Howell Jenkins's Collarbones
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Borsht Boi. Anti-anti-Esperantist. Gay. Bread and roses!
Pinned
איך װיל (און װעל) שרײַבן אַ ביסל מער אָפֿט אויף ייִדיש דאָ אויף בליוסקײַ! אויב איר רעדט ייִדיש, זײַט איר פֿאַרבעטן צו פֿאַרריכטן די טעותים :)
I think about this, like, all the time, and am also extremely bitter that my arrival at both college and grad school has coincided with the library being closed for construction, thereby precluding YEARS of rich browsing experience
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I think about this, like, all the time, and am also extremely bitter that my arrival at both college and grad school has coincided with the library being closed for construction, thereby precluding YEARS of rich browsing experience
Esquire Magazine trying to check its slide into irrelevance by courting the Young Hegelians, I see
November 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Esquire Magazine trying to check its slide into irrelevance by courting the Young Hegelians, I see
Introducing myself with 5 animals I've seen in the wild:
Moose!
Marmot!
Arctic fox (!!!)
Rattlesnake (almost stepped on)
Giraffe
Moose!
Marmot!
Arctic fox (!!!)
Rattlesnake (almost stepped on)
Giraffe
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Mountain lion
Bobcat
Rattlesnake
Elephant seal
Gray fox
Mountain lion
Bobcat
Rattlesnake
Elephant seal
Gray fox
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Grizzly bear
Wolf
Orca
Moose
Sea otter
Grizzly bear
Wolf
Orca
Moose
Sea otter
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Introducing myself with 5 animals I've seen in the wild:
Moose!
Marmot!
Arctic fox (!!!)
Rattlesnake (almost stepped on)
Giraffe
Moose!
Marmot!
Arctic fox (!!!)
Rattlesnake (almost stepped on)
Giraffe
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I am willing to serve as interim president of any university if only to answer any demands for extortion with: new phone who dis
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I am willing to serve as interim president of any university if only to answer any demands for extortion with: new phone who dis
BRING ME THE CABBAGE AND THE CABBAGE FLEECE
THE ANCESTORS IN THE PALE CRY THROUGH ME IN ONE VOICE FOR CABBAGE
youtu.be/PRYwbGgd3XQ?...
THE ANCESTORS IN THE PALE CRY THROUGH ME IN ONE VOICE FOR CABBAGE
youtu.be/PRYwbGgd3XQ?...
Join me and My 15 POUND RED CABBAGE
YouTube video by Gerald Stratford
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
BRING ME THE CABBAGE AND THE CABBAGE FLEECE
THE ANCESTORS IN THE PALE CRY THROUGH ME IN ONE VOICE FOR CABBAGE
youtu.be/PRYwbGgd3XQ?...
THE ANCESTORS IN THE PALE CRY THROUGH ME IN ONE VOICE FOR CABBAGE
youtu.be/PRYwbGgd3XQ?...
Catalyst (library search engine), I will kill you with a knife
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Catalyst (library search engine), I will kill you with a knife
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The IRA was useful, in a way, for testing a particular political theory of climate action: that you could hide its transformational nature and get support for it by mostly offloading it onto red state corporations. It was a reasonable theory. And now we are going to have to try something else
"The IRA’s survival was premised on the logic that a loose alignment of corporations would support climate policies in exchange for subsidies and convince Republicans to get on their side. That didn’t work." newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The Quick and Shameful Death of Biden’s Biggest Policy
It was far too easy for Republicans to kill the Inflation Reduction Act. Where did those who crafted it go wrong?
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The IRA was useful, in a way, for testing a particular political theory of climate action: that you could hide its transformational nature and get support for it by mostly offloading it onto red state corporations. It was a reasonable theory. And now we are going to have to try something else
omg I found the source (!) of the disco
If your argument involves referring to Americans as “USians” it doesn’t matter how cogent the rest of your point may be tbh
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
omg I found the source (!) of the disco
איזאַבעל פֿרײ האָט אַרויסגעגעבן זײער אַ פֿײַנעם מוזיק-װידעאָ, אַ קאָמפּאָזיציע פֿון אַ ליד פֿון דוד קריװיצקין. גיב זשע אַ הער!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B50p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B50p...
In farnakht // At twilight – Isabel Frey – New Yiddish Song
YouTube video by Isabel Frey
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
איזאַבעל פֿרײ האָט אַרויסגעגעבן זײער אַ פֿײַנעם מוזיק-װידעאָ, אַ קאָמפּאָזיציע פֿון אַ ליד פֿון דוד קריװיצקין. גיב זשע אַ הער!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B50p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B50p...
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we gotta get some more funny people on here
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
we gotta get some more funny people on here
And on the very day I was going to pick up a polyamorous floor lamp, no less!
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
www.sltrib.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
And on the very day I was going to pick up a polyamorous floor lamp, no less!
I have no musical training, but Víkingur Ólafsson's new album, Opus 109, felt wonderful and fresh to me, and I think this review might get at why. I highly recommend
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Víkingur Ólafsson: Opus 109 album review – pianist’s concept album opens up transcendent vistas
Olafsson’s account of Beethoven’s Op 109 is one of the most beautiful on record, the centrepiece of a recording that links the composer to Bach and Schubert
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I have no musical training, but Víkingur Ólafsson's new album, Opus 109, felt wonderful and fresh to me, and I think this review might get at why. I highly recommend
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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what does chatgpt say?
I HAVE NO IDEA! How cool is that??
I HAVE NO IDEA! How cool is that??
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
what does chatgpt say?
I HAVE NO IDEA! How cool is that??
I HAVE NO IDEA! How cool is that??
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"Unlike continental nonsense, analytic philosophy is clear and intelligible"
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Unlike continental nonsense, analytic philosophy is clear and intelligible"
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Tuesday morning ear worm: youtu.be/D6hIMsd6BlQ?...
Bread and roses lyric video (version from the film Pride)
YouTube video by Camilla Rosati (CamillaRosatiWriter)
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Tuesday morning ear worm: youtu.be/D6hIMsd6BlQ?...
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Video of the award announcement and my acceptance speech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2e...
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Video of the award announcement and my acceptance speech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2e...
what would you suggest we do with Too Much Spinach. we've had it in pappu, we've had it wilted in butter and red wine over pasta and cannellini beans, we've had it in salads, and yet! there is more spinach
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
what would you suggest we do with Too Much Spinach. we've had it in pappu, we've had it wilted in butter and red wine over pasta and cannellini beans, we've had it in salads, and yet! there is more spinach
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He lapsang on my souchong till I
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
He lapsang on my souchong till I
lapsang souchong yes hahaha yesssss
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
lapsang souchong yes hahaha yesssss
just heard someone pronounce it Lady Gagá, like with the same cadence Jane Austen characters say "mamá"
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
just heard someone pronounce it Lady Gagá, like with the same cadence Jane Austen characters say "mamá"
Lauren Folkerts was far and above the most principled member of the Boulder City Council, and I really wish the people of Boulder had realised what a rare thing it is to have such a perfect convergence of moral vision and technical expertise
boulderreportinglab.org/2025/11/20/b...
boulderreportinglab.org/2025/11/20/b...
Boulder City Councilmember Lauren Folkerts honored at her final council meeting after losing 2025 race
Mayor Pro Tem Lauren Folkerts, the youngest member of Boulder City Council, attended her final council meeting on Nov. 20, 2025.
boulderreportinglab.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Lauren Folkerts was far and above the most principled member of the Boulder City Council, and I really wish the people of Boulder had realised what a rare thing it is to have such a perfect convergence of moral vision and technical expertise
boulderreportinglab.org/2025/11/20/b...
boulderreportinglab.org/2025/11/20/b...
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I keep logging on here and wondering what Lizzo has done to upset everyone like this
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I keep logging on here and wondering what Lizzo has done to upset everyone like this
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November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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It seems like previous professors/teachers/TAs have put the fear of God into my students over submitting something 5 minutes late or going a few sentences over the word count or using APA instead of Chicago, but not over using chatgpt or writing full sentences, and like, wrong priorities folks!!
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It seems like previous professors/teachers/TAs have put the fear of God into my students over submitting something 5 minutes late or going a few sentences over the word count or using APA instead of Chicago, but not over using chatgpt or writing full sentences, and like, wrong priorities folks!!