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Patrick Habecker
@seloriste.bsky.social
sociology, fiction, history, research methods, substance use research, and other random things
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/8 A huge part of what makes it very hard to convict Jonathan Ross for murder was baked into America generations before Trump was President. That’s the primary factor that lets law enforcement kill with impunity, not Trump.

Dick Wolf has killed more black men than Leopold II.
January 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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The street samurai flashed his credstick at the vendor, who frowned.

"Sorry, I can't take PoopCoin. It's down 99% since this morning's hack. I accept payment only in mutant pig GIFs or speculative real estate."
January 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Music Albums others
I also really enjoyed:
Boreta - Hear the Listener
Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars
Ooyy - Loom
Ahamefule J. Oluo - The Things Around Us
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Music Albums others
The Julien Baker and TORRES album Send A Prayer My Way was an unexpected combination that pulled me in more than I thought it would.

Tourist's album Music Is Invisible was also a great find that came late this year with a December release.
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Music Albums (favorite)
Hands down my favorite album of the year was Racing Mount Pleasant's self-titled album. I love the flow of the album and how well the horns are used in the band. Hopefully get a chance to see them live at some point.
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fiction others
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet
Winner of the 2025 Hugo the fantasy, bio-punk, kaiju, murder-mystery book was a lot of fun. I ended up working through both the sequel and the previous Divine Cities trilogies too.
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fiction others
The West Passage by Jared Pechacek
The imagination and unfamiliar characteristics of so much of this book made it a lot of fun to read. Lots of mystery and strangeness you definitely feel like you are exploring the world with the characters.
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fiction (favorite)
It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over by Anne De Marcken.
This book absolutely stunned me. Winner of the Le Guin prize in 2024 and I found it while working through the list of nominees. Highly recommend giving this a whirl.
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Nonfiction others
I've been working on filling a personal knowledge gap on Native American history before 1776 and read two good books this year.
Facing East from Indian Country by David Richter
One Vast Winter Count by Colin Calloway
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Nonfiction others
Tripping on Utopia by Benjamin Breen. Describing the world of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson and their research crowd as they began to work with psychedelics. Good look into their crowd, the experiments, the divergent labs, and the dreams that pushed them.
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Nonfiction (favorite)
There is No Place for us by Brian Goldstone was easily the best nonfiction book I read this year. Describing the experiences of five families in Atlanta who are working and can't find a place to live. We are all more precariously situated that we probably want to admit.
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
No real plans, open to some suggestions, might ignore them. Mid-Atlantic US.
December 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM