kipkosek.bsky.social
Sometime scholar of American history, religion, and culture. Author Acts of Conscience. From Wisconsin to the East Coast and back again. Posts about cultural, intellectual, and political life.
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When Bezos talked about defending personal liberties he was for sure thinking of Jezebel
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Well said. Since 2016 certain progressives have had the idea that some ultimate authority (courts, psychiatrists, Robert Mueller) would rescue us from Trump. But that approach hasn’t worked so well.
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Yep, it should be “terrible threes” not “terrible twos”
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Yeah I know. Anyway I messed up something with this link and can’t get past the paywall now, so I shouldn’t say anything else without reading it.
(But I do think the quote about Musk and computers is DJT’s typical distracting BS, not some kind of secret revelation.)
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Gotta disagree with this one — the election result is pretty well explained by a Dem candidate who had no ideas beyond being “not Donald Trump.”
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Really important context — thank you!
I have started to think of RFK as a kind of crackpot Michael Pollan. Do you think that Pollan has a following among the crunchy con moms in your story? Or is that a separate universe? I noticed that you quote Joel Salatin.
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Impossible Germany
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I’d say yes (I’ve read the first book and watched the first season). To me the setting inside the silo is one of the most captivating parts of the story, and the show does a good job with that. I’d describe the show as a kind of sci fi film noir.
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Also, the idea that parents have so much control over their children’s minds that they can “make memories” with them has always seemed far-fetched to me. Kids remember (and forget) the things I’d least expect!
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Generally share your frustration, but this description of the Harris campaign as “pitch-perfect” and “eloquent” doesn’t describe reality as I saw it. I’d like to understand better what people thought they were hearing (or not hearing) from her.
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A few critical perspectives:
Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow, Chokepoint Capitalism — how tech middlemen (Amazon, Spotify) stifle creators
Ryan Busse, Gunfight — memoir by a firearms exec who turned against the industry
Richard Reeves, Of Boys and Men — men as a public policy problem lol
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You were one of my first Bluesky folllows. X has been hiding your posts from me — no idea why but it’s very irritating.