Hal Duncan
@halduncan.com
Writer, editor, gardener--sometimes even in that order.
Queer. He/thon, but mainly just cause thon's a guid Scots pronoun fur aebdy, whitever thur gender.
Contact: hal AT halduncan DOT com
Queer. He/thon, but mainly just cause thon's a guid Scots pronoun fur aebdy, whitever thur gender.
Contact: hal AT halduncan DOT com
Pinned
Hal Duncan
@halduncan.com
· May 7
your intermittent reminder that the left/right axis is a spatial metaphor, not a reality, that the "centre" is not in fact a moderate middle ground but rather the *centre of power & privilege* protected by the vulgarly overt antisocialists operating on behalf of the polite paternalist antisocialists
I was extremely unaware that Udo Kier had a young scorching hot phase I mostly just remember him being the weird German john doing mad cabaret shit at River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho and now I'm thinking OK you look like that at your peak you get to do all the mad cabaret shit you want forever
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I was extremely unaware that Udo Kier had a young scorching hot phase I mostly just remember him being the weird German john doing mad cabaret shit at River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho and now I'm thinking OK you look like that at your peak you get to do all the mad cabaret shit you want forever
"The Death of the Author" isn't about pretending you didn't give them money to be evil anyway, it's rejecting any claim that the "true" meaning of the text is what the author allegedly intended, in part b/c hacks like Rowling lack the skills to stop themselves writing meanings like "slavery is ACE!"
Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
share.google
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"The Death of the Author" isn't about pretending you didn't give them money to be evil anyway, it's rejecting any claim that the "true" meaning of the text is what the author allegedly intended, in part b/c hacks like Rowling lack the skills to stop themselves writing meanings like "slavery is ACE!"
Reposted by Hal Duncan
"The other day Louise and I discovered at the same time that she's now tall enough to get her paws up onto the kitchen counter. We learned this when I turned my head for roughly 14 seconds and she ate an entire plate of raw chicken and a sheet of thawing puff pastry." 🎁 defector.com/beware-the-j...
Beware The Jingler | Defector
Louise is some kind of shepherd, a combination of shepherds, a Malinois, Groenendael, something. Belgian, Dutch, German. She came from a rescue in Tennessee; some damn fool bred a litter of puppies…
defector.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"The other day Louise and I discovered at the same time that she's now tall enough to get her paws up onto the kitchen counter. We learned this when I turned my head for roughly 14 seconds and she ate an entire plate of raw chicken and a sheet of thawing puff pastry." 🎁 defector.com/beware-the-j...
so this is the lanyard as symbol of the managerial/professional/consultant class, people that go to *conferences*, the very class that took over Labour to remake it for his Blue Labour / Red Tory ilk, turned to put his self-loathing on the actual young working class now working call centres & such.
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
so this is the lanyard as symbol of the managerial/professional/consultant class, people that go to *conferences*, the very class that took over Labour to remake it for his Blue Labour / Red Tory ilk, turned to put his self-loathing on the actual young working class now working call centres & such.
Reposted by Hal Duncan
Warning: you can't unsee the linked photo of a naked Harpo Marx. Maybe you don't even want to unsee it. Up to you.
[Harpo Marx was born Adolf (later Arthur) Marx on this day in 1888. Circa HORSE FEATHERS he was handing out nude photographs of himself as a gag; one was auctioned recently for $5,760. You can see it here, but I've warned you. (Thanks Teakagee!)]
bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/...
bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/...
November 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Warning: you can't unsee the linked photo of a naked Harpo Marx. Maybe you don't even want to unsee it. Up to you.
"There are New Romantics and there are Neuromancers, and only a damn fool would confuse the two."
"I'm Jerry Bladerunner, and I run the blades."
40 Years Later, Sci-Fi’s Greatest Opening Line Will Hit Harder Than Ever
Sci-fi’s greatest line is more relevant than ever.
share.google
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"There are New Romantics and there are Neuromancers, and only a damn fool would confuse the two."
Reposted by Hal Duncan
"Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?"
if you were gonna get a tramp stamp of a line from a horror movie what would you get?
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
"Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?"
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide!
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, let 'em out
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Rawhide!
*whipcrack*
Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide!
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, let 'em out
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Rawhide!
*whipcrack*
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide!
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, let 'em out
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Rawhide!
*whipcrack*
Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide!
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, let 'em out
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Rawhide!
*whipcrack*
Reposted by Hal Duncan
are looking for love in YOUR area!!!
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
are looking for love in YOUR area!!!
Reposted by Hal Duncan
Just remembering how one of the most important and widely read and dropped-with-maximally-damaging-timing "Biden is old and senile" pieces was reported by Nuzzi. It makes you think!
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just remembering how one of the most important and widely read and dropped-with-maximally-damaging-timing "Biden is old and senile" pieces was reported by Nuzzi. It makes you think!
and in the darkest hour for a fourth estate rotten to the core with access hacks and slop-ed centrists, then did the humble *photojournalist* step forth defiant, muttering "one picture, motherfuckers, worth a thousand of your words"
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
and in the darkest hour for a fourth estate rotten to the core with access hacks and slop-ed centrists, then did the humble *photojournalist* step forth defiant, muttering "one picture, motherfuckers, worth a thousand of your words"
Reposted by Hal Duncan
We are in the John Wick universe
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We are in the John Wick universe
they should just have Zohran visit Trump every day, get a little desk set up for him in the Oval Office, let him work from there, he could just breeze in each day at some point in the afternoon after TCBing NYC stuff in the morning, Miller hissing as he's driven back to his crypt by the aura of Good
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
they should just have Zohran visit Trump every day, get a little desk set up for him in the Oval Office, let him work from there, he could just breeze in each day at some point in the afternoon after TCBing NYC stuff in the morning, Miller hissing as he's driven back to his crypt by the aura of Good
Reposted by Hal Duncan
I've come to see this kind of performative "contrarian," "provocative" shit as one of our biggest political and social problems.
Reminder: Mother Jones employed this guy for years, shooting him to the upper reaches of the masthead, because his inane, Buzzfeed-derivative crap drew lots of traffic.
Reminder: Mother Jones employed this guy for years, shooting him to the upper reaches of the masthead, because his inane, Buzzfeed-derivative crap drew lots of traffic.
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I've come to see this kind of performative "contrarian," "provocative" shit as one of our biggest political and social problems.
Reminder: Mother Jones employed this guy for years, shooting him to the upper reaches of the masthead, because his inane, Buzzfeed-derivative crap drew lots of traffic.
Reminder: Mother Jones employed this guy for years, shooting him to the upper reaches of the masthead, because his inane, Buzzfeed-derivative crap drew lots of traffic.
look their other soft power is an entire tv industry built around boys kissing boys, any country that's out to conquer the world gently through the soft powers of delicious food and boys kissing boys can just go right ahead and conquer the world as far as I'm concerned khrap
It’s wild when you find out that the reason there’s so many Thai restaurants is because it’s a form of soft power subsidized by the Thai government.
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
look their other soft power is an entire tv industry built around boys kissing boys, any country that's out to conquer the world gently through the soft powers of delicious food and boys kissing boys can just go right ahead and conquer the world as far as I'm concerned khrap
Reposted by Hal Duncan
DM: The orange fascist lurks in his lair, hunched behind his massive desk, revelling in his stolen power. His acolytes hiss at you as you approach. What does your human bard do --
MAMDANI: Active perception check.
DM: ...that's a natural 20
MAMDANI: Let's fucking go. <FLUTE TRILL>
MAMDANI: Active perception check.
DM: ...that's a natural 20
MAMDANI: Let's fucking go. <FLUTE TRILL>
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
DM: The orange fascist lurks in his lair, hunched behind his massive desk, revelling in his stolen power. His acolytes hiss at you as you approach. What does your human bard do --
MAMDANI: Active perception check.
DM: ...that's a natural 20
MAMDANI: Let's fucking go. <FLUTE TRILL>
MAMDANI: Active perception check.
DM: ...that's a natural 20
MAMDANI: Let's fucking go. <FLUTE TRILL>
why does ryan grim want politics to be like buttsex, I don't understand, I understand the other blithering idiot trying to pretend Mamdani wrapping Trump round his little finger was some kinda mutual love-fest but I don't understand wanting all politics to be like Trump making fuckme eyes at Zohran
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
why does ryan grim want politics to be like buttsex, I don't understand, I understand the other blithering idiot trying to pretend Mamdani wrapping Trump round his little finger was some kinda mutual love-fest but I don't understand wanting all politics to be like Trump making fuckme eyes at Zohran
Reposted by Hal Duncan
trickster beats lummox every time
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
trickster beats lummox every time
Reposted by Hal Duncan
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Reposted by Hal Duncan
What if the culture were awash in intellectual elites downplaying the organized mass rape of children David, would that get us back on track
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
What if the culture were awash in intellectual elites downplaying the organized mass rape of children David, would that get us back on track
the road to someone checking David Brooks's hard drive please
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
the road to someone checking David Brooks's hard drive please
Mamdani could have gone in there with an entire sheaf of executive orders pre-written for every socialist thing you can think of and got Trump to sign them there and then lol
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Mamdani could have gone in there with an entire sheaf of executive orders pre-written for every socialist thing you can think of and got Trump to sign them there and then lol
Reposted by Hal Duncan
Not going to read too much into it, obviously Trump is the worst man alive, and is going to revert to saying the most odious shit imaginable in like an hour, but it's funny that this is coming a couple hours after 90 democrat losers voted to say "socialism is bad" for no reason.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Not going to read too much into it, obviously Trump is the worst man alive, and is going to revert to saying the most odious shit imaginable in like an hour, but it's funny that this is coming a couple hours after 90 democrat losers voted to say "socialism is bad" for no reason.