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Bumbling your way through any language will always be better than popping in AirPods. The literary translator Ross Benjamin on what we stand to lose in a world of instant translation: theatln.tc/7JatLM2d
January 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Bumbling your way through any language will always be better than popping in AirPods. The literary translator Ross Benjamin on what we stand to lose in a world of instant translation: theatln.tc/7JatLM2d
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
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I wrote this yesterday. It’s my message in a bottle from 2025. May it find you where you are xx
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
On Power
Liminal thoughts from a liminal space, "The Perineum" between Christmas and New Year
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I wrote this yesterday. It’s my message in a bottle from 2025. May it find you where you are xx
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Ajahn Chah said, “I hope you’re not afraid to suffer.” I asked him what he meant. He continued “There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly and in doing so become free”. ~Jack Kornfield
December 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Ajahn Chah said, “I hope you’re not afraid to suffer.” I asked him what he meant. He continued “There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly and in doing so become free”. ~Jack Kornfield
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We have tried nothing, so we have no other choice now but to pay some of our friends mucho dinero to study why our doing nothing had such poor results.
- Paul Calandra
- Paul Calandra
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We have tried nothing, so we have no other choice now but to pay some of our friends mucho dinero to study why our doing nothing had such poor results.
- Paul Calandra
- Paul Calandra
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I can see why he’d be mad
A Michigan man named JD Vance was sentenced for threatening to kill JD Vance. www.fox5ny.com/news/michiga...
Michigan man who shares same initials as JD Vance convicted of threatening to kill president, vice president
A Michigan man named JD Vance was sentenced for threatening to kill JD Vance.
www.fox5ny.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I can see why he’d be mad
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This is your periodic reminder that Doug Ford would rather leave Donald Trump alone in a room with one of his daughters than his money alone in a room with Hillary Clinton.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This is your periodic reminder that Doug Ford would rather leave Donald Trump alone in a room with one of his daughters than his money alone in a room with Hillary Clinton.
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A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:
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As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
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Chicago No Kings
October 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Chicago No Kings
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Susan’s piece so you can see how surreal this is: www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Susan Delacourt: Pierre Poilievre says he’d stand up to Donald Trump while taking a page from his playbook
In a week when the Conservative leader kept talking about the need to stand up to the U.S. president, he was also touching on themes heard south of the border,
www.thestar.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Susan’s piece so you can see how surreal this is: www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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Ok this is a spooky Halloween moment:
The Toronto Star’s Susan Delacourt (who I admire!) published a SUPER similar piece literally within MINUTES of mine today.
We literally used the same examples!And had no way of knowing about each other’s work!!
WHAT DOES THIS MEANNNNNN!!!!! 👻🎃
The Toronto Star’s Susan Delacourt (who I admire!) published a SUPER similar piece literally within MINUTES of mine today.
We literally used the same examples!And had no way of knowing about each other’s work!!
WHAT DOES THIS MEANNNNNN!!!!! 👻🎃
October 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Ok this is a spooky Halloween moment:
The Toronto Star’s Susan Delacourt (who I admire!) published a SUPER similar piece literally within MINUTES of mine today.
We literally used the same examples!And had no way of knowing about each other’s work!!
WHAT DOES THIS MEANNNNNN!!!!! 👻🎃
The Toronto Star’s Susan Delacourt (who I admire!) published a SUPER similar piece literally within MINUTES of mine today.
We literally used the same examples!And had no way of knowing about each other’s work!!
WHAT DOES THIS MEANNNNNN!!!!! 👻🎃
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Hungary’s László Krasznahorkai just won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2018, Nathaniel Rich wrote that Krasznahorkai writes fiction devoid of revelation, resolution, and even periods.
The Storyteller Who Offers No Escape
Hungary’s László Krasznahorkai writes fiction devoid of revelation, resolution, and even periods.
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hungary’s László Krasznahorkai just won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2018, Nathaniel Rich wrote that Krasznahorkai writes fiction devoid of revelation, resolution, and even periods.
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Genuinely incredible that she's saying this with 2 accused rapists on either side of her
Bondi: "Let me be crystal clear: crime in DC is ending and ending today."
August 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Genuinely incredible that she's saying this with 2 accused rapists on either side of her
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It's been a little disheartening to hear so much confusion in the reporting on Trump's new trade deal with Japan. So let me try to clarify.
July 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It's been a little disheartening to hear so much confusion in the reporting on Trump's new trade deal with Japan. So let me try to clarify.
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What if the U.S. started a trade war only to get bored halfway, and wander off like a toddler in their first soccer game?
Well, we're living it. It has been 12 E̵p̵s̵t̵e̵i̵n̵ days since the White House bothered to issue a tariff letter, and it has left most countries in the dark about next week's tariffs
Well, we're living it. It has been 12 E̵p̵s̵t̵e̵i̵n̵ days since the White House bothered to issue a tariff letter, and it has left most countries in the dark about next week's tariffs
July 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What if the U.S. started a trade war only to get bored halfway, and wander off like a toddler in their first soccer game?
Well, we're living it. It has been 12 E̵p̵s̵t̵e̵i̵n̵ days since the White House bothered to issue a tariff letter, and it has left most countries in the dark about next week's tariffs
Well, we're living it. It has been 12 E̵p̵s̵t̵e̵i̵n̵ days since the White House bothered to issue a tariff letter, and it has left most countries in the dark about next week's tariffs
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Humility is hearing from the producers of two leading news shows to let you know that they'll no longer need your finely-honed economic analysis this afternoon because they're taking more Hulk Hogan coverage.
July 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Humility is hearing from the producers of two leading news shows to let you know that they'll no longer need your finely-honed economic analysis this afternoon because they're taking more Hulk Hogan coverage.
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Roses are red
Some men drink scotch
Some men drink scotch
May 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Roses are red
Some men drink scotch
Some men drink scotch
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To put a finer point on it. Trump’s contention isn’t just that he can deport people without them appearing before a judge, but that he can render them into a life sentence in a foreign dungeon with no process whatsoever.
President Trump asserted on Tuesday that undocumented immigrants should not be entitled to trials, insisting that his administration should be able to deport them without appearing before a judge.
Trump Says Undocumented Immigrants Shouldn’t Get Trials Before Deportation
The president claimed that countries were sending their prisoners to the United States and that he needed to bypass the constitutional demands of due process to expel them quickly.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
To put a finer point on it. Trump’s contention isn’t just that he can deport people without them appearing before a judge, but that he can render them into a life sentence in a foreign dungeon with no process whatsoever.
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How ICE is becoming America’s secret police:
1. Civilian Surveillance. ICE tracks people using license plate readers, social media, and private data brokers—often without warrants. This mirrors how autocrats use secret police to monitor “undesirables” and maintain control...
1. Civilian Surveillance. ICE tracks people using license plate readers, social media, and private data brokers—often without warrants. This mirrors how autocrats use secret police to monitor “undesirables” and maintain control...
April 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
How ICE is becoming America’s secret police:
1. Civilian Surveillance. ICE tracks people using license plate readers, social media, and private data brokers—often without warrants. This mirrors how autocrats use secret police to monitor “undesirables” and maintain control...
1. Civilian Surveillance. ICE tracks people using license plate readers, social media, and private data brokers—often without warrants. This mirrors how autocrats use secret police to monitor “undesirables” and maintain control...
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2. Fear-Based Tactics. ICE raids homes at dawn, sweeps workplaces, and detains people with no criminal records. There is no transparency or clear accountability. This creates deep fear and is how secret police use intimidation and uncertainty to control citizens & communities.
April 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
2. Fear-Based Tactics. ICE raids homes at dawn, sweeps workplaces, and detains people with no criminal records. There is no transparency or clear accountability. This creates deep fear and is how secret police use intimidation and uncertainty to control citizens & communities.
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Remember, this entirely real Russian-backed authoritarian takeover will occur faster and be much worse simply because of the extent to which Americans' believe it "CAN'T happen in America".
April 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Remember, this entirely real Russian-backed authoritarian takeover will occur faster and be much worse simply because of the extent to which Americans' believe it "CAN'T happen in America".
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If they had any proof, we'd be seeing it on billboards.
Leavitt: "Abrego Garcia was a foreign terrorist. He is an MS-13 gang member. He was engaged in human trafficking." (The White House hasn't provided evidence for any of these claims ... )
April 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If they had any proof, we'd be seeing it on billboards.