Zach Durec
@zdurec.bsky.social
Political theory PhD candidate @UCDavis | loneliness, myth, and the history of political thought | DePaul forever
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Also: I would outlaw the forward pass in American football. Too much of our soccer talent is getting sucked into playing wide receiver and cornerback.
December 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Also: I would outlaw the forward pass in American football. Too much of our soccer talent is getting sucked into playing wide receiver and cornerback.
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If I were communist dictator of the United States, I would immediately abolish the military, and spend all that money on developing soccer talent instead.
Then, after we win like twelve World Cups in a row, the world will hate us even more than when we were bombing everyone.
Then, after we win like twelve World Cups in a row, the world will hate us even more than when we were bombing everyone.
December 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If I were communist dictator of the United States, I would immediately abolish the military, and spend all that money on developing soccer talent instead.
Then, after we win like twelve World Cups in a row, the world will hate us even more than when we were bombing everyone.
Then, after we win like twelve World Cups in a row, the world will hate us even more than when we were bombing everyone.
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Indiana was the worst team in college football for 150 years and then they let you start paying players and they immediately became No. 1 and the only conclusion one can draw is they were the only ones who didn’t realize you could pay players under the table for the first 150 years.
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Indiana was the worst team in college football for 150 years and then they let you start paying players and they immediately became No. 1 and the only conclusion one can draw is they were the only ones who didn’t realize you could pay players under the table for the first 150 years.
Praxis is moving to California and making sure the bars put Akron-Bowling Green on the tvs
November 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Praxis is moving to California and making sure the bars put Akron-Bowling Green on the tvs
I pick the best times to come home
October 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I pick the best times to come home
Almost too late, but happy Midwest extension day to those who celebrate
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Almost too late, but happy Midwest extension day to those who celebrate
Hey there Delilah is a good song and I’m tired of pretending it isn’t
August 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Hey there Delilah is a good song and I’m tired of pretending it isn’t
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Praxis is singing boulevard of broken dreams at karaoke
March 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Praxis is singing boulevard of broken dreams at karaoke
Cringe, someone at Berkeley wants the deep secondary Arendt lit I’ve renewed from the library 3x without reading and now I have to return it
August 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Cringe, someone at Berkeley wants the deep secondary Arendt lit I’ve renewed from the library 3x without reading and now I have to return it
Not sure if better to describe Arendt and Rousseau as “theoretical bedfellows” or “spiritual allies”
June 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Not sure if better to describe Arendt and Rousseau as “theoretical bedfellows” or “spiritual allies”
If it wasn’t already clear the pope was shaped by his White Sox fandom
the academy: sports are a culturally-insignificant object unworthy of study
the literal pope:
the literal pope:
June 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
If it wasn’t already clear the pope was shaped by his White Sox fandom
What is the origin of the question mark?
Not derridean, want to know why the squiggle
Not derridean, want to know why the squiggle
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
What is the origin of the question mark?
Not derridean, want to know why the squiggle
Not derridean, want to know why the squiggle
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SON: I’m going to ask for an iPad this Christmas
ME: eh, that’s kind of a big thing to ask for
SON: well, I’ll ask Santa
DAUGHTER [making direct eye contact with me]: you should ask for it and if you don’t get it then we’ll know if Santa is just mom and dad
ME: eh, that’s kind of a big thing to ask for
SON: well, I’ll ask Santa
DAUGHTER [making direct eye contact with me]: you should ask for it and if you don’t get it then we’ll know if Santa is just mom and dad
May 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
SON: I’m going to ask for an iPad this Christmas
ME: eh, that’s kind of a big thing to ask for
SON: well, I’ll ask Santa
DAUGHTER [making direct eye contact with me]: you should ask for it and if you don’t get it then we’ll know if Santa is just mom and dad
ME: eh, that’s kind of a big thing to ask for
SON: well, I’ll ask Santa
DAUGHTER [making direct eye contact with me]: you should ask for it and if you don’t get it then we’ll know if Santa is just mom and dad
Also the cubs confidently but falsely claiming him as a supporter even after his family gives a definitive answer…very thematic
White Sox fan pope is thematically appropriate
May 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Also the cubs confidently but falsely claiming him as a supporter even after his family gives a definitive answer…very thematic
White Sox fan pope is thematically appropriate
May 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
White Sox fan pope is thematically appropriate
Amtrak has the best insta
April 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Amtrak has the best insta
God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers: overhearing other grad students butchering Derrida at the local brewery and having to resist the urge to correct them 😤
April 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers: overhearing other grad students butchering Derrida at the local brewery and having to resist the urge to correct them 😤
I’ve been getting punished for using em dashes for YEARS…who does ChatGPT think it is??!
April 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I’ve been getting punished for using em dashes for YEARS…who does ChatGPT think it is??!
Praxis is singing boulevard of broken dreams at karaoke
March 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Praxis is singing boulevard of broken dreams at karaoke
Hold my beer while I argue for Rousseau and Arendt as theoretical-friends-with-benefits
February 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Hold my beer while I argue for Rousseau and Arendt as theoretical-friends-with-benefits
Only the necessities
February 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Only the necessities
Had fun covering the 14th amendment in class today, time to log onto the intern
January 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Had fun covering the 14th amendment in class today, time to log onto the intern