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Link Salad, the God and Mammon Edition

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— Pope Leo has stirred awake a progressive Christianity. It can rise again - Bill McKibben, The Guardian, Apr. 26, 2026

“Even before the war, there were signs that these churches – while not exactly coming back, certa...

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We outside

A little publicity business:

Don’t we look like we’re up to trouble?

I was fortunate enough to have this wonderful and wide-ranging convo with the homie over at The Rumpus, ostensibly about Racebook: A Personal History of the Internet, b...

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Link Salad, the Fire & Brimstone Edition

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— Of Fire and Rain - Amir Ahmadi Arian, The New York Review of Books, Mar. 14, 2026

“Then it rained. First the drops were sporadic, then steady, then a downpour cascading off the shed above us. The storm had a strange...

2 months ago
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Link Salad, the Misanthropic Edition

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— Dario Amodei Has a Cold - Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, Mar. 18, 2026

“Last year Schiffmann papered New York, Chicago, and LA with ads for Friend, inspiring widespread revulsion (“FUCK AI” is a common graffiti tag). He sa...

2 months ago
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babe wake up tochi's being wrong on the internet again

Just a boy in an airport killing time and wondering if he’s generating enough Content™ for his Platforms™, spurred to skip his alternately smooth and jagged Opinions™ on the otherwise placid pond of other people’s attention spans.

Usually,...

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