Democritus Junior

By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters... —Anatomy of Melancholy, Pt. 2, Sec. II, Mem. IV

@EYakoby @GigiLevangie Here you go, genius amnestyusa.org/urgent-actions…

Today, the Islamic Republic hanged multiple Iranian civilians, some of whom were just teenagers. Amnesty International? Silent. The UN? Silent. Human Rights Council? Silent. The Red Cross? Silent.

@HeerJeet “Don't forget the real business of war is buying and selling. The murdering and violence are self-policing, and can be entrusted to non-professionals." "The true war is a celebration of markets.” ― Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

There's a passage in Gravity's Rainbow where Pynchon talks about how even during wartime all sorts of economic exchanges between waring nations continued because capital had needs that were separate from national agendas.

@PressSec The new york fucking post? Lol, I see things are going great

Ignore the media’s hysteria: Iran’s reduced to tactics of desperation nypost.com/2026/03/18/opi…

@aaronjmate @ggreenwald How about we start a gofundme to buy you guys the domain name?

@ggreenwald So was mine. Happy pisces birthday. ♓️

My birthday was last week and a lot of you missed it and have been whining about it ever since, as if it's my fault for not being more vocal. Take responsibility. You can make up for it by getting me this shirt, size medium, but only if it comes from this one specific vendor:

@elonmusk @libsoftiktok Do better

He’s such a liar

@default_friend These are the kinds of posts you get when you monetize X

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@HistoryBoomer I have to agree though i would add Cezanne. Other than that, they are better than mine and could kick their ass in a street fight

So people can pick on something other than my crime in NYC views, here are my fave painters. They are better than all your favorites. Caravaggio Botticelli Bosch Caillebotte Steen Raphael Hokusai Rembrandt Goya De La Tour Magritte Grosz El Greco Hopper Hart Benton Van Eyck

@HistoryBoomer Come and See

“Fury” is underrated. Brutal fantastic war movie.

@morninggloria Wait till he reads Hamlet

Wait'll Marc Andreessen finds out about "art"

@HistoryBoomer Try Hamlet

“Introspection was invented by Freud” Dostoyevsky in 1864 “I was lying when I said just now that I was a spiteful official. I was lying from spite. I was simply amusing myself with the petitioners and with the officer, and in reality I never could become spiteful. I was conscious every moment in myself of many, very many elements absolutely opposite to that. I felt them positively swarming in me, these opposite elements. I knew that they had been swarming in me all my life and craving some outlet from me, but I would not let them, would not let them, purposely would not let them come out. They tormented me till I was ashamed: they drove me to convulsions and—sickened me, at last, how they sickened me! Now, are not you fancying, gentlemen, that I am expressing remorse for something now, that I am asking your forgiveness for something? I am sure you are fancying that ... However, I assure you I do not care if you are.... It was not only that I could not become spiteful, I did not know how to become anything; neither spiteful nor kind, neither a rascal nor an honest man, neither a hero nor an insect. Now, I am living out my life in my corner, taunting myself with the spiteful and useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything. Yes, a man in the nineteenth century must and morally ought to be pre-eminently a characterless creature; a man of character, an active man is pre-eminently a limited creature. That is my conviction of forty years. I am forty years old now, and you know forty years is a whole lifetime; you know it is extreme old age. To live longer than forty years is bad manners, is vulgar, immoral. Who does live beyond forty? Answer that, sincerely and honestly I will tell you who do: fools and worthless fellows. I tell all old men that to their face, all these venerable old men, all these silver-haired and reverend seniors! I tell the whole world that to its face! I have a right to say so, for I shall go on living to sixty myself. To seventy! To eighty! ... Stay, let me take breath ...” From “Notes from the Underground”

@default_friend @philiprosedale The only place I've read that mentions Echo is in Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49

@philiprosedale No one ever mentions Echo

The myth of Narcissus is also about consciousness… the world model is the reflection of the water, and the self the illusion found within.

@JoyceCarolOates It tells you how horrible both candidates were

this is the most profound US story of recent years.

@HeerJeet Both are bullshit

Iran: USA is run by pedophiles USA: Iranian leader is gay. Both war propaganda -- which is more effective?

@everlyeira Ambidextrous trans excellence

jerking off and drinking a celsius

Today's poll question: Is the U.S. winning the war with Iran? Listen to Michael's thoughts on the podcast 💭 bit.ly/4r4gY08 Then cast your vote 🗳️ at smerconish.com

@jmart Of bullshit

This will be a gem >

@churchkey Another dumbass spam bot account

Looking at the expressions on their faces, I am 99% sure that Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer alive

@IWF Dumbest thing I've ever heard of

🚻 As national scrutiny around gender ideology grows, detransitioners are speaking out & sharing their stories with increasing urgency. On Detransitioner Awareness Day, Claire Abernathy joined other detransitioners in sharing her story & the lifelong harm caused by chemical and surgical mutilation. @burnyourbinder independentwomen.com/2026/03/12/jus…

@decay1ngflesh @PinkNews @Grock Going thru life dumb and angry,l. How's that going for you?

@tpkern @PinkNews @Grock asking the ai to find answers for you and you can't even fucking spell it right. holy fuck how does your brain even manage to operate your body

US court upholds 'horrifying' state ban on adult trans healthcare thepinknews.com/2026/03/12/tra…

@decay1ngflesh @PinkNews @grock how many transgender people are on medicaid in West Virginia

@tpkern @PinkNews "only" for people on medicaid and in WV, when there are 152,000 transgender individuals on medicaid. 152,000 people, including myself, will be detransitioned because we are forced to rely on government healthcare