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Chris in DC @chrisb2.bsky.social · 7h

check out Yuval Noah Harari's book Nexus. He talks about how the first big hit from the printing press was...Hammer of the Witch. He was like "it didn't make us smarter, it literally set off a 2 century witch hunting phase"

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Chris in DC @chrisb2.bsky.social · 11h

yeah I've seen a lot of handwringing from (our fellow) liberals and it's like, sorry, this is an unalloyed win. It's important to do that so the *endless* other criticisms of Trump hold some merit. Also, hate to say it, but Jared Kushner came out of nowhere and did the thing

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Chris in DC @chrisb2.bsky.social · 1d

same thought

Chris in DC @chrisb2.bsky.social · 1d

the stupid MNF doubleheader nonsense

Chris in DC @chrisb2.bsky.social · 1d

I have a weird relationship to Hemingway in that I find him neither impossibly difficult nor super compelling

Chris in DC @chrisb2.bsky.social · 1d

the Qataris are very good at that. They're a tiny little nation without even *that* much oil wealth who survive the shadows of the regional giants by playing every side of an issue successfully.

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Chris in DC @chrisb2.bsky.social · 2d

most people key on the obvious visuals - running around in a bathrobe, etc. But also thematically the random stoner caught in events way above his head, etc. Yeah, VERY Coens

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Chris in DC @chrisb2.bsky.social · 2d

for a movie that almost always moves at a breakneck speed del Toro's absolute Zen master is incredible. People compare Leo to the Dude but I think it's almost like PTA split the character in half

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Chris in DC @chrisb2.bsky.social · 2d

meh, I'm not mad at Schumann. We always give up scores early in games. It's how Kirby has always run his defense. I'm worried that our offense can't overcome that early deficit

Chris in DC @chrisb2.bsky.social · 2d

that's impressive as a batting average, much less a BAC

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Chris in DC @chrisb2.bsky.social · 2d

oooo