Eric Hamilton
@erichamilton.bsky.social
Just a guy lurking on the net, working on a little enlightenment.
Fortunate son, happy husband, proud father.
Privileged white guy who graduated from Robert E. Lee High School and knows how f***ed up that was.
Worked hard, paid my taxes, if only...
Fortunate son, happy husband, proud father.
Privileged white guy who graduated from Robert E. Lee High School and knows how f***ed up that was.
Worked hard, paid my taxes, if only...
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I am of the simple opinion that stuff like this is the peak of human endeavour and we can cut it out with the missiles and demonic computers in favour of getting really good at a cool little thing
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I am of the simple opinion that stuff like this is the peak of human endeavour and we can cut it out with the missiles and demonic computers in favour of getting really good at a cool little thing
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It's the gentlefolk of the Shire, and their daring to care about the world outside their own borders, who save the "hard men of Gondor," you illiterate billionaire oaf.
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
November 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's the gentlefolk of the Shire, and their daring to care about the world outside their own borders, who save the "hard men of Gondor," you illiterate billionaire oaf.
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That PMJ cover of Creep is excellent, but my fav is www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mOL...
k. d. lang - Crying - Roy Orbison Tribute 2/24/90 Universal Ampitheater
YouTube video by Cleveland Live Music
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October 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
That PMJ cover of Creep is excellent, but my fav is www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mOL...
If I were ever to have as large an influence as Ezra Klein and get so wrong in public, I would hope I had a friend with as much moral clarity as Ta-Nehisi Coates.
The linked piece here is great. And the Klein-Coates discussion is worth reading and thinking about.
The linked piece here is great. And the Klein-Coates discussion is worth reading and thinking about.
I really appreciated this thoughtful piece about Ta-Nehisi Coates & Ezra Klein. Andrea Pitzer says “lost” folks like Klein “don’t have a clear idea how this moment fits into history and what it is exactly that they’re doing”. [degenerateart.beehiiv.com]
You don’t have to swallow frogs
Klein and Coates show that if you don’t know what your core beliefs are, you’re going to get played.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If I were ever to have as large an influence as Ezra Klein and get so wrong in public, I would hope I had a friend with as much moral clarity as Ta-Nehisi Coates.
The linked piece here is great. And the Klein-Coates discussion is worth reading and thinking about.
The linked piece here is great. And the Klein-Coates discussion is worth reading and thinking about.
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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I want to do a 🧵 about the Sidney Sweeney thing, because it's *extremely* revealing & educational.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
August 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I want to do a 🧵 about the Sidney Sweeney thing, because it's *extremely* revealing & educational.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
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If you’ve never seen one before, this is a strawberry finch.
June 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If you’ve never seen one before, this is a strawberry finch.
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Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
June 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
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This guy consistently posts songs with incredible lyrics mere hours after events unfurl. This was a good one.
June 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This guy consistently posts songs with incredible lyrics mere hours after events unfurl. This was a good one.
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I mean, true, but not by changing statutory rates...
April 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I mean, true, but not by changing statutory rates...
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April 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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I don’t know who this guy is but I liked his sign! (NYC)
HandsOff
HandsOff
April 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I don’t know who this guy is but I liked his sign! (NYC)
HandsOff
HandsOff
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This week makes 8 years since I joined my local police department to help change the world by changing myself. Far from being jaded, I now see much more good in people. I see a great deal of death & violence. But I see far more beauty & potential.
I choose this way. Join me
I choose this way. Join me
March 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This week makes 8 years since I joined my local police department to help change the world by changing myself. Far from being jaded, I now see much more good in people. I see a great deal of death & violence. But I see far more beauty & potential.
I choose this way. Join me
I choose this way. Join me
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Here's how I see it. America is very far along in a process of regime change--a fundamental, revolutionary change to our entire system of government, from a liberal democracy allied to other democracies, to a patrimonial autocracy allied to other autocracies.
March 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Here's how I see it. America is very far along in a process of regime change--a fundamental, revolutionary change to our entire system of government, from a liberal democracy allied to other democracies, to a patrimonial autocracy allied to other autocracies.
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I think both these things can be true:
-Moves by Trump himself are 99% performative, destructive, bluffing, bigoted, bottomlessly stupid, usually fail even on their own terms.
-Meanwhile what Musk, Vought, FBI/DOJ/State et al are doing is genuinely ominous IMO.
-Moves by Trump himself are 99% performative, destructive, bluffing, bigoted, bottomlessly stupid, usually fail even on their own terms.
-Meanwhile what Musk, Vought, FBI/DOJ/State et al are doing is genuinely ominous IMO.
Spending freeze not real
End of birthright citizenship struck down
Deportations only at level under Obama
Mexican and Canadian tariffs end up as called bluffs
Anybody starting to see a pattern?
End of birthright citizenship struck down
Deportations only at level under Obama
Mexican and Canadian tariffs end up as called bluffs
Anybody starting to see a pattern?
February 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I think both these things can be true:
-Moves by Trump himself are 99% performative, destructive, bluffing, bigoted, bottomlessly stupid, usually fail even on their own terms.
-Meanwhile what Musk, Vought, FBI/DOJ/State et al are doing is genuinely ominous IMO.
-Moves by Trump himself are 99% performative, destructive, bluffing, bigoted, bottomlessly stupid, usually fail even on their own terms.
-Meanwhile what Musk, Vought, FBI/DOJ/State et al are doing is genuinely ominous IMO.
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Biden should release the Jack Smith report for the sake of national security. What's going to happen to him? Nothing. He's the President and the Supreme Court has given him absolute immunity for actions done within his duties.
January 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Biden should release the Jack Smith report for the sake of national security. What's going to happen to him? Nothing. He's the President and the Supreme Court has given him absolute immunity for actions done within his duties.
No one listens to me about politics and the economy because what do I know
But I strongly suspect that part of how people experience “the economy” also includes their projected sense of long and longer term security- and not just how the numbers look now or last year.
SO:
But I strongly suspect that part of how people experience “the economy” also includes their projected sense of long and longer term security- and not just how the numbers look now or last year.
SO:
December 31, 2024 at 3:58 AM