Brian Napier
@brianjnapier.bsky.social
Aiming at grateful and curious and awe-struck.
I don't think anyone from this era will bring entertainment value close to their earnings except Steph.
December 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I don't think anyone from this era will bring entertainment value close to their earnings except Steph.
A compelling case for the responsibility not to relinquish one's responsibility. How to do it humbly and when is not clear to me.
It's hard to love our neighbors, and especially when they act like our enemies.
But I like this call to do so and want to think more about it.
It's hard to love our neighbors, and especially when they act like our enemies.
But I like this call to do so and want to think more about it.
A new essay, in which I engage with a key idea from my friend and colleague David Dark. We have a responsibility not to relinquish our responsibility. I’d love to hear what you think, & if you enjoy this, please share. Thank you!
https://daviddault.substack.com/p/institutional-rationality
https://daviddault.substack.com/p/institutional-rationality
Institutional rationality
We might imagine that systems can think. We must remember they cannot.
daviddault.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A compelling case for the responsibility not to relinquish one's responsibility. How to do it humbly and when is not clear to me.
It's hard to love our neighbors, and especially when they act like our enemies.
But I like this call to do so and want to think more about it.
It's hard to love our neighbors, and especially when they act like our enemies.
But I like this call to do so and want to think more about it.
Well, that's interesting.
www.espn.com/college-foot...
www.espn.com/college-foot...
Northwestern 22-21 Penn State (Oct 11, 2025) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the Northwestern Wildcats vs. Penn State Nittany Lions NCAAF game, final score 22-21, from October 11, 2025 on ESPN.
www.espn.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Well, that's interesting.
www.espn.com/college-foot...
www.espn.com/college-foot...
Almost like there’s a reason that 8 were “surveilled” rather than 40.
I managed to conceive of a reason Jack Smith might want call logs for GOP senators that isn't rooted in Joe Biden "weaponizing" the government.
www.pbump.net/o/dethawing-...
www.pbump.net/o/dethawing-...
October 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Almost like there’s a reason that 8 were “surveilled” rather than 40.
If you like amazing, or if you like beautiful, or even if you just like grateful, Yasmin Williams is here for you. But why wouldn't you like all three?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-z...
Yasmin Williams: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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September 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
If you like amazing, or if you like beautiful, or even if you just like grateful, Yasmin Williams is here for you. But why wouldn't you like all three?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-z...
I don't see how this makes us safer.
On the new acting CDC director. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
August 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I don't see how this makes us safer.
This is a great piece at the beginning, with reflections on marriage, and the end, with the referral to Ryan Davis.
I appreciate it, Tommy.
Someone to sit with open.substack.com/pub/tommytom...
I appreciate it, Tommy.
Someone to sit with open.substack.com/pub/tommytom...
Someone to sit with
So I’ve been laid up for almost six weeks now with a knee problem that is taking its own sweet time healing.
open.substack.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is a great piece at the beginning, with reflections on marriage, and the end, with the referral to Ryan Davis.
I appreciate it, Tommy.
Someone to sit with open.substack.com/pub/tommytom...
I appreciate it, Tommy.
Someone to sit with open.substack.com/pub/tommytom...
If @colbertlateshow.bsky.social isn't around, where will we find stuff like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJrU...
“Eye Know” - De La Soul (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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July 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
If @colbertlateshow.bsky.social isn't around, where will we find stuff like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJrU...
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tfw you're reading an old Russian book and somebody sets up the samovar and you think wow my culture sucks and will suck forever until we learn to get down with that samovar life
June 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
tfw you're reading an old Russian book and somebody sets up the samovar and you think wow my culture sucks and will suck forever until we learn to get down with that samovar life
Tripped up because I guess Tommy Helms never got in at first base?
But the number of Reds catchers with 100 rbi is probably pretty small, so I wouldn't have stayed under 10 anyway.
But the number of Reds catchers with 100 rbi is probably pretty small, so I wouldn't have stayed under 10 anyway.
June 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Tripped up because I guess Tommy Helms never got in at first base?
But the number of Reds catchers with 100 rbi is probably pretty small, so I wouldn't have stayed under 10 anyway.
But the number of Reds catchers with 100 rbi is probably pretty small, so I wouldn't have stayed under 10 anyway.
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LFG!
Win this one for Granville
Win this one for Granville
June 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
LFG!
Win this one for Granville
Win this one for Granville
That's really interesting. I can't argue with it.
I think though that the source for some generally-accepted thoughts that are not true might be difficult to identify.
And the one who once told me this might just be repeating it with an entirely different set of motivations and assumptions.
I think though that the source for some generally-accepted thoughts that are not true might be difficult to identify.
And the one who once told me this might just be repeating it with an entirely different set of motivations and assumptions.
and there's an interesting corollary here that we ignore, I think, at our peril. the world lacks collective will, it can't try to roll me. only something with a Self can do that. so we have to ask, when somebody once told me this, what were their motivations, where did their assumptions come from
Jordan Peterson voice: well to begin with it's a contradiction in terms, or perhaps a paradox, I'll return to that. but the membrane itself has no consciousness, you see. so it can't prima facie be "insane." and moreover we have to understand that there's more than one membrane, really quite a few
May 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
That's really interesting. I can't argue with it.
I think though that the source for some generally-accepted thoughts that are not true might be difficult to identify.
And the one who once told me this might just be repeating it with an entirely different set of motivations and assumptions.
I think though that the source for some generally-accepted thoughts that are not true might be difficult to identify.
And the one who once told me this might just be repeating it with an entirely different set of motivations and assumptions.
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“Department of Government Efficiency.”
April 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
“Department of Government Efficiency.”
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This is gold. Thank you, Brian Eno. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7C...
Brian Eno perfectly explains selfishness of the super rich
YouTube video by Peeps
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March 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is gold. Thank you, Brian Eno. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7C...
I'm laser-focused on the most important issues of the day.
Got a 13 in Immaculate Grid with 7 Reds outfielders that I saw play.
Got a 13 in Immaculate Grid with 7 Reds outfielders that I saw play.
February 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I'm laser-focused on the most important issues of the day.
Got a 13 in Immaculate Grid with 7 Reds outfielders that I saw play.
Got a 13 in Immaculate Grid with 7 Reds outfielders that I saw play.
Everyone doubted Player A Team, but he showed them in the end.
January 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Everyone doubted Player A Team, but he showed them in the end.
Man knows his football.
yeah if Ohio State's calling the touchdown play now I don't know if this is a game
January 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Man knows his football.
Hey @ramzy.bsky.social do you know if Jeremiah Smith is allowed to be thrown to against Michigan? It seems like that could be, possibly, a good idea next year.
January 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Hey @ramzy.bsky.social do you know if Jeremiah Smith is allowed to be thrown to against Michigan? It seems like that could be, possibly, a good idea next year.
Don't know the name of that wrestling move by #77 for ASU, but I loved it.
January 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Don't know the name of that wrestling move by #77 for ASU, but I loved it.
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When Jim Banner recruited me for the updated Presidential Misconduct collection, I was busy finishing Fault Lines and joked that I could only handle a light load, so I’d do Carter.
But I found he was, if anything, *too* ethical, bending over backward to be transparent. Seems a world away from us.
But I found he was, if anything, *too* ethical, bending over backward to be transparent. Seems a world away from us.
December 29, 2024 at 9:34 PM
When Jim Banner recruited me for the updated Presidential Misconduct collection, I was busy finishing Fault Lines and joked that I could only handle a light load, so I’d do Carter.
But I found he was, if anything, *too* ethical, bending over backward to be transparent. Seems a world away from us.
But I found he was, if anything, *too* ethical, bending over backward to be transparent. Seems a world away from us.
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RIP to the only decent country ass president of my lifetime
December 29, 2024 at 9:18 PM
RIP to the only decent country ass president of my lifetime
Rest in peace.
“We’ve learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose…there is a growing disrespect for govt and for churches and for schools, the news media and other institutions…it is the truth and it is a warning.”
—President Jimmy Carter, 1979
—President Jimmy Carter, 1979
December 29, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Rest in peace.