sammiecook

There are a handful of cities left in America where the decline was so rapid and sudden in the 1970s and 1980s that the amazing architecture from the late 19th century is still preserved because it was not economical to tear it down and put up glass and steel boxes in the 90s and early 2000s Baltimore is one of them

Banksy is the Bono of visual art

On Sundays this October I'll be giving a four part course for the PRS based on my book A Secret History of Consciousness. One talk will focus on Rene Schwaller de Lubicz, the maverick Egyptologist and alchemist. Here's a preview: gary-lachman.com/post/ren%C3%A9…

my girlfriend keeps asking "why dont you just torrent it" and I keep telling her "NO you bitch we are in a relationship we pay 20 dollars a month for streaming now "

Modern day Carpetbaggers

what’s wrong babe you barely touched your $150k unspecified coding job today

@AgingAnarchist I am surprised at how fat they are!

アメリカ人はこのくらいの歳になるとあんまりこういうことをやらない。

“Inflation has no meaning to them. They will not try to understand. They will be tired, they will be bored, they will put a reverse mortgage on your beautiful oak door..."

Monthly reminder that if you strike up a conversation with someone for about a minute or two they'll say something a little awkward because they always keep one foot on their shadow at all times. Under normal circumstances, you'll get a sense to avoid steering towards that thing, but this time you must have courage to do so. Then when they respond it will happen again. Steer towards it. And again. Very shortly a portal will open into a spiritual place. There is more knowledge immediately retrievable in a normie than a week of responsibly curated Twitter doomscrolling. They will not be speaking eloquently because you're in a realm of the unuttered and this room has been closed for years. Do not open the windows just yet. They will realize it sounds very silly to another person which will help them realize they should leave that room. I learned this from a medieval book and tried it twice. It worked both times. I've been scared to do it again and ultimately I'm a mental miser who would rather collect philosophy facts than help people. But I'm going to try to change that.

One thing people seem to overlook about the late David McGowan was how hilarious his writing could be, even when delving into some pretty dark topics.

@JessicaTheGreen Gonna call Italian seasoning spaghetti sauce mix now forever

@scookeatrepeat Like... Italian seasoning?? I really have no idea

In 1993, Mary Ford was committing culinary crimes in Edison, GA and no one stopped her.

If we do this, I absolutely *promise* my twitter followers but especially my substack subscribers, I *will* run for this janky open seat whose demarcation line runs through my living room and outside of New Orleans covers almost no one at all.

@jameszimmermann Tucked for work. Untucked without jacket + cuffed sleeves. One-side tuck with more prominent belt buckle + longer, relaxed jacket.

Settle this debate: I was inclined to tuck but I sent Mrs. Zimmermann both pics and she liked it untucked. Who’s right?

@scookeatrepeat anything I say or do can be used against me in a court of law but for literary imagery I want you to imagine Derek Jeter at shortstop throwing a ball full speed to second, then it explodes and then frank sinatra plays over the speakers

car almost hit us in pedestrian walkway because it’s the south and apparently it’s very difficult for southerners to grasp the car and walkable combo. maybe the heat melted their senses… idk who am I to judge? however fear not locals because Yankee driving school is open for lessons after a proper boogie down bronx type interaction we are confident that this rebel will never get uppity again and future walking safety around said driver should increase exponentially

Pause, we’re allowed to smoke at work if we become members of Congress?

@JessicaTheGreen Wild! I had no idea about this until today, but it makes total sense.

For me the shakes were so bad I was afraid I was going to crack a tooth!

horst the whaletard has been enticed into his immensely retarded flooded barge. now he will be towed into the north sea and released, so he can find his way back and make a huge problem of himself again.

@curtis_yarvin Historically no society would tolerate such a monster. It will take monsters to rid the world of monsters.