Will
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Retired RN (ICU/ED) in NorCal for a little while longer... 🇫🇷
"A work of art moves us by being honest and that honesty is apparent in its language and its form and in its resistance to concealment." (George Saunders, "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain," p. 36)
"A work of art moves us by being honest and that honesty is apparent in its language and its form and in its resistance to concealment." (George Saunders, "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain," p. 36)
Kramnik has become a poison to the chess world, and I'd be surprised if that's not the view of most people who play.
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Kramnik has become a poison to the chess world, and I'd be surprised if that's not the view of most people who play.
wrote an open letter to Kramnik just last year pleading with him to stop his reckless and unfounded public cheating allegations against other players (Naroditsky, Nakamura, Navara, and others).
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
wrote an open letter to Kramnik just last year pleading with him to stop his reckless and unfounded public cheating allegations against other players (Naroditsky, Nakamura, Navara, and others).
with its investigation of Kramnik. If he's found in violation, I hope they slap him down hard. The harder, the better. And if, professionally, Kramnik were never to get back up, I wouldn't lose a moment of sleep over it. Levon Aronian, mentored by Kramnik and his best friend at one time,
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
with its investigation of Kramnik. If he's found in violation, I hope they slap him down hard. The harder, the better. And if, professionally, Kramnik were never to get back up, I wouldn't lose a moment of sleep over it. Levon Aronian, mentored by Kramnik and his best friend at one time,
I've been so busy that I learned of Naroditsky's death only a couple of days ago. Almost everyone who's into chess at whatever level--I myself am steady at Perfectly Harmless Amoeba Level--is familiar with the young man's work.
I hope FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Committee follows through
I hope FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Committee follows through
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I've been so busy that I learned of Naroditsky's death only a couple of days ago. Almost everyone who's into chess at whatever level--I myself am steady at Perfectly Harmless Amoeba Level--is familiar with the young man's work.
I hope FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Committee follows through
I hope FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Committee follows through
Some poor soul out there is not going to get the JOKE, and I'm afraid they'll actually try this.
PEOPLE: DO NOT TRY THIS, EVEN IN A SMOOTHIE.
If you don't believe me and are thinking of doing it, DM me (for privacy).
PEOPLE: DO NOT TRY THIS, EVEN IN A SMOOTHIE.
If you don't believe me and are thinking of doing it, DM me (for privacy).
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Some poor soul out there is not going to get the JOKE, and I'm afraid they'll actually try this.
PEOPLE: DO NOT TRY THIS, EVEN IN A SMOOTHIE.
If you don't believe me and are thinking of doing it, DM me (for privacy).
PEOPLE: DO NOT TRY THIS, EVEN IN A SMOOTHIE.
If you don't believe me and are thinking of doing it, DM me (for privacy).
No one knows better than you when a laugh is exactly what's needed.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
No one knows better than you when a laugh is exactly what's needed.
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"...the theatre of the falsehood..." (1:02:55)
Damn.
I'm begging you...𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 you...to watch this video from start to finish. 🙏
Damn.
I'm begging you...𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 you...to watch this video from start to finish. 🙏
October 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"...the theatre of the falsehood..." (1:02:55)
Damn.
I'm begging you...𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 you...to watch this video from start to finish. 🙏
Damn.
I'm begging you...𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 you...to watch this video from start to finish. 🙏
I'm only twenty or so minutes into this video, but already it's clear that, if you have time to watch only one "analysis" video this week--or perhaps even this month--you ought to strongly consider making it this one, and really ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 what they're saying and what's at stake and why.
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I'm only twenty or so minutes into this video, but already it's clear that, if you have time to watch only one "analysis" video this week--or perhaps even this month--you ought to strongly consider making it this one, and really ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 what they're saying and what's at stake and why.
For me, the most troubling part of the interview is the segment 41:46 - 44:22. Listen to the whole thing if you can, of course, but if you can't, listen at least to that segment if you want to hear an informed and compelling perspective on just how close we're standing to the edge of the cliff.
October 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
For me, the most troubling part of the interview is the segment 41:46 - 44:22. Listen to the whole thing if you can, of course, but if you can't, listen at least to that segment if you want to hear an informed and compelling perspective on just how close we're standing to the edge of the cliff.
It's hilarious until we remember that this easily manipulable idiot can, on his own, authorize the use of nuclear weapons.
Then it's not so funny anymore.
Then it's not so funny anymore.
October 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It's hilarious until we remember that this easily manipulable idiot can, on his own, authorize the use of nuclear weapons.
Then it's not so funny anymore.
Then it's not so funny anymore.
It seems sometimes that while intellectuals have no difficulty in speaking their minds, they struggle to "speak"--perhaps because they struggle to know--their own hearts.
In Nichols I've yet to see signs of such struggle.
It's as if his mind and his heart are always, quietly, holding hands.
In Nichols I've yet to see signs of such struggle.
It's as if his mind and his heart are always, quietly, holding hands.
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It seems sometimes that while intellectuals have no difficulty in speaking their minds, they struggle to "speak"--perhaps because they struggle to know--their own hearts.
In Nichols I've yet to see signs of such struggle.
It's as if his mind and his heart are always, quietly, holding hands.
In Nichols I've yet to see signs of such struggle.
It's as if his mind and his heart are always, quietly, holding hands.
At once beautiful and masterly, your sense and understanding of that moment in the interview... Thank you.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
At once beautiful and masterly, your sense and understanding of that moment in the interview... Thank you.
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Not merely touched, I was moved when Nichols told the story of how he met Carla. Look at his face as he speaks of her, listen to his voice...
Here's a link to an article he devoted to her memory:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Here's a link to an article he devoted to her memory:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Cat Who Saved Me
I will never owe another cat the debt that I owe her.
www.theatlantic.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Not merely touched, I was moved when Nichols told the story of how he met Carla. Look at his face as he speaks of her, listen to his voice...
Here's a link to an article he devoted to her memory:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Here's a link to an article he devoted to her memory:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Nichols:
"Democracies rely on cooperation and a certain degree of humility and compromise, and we've completely lost all of that."
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"Democracies rely on cooperation and a certain degree of humility and compromise, and we've completely lost all of that."
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October 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Nichols:
"Democracies rely on cooperation and a certain degree of humility and compromise, and we've completely lost all of that."
😔
"Democracies rely on cooperation and a certain degree of humility and compromise, and we've completely lost all of that."
😔
Hitting 'Pause' at 17:19 to note my little fit of laughter when, thinking that I could listen to Nichols for hours, I remembered that, since about 2017, I 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 listened to Nichols for hours.
Many, many hours.
Back to the interview.
(My "dream team" analyst duo? Nichols and Anne Applebaum.)
Many, many hours.
Back to the interview.
(My "dream team" analyst duo? Nichols and Anne Applebaum.)
October 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Hitting 'Pause' at 17:19 to note my little fit of laughter when, thinking that I could listen to Nichols for hours, I remembered that, since about 2017, I 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 listened to Nichols for hours.
Many, many hours.
Back to the interview.
(My "dream team" analyst duo? Nichols and Anne Applebaum.)
Many, many hours.
Back to the interview.
(My "dream team" analyst duo? Nichols and Anne Applebaum.)
Just finished Part 1. Am I alone in my feeling that Applebaum, alone, commands any stage or platform on which she appears?
For me, the only drag during an Applebaum interview is watching or listening to an interviewer who, trying to keep up with her, almost slows her down.
Almost.
On to Part 2.
For me, the only drag during an Applebaum interview is watching or listening to an interviewer who, trying to keep up with her, almost slows her down.
Almost.
On to Part 2.
October 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Just finished Part 1. Am I alone in my feeling that Applebaum, alone, commands any stage or platform on which she appears?
For me, the only drag during an Applebaum interview is watching or listening to an interviewer who, trying to keep up with her, almost slows her down.
Almost.
On to Part 2.
For me, the only drag during an Applebaum interview is watching or listening to an interviewer who, trying to keep up with her, almost slows her down.
Almost.
On to Part 2.