Chris Braunsdorf
@vslacks.bsky.social
I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round.
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
October 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
The last stanza of Auden’s poem “September 1, 1939”beautifully captures this view.
October 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The last stanza of Auden’s poem “September 1, 1939”beautifully captures this view.
Certainly true for many of us. @radiofreetom.bsky.social
(Entry #2098 in The Annals of Unfortunate Truncations)
(Entry #2098 in The Annals of Unfortunate Truncations)
September 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Certainly true for many of us. @radiofreetom.bsky.social
(Entry #2098 in The Annals of Unfortunate Truncations)
(Entry #2098 in The Annals of Unfortunate Truncations)
This sign after security at the Milwaukee airport always makes me smile.
September 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This sign after security at the Milwaukee airport always makes me smile.
Narcissist ≠ NPD
But Trump meets every single diagnostic criteria for the full blown disorder. And it’s reconfirmed on a daily basis. His rigidity and inflexibility are clear signs that this is not just a personality trait, but a disorder.
But Trump meets every single diagnostic criteria for the full blown disorder. And it’s reconfirmed on a daily basis. His rigidity and inflexibility are clear signs that this is not just a personality trait, but a disorder.
September 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Narcissist ≠ NPD
But Trump meets every single diagnostic criteria for the full blown disorder. And it’s reconfirmed on a daily basis. His rigidity and inflexibility are clear signs that this is not just a personality trait, but a disorder.
But Trump meets every single diagnostic criteria for the full blown disorder. And it’s reconfirmed on a daily basis. His rigidity and inflexibility are clear signs that this is not just a personality trait, but a disorder.
Look, I told you I’m not in love!
(Well, maybe on Fridays)
(Well, maybe on Fridays)
August 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Look, I told you I’m not in love!
(Well, maybe on Fridays)
(Well, maybe on Fridays)
I wrote this 6 months ago and here we are.
August 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I wrote this 6 months ago and here we are.
Marc Andreessen bears more than a passing resemblance.
July 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Marc Andreessen bears more than a passing resemblance.
The irrational optimism of youth.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
June 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The irrational optimism of youth.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
And the inspiration for the disturbing “Figure With Meat” by Francis Bacon. FWM was one of my college roommate’s favorite paintings. At one point he hung it on our door. And FWM is the one painting that The Joker (Jack Nicholson) chooses to save during his museum rampage in the 1989 Batman movie.
June 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
And the inspiration for the disturbing “Figure With Meat” by Francis Bacon. FWM was one of my college roommate’s favorite paintings. At one point he hung it on our door. And FWM is the one painting that The Joker (Jack Nicholson) chooses to save during his museum rampage in the 1989 Batman movie.
Narcissist vs Narcissist
June 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Narcissist vs Narcissist
Narcissist vs Narcissist
June 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Narcissist vs Narcissist
Ah, “What Color Is Your Parachute?” To this day, “I speak the language of men, machinery, and management” is a catch phrase for my wife and me.
May 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Ah, “What Color Is Your Parachute?” To this day, “I speak the language of men, machinery, and management” is a catch phrase for my wife and me.
One of the diagnostic criteria for narcissistic personality disorder is a belief that only other “high status” people matter.
May 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One of the diagnostic criteria for narcissistic personality disorder is a belief that only other “high status” people matter.
The average American has three friends.
May 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The average American has three friends.
Deep diving this afternoon on the Edo period in Japanese history. Came across this battle. I know it’s pronounced differently in Japanese, but read as an English word, it’s quite direct. When the Battle of Imafuku begins, you’re about to get fucked.
April 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Deep diving this afternoon on the Edo period in Japanese history. Came across this battle. I know it’s pronounced differently in Japanese, but read as an English word, it’s quite direct. When the Battle of Imafuku begins, you’re about to get fucked.
JFC, NYT. Hits his stride?
April 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
JFC, NYT. Hits his stride?
