Alexander R. Phillips

Watched a film on a streaming platform for the first time in a while. When a list of "watch next" buttons flew into the dramatic final shot, I nearly flew out of my skin.

The conflation of art and content, and that began when music was a thing we downloaded, and that is why digital music is the original sin of the 21st century.

Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."

a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls is standing in front of a body of water . Alt: a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls is standing in front of a body of water .

Marco Rubio orders State Department switch from Calibri to Times New Roman.

Garamond be like...

I think in an increasingly general sense we are all prisoners of what people like this can’t imagine, which is a shame, because most of us can imagine otherwise

actual bluesky challenge: post your favorite work of art from fifty years before you were born.

William Rollins's "A Greener Vision of Home: Cultural Politics and Environmental Reform in the German Heimatschutz Movement" could get some interesting discussion going. Frank Uekoetter's "Age of Smoke: Environmental Policy in Germany and the United States" might help the comparative approach.

Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic Media Mogul Vows To Defeat Her Most Dreadful Creation

Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/

Altbier Zutaten.

Hopfen und Malz, Gott erhalt's.

Am farbigen Abglanz haben wir das Leben.

Nein! Wollte diesen Sommer wieder dahin pilgern, #TheodorFontane zuliebe. Wäre meine erste Gelegenheit seit der Wiedereröffnung gewesen. ☹️

The induction cooker may have been my best purchase of the year.

Cover of "The Origins of Totalitarianism."

Hannah Arendt died 50 years ago #OTD. A good day to finally get smart about her.

Hey! I’m CEO of a company that has just raised $10 billion for an app that takes the hard work out of enjoying music. Did you know, some people waste hours each day listening to “tunes”. Our AI will listen to it for you and summarise it in a 15 second scream leaving you more time to add value.

When there's road work on University Ave in San Diego, the streetcar tracks that were paved over in the 1950s are sometimes visible. Buses that operate on this segment today are some of the most frequently delayed in the system because of the traffic.

Logo for Ashoka University.

Always thought my employer's logo might need to see a proctologist.

More the lead up to telling people what I do: "Und wie sprichst du so gut Deutsch?"

Image 1 is of Kevin from Home Alone film walking in front of a work van being driven. Image two is a child in front of a large pick up truck.

Home Alone could've had a very different ending if it was made more recently.

Glad to know this exists! The Trinity Test episode is the single most astonishing hour of television I have ever seen.

Two young kids ride their bikes in a curb-protected bike lane in Toronto. On one side is the traffic lane, on the other is a streetside cafe.

Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was raining
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, there was frost on my windows
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, it was dark
Drivers: I couldn’t see you, the sun was in my eyes

Also drivers: I never see anyone using that bike lane, let’s rip it out.

"Ecology and German Realism:" In which I stage an ecomarxist rescue operation for a bunch of conservatives, anti-revolutionaries, and Otto von Bismarck fans.

boydellandbrewer.com/book/ecology...

Immer wieder eine Kränkung, wenn ein Gerät mich duzt.

#ShittyFuture

Übersicht mit KI: Der erste Satz von Christian Krachts Roman Faserland lautet: "It was a dark and stormy night at Fisch-Gosch on Sylt".

Even if this were in any way true, leftist thought is never less dangerous than when it it is presented in an elite university classroom.

Love seeing this go viral among humanities people.

Me, a college freshman: "I'll sign up for beginning German and see what happens. Maybe I'll take a literature class when and if I get there."

A good chunk of the cash the Trump admin extracted from Cornell is also going to "AI."

Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books