Timothy Taubes
@timothytaubes.bsky.social
Philosophy, History, Culture, Art, Books, Critical Analysis, #Resist
Oh, the weather outside is frightful
But the fire, it's so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
But the fire, it's so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
December 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Oh, the weather outside is frightful
But the fire, it's so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
But the fire, it's so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
I don't post music unless it's unusually exceptional. I saw these guys last year at the Bluenote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVr...
December 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I don't post music unless it's unusually exceptional. I saw these guys last year at the Bluenote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVr...
Wake me when it's over.
December 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Wake me when it's over.
The Second Fall of Rome
The Pre-Socratics had pretty much figured it all out. They articulated the universally valid laws of mathematics, geometry, and deduction; the laws upon which all human reason stands.
The Pre-Socratics had pretty much figured it all out. They articulated the universally valid laws of mathematics, geometry, and deduction; the laws upon which all human reason stands.
December 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Second Fall of Rome
The Pre-Socratics had pretty much figured it all out. They articulated the universally valid laws of mathematics, geometry, and deduction; the laws upon which all human reason stands.
The Pre-Socratics had pretty much figured it all out. They articulated the universally valid laws of mathematics, geometry, and deduction; the laws upon which all human reason stands.
Frederic Taubes (1900-1981) Poster for war bonds 1942
December 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Frederic Taubes (1900-1981) Poster for war bonds 1942
Power is not about the size or number of bombs.
Power is human beings working together to achieve a goal.
At the battle of Salamis Themistocles defeated the massively superior Persian fleet by luring the Persian vessels into the straits where they were outmaneuvered by the swift Greek ships.
Power is human beings working together to achieve a goal.
At the battle of Salamis Themistocles defeated the massively superior Persian fleet by luring the Persian vessels into the straits where they were outmaneuvered by the swift Greek ships.
December 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Power is not about the size or number of bombs.
Power is human beings working together to achieve a goal.
At the battle of Salamis Themistocles defeated the massively superior Persian fleet by luring the Persian vessels into the straits where they were outmaneuvered by the swift Greek ships.
Power is human beings working together to achieve a goal.
At the battle of Salamis Themistocles defeated the massively superior Persian fleet by luring the Persian vessels into the straits where they were outmaneuvered by the swift Greek ships.
Whether primitive humans were, “brutish,” or, “noble savages,” modern human social stratification starts as a deliberate choice in a condition among equals. Neither Hobbes nor Rousseau, but Locke. The condition in which humankind first begins to exercise contingent choice.
December 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Whether primitive humans were, “brutish,” or, “noble savages,” modern human social stratification starts as a deliberate choice in a condition among equals. Neither Hobbes nor Rousseau, but Locke. The condition in which humankind first begins to exercise contingent choice.
The president is the vestigial member of absolutism. Instead of deriving power from providence, the president is delivered power from an equally problematic source- the general will- a philosophical fallacy. Co-existence and absolute independence are incompatible concepts.
December 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The president is the vestigial member of absolutism. Instead of deriving power from providence, the president is delivered power from an equally problematic source- the general will- a philosophical fallacy. Co-existence and absolute independence are incompatible concepts.
Stalin's purges in the 1930's eliminated his political rivals and the cadre of top military officers leaving the Soviet army woefully unprepared when Hitler invaded Russia. Stalin's revolutionary comrade, Voroshilov, upbraided Stalin in front of the entire politburo...and lived to tell about it.
December 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Stalin's purges in the 1930's eliminated his political rivals and the cadre of top military officers leaving the Soviet army woefully unprepared when Hitler invaded Russia. Stalin's revolutionary comrade, Voroshilov, upbraided Stalin in front of the entire politburo...and lived to tell about it.
Trump blames everything that's wrong on Biden.
And in a way he's right.
Things are so bad now because Biden let Trump get away with Jan 6.
And in a way he's right.
Things are so bad now because Biden let Trump get away with Jan 6.
December 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Trump blames everything that's wrong on Biden.
And in a way he's right.
Things are so bad now because Biden let Trump get away with Jan 6.
And in a way he's right.
Things are so bad now because Biden let Trump get away with Jan 6.
CIVIL DEMOCRACY
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
December 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
CIVIL DEMOCRACY
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
Humans have found ways to calibrate, count, and accumulate, the passing of events since the beginning of time…pun intended! The earliest sundials date from the fourth millennium BC. The water clock came (by ancient standards) soon thereafter.
December 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Humans have found ways to calibrate, count, and accumulate, the passing of events since the beginning of time…pun intended! The earliest sundials date from the fourth millennium BC. The water clock came (by ancient standards) soon thereafter.
Primitive humans, in their early nomadic existence, walked upon the earth with nothing permanent to guide them but the stars. They gazed at the twinkling firmament and saw a celestial dome mapped out like the paintings on a cave wall.
December 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Primitive humans, in their early nomadic existence, walked upon the earth with nothing permanent to guide them but the stars. They gazed at the twinkling firmament and saw a celestial dome mapped out like the paintings on a cave wall.
@profgalloway.com
Your comments on the downside of AI are spot on.
Standardization of technology leads to conformity of behavior. Conformity of behavior ends with the loss of autonomous thinking.
Your comments on the downside of AI are spot on.
Standardization of technology leads to conformity of behavior. Conformity of behavior ends with the loss of autonomous thinking.
December 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@profgalloway.com
Your comments on the downside of AI are spot on.
Standardization of technology leads to conformity of behavior. Conformity of behavior ends with the loss of autonomous thinking.
Your comments on the downside of AI are spot on.
Standardization of technology leads to conformity of behavior. Conformity of behavior ends with the loss of autonomous thinking.
CIVIL DEMOCRACY
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
December 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
CIVIL DEMOCRACY
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
Vertical checks & balances not horizontal among a higher echelon of power
1 house legislature/term limits/biennial elections
Executive council with rotating chair
Independent department of judication
No party role in national politics
Public Oversight
Civil bureaucracy
NO PRESIDENT
A moderate and unbiased account of Jihad and Shariah law. Muhammad Asad (born Leopold Weiss) was a Viennese Jew who converted to Islam and became the most important scholar of Islamic law in the 20th century. Asad was an aide to Ibn Saud, founder and first king of Saudi Arabia. (MBS's granduncle)
December 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A moderate and unbiased account of Jihad and Shariah law. Muhammad Asad (born Leopold Weiss) was a Viennese Jew who converted to Islam and became the most important scholar of Islamic law in the 20th century. Asad was an aide to Ibn Saud, founder and first king of Saudi Arabia. (MBS's granduncle)
The president is the vestigial member of absolutism. Instead of deriving power from providence, the president is delivered power from an equally problematic source- the general will.
December 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The president is the vestigial member of absolutism. Instead of deriving power from providence, the president is delivered power from an equally problematic source- the general will.
Fascism reduces every human being as a means to an end.
Liberal democracy elevates every human being as an end in themselves.
Liberal democracy elevates every human being as an end in themselves.
December 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Fascism reduces every human being as a means to an end.
Liberal democracy elevates every human being as an end in themselves.
Liberal democracy elevates every human being as an end in themselves.
Eternal Recurrence and Rectilinear Time
Eternal recurrence and rectilinear time exist side-by-side in different dimensions. Eternal recurrence is in tune with the rhythm of the universe. The return of day and night. The cycle of the seasons. Life, death, and rebirth.
Eternal recurrence and rectilinear time exist side-by-side in different dimensions. Eternal recurrence is in tune with the rhythm of the universe. The return of day and night. The cycle of the seasons. Life, death, and rebirth.
December 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Eternal Recurrence and Rectilinear Time
Eternal recurrence and rectilinear time exist side-by-side in different dimensions. Eternal recurrence is in tune with the rhythm of the universe. The return of day and night. The cycle of the seasons. Life, death, and rebirth.
Eternal recurrence and rectilinear time exist side-by-side in different dimensions. Eternal recurrence is in tune with the rhythm of the universe. The return of day and night. The cycle of the seasons. Life, death, and rebirth.
Simmered at low heat for hours
December 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Simmered at low heat for hours