Paul Bernard
@northboundheadlite.bsky.social
Introvert. Lapsed historian. Appellate litigator. The only person you know whose five favorite musicians include the Grateful Dead and spill tab. They/them.
"I wish I was a headlamp on a northbound train
I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain"
"I wish I was a headlamp on a northbound train
I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain"
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You cannot hide the soul.
December 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
You cannot hide the soul.
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What are the Rights of Man and the Liberties of the World but Loose-Fish?
December 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
What are the Rights of Man and the Liberties of the World but Loose-Fish?
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The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
I sent the following message to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as a celebration of his victory and as a tribute to my father, who passed away eight years ago this week, and who would have supported his campaign.
1/n
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1/n
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November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I sent the following message to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as a celebration of his victory and as a tribute to my father, who passed away eight years ago this week, and who would have supported his campaign.
1/n
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1/n
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I feel like we don’t say “fuck Ronald Reagan” enough.
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I feel like we don’t say “fuck Ronald Reagan” enough.
My condo in Ypsilanti, Michigan is available for sale to any billionaires fleeing NYC. I’ve done a lot of work on it, and it’s pretty nice. But I empathize with political refugees, so I will let it go for $5 million ($4.9M if we close by the end of the month!).
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
My condo in Ypsilanti, Michigan is available for sale to any billionaires fleeing NYC. I’ve done a lot of work on it, and it’s pretty nice. But I empathize with political refugees, so I will let it go for $5 million ($4.9M if we close by the end of the month!).
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Some of you are not seeing the potential silver lining of a structurally unsound ballroom filled with members of the Trump administration.
October 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Some of you are not seeing the potential silver lining of a structurally unsound ballroom filled with members of the Trump administration.
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Anyway, I'm glad our liberal intelligentsia is sacrificing science, morals, and objective facts to appease an orange-faced goon with congestive heart failure and his small cadre of rich Nazis because they think it'll put Black, brown, queer, and poor people in our place.
September 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Anyway, I'm glad our liberal intelligentsia is sacrificing science, morals, and objective facts to appease an orange-faced goon with congestive heart failure and his small cadre of rich Nazis because they think it'll put Black, brown, queer, and poor people in our place.
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You want to be alive, but they want you dead. We’re a new, well, funded democratic group that thinks you can meet them halfway.
September 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
You want to be alive, but they want you dead. We’re a new, well, funded democratic group that thinks you can meet them halfway.
I saw this in downtown Ypsilanti this morning, it expresses my sentiments about the “national defense” AI data center/death machine that @umich.edu and Los Alamos National Laboratories plan to build on the Huron River, near my house.
September 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I saw this in downtown Ypsilanti this morning, it expresses my sentiments about the “national defense” AI data center/death machine that @umich.edu and Los Alamos National Laboratories plan to build on the Huron River, near my house.
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The one time we got the smoking gun of undeniable ideology that mapped neatly onto american partisanship in political violence was J6, and we decided it was too scary to treat it as such, so now we return to deciphering memes of school shooters like medieval peasants panicking at an eclipse.
September 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The one time we got the smoking gun of undeniable ideology that mapped neatly onto american partisanship in political violence was J6, and we decided it was too scary to treat it as such, so now we return to deciphering memes of school shooters like medieval peasants panicking at an eclipse.
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i wish everyone thought i was dead everytime i had no plans for the weekend
August 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
i wish everyone thought i was dead everytime i had no plans for the weekend
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Newsom is designed to appeal to middle to upper class, low information, white Democratic voters by exploiting their short attention spans, their desire to ignore politics, their willingness to believe the best about Democrats in spite of evidence, and their desire for someone to "fight" Trump.
August 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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White patriarchs love the explicit "Old Country Store" branding because it conveys and celebrates a historical image of a public space dominated by old white guys in flannel shirts and suspenders. The change feels "woke" to them because it pushes that celebration into the background.
The reason that Cracker Barrel did a whole rebrand is because their business was cratering and the whole "old country store" schtick wasn't working anymore. It wasn't anything to do with "wokeness" or whatever tf the right claims it's about.
August 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
White patriarchs love the explicit "Old Country Store" branding because it conveys and celebrates a historical image of a public space dominated by old white guys in flannel shirts and suspenders. The change feels "woke" to them because it pushes that celebration into the background.
I just found some Brown Alumni Magazines to throw away in disgust when I noticed the teaser in the upper left hand corner of an issue cover from this spring. Since publishing this article, Brown apparently has decided that, as a matter of university policy, “gender reckoning” is as simple as “M/F.”
August 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I just found some Brown Alumni Magazines to throw away in disgust when I noticed the teaser in the upper left hand corner of an issue cover from this spring. Since publishing this article, Brown apparently has decided that, as a matter of university policy, “gender reckoning” is as simple as “M/F.”
I’m ashamed.
EXCLUSIVE: Brown University has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to restore the university’s federal research funding and address allegations that it failed to do enough to stop the harassment of Jewish students. @bostonglobe.com
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Brown University reaches agreement with Trump administration to restore federal research funding - The Boston Globe
The deal settles three open investigations into the university, and does not require the Ivy League institution to admit any wrongdoing or make a payment to the federal government.
www.bostonglobe.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I’m ashamed.
If you have one of this artistic license, and a cop pulls you over for speeding, can you get out of it by saying you’re having a creative emergency?
July 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If you have one of this artistic license, and a cop pulls you over for speeding, can you get out of it by saying you’re having a creative emergency?
In honor of the first stage of the Tour de France, repost if you’ve ever used this product.
July 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In honor of the first stage of the Tour de France, repost if you’ve ever used this product.
Fascists rule by fear and force, without regard to law. The Minnesota assassinations and the ICE kidnappings both illustrate the emergence of fascist power. When it’s impossible to tell whether the men with guns are random thugs or government agents, fear & force replace law as instruments of power.
June 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fascists rule by fear and force, without regard to law. The Minnesota assassinations and the ICE kidnappings both illustrate the emergence of fascist power. When it’s impossible to tell whether the men with guns are random thugs or government agents, fear & force replace law as instruments of power.
1. In college, my part-time job involved, among other things, emptying dorm-room wastebaskets, including JFK, Jr.'s.
2. I got to speak to Bob Weir on the phone once, and he scolded me for saying that it was "a thrill of a lifetime." Bobby insisted that "It shouldn't be. I'm just like anyone else."
2. I got to speak to Bob Weir on the phone once, and he scolded me for saying that it was "a thrill of a lifetime." Bobby insisted that "It shouldn't be. I'm just like anyone else."
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
1. In college, my part-time job involved, among other things, emptying dorm-room wastebaskets, including JFK, Jr.'s.
2. I got to speak to Bob Weir on the phone once, and he scolded me for saying that it was "a thrill of a lifetime." Bobby insisted that "It shouldn't be. I'm just like anyone else."
2. I got to speak to Bob Weir on the phone once, and he scolded me for saying that it was "a thrill of a lifetime." Bobby insisted that "It shouldn't be. I'm just like anyone else."
Much love to Landry Shamet tonight. Whatever his limitations are, he fights on defense. He’s done it all year long and his energy made a big difference tonight.
May 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Much love to Landry Shamet tonight. Whatever his limitations are, he fights on defense. He’s done it all year long and his energy made a big difference tonight.
David Brooks, David French, Ross Douthat and Bret Stephens are not human beings. Human beings aren't capable of the thoughts expressed in their columns. Their work is produced by badly engineered software, which requires constant revision by a large staff.
I'm still getting over that the NYT opinion section has *200 staffers* what do they all do?
May 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
David Brooks, David French, Ross Douthat and Bret Stephens are not human beings. Human beings aren't capable of the thoughts expressed in their columns. Their work is produced by badly engineered software, which requires constant revision by a large staff.
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There was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"
as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
May 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"