Curtis

Zionist defenses of Israel’s actions have exactly the same gotcha-contortionism energy as salty white people coming up with insane hypotheticals in which it would be acceptable for them to say the n-word

Yep. It's been a weird experience being strongly influenced by Marxist thought and thinking, "So that power of capital is going to come in and tame this. Right? Right?"

Probably my fault for not being dialectical enough, etc.

Excellent piece from @aselrod.bsky.social. Fascism, conspiracism, and productivism join and form a potently toxic brew in the MAHA formation.

Philomena Cunk against a collection of classical statues. "Antigone's death is even more tragic than it actually is, which makes her a tragic hero"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtful. "Goya continued to paint tapestries until 1792 when serious illness left him dead for life"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtfully into the distance. "Society is slowly becoming more contemporary now"

Philomena Cunk looking into camera on a beach. "Diderot's Tahiti represents a typical male fantasy in which attractive young women are eager to engage in sexual activity with the French"

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

I just finished Lewis Mumford’s magisterial exploration of city life.

Published in 1962, it has some of the sharpest takedowns of car-centric society I’ve ever read.

Mumford: “We have sold our urban birthright for a sorry mess of motor cars. As poor a bargain as Esau’s pottage.”

Choice bits 🧵

roasted tomatoes with white beans Just cherry tomatoes quick-roasted with olive oil, garlic, and salt until saucy, and then we tumble in a can of beans and let them drink it up. Finish with basil and eat straight from the pan, or l…

Will probably make this recipe from Deb Perelman (Smitten Kitchen) for dinner tonight. It doesn't look like much, but the combination of roasted tomatoes, garlic, oil, basil, and beans is very satisfying.

A grey basket filled with tomatoes. There are about 10 Amish paste variety (a long plum style that is mostly red with some green near the stem) and about 50 sunrise bumblebee variety (a cherry tomato that is a cheery blend of red, yellow, and orange streaks).

Good harvest of tomatoes from the garden this morning.

Which is sadly a lot more plausible than nearly all of the "Speed 3" scenarios people are coming up with.

I let Jesus take the wheel, and boy let me tell you, the son of God does *not* like to go slow.

can't say "ban cars" without "cars," so checkmate I guess.

Queen of the grill? Nope, she's Convection Katelyn!

Stand for good things or be good people? Sounds complicated.

Soul Nate quote tweets: they yassified a rhombus It's in response to a video of the cybertruck that's captioned "For the first time in 100 years, the competition is coming for legacy auto. Welcome to the year of the cybertruck."

This is the only thing I've thought about cybertrucks.

Love when my politicians sound like LinkedIn crossed with a middle manager with a bullshit job.

Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.

"Retvrn to the classics," they yell, as they capitalistically Brutus-stab the Latin department.

One of my favourite journalists and social critics, Barbara Ehrenreich, also had a science background (chemistry and immunology). Curiousity and an analytic mindset will carry you far regardless of your specific discipline(s).

Republicans were the party that ended slavery, I say sagely, as I watch the modern iteration of the party undo the civil rights movement.

Great minds. My version is less succinct because I couldn't remember how to spell ackchyually.

"A lot of Italian fascists were explicitly socialists." Waiting for the "Nazis were left wing, they called themselves national *socialists*" argument.

All those windy and sunny areas and saying, screw that. Build buckets to catch what's becoming almost free money? Hell no, we're going to sexualize coal.

"I bought this social media site, my mom says you have to like me now."

Twist: who is also a lich. Fratlich.

They not only want more "Man getting hit by football," but want to be lauded for having Homeric opinions: "The ball. His groin. It works on so many levels!"

Still remember when he got booed when he brought up the vaccine at one of his own rallies.

So I'm literally just realizing *today* that there's a "help me write" AI feature in chrome when I right click. How long has that been there?!

Every single one of those fuckers wants to unleash a Hobbesian hell because each is individually convinced they'll end up on the top of it.

"While I could just say 'progressive,' by saying 'woke' I summon the army of Bari Weisses."

A lot of "Children are the future... unless we stop them" energy in that thread.

Just say ‘I like driving over the speed limit’ why debase yourself like this