Quoth the Raymond

When moral obligation requires ethical compromise

Dhalgren. It had a regular ol’ science fiction cover! What could go wrong!

“Too much” was so, so long ago

I was never tempted to be a public intellectual because I could not resist the lure of being a private weirdo

I can think of only one person who ought be in charge and I’m addressing her right now

That contagion essay by David Wallace-Wells is going right in my evidence file of human life as a net negative for the very possibility of life at all

Caroline, I am tempted to write a joint review of both him and Adam Kirsch titled “Imagine an Idiot” but I’ve already put in my years in the criticism mines

Ugh

Caroline, I would love to respond to this, but if I start screaming I will never stop

We need a radical improvement in human character but at this point I will welcome even the slightest increase in decency

I didn’t say I was waiting in hope

I’m still waiting for back payment

I am a bit vexed with Coffee House these days but I will definitely pick this up and then buy a few extra for friends!

I cannot endorse but I can empathize.

Born there and spent several months a year there until around 2010. Still committed to it, and don’t want to abandon all the people there who struggle to make the place other than it is.

If ever there was a time to remember the Florida some have worked so hard to forget…

“Alligator” is also a name of Halpatter Tustenughee, a Seminole leader of the Battle of Lake Okeechobee in 1837. Resistance everywhere and everywhen.

His cover for the final battle on Homeworld still strikes me as impossibly beautiful.

I still have those dreams!

Thank you!

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Thanks to At Length for publishing this essay about Micronauts and other stuff! I wonder if @kellylink.bsky.social and @gavingrant.bsky.social and @angermonsoon.bsky.social remember these… atlengthmag.com/nemo/

I’m tired of evil’s petulant insistence that it be treated with respect.

If you’ve heard about the horror of this “Alligator Alcatraz” concentration camp, please remember another Alligator: Halpatter Tustenughee. A hero of the Battle of Lake Okeechobee in 1837, he helped beat the living hell out of Zachary Taylor and the U.S. Army. Resistance is never futile.

Between fighting demons and refueling to fight more demons, please take a look at the essay I have here. Is it better to be a toy than a boy? Find out!

There's a lot to be said about identity, solidarity. But a simple place to start: the people who are willing to fight for their neighbors when their neighbors have different problems have a very, very good chance of having neighbors to fight with when you all share problems

Let’s get some Quakers and assert their claims that this entire administration is compromising their free exercise rights

A pity, that accuracy should so be heard / as hyperbole

Do you know what you should have handy at all times? Bolt cutters. Available at many retail chains and your local hardware store, I bet!

Anyway, you’re welcome, more tomorrow!

Just because I don’t love you doesn’t mean I want to see you destroyed