I actually think it’s incredibly important to teach young boys & men that it’s never too late to change for the better. That you should do something meaningful to redeem yourself. That healing and forgiveness is less toxic than endless resentment and punishment.

arctotherium pierce There are precisely 2 good things you can say about John Adams. 1) He never owned slaves. 2) He was the father of John Quincy Adams.

David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans

“Tony can swing and play his ass off. He’s a motherf*cker. I don't think there's a drummer alive that can do what Tony Williams can do.” — Miles Davis

I think JD Vance has overplayed his hand

Happy birthday Donald Fagen, I hope you’re chasing the dragon and shining silver bowls and whatnot.

This AI band I created is bringing in 300k a month. Nearly reached 1 billion streams. Though they have NO songs that go viral… Nobody notices they’re AI. If you want to learn how to create an AI band DM me.

literary fiction today is like, “I suddenly made a U turn. I didn’t know what I was doing. I pulled through the Sonic drive-thru window and ordered 11 cheeseburgers. I drove off without paying. In Mythologies, Roland Barthes says that the bourgeoisie are a joint-stock company,

rewatching better call saul and reminded of an incredible first season. man … this scene with jonathan banks. a performance that honors its powerful lines and revelations.

[guy who can’t fully remember that Gramsci quote] it’s Monster Time

Between selling the one copy of "Once Upon A Time in Shaolin" to Martin Shkreli and this there should be no doubt about RZA being washed.

New political strategy: support things that are true so that when the truth eventually comes out you are both popular and credible

There's no performative reading . That mindset is killing reading . Anyone who reads is doing amazing and should be appreciated

“The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests of your community.” Susan Sontag, At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches Jan 16, 1933 – Dec 28, 2004

*Donald Fagen voice*

Have we considered a lifelong Accelerated Reader program where grown adults in their 30s and 40s can get free movie tickets and better airline seats if they read books