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rhymes with donut | author for Penguin, Georgetown, MIT Press | comms whisperer | words + music | ersatz intelligence | Oxford comma | curse of the easily amused | http://www.matthewkohut.com

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04.03.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Look Inside Richard Hell’s East Village Tenement Apartment The punk-rock icon and writer has spent more than 50 years in his East Village tenement apartment.

Richard Hell has lived in the same rent-stabilized East Village apartment for over 50 years. He's got some great books.

04.03.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Leaders Who Stay Silent Pay A Higher Price Than Those Who Speak Out Discover the new rules for when leaders should speak out, why silence carries a higher price than you think, and how to back your words with action.

I had a terrific conversation with @tanveernaseer.bsky.social about when corporate leaders should address political and social issues. This question is timely in light of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's conflict with the Pentagon. tanveernaseer.com/leadership-b...

04.03.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I found assembling this list MUCH harder than the Blue Note list, because Prestige’s catalog is so much bigger and I did not spend as much time parsing it when I was younger as I did Blue Note.

OK, here's the list:

01.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Opening for an LA band called The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, which is the best band name since Brian Jonestown Massacre.

28.02.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Iliad is an etiological myth which, beyond its undeniable Homeric artistry and metric grandeur, also serves to explain and naturalize the origin of a civilization, a people, etc. And in that sense I see the Iliad as being quite political.
Not so much the Odyssey. The Odyssey is poetry.

27.02.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, kids look at their phones for hours a day, but books are the real cause of mental health issues among high school students.

20.02.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is awesome.

18.02.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

His films were a revelation when I first discovered them forty years ago. He trusted audiences to pay sustained attention.

18.02.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A button from the 1984 Jesse Jackson presidential campaign.

A button from the 1984 Jesse Jackson presidential campaign.

First vote I cast.

17.02.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wish this had also asked about Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi.

15.02.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But you must have googled Lou Grant.

14.02.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Enjoy!

12.02.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

ah, i will keep an eye out for it.

03.02.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kia and Hyundai make great EVs. The Bolt appeals to me because size-wise it's closest to the trusty Honda Fit that I can park anywhere. The Volvo EX-30 is also very compact, but the range and the price are less attractive.

31.01.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Knowing what you know, would you buy a new Bolt this year? Asking for me.

29.01.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Keeping Score Isn’t Fun Anymore

Never, in a million kabillion years, when I decided to say "screw it" to mainstream philosophy and started writing about the philosophy of games, could I have imagined that this road would take me down to having the goddamn NY Times profile me and my new book.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...

13.01.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 215 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
HOW I FAILED

I tried to fit the body of light into the body of darkness. 
I tried to lengthen the last landscape.
I tried to unhinge and reconstruct / the language I had been given.
I tried to fit the body of darkness into the body of light.

β€”Charles Wright

HOW I FAILED I tried to fit the body of light into the body of darkness. I tried to lengthen the last landscape. I tried to unhinge and reconstruct / the language I had been given. I tried to fit the body of darkness into the body of light. β€”Charles Wright

"How I Failed"β€”Charles Wright.

26.01.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

i have invented a new way to release an album and you are free to have it. you teach a song to a large enough population of birds, perhaps reward them with some nice birdseed - they will then teach it to their brethren and so the music propagates. you can hear the music if you listen to birds

25.01.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Man Who Saw School Buses as Vehicles for Possibility

for a change, here’s a good guy doing a good thing in a good way
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/r...

21.01.2026 02:13 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks for this. I was just listening to the early Jamal Trio recordings yesterday, so this is perfectly timed.

20.01.2026 02:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Amid a humanitarian disaster fueled by russian strikes on critical infrastructure, Ukrainians are fighting to protect stray animals from the freezing winter. From makeshift shelters and fleece blankets to shops and cafes opening their doors, people are doing

18.01.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 209 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

Where does one apply to become the person who walks through the airport terminal with a speaker playing bird calls, in order to pied piper them out of the building? I did not know this was a job and it looks very satisfying

17.01.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Grave marker for Mark Sandman of Morphine and other awesome bands

Grave marker for Mark Sandman of Morphine and other awesome bands

I saw them many times. So very under appreciated!

15.01.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I'm not mad at you" as your last words on earth are really not all that far from "forgive them father for they know not what they do."

09.01.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 774 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 7
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Americans in 1998 tried to predict 2025. Here’s what they got right | CNN Politics In the year 1998 – when Bill Clinton was president, most households still had landline phones, and CNN’s website looked like this – Gallup and USA Today called up 1,055 Americans on those landlines an...

www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...

02.01.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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E.B. White, The New Yorker, 1934.

31.12.2025 15:14 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Art Tatum -- Yesterdays
Art Tatum -- Yesterdays YouTube video by eccentricXXX

(44) Art Tatum -- Yesterdays - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Cs...

30.12.2025 14:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Listens, Final Third of 2025 Charles Lloyd, Pino Palladino and Blake Mills, Gwenifer Raymond, Sean Shibe, and more

Some of the music in my ears over the past few months. open.substack.com/pub/soundsou...

28.12.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or fixes.

27.12.2025 15:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0