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David Kellogg

@hermagoras.bsky.social

Professional underachiever. Hedgehog sometimes mistaken for fox. I read too much, write too little. Poetry, rhetoric, science/anti-science, politics, Ireland, Singapore. (Also: Associate Professor of English, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC)

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Latest posts by hermagoras.bsky.social on Bluesky

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

10.10.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2615    πŸ” 543    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 13

Scene: RFK Jr introduces the public to his glorious, neurotypical, uncut β€œlittle Bobby” as Taylor Swift’s β€œWood” plays in the background

10.10.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Term limited. Read the article. Agree she should stay out of this race

10.10.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

10.10.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6319    πŸ” 1336    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 27

That (NPR!) journalists think AI is a creative engine that can finesse iconic productions is not just context for the crap quality of writing in media but alarmingly the inability among a class of supposedly professional scrutinizers to distinguish between art and slop, good and bad, truth and lie

09.10.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 663    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 7

Less than a year into the Trump admin and the National Governors Association, founded over 115 years ago, is on the brink of collapse.

07.10.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2001    πŸ” 604    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 19
Conference – Derrida Today

In case you missed it, the call for papers is now open for the 9th Derrida Today Conference in Paris, France - from July 13-17, 2026.
Details can be found on the website here: derridatoday.com.au/conference/
All enquiries: conference@derridatoday.com

04.10.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I second this emotion.

03.10.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stipulating in advance that I probably agree with everyone’s critiques of Newson:

This is the way. Make it clear in advance that compliance has a price too.

02.10.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1363    πŸ” 248    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 4

Complaining about cancel culture in Riyadh is one of the best examples I've seen of how "free speech culture" rots the brain.

02.10.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8379    πŸ” 1328    πŸ’¬ 247    πŸ“Œ 44

Once again, if for some reason you’re actually relying on Politico for news, you can achieve the exact same results by striking your forehead with a hammer a few dozen times.

01.10.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1139    πŸ” 182    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 3
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Personally, I think this practice of rescission alone demands a shutdown unless 1) it is halted completely and 2) the four corners of the budget are secured by ironclad agreement.

01.10.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 151    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

There were, if I recall, two Straussians who may have been Bloom students. One was Broyles and the other was Utley.

01.10.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Utley?

01.10.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hegseth: Let's fly in hundreds of flag officers from around the world to watch me drop a turd on stage

01.10.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

folks, I want to remind you that a ton of federal workers are about to get their last pay check at the end of this month and this stuff is going to get much worse

17.09.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 7188    πŸ” 2244    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 73

"chatGPT 5 is like having a bunch of phds in your pocket" here's ten trillion dollars

"bluesky is having an *actual* bunch of phds in your pocket" dying platform. it disgusts me

01.09.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2682    πŸ” 376    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 31

Worst meet cute ever

31.08.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Opinion | Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force

This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.

28.08.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 17470    πŸ” 6812    πŸ’¬ 871    πŸ“Œ 481

College professor here.

Fuck this. Your friend's daughter's professor is a disgrace.

I'm going full Amish this term. Pen and paper. In-class discussions. No prideful buttons.

23.08.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 632    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 4

THREAD

19.08.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œGet off the internet! I need to send a fax!” My son after I explained the workings of two largely obsolete but parallel technologies β€” fax machines and dial-up.

19.08.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Google search for "all you can eat buffet near me" with an "ai overview" of the results saying that you can use Google to search "all you can eat buffet near me" to find a buffet.

Google search for "all you can eat buffet near me" with an "ai overview" of the results saying that you can use Google to search "all you can eat buffet near me" to find a buffet.

We are on the cusp of AGI, definitely for real

17.08.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3686    πŸ” 781    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 49

I’m gonna say armed troops from red states descending on a blue city is just a few inches β€” or maybe one exchange of gunfire β€” short of a civil war’s opening stages.

17.08.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 7495    πŸ” 2196    πŸ’¬ 316    πŸ“Œ 129

Everyone on TV not asking this question is doing it wrong

17.08.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 789    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Big if true

13.08.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Blue Oyster New Religious Movement

13.08.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
RFK Jr. plans to fire advisory task force that determines which cancer screenings to recommend because they’re β€œtoo woke”

RFK Jr. plans to fire advisory task force that determines which cancer screenings to recommend because they’re β€œtoo woke”

Holy shit we’re legitimately at β€œsome cancer screenings are too woke.”

26.07.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 17446    πŸ” 4608    πŸ’¬ 846    πŸ“Œ 417
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thank you, muckraking journalists of the bari weiss tribune, for exposing the awesome stuff zohran mamdani has tweeted about like abolishing medical bills and seizing the property of millionaires

25.07.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3974    πŸ” 463    πŸ’¬ 492    πŸ“Œ 1194

Someone ask @rahmemanuel.bsky.social and @governor.pa.gov if they condemn those who call the occupied territories "Judea and Samaria" (the settler preference). What? They don’t use those words so it’s a bad question? No shit.

25.07.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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