me and the boys are gonna follow this ghastly floating light deeper into the swamp if you want to join

not sure where this idea of a costless third place comes from. THE classical example of a third place is the tavern. third places are created by the people that frequent them, not the actual space. from ray oldenburg, who coined the term "third place"

Been on the internet since 1999 and it’s never been this bad. Google is useless, once findable information is deleted or buried. Wanton cruelty and sadism used to be contained to places like 4chan now it’s every social media site. Ubiquitous AI imagery is deeply unpleasant to see

“Is Israel intentionally attacking aid workers?We’ve compiled 14 incidents where humanitarians were attacked despite giving the IDF their coordinates and being clearly identified as civilians.” trib.al/VQlRfjO

In addition to teaching three courses a term I spend most of my free time researching, writing, and conferencing in hopes I can one day get a job at the mercy of the Adverb Gestapo

I have some real bad news about how big horses were in the Middle Ages

Life isn’t over at 27 but it’s around then that you’ll first injure yourself in a way that takes a weirdly long time to heal and that’s when you can first see the open grave yawning at a distance