If interested in the story of Vice, Thomas Morton's perspective is essential. Here he is on our mutual friend Moynihan's 2Way TV show.
(Also: I'm making a show for 2Way called Random Offense, so any clicks, comments, follows, or shares help all of us—including Thomas.)
youtu.be/XoqDLgzT0pI?...
"It doesn’t open with spectacle exactly—just the rumor of a dead body, a bizarrely on-point Bette Davis line, and a setup so perfect it begged for an NSFW joke. We’re not back to explain the world. We’re back to be in it."
My friend @agentmule.bsky.social once told me “Life is impossible” and I know that’s the simplest phrase but it’s making me feel better today. We’re all in this shit together. We’re all trying our best. No matter what happens.
Prediction: Elon and Trump will NOT "cross the Potomac" to investigate the intelligence services. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWRV...
"So rather than sending Americans to Gaza, Donald Trump could solve Middle East peace with one practical business move—by simply giving Florida to Israel."
agentmule.substack.com/p/pseudo-iro...
First come the tariffs, then the saber-rattling, and before you know it, someone’s calling in airstrikes over a truckload of Canadian unpasteurized cheese.
@propanon.bsky.social
A photo of the spine split on my old copy of Gravity's Rainbow (p. 267) right as Slothrop returns to Zurich—the point where Pynchon is obliquely criticizing Allen Dulles and the Nazi collusion underpinning the OSS/CIA, a betrayal I’d argue brought us to this Trumpian moment, where corporate interests have completely overtaken the US government’s responsibility to its citizens.
"You go on and learn everything. I can’t. I’m limited. But I’m going to know about fucking and fighting and eating and drinking and begging and stealing and living and dying."
-Ernest Hemingway, from a letter to Ezra Pound
great stuff
the new car smell
best hardcore song of 2024 by a mile
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iPq...
“My New Year’s Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envys, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle — may they never give me peace.”
-Patricia Highsmith
Wow. Fair but challenging.
At least metaphorically, it's always darkest before the dawn
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"The police work for billionaires.
They’ll attack a strike, they’ll arrest protesters, and they’ll devote themselves to making CEOs feel safe.
Not only do cops defund our cities, they work overtime to stop us from building a better world."
open.substack.com/pub/newmeans...
The Steamfitters Local should frame this photo!
too kind by half
Saagar Enjeti tweets: "Probably a cold take but IMO Tokyo is the male fashion capital of the world: whether it’s western wear, suits, street wear the aesthetic is refined to the highest possible level From the salaryman to the rebel teen they are impeccably dressed It also helps no one is fat"
Why is Tokyo so fashionable? Some theories. 🧵
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 💙📚
Day 9 / 20
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
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Hilaritas has published a new edition of 'Mavericks of the Mind' (www.hilaritaspress.com/portfolio-it...). Among other things, it has a great interview with RAW. From my old (1993) edition, here's one of my all-time favourite RAW quotes. It seems somewhat relevant at this moment!
Is the econ job market bad?
