Like the insane and degenerate Roman emperor Commodus, Trump has an obsession with placing his name on everything. NYT catalogues his efforts here. After Commodus was murdered by his own security detail, Rome imposed a lex damnatio memoriæ requiring his name be excised wherever it appeared.
I find he’s one of the few authors I can re-read repeatedly and always find new things. Thanks for the reference - I’ll give it a read.
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That’s an interesting one. A lot the themes resonate so closely with what’s going on now. Thanks!
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You’re welcome!
Thanks. He really was thinking these issues out far in advance in a fictional context.
I think it’s a bang-on description, given that framework.
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Sliding?
I got the impression it had already slid.
LOL - that quote from Vini Reilly is hilarious - and completely unsurprising.
… gets more and more compromised.
That’s a good point. A certain amount of “epistemic discipline” (ie distinguishing between good and bad sources, being precise and restrained in your inferences, critical thinking etc) might help. But that stance becomes more and more difficult as information environment ..🧵
Yes, but how many people are into Durutti Column? I am, but in my entire life I’ve only been able to find one other fan, and since it was on social media, the degree of their fandom is essentially unverifiable.
David bucking bronco red caped murderous emperor guy
Delacroix George sand looking demure!
Galileo schooling a freaking monk what a globe is while listening to Mr brightside
Pep talk: if you went back in time to join Napoleon, George Sand, & Galileo for dinner you’d be the most interesting one.
brb writing a new book chapter
“Market power has risen in almost all sectors and in almost all continents”
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Canada is the only major energy producer without a strategic petroleum reserve. That leaves us exposed to global shocks because we’ve structured our system around foreign control rather than energy security and independence, argues Gordon Laxer.
“One common element in most of these #neo-fascist #governments or #movements is #negationism — the refusal to acknowledge the #ecologicalcrisis and #climatechange.” climateandcapitalism.com/2026/03/28/t...
“There is no evidence of anything beyond the pleasure principle. With good intentions and bad, commentators seek to force some #policy around the whimsy. But it is whimsy all the way down. And a #war for fun cannot be won.” open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... #IranWar #Trump #Hegseth
“Part of the job of jazz musicians is to reflect their time and place. The title track is a long suite of Americana with crowd noise and overdubbing. Charles Ives in 1980? In some ways it is dated, but so are John Hughes movies.” Via @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social
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1. BREAKING
The Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, U.S. officials said, as thousands of American soldiers and Marines arrive in the Middle East for what could become a dangerous new phase of the war should President Donald Trump choose to escalate.
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Fell asleep in my Ministry shirt and woke up to a smashed control image, and smashed control machine
Slept in my Velvet Underground t-shirt and woke up feeling sick and dirty, more dead than alive.
