#Essay

Sam Hoadley-Brill

deonteleologist

Alrighty folxxx, you asked for it. Here’s my thread on @Hpluckrose’s instant classic, “How French ‘Intellectuals’ Ruined the West: Postmodernism & Its Impact.” Originally published at Areo, lucky enough to

David Lay Williams

LayWilliams

1) This has evidently been out for a year, but it just made its way to me. The short piece has an obnoxious title, but its essence is reasonably serious:

Olivia ★ Hill

machineiv

Unpopular opinion: If I say "being trans is like [explains bad thing about my experience]" and non-trans people say stuff like, "Here's a way that's similar for (fat people, disabled

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hyuckulfi

tw // murder , arson , firemake a wish has two versions: an english version and a korean version. both of the versions have certain lyrics that can prove that

Mark Harrison

mark4harrison

Eighty years ago, it was the winter of 1940. Already terrible, #WW2 was coiled like a spring. It would shortly transform into something far worse. Fifty million people had yet

Ludovico Brigante

lulubrigante

Two weeks into the Biden administration, the call for a Third Reconstruction appeared again — this time in its proper place — from a voice of establishment liberalism.https://twitter.com/lulubrigante/status/1320375245245734913 The expec

Nick Sacco

NickSacco55

This is a lovely essay by @JGiesberg & I’d like to add just a couple additional thoughts on Grant’s presidency, & the relationship between the executive & Congress, & party

Kaj Sotala

xuenay

I keep seeing all kinds of crazy reports about people's experiences with GPT-3, so I figured that I'd collect a thread of them. First, @gwern 's crazy collection of all

Aditya Bidikar

adityab

Thought it might be fun to catalogue my reading in a thread. Will keep adding to this.BLOODCHILD – Gorgeously written novelette with a novel angle on symbiosis, pregnancy and colonisation.

Kevin Gannon misses Grogu

TheTattooedProf

The weekly Chronicle Review newsletter highlighted this excellent essay by Sumana Roy, where they observe "decolonizing your syllabus" is often "a form otf atonement," where the "guilt tax" is paid.

Jessica Evans

JPenelope_Evans

I've been thinking about the mixed messaging coming from UVM admin. They claim to support diversity, yet are cutting programs that, historically, BIPOC and women had far less access to

Thijs Heus

Large_Eddy

I'm distracted today (who isn't), so here are my notes on @LangOnCourse book Distracted. I usually argue with any book, which seems more fun than just saying that it was

Silent Amuse 🥁🐝💛🌊🌊🌊

SilentAmuse

Morning Joe says people are trying to make Manchin and Sinema to switch to GOP.Unbelievable these Purity Ponies are this dense. After all we went through.Normal Dems are just as

Ankit Shah

ankitshah

I wrote 6000 words about loneliness, connecting with strangers, and building a relationship with yourself. It's called "Being Alone": https://ankit.fyi/alone I'd love if you read the whole essay, but if you

Peter Beinart

PeterBeinart

During quarantine I spent a lot of time reading Palestinian writing. And I prayed for the humility to hear truths that were sometimes hard to swallow. Since I enjoy an

L Harris

ladyduckpojok

The existence of sex, as a material fact and its role in reproduction is pretty clear, well known and simple, in the same way as the existence of the heart

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