Ron Hogan
@ronhogan.bsky.social
He wrote Our Endless & Proper Work (Belt Publishing, 2021), based on his "Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives" newsletter.
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“are you saying we should just ignore the people who think wokeness is the biggest threat to modern civilization? thats a lot of people”
yes that is exactly what im saying, they are morons
yes that is exactly what im saying, they are morons
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
“are you saying we should just ignore the people who think wokeness is the biggest threat to modern civilization? thats a lot of people”
yes that is exactly what im saying, they are morons
yes that is exactly what im saying, they are morons
“America is… a bizarrely destructive and absurdly oversized toddler, unable to reason beyond its own wants and impulses. We should try to teach it some manners, but we should also childproof the planet.”
(Which, Bill McKibben suggests, means making oil less valuable by converting to solar)
(Which, Bill McKibben suggests, means making oil less valuable by converting to solar)
Just possibly it's the oil?
A solar panel is the new peace sign
billmckibben.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
“America is… a bizarrely destructive and absurdly oversized toddler, unable to reason beyond its own wants and impulses. We should try to teach it some manners, but we should also childproof the planet.”
(Which, Bill McKibben suggests, means making oil less valuable by converting to solar)
(Which, Bill McKibben suggests, means making oil less valuable by converting to solar)
“The most generous interpretation of the US as a global actor in 2026 is that we are in the hands of a bunch of amoral, dangerous gangsters, & that the stability of the world depends on the political opponents of Trumpism winning back control of the US government before too much damage can be done.”
We Are the Bad Guys
The swaggering threat to global stability is us.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:59 PM
“The most generous interpretation of the US as a global actor in 2026 is that we are in the hands of a bunch of amoral, dangerous gangsters, & that the stability of the world depends on the political opponents of Trumpism winning back control of the US government before too much damage can be done.”
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The U.S. is functionally now a pariah state and must be treated as such until the cancer rotting out the heart of the White House is cut out.
January 3, 2026 at 7:23 AM
The U.S. is functionally now a pariah state and must be treated as such until the cancer rotting out the heart of the White House is cut out.
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Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
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"Cognitive amplifier tools" son it's a Teddy Ruxpin that makes teenagers commit suicide.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"Cognitive amplifier tools" son it's a Teddy Ruxpin that makes teenagers commit suicide.
Frankly, I’m not convinced Grok “generated” the word sequence “apologizing” for Grok’s tendency to produce disturbing images of children—a tendency entirely shaped by its creators and its core user demographic. I think it more likely that a lawyer and a publicist spoon fed Grok that statement.
Grok can't apologize. Grok can, when prompted, generate a word sequence that is statistically similar to the colloquial phrases we think of as "apologies," but Grok cannot actually apologize because Grok isn't sentient. But we all have a lot of trouble with this because we assume sentience IS speech
January 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Frankly, I’m not convinced Grok “generated” the word sequence “apologizing” for Grok’s tendency to produce disturbing images of children—a tendency entirely shaped by its creators and its core user demographic. I think it more likely that a lawyer and a publicist spoon fed Grok that statement.
Basically, the job of the political pundit is not to provide cogent analysis, though it’s always nice if they do so in the process of fulfilling their main task, which is filling in the spaces and time slots around the advertisers.
There are multiple national political commentators who earnestly predicted that Eric Adams would be a legitimate presidential candidate and a national figurehead of the Democratic party by now and those commentators still have careers somehow.
January 2, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Basically, the job of the political pundit is not to provide cogent analysis, though it’s always nice if they do so in the process of fulfilling their main task, which is filling in the spaces and time slots around the advertisers.
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Me, a historian: "The term 'the sixties' doesn't refer to the calendar specifically—one may posit any number of plausible start dates for the decade, and indeed the one thing we can say with certainty is that 'the sixties' didn't begin on ... "
"Well, shit. Never mind."
"Well, shit. Never mind."
January 1, 1960: Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars at San Quentin Prison, California; Merle Haggard is among the inmate audience.
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Me, a historian: "The term 'the sixties' doesn't refer to the calendar specifically—one may posit any number of plausible start dates for the decade, and indeed the one thing we can say with certainty is that 'the sixties' didn't begin on ... "
"Well, shit. Never mind."
"Well, shit. Never mind."
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congratulations to the anti-porn and anti-sex work groups for helping create an internet where independent adult sex workers have been exploited, ripped off, and then run off and are now being replaced by on-demand CSAM
January 2, 2026 at 3:22 AM
congratulations to the anti-porn and anti-sex work groups for helping create an internet where independent adult sex workers have been exploited, ripped off, and then run off and are now being replaced by on-demand CSAM
This is the future progressives want.
(Yes, I changed the wording. After all, it’s thanks to “liberals” that we had to spend four years saying “Mayor Adams.”)
(Yes, I changed the wording. After all, it’s thanks to “liberals” that we had to spend four years saying “Mayor Adams.”)
January 2, 2026 at 3:06 AM
This is the future progressives want.
(Yes, I changed the wording. After all, it’s thanks to “liberals” that we had to spend four years saying “Mayor Adams.”)
(Yes, I changed the wording. After all, it’s thanks to “liberals” that we had to spend four years saying “Mayor Adams.”)
Similarly, if New York and national media had not fallen out of love with Curtis Sliwa, nor failed to see how they could get more stories out of him, his cultural status beyond the 1980s would be closer to Donald Trump’s.
If Donald Trump was born without a hundred million dollar inheritance he absolutely could have grown up into Curtis Sliwa
January 2, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Similarly, if New York and national media had not fallen out of love with Curtis Sliwa, nor failed to see how they could get more stories out of him, his cultural status beyond the 1980s would be closer to Donald Trump’s.
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“Being anti-AI is groupthink!” oh yeah, agreeing with the world’s worst human beings and Republicans and tech executives on this issue, who have spent billions of dollars to make sure that opinion is implemented into your brain via media mass brainwashing, that’s real original thinker material.
January 1, 2026 at 10:12 PM
“Being anti-AI is groupthink!” oh yeah, agreeing with the world’s worst human beings and Republicans and tech executives on this issue, who have spent billions of dollars to make sure that opinion is implemented into your brain via media mass brainwashing, that’s real original thinker material.
“We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 9:58 PM
“We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”
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This year’s variations on blacked-eyed peas:
* I had so much fun substituting ditalini for rice last year today I tried cavatappi.
* Usually I cut up the bacon myself, but I saw FreshDirect had diced pancetta.
* I thought we had cayenne, but forgot a recent decluttering. Chili-lime powder it is!
* I had so much fun substituting ditalini for rice last year today I tried cavatappi.
* Usually I cut up the bacon myself, but I saw FreshDirect had diced pancetta.
* I thought we had cayenne, but forgot a recent decluttering. Chili-lime powder it is!
January 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
This year’s variations on blacked-eyed peas:
* I had so much fun substituting ditalini for rice last year today I tried cavatappi.
* Usually I cut up the bacon myself, but I saw FreshDirect had diced pancetta.
* I thought we had cayenne, but forgot a recent decluttering. Chili-lime powder it is!
* I had so much fun substituting ditalini for rice last year today I tried cavatappi.
* Usually I cut up the bacon myself, but I saw FreshDirect had diced pancetta.
* I thought we had cayenne, but forgot a recent decluttering. Chili-lime powder it is!
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"you critique capitalism yet you have things??? curious!"
January 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
"you critique capitalism yet you have things??? curious!"
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THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS
these fucking people. they pass laws to make sure every person with a screw loose who wants an Armalite can show up to the day care armed & ready to kill, then complain that the day cares are locked to protect the children inside
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS
Caved in and finally started watching Heated Rivalry
December 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Caved in and finally started watching Heated Rivalry
It could happen, as the saying goes!
It's possible that a year from now, on Dec. 31, we will be able to say that things are better now than they were a year ago. I don't think that was possible a year ago. So there's something to hold on to!
December 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It could happen, as the saying goes!
My favorite video watching MTV as a kid?
December 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My favorite video watching MTV as a kid?
I’m gonna end Islamophobia by pivoting to video.
i’m going to end asian hate with herbalife
God bless you, Mr. Mayor. 🫡
December 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I’m gonna end Islamophobia by pivoting to video.
This Fuckin’ Guy, Day 1,460, with one more left to go.
God bless you, Mr. Mayor. 🫡
December 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This Fuckin’ Guy, Day 1,460, with one more left to go.
I AM a little surprised Marjorie Taylor Greene’s whitewash tour hasn’t included several hours podcasting with Gavin Newsom.
Unless I missed something. In which case, don’t enlighten me. I already have a surplus of reasons I’m never voting for Newsom.
Unless I missed something. In which case, don’t enlighten me. I already have a surplus of reasons I’m never voting for Newsom.
Absolutely these losers will say that the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee should be holding events with her like that worked so well for Kamala with the Cheneys.
December 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I AM a little surprised Marjorie Taylor Greene’s whitewash tour hasn’t included several hours podcasting with Gavin Newsom.
Unless I missed something. In which case, don’t enlighten me. I already have a surplus of reasons I’m never voting for Newsom.
Unless I missed something. In which case, don’t enlighten me. I already have a surplus of reasons I’m never voting for Newsom.
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You can scoff all you want but Jesus has that picture hanging proudly front and center on His fridge
December 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
You can scoff all you want but Jesus has that picture hanging proudly front and center on His fridge