Catafalque
@catafalque.bsky.social
It’s all so dumb. Very dark, very dumb.
I’ve worked in a number of environments in which this seemed to be the case for white people only. For black people, an “elite” education seemed required just to get in the door. YMMV.
February 12, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I’ve worked in a number of environments in which this seemed to be the case for white people only. For black people, an “elite” education seemed required just to get in the door. YMMV.
Seems like not knowing about him would take effort; assiduous avoidance; fingers in ears; eyes covered. For years!
February 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Seems like not knowing about him would take effort; assiduous avoidance; fingers in ears; eyes covered. For years!
Mine arrived this past Saturday! Happy to support 404 and this project!
February 2, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Mine arrived this past Saturday! Happy to support 404 and this project!
I’ve long harbored the theory that Chua wrote it herself.
December 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I’ve long harbored the theory that Chua wrote it herself.
I keep reading this post and thinking the “joke” is that you’re talking about Gates. That’s it, right? Otherwise I’m quite puzzled.
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I keep reading this post and thinking the “joke” is that you’re talking about Gates. That’s it, right? Otherwise I’m quite puzzled.
Such an excellent, thoughtful piece. I’m not familiar with the writer and doubt I would have come across this deeply satisfying read on my own. Thank you for posting it!
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Such an excellent, thoughtful piece. I’m not familiar with the writer and doubt I would have come across this deeply satisfying read on my own. Thank you for posting it!
Literally just looked up his earliest pub date. He was my first thought.
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Literally just looked up his earliest pub date. He was my first thought.
I get that not everything is going to be for me. But this one isn’t just not for me; it’s disappointing.
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I get that not everything is going to be for me. But this one isn’t just not for me; it’s disappointing.
I didn’t read, and won’t read, anything from those two.
People need to be far more discriminating about what they put/allow in their various holes; eye, ear, etc.
People need to be far more discriminating about what they put/allow in their various holes; eye, ear, etc.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I didn’t read, and won’t read, anything from those two.
People need to be far more discriminating about what they put/allow in their various holes; eye, ear, etc.
People need to be far more discriminating about what they put/allow in their various holes; eye, ear, etc.
Am I the only one old enough to remember when she stepped down from heading a chapter of NOW after a series of quite f’ed up comments?
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Am I the only one old enough to remember when she stepped down from heading a chapter of NOW after a series of quite f’ed up comments?
You are exhibiting neither.
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
You are exhibiting neither.
“Solidarity to all the allergy sufferers this week.”
Reading is fundamental.
Reading is fundamental.
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“Solidarity to all the allergy sufferers this week.”
Reading is fundamental.
Reading is fundamental.
If you are unable to see the absolutely *wild* level of condescension in your comments, I suggest you spend some time in quiet contemplation.
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If you are unable to see the absolutely *wild* level of condescension in your comments, I suggest you spend some time in quiet contemplation.
As an observer, I don’t think you were asked for your “help.” Further, you can proselytize in your own posts and your own threads! Don’t try to hijack someone else’s audience!
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
As an observer, I don’t think you were asked for your “help.” Further, you can proselytize in your own posts and your own threads! Don’t try to hijack someone else’s audience!
*As a long-time subscriber*, I must tell you that this is fucking disgusting and you should be ashamed of yourselves. I don’t pay you to spit in my face. Go do some actual journalism, and not . . . whatever the fuck this blonde-humping garbage is.
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
*As a long-time subscriber*, I must tell you that this is fucking disgusting and you should be ashamed of yourselves. I don’t pay you to spit in my face. Go do some actual journalism, and not . . . whatever the fuck this blonde-humping garbage is.
I’d like to see stats on the %age of desperately poor SNAP recipients who want Dems to hold out for enhanced subsidies. (This is not a snarky comment. My sense is that these are distinct groups, and one is being sacrificed in an attempt to benefit another in an overall shit situation.)
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I’d like to see stats on the %age of desperately poor SNAP recipients who want Dems to hold out for enhanced subsidies. (This is not a snarky comment. My sense is that these are distinct groups, and one is being sacrificed in an attempt to benefit another in an overall shit situation.)
The point of restarting SNAP is that the poorest among us will be able to eat. I have a hard time advocating for the use of leverage when I’m fine, but other people can’t eat.
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The point of restarting SNAP is that the poorest among us will be able to eat. I have a hard time advocating for the use of leverage when I’m fine, but other people can’t eat.
And by “this” I mean the dems capitulating.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
And by “this” I mean the dems capitulating.
I’m extremely frustrated by this. But I don’t know how they could have continued to hold the line against a party and administration willing to stave tens of millions of people.
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I’m extremely frustrated by this. But I don’t know how they could have continued to hold the line against a party and administration willing to stave tens of millions of people.
I want Dems to hold the line against this despicable administration. I do not want them to cave. Not one bit. However, SNAP recipients are being *grotesquely* harmed. (Your reporting on this has been excellent, btw.) I can’t help but feel that they would be paying for my preferred outcome.
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I want Dems to hold the line against this despicable administration. I do not want them to cave. Not one bit. However, SNAP recipients are being *grotesquely* harmed. (Your reporting on this has been excellent, btw.) I can’t help but feel that they would be paying for my preferred outcome.
Thank you from bringing this to my attention! I signed up as a monthly supporter. (I’m spreading around what I used to spend on Hulu and Paramount+.)
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Thank you from bringing this to my attention! I signed up as a monthly supporter. (I’m spreading around what I used to spend on Hulu and Paramount+.)
That’s precisely what he’s babbling about. It’s a deeply racist bit of misogyny.
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
That’s precisely what he’s babbling about. It’s a deeply racist bit of misogyny.
So. Fucking. Racist.
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
So. Fucking. Racist.
This sound is in my bones from my childhood, when my father would put up a screen and show vacation slides. Using this sound is a stoke of brilliance. I don’t live in NYC and he makes me want to.
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This sound is in my bones from my childhood, when my father would put up a screen and show vacation slides. Using this sound is a stoke of brilliance. I don’t live in NYC and he makes me want to.