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Martyn Wendell Jones
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Senior associate editor, The Bulwark. American in Canada, writer. Dad newsletter: https://martynwendell.substack.com/
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Cyril Connolly had a memorable and true line about the wealth/personality situation: "Money talks through the rich as alcohol swaggers in the drunken, calling softly to itself to unite into the lava flow which petrifies all it touches."
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the vibes are on
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
4yo working through feelings of betrayal after finding out this does not mean he can start opening his advent calendar
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
1988
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
quietly mumbling "so true, bestie" to Auden after reading this
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Explosions in the Sky

Lo-fi beats to study to. Lo-fi beats for researching the decline and fall of musicians in the streaming era. Lo-fi beats in which to get your tween a stereo system. Lo-fi beats in which to wrap a jewel-case CD. A deep, comforting wall of sound, passed down.
July 9, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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The Hold Steady / Mountain Goats show (2022)

You sung a version of "This Year" as a lullaby, sometimes changing lyrics. When your daughters entered their teen years, your warnings before a night out got increasingly, autobiographically specific. They'll be fine
July 9, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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Sufjan Stevens

Been years since you got mad that he only made 2 of 50 state albums. For a while you coped by naming each release to a state, but since Carrie & Lowell you've decided this must be what church felt like to your grandma. It's rapturous, even as laundry soundtrack.
July 9, 2024 at 5:46 PM
sorry, *NHS, ofc
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM