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[hearing random spotify autoplay song] this sucks what is this
bio: As beloved by real music heads as they were overlooked by idiot morons, this visionary group made challenging music that many spoon-fed swine couldn't handle
me: at the same time it's undeniably compelling,
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you just do it. I know everyone hates to hear that but there’s no secret. pick a book you’ll enjoy and put your phone in another room and do it even when it seems hard. and then do it as often as you can.
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I read and buy a lot of contemporary poetry but don’t write any and — not to brag — but I believe this qualifies me for a form of secular sainthood
Alex Maskill retweeted
About a century ago a British journalist wrote about a new technology that was going to change everything, and said that those against this technology were ignorant and “detest progress” because everyone would be adopting it. He was talking about the use of mustard gas in WW1.
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Dipped in here to see reaction to Carson Nobel – a series of very silly rote culture war execrations. X also seems to have invented a new figure, the subliterate literary influencer/grifter. Anyway, this is from Carson's sublime Isaiah sequence. It's great.
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A very good piece of reporting. What it makes clear is the yawning gap that is already opening up between Burnham's stated ambitions and the political capacity of the teams he has put in place to help him actually realise them. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
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me writing the worst novel of all time in 2004: he's a 2020s defense contractor executive with a baby face, mullet, and a wispy ballsack beard. his company is named after a sword from Lord of the Rings, loves to wear Hawaiian shirts, and hates divorce. his name is Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey reveals the startup he'd build today: oxytocin doping to end divorce
"I would try to end the tragedy of divorce with oxytocin doping for marriage counseling."
"We understand mammal pair bonding pretty well. There's a lot of people who want to stay together. Most of the people who don't want to stay together should stay together, especially for their kids."
"And we can, if people think SSRIs are fine, which they're not, but if they were, then oxytocin doping to stay together is definitely fine."
"It's the mammal pair bonding chemical. There's things you can do to increase the uptake, and it's very well understood. Also, totally unregulated, which is great. Unregulated spaces are a lot easier to do. You can go buy a kilogram of oxytocin on Sigma Aldrich Chemical Supply right now, and if you do that, maybe you won't die alone."
"It's pure biology. It's used for women who don't bond with their kids, and now for women who don't bond with their husbands. It's also used for kids with various neurological issues, some kids with autism who struggle with pair bonding."
"The cool thing is it's a self-reinforcing loop. We understand that very well. Unlike most drugs, it doesn't form a chemical dependency. It actually unburdens you from a chemical dependency."
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GUY WHO IDENTIFIES AS 'HIGHLY AGENTIC': I can't believe the normies aren't using their AI agents to complete the daily crossword
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some humble posters knew
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Writing is fun. You endure hours of excruciating pain and self-doubt. But in the end, you’ve created something. And then you get to hate that thing.
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'Danny Tommo' is such a Martin Amis ass name, all "...Dave Tits ... Keith Racist ... no ... Steven Fishfingers ... no, no ... wait! 'DANNY TOMMO'. Ah hah hah, oh Marty babes you've still got it ... I can't wait to show this to Ian and the lads down at the Athenaeum later"
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15 years of brutal austerity + increasingly vile far right politics to secure the positions of parties enforcing it + world’s most poisonous media outlets = Years of fascist rioting with little or no government response
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An explicit explanation from quintessential British establishment insiders that there is no such thing as democracy in the UK, that every PM is vetted for amenability and submission to the security state and vested interests.
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!!!!!! they admit it
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there’s a new mike leigh out that’s supposed to capture real humanity with an unparalleled balance of political commentary, compassion, precision, humor, and sympathy
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“BookTok doesn’t like Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams” is a real “Judge me by my enemies” situation in favor of Pratchett and Adams
barry pierce@BarryPierceSep 12🇬🇧
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one of Gen Z’s greatest traits is that they are biologically manufactured to see this for the deep cringe that it is. it’s interesting how central Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett were to the BookTube of Millennials but are wholly absent from the BookTok of Gen Z.







































