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Soviet studies books always have the coolest titles

Judith Shklar thought this claim of “social theology” represents "dogmatic intolerance" and ignores the uncertain or remote the effects of religious doctrine on society. Shklar said that “there are few theories that assume more and explain less than this one.”

citation inflation must be stopped. You shouldn’t feel the need to cite the newest and “best” at every turn. Dive into the primary sources and make stuff up. Creative misreadings are often the most generative

Ordered my first box of baseball cards in 20+ years. Needed to break the routine of this dreadful winter and look forward to baseball, spring, etc

US men’s should not have partied with Kash Patel for a thousand reason, but an overlooked reason is giving a man who is clearly never invited to parties an experience he has always wanted

ah, the email is marked urgent. very cute

this book is where it’s at. About time somebody fleshed out the Taylorian idea of articulation as critical to moral theory and the experience of values

Gary Dorrien Is Christian Socialism’s Greatest Champion The theologian and historian Gary Dorrien has made it his mission to chronicle and revive the tradition of Christian democratic socialism. His work reminds the American left of our project’s spiritual...

Pleasantly surprised to see a deep dive into Dorrien in Jacobin. I think ive read most of what he has put out and my current book project is basically just playing on the field he’s so laboriously reconstructed jacobin.com/2026/02/dorr...

AO Hirschman showed this “perversity“ has not changed in 200 years, especially among some Catholics. Unfortunately there’s a market for this recycled slop

[nods in Montesquieu and Shklar]

if I saw Socrates in the agora asking questions I’d hit him with the “wouldn’t you like to know weather boy”

saw someone describe another philosopher as “Temu Zizek.” Not sure how you recover from that

as a maxim, you should never talk to a social media sidewalk interviewer for any reason

shit slaps

BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES

“stop being fat, starting using AI, consider gambling in your free time.” the peak of capitalist innovation might be this bleak

the state is murdering its citizens in cold blood

1/4 of Republicans are pure fascists. Almost 60% are just about there

On Not Giving The Foul Ball You Caught To A Kid: An Augustinian Approach

Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show

Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

MSM reporting that Macron has a medical condition because they’re frightened of a Frenchman with drip smdh

I am NOT a Toniebox parent; you going to fall asleep to

getting into trouble this weekend

Trump *just* justified his own masked thugs using lethal force a protestor

cmon

you know this slaps hard for the “can’t-read-a-book” crowd

vague, un-falsifiable, and asymmetric motion. But the real issue is the lack of Hegelian representation to argue that the state is the march of God in history.

finding promotion announcements on LinkedIn and commenting “omg congrats! You told me you hated it there?”