Amazing thread. Prior to this, everything I knew about Kircher was from the Museum of Jurassic Technology. They didn’t say anything about dragons—this is next-level!
www.mjt.org/exhibits/kir...
www.mjt.org/exhibits/kir...
The World is Bound With Secret Knots
www.mjt.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Amazing thread. Prior to this, everything I knew about Kircher was from the Museum of Jurassic Technology. They didn’t say anything about dragons—this is next-level!
www.mjt.org/exhibits/kir...
www.mjt.org/exhibits/kir...
Maybe start with the language: www.oldenglishaerobics.net
Old English Aerobics
www.oldenglishaerobics.net
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Maybe start with the language: www.oldenglishaerobics.net
Ah the hazards of wordplay!
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ah the hazards of wordplay!
Such a complicated story—wild populations in Mexico now endangered while the urban LA populations are thriving, nesting in LA’s (also not-native) palm trees
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Such a complicated story—wild populations in Mexico now endangered while the urban LA populations are thriving, nesting in LA’s (also not-native) palm trees
Whatever happened to move fast and mend things?
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Whatever happened to move fast and mend things?
Sorry to do this, but didn’t the latest Epstein dump come from his executors?
November 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Sorry to do this, but didn’t the latest Epstein dump come from his executors?
It’s a time based race. Run out the clock in court + Flood the zone works faster than any legal remedy. Has trump paid a dollar to E Jean Carroll?
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It’s a time based race. Run out the clock in court + Flood the zone works faster than any legal remedy. Has trump paid a dollar to E Jean Carroll?
A good hype man is born not made. Get that kid a t-shirt cannon if you want to see someone come face to face with their true calling in life.
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A good hype man is born not made. Get that kid a t-shirt cannon if you want to see someone come face to face with their true calling in life.
Well the president and AG specified that they were only reopening investigations into Democrats, so there is no barrier to releasing files on any non-democrats.
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Well the president and AG specified that they were only reopening investigations into Democrats, so there is no barrier to releasing files on any non-democrats.
Was just asking someone when we’d get to “ambition checks ambition”
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Was just asking someone when we’d get to “ambition checks ambition”
Carrie Brownstein’s Hunger Makes a Modern Girl is a very good one in this category
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Carrie Brownstein’s Hunger Makes a Modern Girl is a very good one in this category
Underrated cat photo. This is perfection.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Underrated cat photo. This is perfection.
This document is likely to prove extremely helpful to leadership at other institutions on the receiving end of this bluff/shakedown/blitz play.
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This document is likely to prove extremely helpful to leadership at other institutions on the receiving end of this bluff/shakedown/blitz play.
Downcasting is literally what I was yammering on about to my uninterested family as we drove out of town in search of darker skies…and probably on the way back too
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Downcasting is literally what I was yammering on about to my uninterested family as we drove out of town in search of darker skies…and probably on the way back too
Tribalism yes. And also just a banal evergreen writer’s prompt to generate columnist content for lazy thinkers.
More kindly, generation talk is just a genre with it’s own fans, history, conventions, etc: who am I to tell people not to like what they like (I don’t judge friends’ trashy TV habits)
More kindly, generation talk is just a genre with it’s own fans, history, conventions, etc: who am I to tell people not to like what they like (I don’t judge friends’ trashy TV habits)
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Tribalism yes. And also just a banal evergreen writer’s prompt to generate columnist content for lazy thinkers.
More kindly, generation talk is just a genre with it’s own fans, history, conventions, etc: who am I to tell people not to like what they like (I don’t judge friends’ trashy TV habits)
More kindly, generation talk is just a genre with it’s own fans, history, conventions, etc: who am I to tell people not to like what they like (I don’t judge friends’ trashy TV habits)
Love that ED letter. Higginson at the Atlantic wasn’t exactly milquetoast either—he was one the “secret six” who funded John Brown’s raid
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Love that ED letter. Higginson at the Atlantic wasn’t exactly milquetoast either—he was one the “secret six” who funded John Brown’s raid
Had to look up malört. Appears to be a wormwood thing—so is the cocktail like a Swedish sazerac or something?
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Had to look up malört. Appears to be a wormwood thing—so is the cocktail like a Swedish sazerac or something?
Chotiner: ok, but first can you help me understand which of the statements you just made is a “insight”?
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Chotiner: ok, but first can you help me understand which of the statements you just made is a “insight”?
LRB and Bookforum also good alternatives
November 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
LRB and Bookforum also good alternatives
Way better than alternatives like civil war or no accountability or fascism keeps winning.
A fleshed out T&R plan should be a part of any Democratic platform for 26 and 28 imo.
A fleshed out T&R plan should be a part of any Democratic platform for 26 and 28 imo.
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Way better than alternatives like civil war or no accountability or fascism keeps winning.
A fleshed out T&R plan should be a part of any Democratic platform for 26 and 28 imo.
A fleshed out T&R plan should be a part of any Democratic platform for 26 and 28 imo.
That’s the second one I’ve seen now with the subject line radical breakthrough.
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
That’s the second one I’ve seen now with the subject line radical breakthrough.
On a mission from god
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
On a mission from god