Jason S. Canon
@uncanonical.net
Peripatetic American in Cambridge. PhD work on empathy and democracy.
Today in “clinical psychopath or MAGA star?”
January 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Today in “clinical psychopath or MAGA star?”
New favorite case study against long copyrights: whatever this cover is doing for $46.18.
January 4, 2026 at 6:27 PM
New favorite case study against long copyrights: whatever this cover is doing for $46.18.
“…we are ending 2025 with every major social media platform fully or partially controlled by Trump-friendly US billionaires”
@felipedlh.bsky.social for @theverge.com
@felipedlh.bsky.social for @theverge.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“…we are ending 2025 with every major social media platform fully or partially controlled by Trump-friendly US billionaires”
@felipedlh.bsky.social for @theverge.com
@felipedlh.bsky.social for @theverge.com
An easy way to reduce narcissism in politics: empower more women.
@adamgrant.bsky.social in the NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
@adamgrant.bsky.social in the NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
December 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
An easy way to reduce narcissism in politics: empower more women.
@adamgrant.bsky.social in the NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
@adamgrant.bsky.social in the NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Trump is guilty of many crimes. Among the worst: this typographical atrocity.
December 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Trump is guilty of many crimes. Among the worst: this typographical atrocity.
Christmastime in England
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Christmastime in England
Now this is an abstract.
December 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Now this is an abstract.
Put this, from @hannahritchie.bsky.social, on my tombstone.
December 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Put this, from @hannahritchie.bsky.social, on my tombstone.
Next stop: imaginary numbers
December 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Next stop: imaginary numbers
The things you stumble upon here.
December 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The things you stumble upon here.
Only thing left worth stealing is too big to carry.
December 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Only thing left worth stealing is too big to carry.
Louvre pulling out all the stops for this exhibition of book covers.
December 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Louvre pulling out all the stops for this exhibition of book covers.
Next week! Join @jacobtlevy.bsky.social’s talk at Jesus College, Cambridge.
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Next week! Join @jacobtlevy.bsky.social’s talk at Jesus College, Cambridge.
A society so intellectual that an economist's op-ed on another economist's tax policy gets a news alert.
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A society so intellectual that an economist's op-ed on another economist's tax policy gets a news alert.
With any luck, we'll look back on this era and wonder why the hell we allowed this to happen.
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
With any luck, we'll look back on this era and wonder why the hell we allowed this to happen.
Need something life-affirming? Allow me to recommend Perfect Days (2023), a meditation on life and beauty and public sanitation infrastructure.
Don't watch the trailer. Don't expect intense plotting. Do watch through the end of the credits.
Don't watch the trailer. Don't expect intense plotting. Do watch through the end of the credits.
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Need something life-affirming? Allow me to recommend Perfect Days (2023), a meditation on life and beauty and public sanitation infrastructure.
Don't watch the trailer. Don't expect intense plotting. Do watch through the end of the credits.
Don't watch the trailer. Don't expect intense plotting. Do watch through the end of the credits.
No amount of bolding will save this company’s name.
October 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
No amount of bolding will save this company’s name.
A happy change: my article on Rousseau’s three general wills is now open access at the Review of Politics. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A happy change: my article on Rousseau’s three general wills is now open access at the Review of Politics. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Humans are the only animals known to weep emotionally.
But we now know that doggos get teary when reunited with their humans. 🥺
But we now know that doggos get teary when reunited with their humans. 🥺
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Humans are the only animals known to weep emotionally.
But we now know that doggos get teary when reunited with their humans. 🥺
But we now know that doggos get teary when reunited with their humans. 🥺
I hear that it’s nearly impossible to unsubscribe
October 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I hear that it’s nearly impossible to unsubscribe
What kind of society can’t discuss courtesy without legality?
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What kind of society can’t discuss courtesy without legality?
Try as I might, can’t escape concussionball.
October 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Try as I might, can’t escape concussionball.