Henry Thoreau's brother, too!
Tetanus was everywhere.
Tetanus was everywhere.
February 17, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Henry Thoreau's brother, too!
Tetanus was everywhere.
Tetanus was everywhere.
My own bewilderment somehow reminding me of Thoreau’s sense in _A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers_ (1849) of the “miracle that poetry is written at all”: “It is not recoverable thought, but a hue caught from a vaster receding thought.”
February 15, 2026 at 8:47 PM
My own bewilderment somehow reminding me of Thoreau’s sense in _A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers_ (1849) of the “miracle that poetry is written at all”: “It is not recoverable thought, but a hue caught from a vaster receding thought.”
Henry David Thoreau's brother died after cutting himself shaving.
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Henry David Thoreau's brother died after cutting himself shaving.
You’ve heard of Thoreau’s “mass of men lead[ing] lives of quiet desperation,”
Now get ready for SV types leading lives of Loud Desperation, oh my god they won’t shut up about how desperate they are!
Seriously feels like local expression of broader sentiment that everyone’s spinning their wheels rn
Now get ready for SV types leading lives of Loud Desperation, oh my god they won’t shut up about how desperate they are!
Seriously feels like local expression of broader sentiment that everyone’s spinning their wheels rn
Thing is, if the tools are building anything truly worth a damn, people would be obsessively talking about what they've built.
This feels like cargo-cult productivity at best. The Pokemon Go of hustle culture.
Show, don't tell. If agents are so great, the results should speak for themselves.
This feels like cargo-cult productivity at best. The Pokemon Go of hustle culture.
Show, don't tell. If agents are so great, the results should speak for themselves.
Token Anxiety
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
February 15, 2026 at 7:56 PM
You’ve heard of Thoreau’s “mass of men lead[ing] lives of quiet desperation,”
Now get ready for SV types leading lives of Loud Desperation, oh my god they won’t shut up about how desperate they are!
Seriously feels like local expression of broader sentiment that everyone’s spinning their wheels rn
Now get ready for SV types leading lives of Loud Desperation, oh my god they won’t shut up about how desperate they are!
Seriously feels like local expression of broader sentiment that everyone’s spinning their wheels rn
I’m old enough to remember that Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” had something to do with the same topic
February 5, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I’m old enough to remember that Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” had something to do with the same topic
Me: Chomsky explicitly said he wasn't an Anarchist
Them: No, he didn't, he was an Anarcho-Syndicalist
From "The Relevance of Anarcho-Syndicalism"
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Peter Jay
July 25, 1976:
Them: No, he didn't, he was an Anarcho-Syndicalist
From "The Relevance of Anarcho-Syndicalism"
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Peter Jay
July 25, 1976:
![QUESTION: It’s clear that the fundamental idea of anarchism is the primacy of the individual — not necessarily in isolation, but with other individuals — and the fulfillment of his freedom. This in a sense looks awfully like the founding ideas of the United States of America. What is it about the American experience which has made freedom as used in that tradition become a suspect and indeed a tainted phrase in the minds of anarchists and libertarian socialist thinkers like yourself?
CHOMSKY: Let me just say I don’t really regard myself as an anarchist thinker. I’m a derivative fellow traveler [of anarchism], let’s say. Anarchist thinkers have constantly referred to the American experience and to the ideal of Jeffersonian democracy very very favorably. You know, Jefferson’s concept that the best government is the government than governs least, or Thoreau’s addition to that, that the best government is the one that doesn’t govern at all, is one that’s often repeated by anarchist thinkers through modern times.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7jwknjxsycoyjimanmzi554e/bafkreiaqbne6iwf3pnjardsckvdlkale7lr4dzsedrpvp6lctctph2qnhe@jpeg)
February 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Me: Chomsky explicitly said he wasn't an Anarchist
Them: No, he didn't, he was an Anarcho-Syndicalist
From "The Relevance of Anarcho-Syndicalism"
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Peter Jay
July 25, 1976:
Them: No, he didn't, he was an Anarcho-Syndicalist
From "The Relevance of Anarcho-Syndicalism"
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Peter Jay
July 25, 1976:
This is the best non-news story you will read today; it's about Thoreau's cabin & new versions. Simplify, simplify (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/r...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/r...
They Went to the Woods Because They Wished to Live Deliberately
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:57 AM
This is the best non-news story you will read today; it's about Thoreau's cabin & new versions. Simplify, simplify (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/r...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/r...
in the world of Nominative Determinism, there is an article in the NYT about two brothers who built a replica of Thoreau's cabin, and the brothers are named Jasper and Satchel.
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
in the world of Nominative Determinism, there is an article in the NYT about two brothers who built a replica of Thoreau's cabin, and the brothers are named Jasper and Satchel.
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Prompted by Henry David Thoreau’s reported last words, this short story is a dark reimagining of his first trip to the Maine Woods—as he recalls an uncomfortably gruesome truth on his deathbed.
Moose. Indian.: A Dark Confession a.co/d/hkJCzwQ
#shortstory #Thoreau
Prompted by Henry David Thoreau’s reported last words, this short story is a dark reimagining of his first trip to the Maine Woods—as he recalls an uncomfortably gruesome truth on his deathbed.
Moose. Indian.: A Dark Confession a.co/d/hkJCzwQ
#shortstory #Thoreau
January 31, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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Prompted by Henry David Thoreau’s reported last words, this short story is a dark reimagining of his first trip to the Maine Woods—as he recalls an uncomfortably gruesome truth on his deathbed.
Moose. Indian.: A Dark Confession a.co/d/hkJCzwQ
#shortstory #Thoreau
Prompted by Henry David Thoreau’s reported last words, this short story is a dark reimagining of his first trip to the Maine Woods—as he recalls an uncomfortably gruesome truth on his deathbed.
Moose. Indian.: A Dark Confession a.co/d/hkJCzwQ
#shortstory #Thoreau
FREE Kindle Edition TODAY!
Prompted by Henry David Thoreau’s reported last words, this short story is a dark reimagining of his first trip to the Maine Woods—as he recalls an uncomfortably gruesome truth on his deathbed.
Moose. Indian.: A Dark Confession a.co/d/hkJCzwQ
Prompted by Henry David Thoreau’s reported last words, this short story is a dark reimagining of his first trip to the Maine Woods—as he recalls an uncomfortably gruesome truth on his deathbed.
Moose. Indian.: A Dark Confession a.co/d/hkJCzwQ
January 31, 2026 at 11:57 AM
FREE Kindle Edition TODAY!
Prompted by Henry David Thoreau’s reported last words, this short story is a dark reimagining of his first trip to the Maine Woods—as he recalls an uncomfortably gruesome truth on his deathbed.
Moose. Indian.: A Dark Confession a.co/d/hkJCzwQ
Prompted by Henry David Thoreau’s reported last words, this short story is a dark reimagining of his first trip to the Maine Woods—as he recalls an uncomfortably gruesome truth on his deathbed.
Moose. Indian.: A Dark Confession a.co/d/hkJCzwQ
Thoreau's mother comes to mind here
January 29, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Thoreau's mother comes to mind here
As always, see Thoreau's mum bringing him hot meals at Walden Pond
Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
As always, see Thoreau's mum bringing him hot meals at Walden Pond
Other Americas are available… #Walden: Paul Farley’s evocative dramatisation of #Thoreau’s classic memoir of paying attention & attempting to live lightly on the Earth. Stars the wonderful Matthew Needham. A huge pleasure to make this one. 3pm Sun 1 Feb @bbcradio4 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Walden
Henry David Thoreau's account of a year living in a cabin in the woods next to Walden Pond
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Other Americas are available… #Walden: Paul Farley’s evocative dramatisation of #Thoreau’s classic memoir of paying attention & attempting to live lightly on the Earth. Stars the wonderful Matthew Needham. A huge pleasure to make this one. 3pm Sun 1 Feb @bbcradio4 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
From The Saturday Review, Sept. 19, 1970.
January 27, 2026 at 2:43 PM
From The Saturday Review, Sept. 19, 1970.
I’ve never forgotten the realization that Henry David Thoreau’s communing with nature at Walden Pond was his living in a cabin on her property with her doing his laundry the entire time.
January 26, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I’ve never forgotten the realization that Henry David Thoreau’s communing with nature at Walden Pond was his living in a cabin on her property with her doing his laundry the entire time.
"If you are restricted in your range by poverty, if you cannot buy books and newspapers, for instance, you are but confined to the most significant and vital experiences. Money is not required to buy one necessity for the soul."
- Henry David Thoreau, 'Walden'
#BookChatweekly #booksky #Thoreau
- Henry David Thoreau, 'Walden'
#BookChatweekly #booksky #Thoreau
January 26, 2026 at 11:12 AM
"If you are restricted in your range by poverty, if you cannot buy books and newspapers, for instance, you are but confined to the most significant and vital experiences. Money is not required to buy one necessity for the soul."
- Henry David Thoreau, 'Walden'
#BookChatweekly #booksky #Thoreau
- Henry David Thoreau, 'Walden'
#BookChatweekly #booksky #Thoreau
It is a seemingly clueless take, but assume these are people who are unfamiliar with Gandhi, with the Civil Rights movement, unaware of civil disobedience as a concept (let alone Thoreau's essay) and John Lewis's formulation of good trouble.
Maybe this really is the state of 21st century education.
Maybe this really is the state of 21st century education.
January 26, 2026 at 3:08 AM
It is a seemingly clueless take, but assume these are people who are unfamiliar with Gandhi, with the Civil Rights movement, unaware of civil disobedience as a concept (let alone Thoreau's essay) and John Lewis's formulation of good trouble.
Maybe this really is the state of 21st century education.
Maybe this really is the state of 21st century education.
And for the Patriots in the room, there’s a direct line from MLK to Gandhi to Tolstoy and back to Thoreau. Nonviolence is as American as the pies that Thoreau’s mom baked for him while he wrote On Walden Pond.
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 PM
And for the Patriots in the room, there’s a direct line from MLK to Gandhi to Tolstoy and back to Thoreau. Nonviolence is as American as the pies that Thoreau’s mom baked for him while he wrote On Walden Pond.
Thank you so much for sharing Thoreau’s words🙏
Beautiful 💜
Beautiful 💜
January 25, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Thank you so much for sharing Thoreau’s words🙏
Beautiful 💜
Beautiful 💜
I am slowly reading through Thoreau's journals. It reminds me to allow the unfolding beauty of each season. To adopt its rhythms & to live in them more deeply.
January 23, 2026 at 12:53 AM
I am slowly reading through Thoreau's journals. It reminds me to allow the unfolding beauty of each season. To adopt its rhythms & to live in them more deeply.
A Thread
Back in the good old days, I used to teach a section to my English Composition students where they had to read the Declaration of Independence, Thoreau's On Civil Disobedience and King's Letter from Birmingham Jail. 1/4
Back in the good old days, I used to teach a section to my English Composition students where they had to read the Declaration of Independence, Thoreau's On Civil Disobedience and King's Letter from Birmingham Jail. 1/4
January 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
A Thread
Back in the good old days, I used to teach a section to my English Composition students where they had to read the Declaration of Independence, Thoreau's On Civil Disobedience and King's Letter from Birmingham Jail. 1/4
Back in the good old days, I used to teach a section to my English Composition students where they had to read the Declaration of Independence, Thoreau's On Civil Disobedience and King's Letter from Birmingham Jail. 1/4
@djownsfwart.bsky.social you did it! Thank you so much!!!! Is that supposed to be Henry David Thoreau's cock I'm licking?
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January 15, 2026 at 3:28 PM
@djownsfwart.bsky.social you did it! Thank you so much!!!! Is that supposed to be Henry David Thoreau's cock I'm licking?
Today, like nearly every day for the past year, is a good day to read Thoreau’s “Slavery in Massachusetts.”
“It is not an era of repose. We have used up all our inherited freedom. If we would save our lives, we must fight for them.”
“It is not an era of repose. We have used up all our inherited freedom. If we would save our lives, we must fight for them.”
January 14, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Today, like nearly every day for the past year, is a good day to read Thoreau’s “Slavery in Massachusetts.”
“It is not an era of repose. We have used up all our inherited freedom. If we would save our lives, we must fight for them.”
“It is not an era of repose. We have used up all our inherited freedom. If we would save our lives, we must fight for them.”
"Go not so far out of your way for a truer life; keep strictly onward in that path alone which your genius points out."
-From Thoreau's Journal; January 12, 1852.
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-From Thoreau's Journal; January 12, 1852.
#5amwritersclub #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity
January 12, 2026 at 12:11 PM
"Go not so far out of your way for a truer life; keep strictly onward in that path alone which your genius points out."
-From Thoreau's Journal; January 12, 1852.
#5amwritersclub #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity
-From Thoreau's Journal; January 12, 1852.
#5amwritersclub #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity
Snapshots of a day off spent hiking in the mountains and reading this lovely new edition of Thoreau's 'Winter Walk' prefaced and translated by @tconstantinesco.bsky.social! Thoreau's 'arctic summer,' but make it Alpine?
December 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Snapshots of a day off spent hiking in the mountains and reading this lovely new edition of Thoreau's 'Winter Walk' prefaced and translated by @tconstantinesco.bsky.social! Thoreau's 'arctic summer,' but make it Alpine?