alex angelosanto
@alexangelosanto.bsky.social
waneth the watch but the world holdeth, folks!
You can tell when thinking of the spirit of the Middle Ages that there was a lack of cumin.
November 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You can tell when thinking of the spirit of the Middle Ages that there was a lack of cumin.
Train Dreams: light but sturdy, with occasional moments of lyrical uplift but lacking the gravity for the kind of grace the movie is aiming for.
In other words-a thoroughly faithful adaptation of the book 😈
In other words-a thoroughly faithful adaptation of the book 😈
November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Train Dreams: light but sturdy, with occasional moments of lyrical uplift but lacking the gravity for the kind of grace the movie is aiming for.
In other words-a thoroughly faithful adaptation of the book 😈
In other words-a thoroughly faithful adaptation of the book 😈
“The strangeness of life, the more you resisted it, the harder it bore down on you. The more the mind opposed the sense of strangeness, the more distortions it produced. What if, for once, one were to yield to it?”
Saul Bellow. Humboldt’s Gift. 1975.
Saul Bellow. Humboldt’s Gift. 1975.
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“The strangeness of life, the more you resisted it, the harder it bore down on you. The more the mind opposed the sense of strangeness, the more distortions it produced. What if, for once, one were to yield to it?”
Saul Bellow. Humboldt’s Gift. 1975.
Saul Bellow. Humboldt’s Gift. 1975.
Last night I had a French onion soup so good it’s continuing to improve my life straight through this morning
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Last night I had a French onion soup so good it’s continuing to improve my life straight through this morning
unprecedented month of music
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
unprecedented month of music
Conservatives love being wrong about Serrano's Piss Christ because they love being functionally illiterate. I'm not even saying they should appreciate it, just that in their indulgent umbrage they can't get the basic facts of the piece straight.
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Conservatives love being wrong about Serrano's Piss Christ because they love being functionally illiterate. I'm not even saying they should appreciate it, just that in their indulgent umbrage they can't get the basic facts of the piece straight.
On Sloth
Saul Bellow. Humboldt’s Gift. 1975.
Saul Bellow. Humboldt’s Gift. 1975.
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
On Sloth
Saul Bellow. Humboldt’s Gift. 1975.
Saul Bellow. Humboldt’s Gift. 1975.
Read a few pages before bed, but Schattenfroh's style has an acute pimply feeling to it. Doesn't bode well
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Read a few pages before bed, but Schattenfroh's style has an acute pimply feeling to it. Doesn't bode well
Starting a rumor Medjed is in the Hebrew Bible
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Starting a rumor Medjed is in the Hebrew Bible
I like to think I bring a “Gandalf-The-Grey” type vibe to the group chat
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I like to think I bring a “Gandalf-The-Grey” type vibe to the group chat
Lacan’s idea of the variable-length session feels intuitively like it would benefit many patients and even the practice of psychotherapy at large. Shame it seems like it’s practically impossible to implement 🥺
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Lacan’s idea of the variable-length session feels intuitively like it would benefit many patients and even the practice of psychotherapy at large. Shame it seems like it’s practically impossible to implement 🥺
Saul Bellow shows off Twain’s influence with the line-
“He was not so much a fisherman as he was intent always on getting something for nothing”
“He was not so much a fisherman as he was intent always on getting something for nothing”
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Saul Bellow shows off Twain’s influence with the line-
“He was not so much a fisherman as he was intent always on getting something for nothing”
“He was not so much a fisherman as he was intent always on getting something for nothing”
“Her soul was really pierced with beauty, she was translated beyond herself”
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“Her soul was really pierced with beauty, she was translated beyond herself”
New word for me: palaver
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
New word for me: palaver
burned the sauce just a bit and ended up really liking the result. This is what Kant meant about the crooked timber of humanity
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
burned the sauce just a bit and ended up really liking the result. This is what Kant meant about the crooked timber of humanity
There are times in politics when winning is actually disadvantageous to your long term prospects. Its nearly impossible to detect beforehand and abused as a rationalization by the opposing side but it is nevertheless true and should be kept in mind when prognosticating
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
There are times in politics when winning is actually disadvantageous to your long term prospects. Its nearly impossible to detect beforehand and abused as a rationalization by the opposing side but it is nevertheless true and should be kept in mind when prognosticating
Have any of Zohran's critics been asked to explain how his topline platform proposals, even if they don't work, could "destroy the city"?
You're expected to nod along since they say the word "socialism," but does anyone actually think a bus fare program could bring New York City to its knees?
You're expected to nod along since they say the word "socialism," but does anyone actually think a bus fare program could bring New York City to its knees?
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Have any of Zohran's critics been asked to explain how his topline platform proposals, even if they don't work, could "destroy the city"?
You're expected to nod along since they say the word "socialism," but does anyone actually think a bus fare program could bring New York City to its knees?
You're expected to nod along since they say the word "socialism," but does anyone actually think a bus fare program could bring New York City to its knees?
Obama reaching out to Dershowitz for council on Israel. Beyond pathetic. Naturally Epstein was part of the discussion
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Obama reaching out to Dershowitz for council on Israel. Beyond pathetic. Naturally Epstein was part of the discussion
“…what is mankind but just one expression of the incomprehensible. And if mankind passes away, it will only mean that this particular expression is completed and done. That which is expressed, and that which is to be expressed, cannot be diminished.”
DH Lawrence. Women in Love. 1920.
DH Lawrence. Women in Love. 1920.
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“…what is mankind but just one expression of the incomprehensible. And if mankind passes away, it will only mean that this particular expression is completed and done. That which is expressed, and that which is to be expressed, cannot be diminished.”
DH Lawrence. Women in Love. 1920.
DH Lawrence. Women in Love. 1920.
It’s funny that in the popular imagination Tump (while president!) wasn’t even considered as a culprit after Epstein died in federal custody.
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It’s funny that in the popular imagination Tump (while president!) wasn’t even considered as a culprit after Epstein died in federal custody.
Sometimes you just gotta be this
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Sometimes you just gotta be this
Muhammara is a doorway to heaven
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Muhammara is a doorway to heaven
Chuck Schumer has a relentless spirit when it comes to his fecklessness. It's like an art the way he eludes responsibility at every possible opportunity.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Chuck Schumer has a relentless spirit when it comes to his fecklessness. It's like an art the way he eludes responsibility at every possible opportunity.
Ravel wrote Pavane pour une infante défunte for his patron, the American heiress Winnaretta Singer, who was also the Princess de Polignac.
Here's her self-portrait c. 1885 and portrait by John Singer Sargent c. 1889.
Here's her self-portrait c. 1885 and portrait by John Singer Sargent c. 1889.
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ravel wrote Pavane pour une infante défunte for his patron, the American heiress Winnaretta Singer, who was also the Princess de Polignac.
Here's her self-portrait c. 1885 and portrait by John Singer Sargent c. 1889.
Here's her self-portrait c. 1885 and portrait by John Singer Sargent c. 1889.
In the battle of ideas on the right, the struggle is between “we should be more Islamophobic” and “we should be more Islamophobic and antisemitic”
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In the battle of ideas on the right, the struggle is between “we should be more Islamophobic” and “we should be more Islamophobic and antisemitic”