Thinking increasingly about this Joshua Clover quote (from joint interview with him and Sianne Ngai in Polygraph) these days.

Image of the door of a Harvard building with a big banner--white background, red and black words--that reads Hey Hey Hey MAA / How many Gazans / Did U Kill 2Day?

Israel has killed 500 Gazans since Wednesday. If you're doing business as usual, you're part of the problem.

It's not too late to walk out of the #MAA2025, disrupt business as usual, demand divestment, join us for OAMS, organize for Palestine.

@medievalacademy.bsky.social DIVEST NOW

#MedievalSky

Do you believe me yet that democracy is [just] a management style for growth capitalism that wanes in parallel with accumulation?

is there really not a book by one of Michael Jordan’s friends called 23 and Me?

Madonna anno domini by Joshua Clover

Thought that cover looked familiar…

once a canadian...

Coalition of the nilling

Test from Roadrunner by Joshua Clover

Go gently Roberta

I think they might be calling @blanqui.bsky.social

Image of a yellow wall at night where someone has written “let’s fucking riot” signed with a circle-a in a heart

The writing is on the wall in Copenhagen

Schrijver Joshua Clover: ‘We zien nu meer oproer dan ooit’ | Jacobin Van studentenprotesten tot boerenblokkades: het oproer maakt een comeback als vorm van protest. Dat zegt de Amerikaanse auteur Joshua Clover, die er een boek over schreef. Maar wat als het vaker react...

For my many Dutch friends jacobin.nl/schrijver-jo...

Ive conceded that fight but i dont like it

My real #1 is 200000 tons of steel

Go for broke no joke Grateful Dead power rankings

Althea
Scarlet/Fire
Franklin’s Tower
St Stephen
Jackstraw
Cold Rain & Snow
Row Jimmy
Touch of Grey
Box of Rain
China/Rider

That’s all you!

Elton John / George Michael - Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Live Aid 1985) YouTube video by Live Aid

this was the most painful one so far, even cheating with two extras. Note also, as a b-side, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECN_...

Elton John power rankings (+ 2 song bonus)

Funeral for a Fried/Love Lies Bleeding
Tiny Dancer
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Captain Fantastic...
Come Down in Time
Your Song
Amoreena
Someone Saved My Life...
Daniel
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
All the Girls Love Alice
Don't Let the Sun...

less sleeps on than sleeps through, methinks

Why, its impossibly great

Madonna power rankings

Like A Prayer
Borderline
Ray of Light
Get Into the Groove
Don’t Tell Me
Lucky Star
Dear Jessie
Crazy For You
Live to Tell
Rain

i love that you have Aimee Opinions!

Aimee Mann power rankings

Coming Up Close
That’s Just What You Are
Ray
Love in a Vacuum
Cigarettes & Red Vines
Driving Sideways
Voices Carry
Choice in the Matter
Invisible Ink
Ghost World
Calling It Quits

I believe it!

Marianne Faithfull had arguably the greatest second act in music history. Travel safe, say hello to Lucy Jordan.

A must for Boys of Summer fans!

It turns out people were not ready for the Riot Problem

This was one of the ones I knew: I heard You Oughta Know once and called all my friends to tell them to get ready. But am surprised at how non-Jagged tracks hold up/hit harder!

[slaps the roof of the chariot] this baby can hold so much sovereignty

state of the rule

Original formulation of the trolley problem in image of text

The trolley problem itself was formulated by the descendent of a two term president in 1967, more or less amid the first Long Hot Summer. She actually offered several formulations in a row; the version with a trolley is #3. But here is the original formulation: