the line.
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Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 29 is up! Effigies, secret societies, and Ben Franklin as Death.
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Part 2 - Chapter 29: The Electric Chair
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 29: The Veery Brothers, the Search for Secret Societies, Back Room's Back Rooms, Effigies of Commissioners, Play Tunes, Benjamin Franklin as Death
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October 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 29 is up! Effigies, secret societies, and Ben Franklin as Death.
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Hello! My analysis of the second half of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 28 is up! Discussing poisoned waters and communication networks with George Washington.
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Part 2 - Chapter 28.2: The Crying of the American Frontier
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 28.2: Worker's Benefits, Martha and Gershom, the Allegory of the Cave, Lead Plates, Electric Lines, Jesuits and Freemasons, Communication Networks
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September 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hello! My analysis of the second half of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 28 is up! Discussing poisoned waters and communication networks with George Washington.
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Hello! My analysis of the first half of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 28 is up! The introduction to George Washington.
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Part 2 - Chapter 28.1: Conotocarious
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 28.1: At Mount Vernon, George Washington, Real Estate, Gershom, Black Israelites
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September 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Hello! My analysis of the first half of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 28 is up! The introduction to George Washington.
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Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 27 is up! The introduction to Benjamin Franklin.
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Part 2 - Chapter 27: God of Thunder
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 27: The Apothecary, Laudanum and Other Patent Drugs, The Blue Jamaica, Espionage, Molly and Dolly,
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September 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 27 is up! The introduction to Benjamin Franklin.
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Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 26 is up! The arrival in America and musings on music.
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Part 2 - Chapter 26: Arrival Themes
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2 - Chapter 26: Timothy Tox, Arrival in America, Advertisements and Trade, Peddling Religion, Musical Allegories
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September 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 2, Chapter 26 is up! The arrival in America and musings on music.
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Hello! My analysis of title of Part 2 (and some brief reminders) of Mason & Dixon is up.
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Mason & Dixon - Part 2 - Chapter 0: Land of the Free
Analysis of Mason & Dixon: On the Title of Part 2, America, &c.
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September 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Hello! My analysis of title of Part 2 (and some brief reminders) of Mason & Dixon is up.
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Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1, Chapter 25 is up! The final Chapter of Part 1: Mason and Dixon begin their journey to America.
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Part 1 - Chapter 25: No Turning Back
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 25: Tenebræ's Conspiracy, Mason and Dixon Discuss America, Charter Companies, Communication Networks
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August 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1, Chapter 25 is up! The final Chapter of Part 1: Mason and Dixon begin their journey to America.
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Almost halfway through Vollmann’s “The Royal Family” and it’s already looking to be the best novel I’ve read all year, and potentially one of the best I’ve ever read.
August 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Almost halfway through Vollmann’s “The Royal Family” and it’s already looking to be the best novel I’ve read all year, and potentially one of the best I’ve ever read.
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1, Chapter 24 is up! Dixon's family history and his journey back to London.
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Part 1 - Chapter 24: Coal Black Sails
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 24: Dixon's Family History, Dixon Experiences Loss, On Maps, Dixon Thinks on Coal, a Ship to London, a Vision
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August 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1, Chapter 24 is up! Dixon's family history and his journey back to London.
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Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1, Chapter 23 is up! Dixon, Emerson, and Maire at the Cudgel and Throck.
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Part 1 - Chapter 23: Class Alienation
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 23: The Cudgel and Throck, Lud Oafery, Secret Tunnels, the First British Pizza, Sophisticated Werewolves
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August 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1, Chapter 23 is up! Dixon, Emerson, and Maire at the Cudgel and Throck.
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Need a little break from my Vollmann project. So I’m gonna knock out a few short works since I need to free space on my TBR shelves.
Up Next: The Name of the World by Denis Johnson
Up Next: The Name of the World by Denis Johnson
August 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Need a little break from my Vollmann project. So I’m gonna knock out a few short works since I need to free space on my TBR shelves.
Up Next: The Name of the World by Denis Johnson
Up Next: The Name of the World by Denis Johnson
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1, Chapter 22 is up! Some history of Dixon's education.
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Part 1 - Chapter 22: Understanding the Vortex
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 22: Maire and Emerson Waiting, DePugh and Co. Discuss Brainwashing, Ley-Lines, Emerson's Goodness, Dixon with Maire and Emerson, the Henry Vane Analogy
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August 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Hello! My analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1, Chapter 22 is up! Some history of Dixon's education.
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