Ron Hogan
@ronhogan.bsky.social
He wrote Our Endless & Proper Work (Belt Publishing, 2021), based on his "Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives" newsletter.
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when a man’s paycheck depends on not understanding something
it's hard to reconcile the international consequences of the Epstein files with how many reactionary centrists seem to want to downplay the files
February 6, 2026 at 1:25 AM
when a man’s paycheck depends on not understanding something
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Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
February 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
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"Manufactured (Age Of) Consent" by Noam Chomsky and Dinesh D'Souza
February 5, 2026 at 11:54 PM
"Manufactured (Age Of) Consent" by Noam Chomsky and Dinesh D'Souza
You think, as the ad starts, you might be able to guess what Parker is hinting at about where it’s headed.
I guarantee you will not guess.
I guarantee you will not guess.
The end of this ad is truly amazing youtu.be/EIz6B7aGC2E?...
February 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
You think, as the ad starts, you might be able to guess what Parker is hinting at about where it’s headed.
I guarantee you will not guess.
I guarantee you will not guess.
The two best whiskey distillers in the country secretly pine for each other.
Peated Rivalry.
Peated Rivalry.
The two best soccer players in the country secretly pine for each other.
Cleated Rivalry
Cleated Rivalry
The two best tailors in the country secretly pine for each other.
Pleated Rivalry
Pleated Rivalry
February 5, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The two best whiskey distillers in the country secretly pine for each other.
Peated Rivalry.
Peated Rivalry.
I had a dream last night where I ran into @scalzi.com at a bookstore the day after a science fiction convention & after he bought what he was looking for we went out to the parking lot looking for his car, but my heels had popped out of my sneakers as we walked & they were about to fall off my feet.
February 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I had a dream last night where I ran into @scalzi.com at a bookstore the day after a science fiction convention & after he bought what he was looking for we went out to the parking lot looking for his car, but my heels had popped out of my sneakers as we walked & they were about to fall off my feet.
Notably, Barry Josephson pivots to “how do we get rid of poor people” immediately after assuring Epstein that he’ll try to get a 16-year-old girl a part in his friend’s movie as a favor to Epstein.
Hollywood producer Barry Josephson to Jeffrey Epstein:
“I've been thinking a lot about that question that you asked bill gates 'how do we get rid of poor people as a whole'"
“I've been thinking a lot about that question that you asked bill gates 'how do we get rid of poor people as a whole'"
February 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Notably, Barry Josephson pivots to “how do we get rid of poor people” immediately after assuring Epstein that he’ll try to get a 16-year-old girl a part in his friend’s movie as a favor to Epstein.
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And it’s not an accident that these are all the “center right” opinion havers
Centrism is the same shady moral ground that makes child rape socially excusable
Centrism is the same shady moral ground that makes child rape socially excusable
February 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
And it’s not an accident that these are all the “center right” opinion havers
Centrism is the same shady moral ground that makes child rape socially excusable
Centrism is the same shady moral ground that makes child rape socially excusable
I’d probably drop The Long Riders so I could fit in the original 3:10 to Yuma, substitute Winchester ‘73 for The Naked Spur, and limit myself to one Peckinpah (which some days might even be Ride the High Country) so I could fit in a Sergio Leone flick.
But it’s a solid list, no question.
But it’s a solid list, no question.
Top 10 Westerns
Rio Bravo
The Wild Bunch
My Darling Clementine
The Naked Spur
The Tall T
Johnny Guitar
The Searchers
Forty Guns
The Long Riders
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
(last two are personal favorites from childhood, despite their faults)
Rio Bravo
The Wild Bunch
My Darling Clementine
The Naked Spur
The Tall T
Johnny Guitar
The Searchers
Forty Guns
The Long Riders
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
(last two are personal favorites from childhood, despite their faults)
Top Ten Westerns (alphabetical)
Aferim!
Black God, White Devil
The Devil’s Doorway
Forty Guns
Little Big Man
McCabe and Mrs Miller
Once Upon a Time in the West
Ride the High Country
Ulzana’s Raid
The Wild Bunch
Aferim!
Black God, White Devil
The Devil’s Doorway
Forty Guns
Little Big Man
McCabe and Mrs Miller
Once Upon a Time in the West
Ride the High Country
Ulzana’s Raid
The Wild Bunch
February 5, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I’d probably drop The Long Riders so I could fit in the original 3:10 to Yuma, substitute Winchester ‘73 for The Naked Spur, and limit myself to one Peckinpah (which some days might even be Ride the High Country) so I could fit in a Sergio Leone flick.
But it’s a solid list, no question.
But it’s a solid list, no question.
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Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
Goddammit, @schumer.senate.gov, stop being such a coward.
What we want is no ICE. If you can’t deliver that, you can at least fight for no masks.
What we want is no ICE. If you can’t deliver that, you can at least fight for no masks.
Masks might still be OK in "extraordinary and unusual circumstances," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
No, masks are never okay.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
No, masks are never okay.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
Democrats Ease Up On 1 Of Their Biggest ICE Demands
Masks might still be OK in "extraordinary and unusual circumstances," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
www.huffpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Goddammit, @schumer.senate.gov, stop being such a coward.
What we want is no ICE. If you can’t deliver that, you can at least fight for no masks.
What we want is no ICE. If you can’t deliver that, you can at least fight for no masks.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
6/ The Post has lost over 375,000 subscribers in just over a year. If 10% of those readers subscribed to The 51st instead, we could hire 10 reporters and five editors, dramatically scaling our coverage of the city at this critical time. 51st.news/signup
Lord knows, when a newspaper is committed to “positioning ourselves to become more essential to people's lives,” the first and smartest move is to gut the one section focused daily on the most passionate interests of many of their readers and switch to “big picture” stories once every few weeks.
Murray says the Post will be closing the sports department “in its current form.” The paper plans to retain several reporters to join features and cover sports as a “cultural and societal phenomenon,” and will have a few employees on its print sports section.
February 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Lord knows, when a newspaper is committed to “positioning ourselves to become more essential to people's lives,” the first and smartest move is to gut the one section focused daily on the most passionate interests of many of their readers and switch to “big picture” stories once every few weeks.
“Fucking Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean,” by Thou
February 4, 2026 at 5:49 AM
“Fucking Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean,” by Thou
“If you’re moved to ask around,” Lorin Stein tells Michael Wolff, who he’s just asked to recommend a lawyer for Stephen Elliott to sue Moira Donegan, “I’d ask that you please leave my name out of it.”
And that’s BEFORE Wolff gets the bright idea to see if Epstein might bankroll such a project.
And that’s BEFORE Wolff gets the bright idea to see if Epstein might bankroll such a project.
To give u an idea of how powerful men protect each other, remember Moira Donegan's "Shitty Men in Media" list? Here are former Paris Review Editor Lorin Stein (who got fired for being named), Michael Wolff, & Epstein discussing backing Stephen Eliott to supress MeToo
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 AM
“If you’re moved to ask around,” Lorin Stein tells Michael Wolff, who he’s just asked to recommend a lawyer for Stephen Elliott to sue Moira Donegan, “I’d ask that you please leave my name out of it.”
And that’s BEFORE Wolff gets the bright idea to see if Epstein might bankroll such a project.
And that’s BEFORE Wolff gets the bright idea to see if Epstein might bankroll such a project.
They ought never have given Oedipus that official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle he asked for for Christmas; just look how THAT turned out.
February 4, 2026 at 2:55 AM
They ought never have given Oedipus that official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle he asked for for Christmas; just look how THAT turned out.
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The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
The mission statement on this guy’s church’s website begins “Our theological vision is rooted deeply in the heritage of Christendom.”
Christendom, not Christ. Tells you everything you need to know about him.
(“This guy” being the racist in the screenshot, NOT Bonhoeffer’s Child. He’s cool.)
Christendom, not Christ. Tells you everything you need to know about him.
(“This guy” being the racist in the screenshot, NOT Bonhoeffer’s Child. He’s cool.)
We've now officially reached the moment when Christian Nationalists openly say that black and brown people are conspiring against whites and that it is a sign of the end-times.
When your eschatology is based on race and dominance, it doesn't look ahead to Christ. It looks ahead to hell.
When your eschatology is based on race and dominance, it doesn't look ahead to Christ. It looks ahead to hell.
February 3, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The mission statement on this guy’s church’s website begins “Our theological vision is rooted deeply in the heritage of Christendom.”
Christendom, not Christ. Tells you everything you need to know about him.
(“This guy” being the racist in the screenshot, NOT Bonhoeffer’s Child. He’s cool.)
Christendom, not Christ. Tells you everything you need to know about him.
(“This guy” being the racist in the screenshot, NOT Bonhoeffer’s Child. He’s cool.)
I mean, if you’re going to pretend to have been moved by a book I wrote*, you could at LEAST make the effort not to send me the “[insert personal anecdote]” draft.
*I didn’t even write the whole thing! Just one short essay!
*I didn’t even write the whole thing! Just one short essay!
![The email reads, in part, “Reading Fic immediately reminded me of my own experiences with passionate fan communities and the transformative power of storytelling. I remembered [insert personal anecdote about discovering fanfiction, participating in a fan community, or seeing creative work flourish]…”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2xgp4kk2dgznqum5sro4dkuq/bafkreiaxthtysfa5xdcishxnsqrkwbzp3avzqfr5ksetenp7xpbaoivdsm@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I mean, if you’re going to pretend to have been moved by a book I wrote*, you could at LEAST make the effort not to send me the “[insert personal anecdote]” draft.
*I didn’t even write the whole thing! Just one short essay!
*I didn’t even write the whole thing! Just one short essay!
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"Don't record video at the protest where we're burning dumpsters" is at the most an equally strong claim to "don't burn dumpsters at the protest where we're recording video," and in reality a much weaker claim because recording ICE is useful and burning a dumpster is dumb shit.
I admit, I don't really see the point of setting a dumpster on fire at a protest, but I especially don't understand the point in setting a dumpster on fire at a protest and expecting to keep it secret.
If random masked men are setting fires in your community, I think you should feel free to film them. Especially if dozens of other people and several national news crews are filming them. They are not "allies," they're arsonists. Grow up.
February 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
"Don't record video at the protest where we're burning dumpsters" is at the most an equally strong claim to "don't burn dumpsters at the protest where we're recording video," and in reality a much weaker claim because recording ICE is useful and burning a dumpster is dumb shit.
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I’m seeing far too many people trying to somehow blame Jews and/or Israel as being the masterminds behind Jeffrey Epstein and his trafficking network. And, like, seriously, fuck off.
February 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
I’m seeing far too many people trying to somehow blame Jews and/or Israel as being the masterminds behind Jeffrey Epstein and his trafficking network. And, like, seriously, fuck off.
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Whistles are highly effective for both community defense and alerting people to the fact that there's an existential risk in their communities. If you are not centering the people who are fearing for their lives. families, and communities, I am not interested in whatever you have to say.
February 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Whistles are highly effective for both community defense and alerting people to the fact that there's an existential risk in their communities. If you are not centering the people who are fearing for their lives. families, and communities, I am not interested in whatever you have to say.
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A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
“What good is it if someone claims to have faith but does not have works?”
Nothing against thoughts and prayers, but God wants more from us than just our love & attention; God also wants us to love our neighbors as ourselves—and expects us to put some backbone into it.
quaker.org/2026/02/02/t...
Nothing against thoughts and prayers, but God wants more from us than just our love & attention; God also wants us to love our neighbors as ourselves—and expects us to put some backbone into it.
quaker.org/2026/02/02/t...
February 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
“What good is it if someone claims to have faith but does not have works?”
Nothing against thoughts and prayers, but God wants more from us than just our love & attention; God also wants us to love our neighbors as ourselves—and expects us to put some backbone into it.
quaker.org/2026/02/02/t...
Nothing against thoughts and prayers, but God wants more from us than just our love & attention; God also wants us to love our neighbors as ourselves—and expects us to put some backbone into it.
quaker.org/2026/02/02/t...
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Instead of going "qanon was right, but about the wrong people" or "the conspiracies were correct except for who was doing it" or such, actually look up the definition of DARVO.
Those letters, they actually mean something.
Think: DARVO with the budget of a nation state
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
Those letters, they actually mean something.
Think: DARVO with the budget of a nation state
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
DARVO - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Instead of going "qanon was right, but about the wrong people" or "the conspiracies were correct except for who was doing it" or such, actually look up the definition of DARVO.
Those letters, they actually mean something.
Think: DARVO with the budget of a nation state
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
Those letters, they actually mean something.
Think: DARVO with the budget of a nation state
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO