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Matt Pearce
@mattdpearce.com
May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. Opinions are my own (but they are correct)

https://mattdpearce.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
lol Piketty
January 10, 2026 at 5:39 PM
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I love when my productivity increases 5% while my pay goes down slightly.

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January 8, 2026 at 4:43 PM
January 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
December 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Reformation must have been amazing for blogging.
December 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
For your holiday reading consideration: Marguerite Yourcenar’s “Memoirs of Hadrian.”

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December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In reviewing Marguerite Yourcenar’s “Memoirs of Hadrian” I thought about the psychological weirdness of our own imperial ruler guys.

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December 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thank you to my bank for asking the hard questions.
December 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
December 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Flaubert was cooking with this.
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Flaubert demonstrating that “Bari Weiss dinner party” is a particular social atmosphere that stretches across nations and centuries.
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This week in litmaxxing.
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
dictionary isn’t sure how to process that either
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
December 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Anyway I’m struck by this because I’m reading “My Brilliant Friend” (wonderful book, a rich text as they say) about growing up in working-class Naples, and it’s got that Jane Austen quality where you can watch how money walks into the story and starts directing the action.
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Strong floors, no ceiling, terrible apartment.

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December 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Red alert, boys. WSJ says it’s time to start dressing like Steve Zissou.
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Nuzzi vs. Lizza vs. the group chat
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November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Now there’s a curiously phrased nondenial.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM