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I write things and make pictures. Reformed 20th c. theorist splicing the 21st. Comp. Lit. / film history / translation. Pre-mill post-punk. Occasional Light (Fine Art Photo +): https://danielmfreed.photodeck.com
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from Travels with Herodotus by one of my favorite writers, Ryszard Kapuściński: “Superfluous people in the service of brute power….”

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DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one

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Cabs back for a brief spin.

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A truly great filmmaker. As the article says, a world is disappearing with him.

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Well it’s been a sad news day all around, ending for me with Alasdair MacInytre’s passing. Many will name After Virtue as his greatest work, but Dependent Rational Animals did far more to sharpen my thinking about what virtue is, and the roots of it that Aristotle could not see. RIP A.M.

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“There is no higher praise for a work of factual writing than to say that it reads like a John McPhee book.” Peter Hessler on a beloved mentor and tireless proponent of creative nonfiction.

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Will courts ever declare that Trump is unlawfully dismantling Congressionally created agencies? Or will they just treat his actions as if they were ordinary cuts & trims—albeit on an unusually large scale? Will courts ever see the forest for the trees? Thread ... 1/11

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Michael Shea left us too early, but his stories remain and are more than worthy of our attention & exploration. @valancourtbooks.bsky.social has a gorgeous reissue of his quintessential collection POLYPHEMUS, with an introduction by Shea’s friend @lairdbarron.bsky.social.

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