Kieran Healy
@kjhealy.co
Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick.
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Blending Family and Governance, Richard III has his nephews imprisoned in the Tower of London and later murdered.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Blending Family and Governance, Richard III has his nephews imprisoned in the Tower of London and later murdered.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
There’s now broad media agreement—backed up by Supreme Court rulings more or less making the act legally impossible—that open bribery is not only permitted but also required and best done on camera. (Also, I’m sure this standard will continue to be applied to any future Democratic administration.)
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
There’s now broad media agreement—backed up by Supreme Court rulings more or less making the act legally impossible—that open bribery is not only permitted but also required and best done on camera. (Also, I’m sure this standard will continue to be applied to any future Democratic administration.)
Another case of my very reliable publishing rule that the cheapest possible way to add a dollop of gravitas to your book on literally anything—prison, terrorist, wolf, fire, pain, sniper, radical, lion, dirt, son, heiress, gun, prometheus, kingpin, edge—is to put the word “American” in front of it.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Another case of my very reliable publishing rule that the cheapest possible way to add a dollop of gravitas to your book on literally anything—prison, terrorist, wolf, fire, pain, sniper, radical, lion, dirt, son, heiress, gun, prometheus, kingpin, edge—is to put the word “American” in front of it.
When I was at Arizona, a colleague teaching a class described this exchange:
Student: Where’s that idea in the textbook?
Colleague: This is from one of my own articles
S [angrily]: You mean you’re just MAKING IT UP?!
C: Do you think textbooks are dug up out of the ground like turnips or something?
Student: Where’s that idea in the textbook?
Colleague: This is from one of my own articles
S [angrily]: You mean you’re just MAKING IT UP?!
C: Do you think textbooks are dug up out of the ground like turnips or something?
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
When I was at Arizona, a colleague teaching a class described this exchange:
Student: Where’s that idea in the textbook?
Colleague: This is from one of my own articles
S [angrily]: You mean you’re just MAKING IT UP?!
C: Do you think textbooks are dug up out of the ground like turnips or something?
Student: Where’s that idea in the textbook?
Colleague: This is from one of my own articles
S [angrily]: You mean you’re just MAKING IT UP?!
C: Do you think textbooks are dug up out of the ground like turnips or something?
“Does this make me look bad, would you say”
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
“Does this make me look bad, would you say”
![Sent:
To:
Subject:
Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
4/6/201110:55:39 PM
Lawrence Krauss
Re: Statement in the Daily Beast?
no i am in paris thanks
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Lawrence Krauss
Beyond anything else, you are my friend. I hope we can both always remember that, no matter what.
Are you coming this weekend at all?
Lawrence Krauss
Foundation Professor
School of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics Dept.
Co-director, Cosmology Initiative and Director, Origins initiative
Arizona State University
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 6, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
no it was appreciated. thanks
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Lawrence Krauss
> wrote:
just so you know.. you can read from bottom up.. you may be mad that I was blunt... haven't heard from you. hope all is well..
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From: Rebecca Watson 1
Date: April 6, 2011 10:28:36 AM MST
To: Lawrence Krauss |
Subject: Re: Statement in the Daily Beast?
Okay, will do.
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Lawrence Krauss 1
wrote:
ok.. I just sent an additional cmail which moderates this.. everyone was a victim, including Jeffrey here.. and there was no happy resolution.. please add.. "probably everyone was a victim, with no happy resolution](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:myqic77tkmdhmaufgkvj43hr/bafkreif5e6ymvxhdrpoujh6ek6roilsaumsok6tshuajyzrf2f6laxgvem@jpeg)
New data from the Bureau of What the Actual
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
New data from the Bureau of What the Actual
One nice thing about being able to give this talk was that I was able to say a little bit—in the context of “data science” and also the use of LLMs in research—about the philosophical ideas of the late Katherine Hawley on trust and commitment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZamP...
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
One nice thing about being able to give this talk was that I was able to say a little bit—in the context of “data science” and also the use of LLMs in research—about the philosophical ideas of the late Katherine Hawley on trust and commitment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZamP...
“Where are the Sliwa strongholds?” I hear you ask. No I swear I hear you asking
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“Where are the Sliwa strongholds?” I hear you ask. No I swear I hear you asking
Wondering how hard it’d be to convince Ackman or Musk that this is the first evidence of the immediate communist islamification of New York
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Wondering how hard it’d be to convince Ackman or Musk that this is the first evidence of the immediate communist islamification of New York
Less going on here than I was hoping, tbh, but there are a few bright spots that I have theories about.
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Less going on here than I was hoping, tbh, but there are a few bright spots that I have theories about.
The detail on these is gonna get destroyed by the image compression on this app but it was fun to make them, especially putting the subway lines in.
November 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The detail on these is gonna get destroyed by the image compression on this app but it was fun to make them, especially putting the subway lines in.
With gazelle-like speed and grace, Ross Douthat leads the leap from “This, the greatest of American cities, will be destroyed should Mamdani be elected” to “New York is entirely irrelevant to anything in national politics”. (Idaho pastors who want to relitigate slavery remain central, however.)
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
With gazelle-like speed and grace, Ross Douthat leads the leap from “This, the greatest of American cities, will be destroyed should Mamdani be elected” to “New York is entirely irrelevant to anything in national politics”. (Idaho pastors who want to relitigate slavery remain central, however.)
When Willie O’Dwyer (NYC Mayor 1946-50, born Bohola, County Mayo) died in 1964, the NYT generously acknowledged that despite appearing to be a bog-trotting Paddy he was also able to read and enjoyed the sort of books you, dear subscriber, might have around the house.
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
When Willie O’Dwyer (NYC Mayor 1946-50, born Bohola, County Mayo) died in 1964, the NYT generously acknowledged that despite appearing to be a bog-trotting Paddy he was also able to read and enjoyed the sort of books you, dear subscriber, might have around the house.
“I could smell the onions and mustard”
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“I could smell the onions and mustard”
Poor old Josh is being tackled more on the concourse than he was yesterday at Soldier Field. He is being very game about it, in fairness.
November 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Poor old Josh is being tackled more on the concourse than he was yesterday at Soldier Field. He is being very game about it, in fairness.
“For my friends, anything. For my enemies, the Law.”
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November 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“For my friends, anything. For my enemies, the Law.”
Hegseth’s use of the phrase “lethal kinetic strike”—in particular that “kinetic”—is one of the frontiers in BTL (Bullshit Tactical Language), where quasi-technical bureaucratic phrasing meant to euphemistically efface what you did contends with the childish desire to excitably specify what you did.
November 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hegseth’s use of the phrase “lethal kinetic strike”—in particular that “kinetic”—is one of the frontiers in BTL (Bullshit Tactical Language), where quasi-technical bureaucratic phrasing meant to euphemistically efface what you did contends with the childish desire to excitably specify what you did.
As a backdrop this works very well if you start at the top and then escalate to reading the final two words as a sort of incredulous expostulation.
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
As a backdrop this works very well if you start at the top and then escalate to reading the final two words as a sort of incredulous expostulation.
It’s the Garden of Forking Bats.
October 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It’s the Garden of Forking Bats.
Watts & Strogatz (1998) except you’re living in the bad timeline that’s also the dumbest possible timeline. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Watts & Strogatz (1998) except you’re living in the bad timeline that’s also the dumbest possible timeline. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
When you’re desperate to get a real heavyweight French intellectual to come out swinging against Mamdani and the best you can do is BHL, the Johnny Hallyday of Philosophy.
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
When you’re desperate to get a real heavyweight French intellectual to come out swinging against Mamdani and the best you can do is BHL, the Johnny Hallyday of Philosophy.
He’s just so stupid, is the thing. So, so stupid. Like, we can comment on the poisonous heart of it in a minute, and how terrible it is that he can spew this stuff in a media environment he can pay to control. But first we have to get past just how clankingly stupid he is. How stupid all of this is.
October 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
He’s just so stupid, is the thing. So, so stupid. Like, we can comment on the poisonous heart of it in a minute, and how terrible it is that he can spew this stuff in a media environment he can pay to control. But first we have to get past just how clankingly stupid he is. How stupid all of this is.