inessentials

Olivia Rodrigo read this and said, sure, why not?

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

Santos to Caicedo is my love language. #COLWNT

Two-Year Post-Doc in Ethics of AI and Emerging Technologies #philsky

So many, but the first to come to mind is the “disco will never die” monologue at the end of The Last Days of Disco, and how cleverly Stillman undercuts it and undercuts the undercut.

Rightfully so!

I’ve never felt like there was a consensus on what was *the* song on 69 LOVE SONGS, but recently I’ve seen more references to and covers of “The Book of Love.” Has that emerged as *the* song?

No. I thought she swiped her with the back leg. But looked clean. (Cleats maybe slightly up.)

This time Hayes is serious about Heaps’s positional discipline!

And they’re club teammates!

Ricky Ricardo talking to an open-mouthed Lucy

“Hayes says she’s given Heaps a lot of clarity about the need to keep disciplined [in positioning]”

Yes I was thinking they’re all playing some variation of a 10, with Moultrie in that pocket.

Hayes has said Dahlien can play a winger or wingback, so that’s a likely spot.

Pretty close to a USWNT B-team. Canada will likely get the current top unit.

Not many existing partnerships on the field. Could be clunky opening (regardless of goals).

Moultrie-Heaps-Shaw is not a combo I ever expected to see. That plus 3 backs(?), suggest Hayes is anticipating a low block.

Apologies to anyone I’ve cancelled a meeting with, but I am backlogged on emails apologizing for not emailing sooner.

I’ve now lived in the South long enough that sometimes when scrolling quickly I see White House but it scans as Waffle House.

Hal & Harper. On MUBI.

Also, as Sean says, Baby Assassins.

2/24/26

chicken parm sandwiches

Because it's all-purpose.

2/22/26

Madhur Jaffrey's red splint lentils with cabbage

If you're curious about what the Bicentennial looked like on TV, I co-authored a chapter on 1976 material in the @peabodyawards.bsky.social archive. We found "flag-waving patriotism appearing alongside subversive dissent." It's not 'pro-America' to silence dissent.
www.ugapress.org/978082035620...

I liked it.

Image of book cover

I had the pleasure of reviewing @cjbartel.bsky.social's new book *Aesthetics and Video Games* for the Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism.

Here's an illustrated thread summarising the book and my thoughts:

You can read my full review here: philpapers.org/rec/FISAAV

#philtech #games #gamestudies

I must follow too many Millennials and Gen Z on here because I knew Alyssa Liu won but not that she won to MacArthur freaking Park!

Will “Eat My” Shortz

Jesse Jackson and Marvin Gaye playing 21, 1976

Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84

Every day brings further proof that the long twentieth century is over.

This is how you live a life

I was lucky to hear him do a Q&A for JUVENILE COURT.

Someone asked who his greatest cinematic inspiration was.

He replied, “the Marx Brothers.”

Frederick Wiseman.

This hurts so much.

I guess I need to find a new answer to “who’s the greatest living filmmaker?”

If I were to Chotinerview George Clooney we would eventually get to the facts that he is the second most important person in his marriage and the second most talented artist in his (extended) family.