amos hough
@willamos.bsky.social
phenomenologist. left-conservative. christian anarchist. localist. degrowth neo-luddite.
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amos hough
@willamos.bsky.social
· Mar 27
“We can only live changes: we cannot think our way to humanity. Every one of us, every group, must become the model of that which we desire to create.”
- ivan illich
- ivan illich
Stand For Something
Biden has left the Democrats with no claim to morality.
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December 28, 2024 at 5:24 PM
a little bit about how i'm oriented
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a little bit about how i'm oriented
half of it
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December 28, 2024 at 5:14 PM
a little bit about how i'm oriented
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Freddie deBoer on Substack
we are raising generations of sociopaths
substack.com
December 26, 2024 at 6:01 PM
“Stolen Pride has an authority earned through seven years of research . . . [achieving] a kaleidoscopic effect. . . . Her compassion is tangible. The most effective of her myriad tools is simply listening to those whose life stories don’t often get heard in the national conversation.” - NYRB
Stolen Pride | The New Press
For all the attempts to understand the state of American politics and the blue/red divide, we’ve ignored what economic and cultural loss can do to pride. What happens, Arlie Russell Hochschild asks, w...
thenewpress.com
December 25, 2024 at 1:32 PM
“Stolen Pride has an authority earned through seven years of research . . . [achieving] a kaleidoscopic effect. . . . Her compassion is tangible. The most effective of her myriad tools is simply listening to those whose life stories don’t often get heard in the national conversation.” - NYRB
on the hopefully underway realignment
David Graeber meets Joe Rogan
open.substack.com
December 22, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Reposted by amos hough
“I write with experiences in mind, but I don’t write about them, I write out of them.”
– John Ashbery
– John Ashbery
December 20, 2024 at 1:10 AM
“I write with experiences in mind, but I don’t write about them, I write out of them.”
– John Ashbery
– John Ashbery
"Anything I accomplish from here on out in my career, I owe and dedicate eternally to you, Augusta. And a lot of it will be done right here, on Substack."
Cormac McCarthy’s secret muse, the internet, and me
Vincenzo Barney on making a life-changing connection in the comments section
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December 19, 2024 at 7:43 PM
"Anything I accomplish from here on out in my career, I owe and dedicate eternally to you, Augusta. And a lot of it will be done right here, on Substack."
'As a national party, the Democrats have effectively reduced themselves to a fund-raising agency. Meanwhile, much of the rank-and-file has lost any capacity for honest self-criticism.'
Democratic strategy since 2015: TrumpBad & performative 'inclusion'
is it working yet?
open.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:37 PM
'As a national party, the Democrats have effectively reduced themselves to a fund-raising agency. Meanwhile, much of the rank-and-file has lost any capacity for honest self-criticism.'
'Bios is a life “qualified” by political agency and participation, self-composition of the good life, citizenship, and individual articulation, whereas zoe is “bare life” defined by the animalian status of an organism without reason, without character, and, ultimately, without divinity.'
Benjamin Bratton, The Revenge of the Real: Politics for a Post-Pandemic World
The Revenge of the Real: Politics for a Post-pandemic World by Benjamin H. Bratton My rating: 2 of 5 stars On the first of August, liberal journalist, Vox co-founder, and influential policy wonk Ma…
johnpistelli.com
December 17, 2024 at 1:30 AM
'Bios is a life “qualified” by political agency and participation, self-composition of the good life, citizenship, and individual articulation, whereas zoe is “bare life” defined by the animalian status of an organism without reason, without character, and, ultimately, without divinity.'
You Can't Rebrand a Class War
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You Can't Rebrand a Class War
Move left, just to stay standing.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:01 PM
You Can't Rebrand a Class War
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"I am not here to argue. I am here to tell you, if possible to convince you, and hopefully, to stop you, from pretentiously imposing yourselves on the rest of humanity."
To Hell With Good Intentions, Silicon Valley Edition
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 14
open.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:41 PM
"I am not here to argue. I am here to tell you, if possible to convince you, and hopefully, to stop you, from pretentiously imposing yourselves on the rest of humanity."
"These are the new terms of engagement. The weather is changing."
Will the Joker Emerge?
Meditations on the killing of the UnitedHealth CEO
rosselliotbarkan.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:36 AM
"These are the new terms of engagement. The weather is changing."
coming soon to a manhattan
courtroom/theater: 'jury nullification.'
courtroom/theater: 'jury nullification.'
December 10, 2024 at 10:33 PM
coming soon to a manhattan
courtroom/theater: 'jury nullification.'
courtroom/theater: 'jury nullification.'