jackie ess

on some peninsula

A highland cow having a little nap on a boulder on Dartmoor (ok, it was actually scratching its head)

Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.

YouTube video by Par si, par la. Classic Federico Mompou « Jeunes filles au jardin » /1976

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I am thinking of disentangling criticism of mass culture from criticism of those masses it is served to and serves, and of isolating elements just as stupid and formulaic in the older traditions, maybe giving a different view of what is essential, recovery of minor traditions in light of reinvention

I don't think this is right. IMO poptimism enacted several worthwhile critical moves but underestimated the need to think against its future cooptation. bad poptimists are called poptimists and bad classical critics are called snobs. but there is a redeemed version of each

as if anyone under 40 uses this site

Listened to the new Taylor Swift record. I think I will increase my dose of creatine from 3 grams to 5. Whatever it takes

ARCHAEOLOGY, by alice cohen 8 track album

New ABC, new Alice record, what can’t this day do? alicecohen.bandcamp.com/album/archae...

YouTube video by Fred Hersch - Topic All I Want

I love Fred Hersch so much www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzEg...

[Listening to the Taylor Swift album at 2.5x so I can get this review out before everyone else] I have to say, her pitch is too high on every single song. Disappointing. Incredible breath control singing that fast though

Something wonderful might happen tomorrow.

Just realized this is kind of the story of my life so no comment

you know how in a lot of old paintings there's weirdly muscular little babies? what if we used gene editing to make our bodies produce hardcore steroids endogenously, from birth, no injections needed. just high protein RAW applesauce. &imagine being a year older and just getting wailed on in daycare

Yes, as we all know what parents want is a child who only sleeps four hours a night

the amazing thing is that this person perceives that there is something unfair about disadvantage or inequality as a result of birth, and considers this insult of birth to be a heavier matter than life itself, or the welcoming of life into this world. good thing there's no birth inequality now

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I have a slightly complex argument to venture on a more than slightly contentious political matter. Should I go for it? Right here on social media?

nice to get outside for a bit =)

it's alright. your Creeley poem the other day was so great by the way

it happened again but I don't plan on letting it get me down

Mr Chimney

I don't know why they never teach this to people learning English but you can basically replace any verb by "cancel" and your point will still cancel across. at least if you cancel for the Atlantic

sounds sillier than it is, if you read the article you'll find out that time travel was (is? will be?) developed by a cadre of blue-haired woke college students in in the 2010s, thus at all times. They are responsible for all error and injustice and persecution that has ever occurred. pronoun latte,

als du vom Himmel rumgefallen bist

ich weiß nicht wie sagt man auf Deutsch "CREATINE COWBOYS" oder "MOGGING EPIDEMIC." Das ist mehr Umgangsprache. Trotzdem habe ich noch ein bisschen gelernt. B-eins bald.......

received a text from a strange number reading only "tut es weh?" meaning in German, "does it hurt?" it? what? the message lacked some context, but I felt nonetheless that I could understand what was being asked. yes, practicing the language is a chore at times. yes, sets of 30 reps are hard. yes,

CHOTINER: And you thought it would be funny to do a fake interview by me?
ME: A lot of people have, so
CHOTINER: You were looking for engagement?
ME: Well, to make someone laugh I guess
CHOTINER: How many likes and reposts did it get?
ME: That's, uh, not really the metric...look can we start over

This is the way that AI will do serious damage to my life, I think. It would do more if I were still teaching

Had the thought that as spam gets worse we may be missing the chance to send the cold emails that matter. I think of this usually in sadder terms, sometimes you’re getting the nerve to talk someone and then they aren’t there. But it’s far likelier that they are there and have given up on email

Breaking rocks on Mars