ColinSnider.bsky.social
colinsnider.bsky.social
ColinSnider.bsky.social
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Historian, Latin Americanist, dog-lover, Brazilianist working on dictatorships, student movements, higher education, human rights, truth commissions, and memory. Living in Texas, but not Texan.
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Mario Vargas Llosa has died at 89. In 2019, I wrote a review of an essay collection of his for The Nation which has disappeared from the web, so I'll share it here. It's not a bad obituary. It ended: [full pages to follow]
April 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Oh, man. His politics were what they were, but his literary output is incomparable.

elpais.com/cultura/2025...
Muere Mario Vargas Llosa, gigante de las letras universales
El escritor hispano peruano, premio Nobel de Literatura en 2010, fue autor de obras maestras como ‘Conversación en la catedral’
elpais.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Maureen Dowd on July 20: "If he doesn’t walk away gracefully right now, he will likely go down as a pariah and ruin his legacy."
Dowd today: Biden walking away was "a coup"
August 17, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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I remember the moment it hit me just how many of my favorite albums were produced by Steve Albini. It's also been heartening to watch him try hard and succeed to be on the right side of history on social media these last few years and speak up for everyone he could. RIP to one of the good guys.
May 8, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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steve albini mastered both the arts of producing and posting
May 8, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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this was such an amazing piece about Steve Albini, RIP to someone who learned how to grow and develop and change.

www.theguardian.com/music/2023/a...
The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’
The long read: Steve Albini was long synonymous with the indie underground, playing in revered bands and recording albums by the Pixies, PJ Harvey and Nirvana. He also often seemed determined to offen...
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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"Rid of Me" and "Ys" are two of the greatest albums ever made. But providing a clean, clear model for white dudes to own up to their "edgelord shit," repudiate it, and start living a real life is something very few have ever had the courage to do. RIP to a legend: melmagazine.com/en-us/story/...
‘I’m Overdue for a Discussion About My Role in Inspiring ‘Edgelord’ Shit’: A Conversation with Steve Albini
In a recent Twitter thread, the famed audio engineer owned the ugly parts of his past — years of offensive music, statements and posts — and said his generation needs to talk about how culture has cha...
melmagazine.com
May 8, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Since it’s apparently International Haiku Day, I might as well revive my long-dormant Academic Haiku series:

Internet outage
On campus. Who needs to work?
Certainly not I.
April 17, 2024 at 1:23 PM