Jamey
@klocktower.org
GenX leftist anti-racist teacher in Chicago (NBCT, PhD).
Too many hobbies, lately mostly sewing and gaming.
Too many hobbies, lately mostly sewing and gaming.
I remember that time. I was also single and gainfully employed then, but I put myself on a different, and much more cursed, mission.
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I remember that time. I was also single and gainfully employed then, but I put myself on a different, and much more cursed, mission.
This is absolutely a very you list.
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is absolutely a very you list.
I once went to a They Might Be Giants show mostly because OK Go was opening for them.
The Giants were good, too, though.
The Giants were good, too, though.
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I once went to a They Might Be Giants show mostly because OK Go was opening for them.
The Giants were good, too, though.
The Giants were good, too, though.
Morphine must have been great live.
But these are all solid concerts to take in live.
But these are all solid concerts to take in live.
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Morphine must have been great live.
But these are all solid concerts to take in live.
But these are all solid concerts to take in live.
I leaned into eclecticism in my response (quote post), but damn, you have a good list, and I’m jealous of a lot of it!
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I leaned into eclecticism in my response (quote post), but damn, you have a good list, and I’m jealous of a lot of it!
I’m pretty sure there’s a parallel comment in Castiglione’s *Il Cortigiano* (The Book of the Courtiers), published in 1528. I have some time this weekend, and if you’re interested in adding it to your list of citations, I could try to look it up.
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I’m pretty sure there’s a parallel comment in Castiglione’s *Il Cortigiano* (The Book of the Courtiers), published in 1528. I have some time this weekend, and if you’re interested in adding it to your list of citations, I could try to look it up.
I keep being surprised that people are just discovering how much utter trash the NYT puts out into the world.
They’ve kind of always done this.
They’ve kind of always done this.
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I keep being surprised that people are just discovering how much utter trash the NYT puts out into the world.
They’ve kind of always done this.
They’ve kind of always done this.
Well, maybe he doesn’t have a laptop?
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Well, maybe he doesn’t have a laptop?
In Chicago, as in some other places, DSA ends up taking a back seat to local independent political organizations (IPOs), like United Working Families in Chicago and the Working Families Party in New York.
My city councilwoman and my state senator are both part of my local IPO.
My city councilwoman and my state senator are both part of my local IPO.
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In Chicago, as in some other places, DSA ends up taking a back seat to local independent political organizations (IPOs), like United Working Families in Chicago and the Working Families Party in New York.
My city councilwoman and my state senator are both part of my local IPO.
My city councilwoman and my state senator are both part of my local IPO.
That was a clever gambit, if you want to build the apologetics case that the US wasn’t founded on slavery.
It was, though. Sorry that makes you mad or sad or whatever.
It was, though. Sorry that makes you mad or sad or whatever.
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
That was a clever gambit, if you want to build the apologetics case that the US wasn’t founded on slavery.
It was, though. Sorry that makes you mad or sad or whatever.
It was, though. Sorry that makes you mad or sad or whatever.
You’re the one who brought up Adams, you might recall, as a counter to the notion that the Revolution was about slavery. Oh, except oops, he wasn’t there at the time, lol.
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
You’re the one who brought up Adams, you might recall, as a counter to the notion that the Revolution was about slavery. Oh, except oops, he wasn’t there at the time, lol.
I don’t know what the rest of us would do, without such generous grants from the Daughters of the Revolution or whatever white supremacist group you’re part of.
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I don’t know what the rest of us would do, without such generous grants from the Daughters of the Revolution or whatever white supremacist group you’re part of.
It’s so kind of you, to grant that slavery was kind of important.
Great job, granting so much.
Great job, granting so much.
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 AM
It’s so kind of you, to grant that slavery was kind of important.
Great job, granting so much.
Great job, granting so much.
Some people *are* that dumb, to be fair.
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Some people *are* that dumb, to be fair.
I hopped from job to job, crossing multiple careers, throughout my 20s, because my ADHD would solve the job and get bored.
I thought that teaching would probably be just the next hop, but it’s so excruciatingly difficult that I still haven’t solved it, and I’m so glad to have stumbled into it.
I thought that teaching would probably be just the next hop, but it’s so excruciatingly difficult that I still haven’t solved it, and I’m so glad to have stumbled into it.
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I hopped from job to job, crossing multiple careers, throughout my 20s, because my ADHD would solve the job and get bored.
I thought that teaching would probably be just the next hop, but it’s so excruciatingly difficult that I still haven’t solved it, and I’m so glad to have stumbled into it.
I thought that teaching would probably be just the next hop, but it’s so excruciatingly difficult that I still haven’t solved it, and I’m so glad to have stumbled into it.
Huh, okay I was wrong on that: I would have sworn that Adams was a signatory to the Constitution. My bad.
Anyway, that also makes him irrelevant to this conversation, so…
Anyway, that also makes him irrelevant to this conversation, so…
November 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Huh, okay I was wrong on that: I would have sworn that Adams was a signatory to the Constitution. My bad.
Anyway, that also makes him irrelevant to this conversation, so…
Anyway, that also makes him irrelevant to this conversation, so…
He signed off on the ⅗ compromise. How do you not call that supporting slavery?
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
He signed off on the ⅗ compromise. How do you not call that supporting slavery?
That’s even better. He played Trump like a fucking fiddle.
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
That’s even better. He played Trump like a fucking fiddle.
John fucking Adams wasn’t ever going to succeed at shit if he didn’t defend slavery, and he knew it. That’s why he ended up supporting slavery.
Pointing out that his heart wasn’t in it is weak tea.
Pointing out that his heart wasn’t in it is weak tea.
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
John fucking Adams wasn’t ever going to succeed at shit if he didn’t defend slavery, and he knew it. That’s why he ended up supporting slavery.
Pointing out that his heart wasn’t in it is weak tea.
Pointing out that his heart wasn’t in it is weak tea.
I’ll say it again: The US exists because slavers recognized that they would not be allowed to remain slavers if they didn’t revolt.
Your efforts at apologetics for slavery are not a good look.
Your efforts at apologetics for slavery are not a good look.
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I’ll say it again: The US exists because slavers recognized that they would not be allowed to remain slavers if they didn’t revolt.
Your efforts at apologetics for slavery are not a good look.
Your efforts at apologetics for slavery are not a good look.
And yes, I know that you’ll say it’s ridiculous of me to accuse you of *defending* the slave trade, you were just falsely pretending that the American Revolution wasn’t about defending the slave trade.
Save your fingers the trouble. You’re wrong about that. The US was founded to protect slavery.
Save your fingers the trouble. You’re wrong about that. The US was founded to protect slavery.
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
And yes, I know that you’ll say it’s ridiculous of me to accuse you of *defending* the slave trade, you were just falsely pretending that the American Revolution wasn’t about defending the slave trade.
Save your fingers the trouble. You’re wrong about that. The US was founded to protect slavery.
Save your fingers the trouble. You’re wrong about that. The US was founded to protect slavery.
Nah, I’m good. I’m not the one of us who is defending the slave trade.
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Nah, I’m good. I’m not the one of us who is defending the slave trade.