Great #celtics #bucks series. Love how fatuous morons flip from #Tatum #Giannis et al are Godlike masters of their craft to, no they're hopeless to, no they are GOAT. 1 put back, 1 second on the clock, 1 great play + a game turns. Sports punditry is often deeply stupid.

Quite the statement from a longtime conservative politician.

#Celtics : Let's destroy our winning team chemistry by discarding a beloved team leader for #Kyrie Irving. #Celtics: Ooh look! We swept Kyrie. Let's destroy our winning team chemistry by discarding a beloved team leader for his teammate Kevin #Durant. Seems like a good idea.

Back on #KohPhangan after a 6 week jaunt through BKK-Paris-NY-SF. Back to work on the expanded edition of the island's oral history published early this year. If you want a full grasp of Phangan's appeal, have a read during your journey there (or back). amzn.to/3B75ssb

Saw #BillyCobham play @ Paris' #NewMorning. Concert now on YT at bit.ly/3KqWGd1. My book on Bill's life & music "Six Days at #RonnieScotts" includes interviews w #RandyBrecker who performed w Bill + #RonCarter who played the night before. Book @ amzn.to/2MPu8kl

Quite the amazing thread from someone I find readable over time.

Phanganist has excerpted my interview with longtime #LonelyPlanet #Thailand writer Joe Cummings on the early days of Thailand and #KohPhangan travel. The ebook, incl 25 interviews of Thai and expat residents, is at amzn.to/3B75ssb. phanganist.com/thailand-trave… Phanganist.com

Um yeah. What he said.

Urgent well-written piece.

Watching #AFLGrandFinal with unsurprisingly drunk Aussies on #KohPhangan, #Thailand. Confused at the sport. Why does only one team score and why can’t you stage an entertaining halftime show?

If any of James Madison's descendants is offended by Lizzo wants to try out the 200 year old Iron Collar white folks would affix to our ancestors who tried to escape James Madison's clutches, I'm sure somebody at the National Museum of African American History could hook you up.

To consider regarding nuclear blackmail: when you give in to it, you empower dictators to do it again, encourage worldwide nuclear proliferation, and make nuclear war much, much more likely.

whatver the immediate outcome the Prigozhin move has broken the Kremlin's narrative monopoly. Putin and FSB caught looking the wrong way in liquidating dissent - conditioned to stamping on liberals they have been blindsided by a revolt of patriotic cannon fodder.

I’m delighted to share this excerpt on Medium from my book: Full Moon over Koh Phangan: What Adventurers, Dancers, and Freaks Seek and Find on Thailand’s Magic Island. From the interview with Koh Phangan native and Buddhist monk Phra Olarn Pengsakul. medium.com/@briangruber/f…

Trump won as a NEW YORKER with Mike Pence from hard right Indiana on his ticket. Non-issue.

I published my interview with Aida Rechena, director of the Peniche, Portugal museum/ former prison/ and centuries-old fortress on Medium. I am posting all interviews from "My Fabulous Fascist Summer Vacation" in the 21 days till the election. #Fascism link.medium.com/mvMljO2bMNb

I just published another in a series of interviews from My Fabulous Fascist Summer Vacation. link.medium.com/HY2oBT0UQNb

"(Part Two) Rui Carvalheira: Lusotropicalism and the Sermon of the Fishes" from my new book “My Fabulous Fascist Summer Vacation : A Journey Through Europe’s Hearts of Darkness.” Free PDF at bit.ly/MFFSVpdf link.medium.com/fp9goW3kUNb #Fascist #Trump #Fascism #fascistsummer

I just published Nick Lloyd: Walking Barcelona from my just published book "My Fabulous Fascist Summer Vacation" link.medium.com/NqGX4OkwXNb #fascism #fascist #Barcelona #NickLloyd

I just published Hazem El Moukaddem: The Antifascist from my new book My Fabulous Fascist Summer Vacation. #fascism #fascist #Trump #Marseille #LePen #election2024 #fascistsummervacation link.medium.com/xu5Iyv8Z5Nb