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Do You Want Cancel Culture to Exist?
So apparently Louis CK played Madison Square Garden again. People had a lot of thoughts to share about it. I post this tweet simply as an example of a broad genre. I see this thought expressed fairly often, and I think the essential logic is a little weird. The argument is that…
Jan 31
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Once Again, I Will Have to Take a Heavier Hand with the Comments
I really should have known better than to schedule a post on a divisive cultural topic for a day when I was traveling. I had thoughtlessly assumed that you guys would be able to regulate yourselves; clearly you can't. The overall tenor of yesterday's comments were anti-LGBTQ, and…
Jan 31
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Welcome
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Of Course Drag Isn't Dangerous, It's Just Played Out and Corny
the defanging power of normalization is undefeated
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Digest, 1/28/2023: I Go Numb
the eightieth digest post
Jan 29
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Subscriber Open Thread: I'm In the Weeds
Folks, the “Pass for Press” manuscript of my new book is due on February 1st, and I’ve been furiously editing in preparation for it. My time to …
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If I Have to Keep Hearing "Nobody Believes In Us" I'm Going to Jump Out a Window
professional athletes already have enough incentive to play hard
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Remember Rich Uncle Pennybags
I’ve written some version of this post every five-ish years for as long as I’ve been blogging. I do so because I think it’s an essential point that…
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Remote Work Shifts Costs From Management Onto Employees
and they celebrate!
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Digest, 1/21/2023: Can't Please the Masses
the seventy-ninth digest post
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Let's Read Some Lyrics - Iron & Wine's "The Trapeze Swinger"
Iron & Wine’s song “The Trapeze Swinger” is a favorite of mine. I actually probably prefer the Gregory Alan Isakov cover, but this live version is very…
Jan 20
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Book Club: Jesus' Son, "Beverly Home"
At last, something like release. It’s the last story in the collection (and thus the end of this book club), and our goodbye to our narrator. True to…
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338
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435
266
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