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Sebastian Stockman
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BLM. Teaching Prof., Northeastern. Reviewer @nytbooks @washpost @BostonGlobe, elsewhere. he/him

Newsletter at https://sebastianstockman.substack.com/
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We all live with some level of grief; lord knows there's enough to go around.

But sometimes we need to offer ourselves a little grace alongside the grief.

If that sounds like you, check out this group run by the most emotionally intelligent person I know.

www.rrcambridge.com/mourning?mc_...
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I always said there were too many Zs in that relationship.
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It’s brain worms all the way down
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I always said there were too many Zs in that relationship.
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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‘nother Nuzzi excerpt dropped
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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This gave Rupi Kaur the ick
Real eyes realize real lies
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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If you draw someone you don't like in Secret Santa, may I recommend American Canto
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
But he desires desiring
Every time I see a clip of RFK, I’m shook anew. He’s the crypt keeper y’all!!!! We put death itself in charge of health!!!!!!
November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Definitely doesn't look like a guy who put on a suit in between coke binges
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This gave Rupi Kaur the ick
Real eyes realize real lies
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?

by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Evangelical pastor thinks faith healing could cure most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Star Trek character: of course I've read the greats--Tolstoy, Faulkner, Nuzzi, Kah'mor son of Drang
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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If House Democrats have any sense, they'll put together a "contract with America" kind of a document, saying exactly what they will do if they get the majority in next year's election, at a "impeach this guy, specifically" level of granularity.
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
‘nother Nuzzi excerpt dropped
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Are we sure Nuzzi doesn't also have a brain worm?
when the full Olivia Nuzzi book streets Bluesky is going to collectively experience something akin to the ecstasies of the Bacchae
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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It’d be a shame if his liver was pecked out for eternity
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It’d be a shame if his liver was pecked out for eternity
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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my wired subscription continues to be a good use of $6/year
NEW from me: a new report found that national resistance to data centers skyrocketed between March and June of this year—especially in red states like Georgia and Indiana:
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
www.wired.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Mods! Mods!
November 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Screenshotting this to use as my birthday post henceforth
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]

🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM