Adam Keiper

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Executive editor, The Bulwark (thebulwark.com) /// Cofounder of The New Atlantis (thenewatlantis.com) and American Purpose (americanpurpose.com).

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topping off a glass of lemonade with seltzer as I keep drinking it until eventually it's a wholly different drink, call that the sip of Theseus

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Me: Sorry, I cant. I have a con this weekend. Them: Oh? What kind of convention? Me: *packs bug out bag and 3 passports* haha yeah convention. That’s what I meant.

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every time I take Georgie to red hook I have a momentary panic where I think we’re suddenly in the first 60 seconds of a law and order episode and then I remember there’s a maraschino cherry factory here

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Has anyone else noticed that after Apple got rid of the headphone jack, most people over the age of 40 will simply listen to their phone with no headphones out in public places? Like, they have no interest in having bluetooth headphones, and will just play aloud whatever thing they’re watching

"Confirming the intuitive: when people are lied to about elections supposedly having been stolen, they become more willing to countenance political violence. [James A. Piazza, American Politics Research 2024] Those who falsely portray elections as stolen bear a heavy moral responsibility."

My roundup of short items for Cato on the radicalizing effect of rigged-election lies, a stunt by the Illinois legislature, a non-link between mail voting & fraud, two online RCV panels I spoke on, and how a climate of intimidation deterred a potential Trump prosecutor. www.cato.org/blog/electio...

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If we're taking about court-packing again, here's my favorite detail from the 1937 controversy: The SCOTUS justices, learning of FDR's scheme at the same time as everybody else, were handed copies *during oral arguments*. Imagine being the lawyer arguing in front of those preoccupied justices!

It's time to revisit the idea of expanding the Supreme Court, which means it's time to dismiss the misunderstandings about FDR's "Court-packing controversy." kevinmkruse.substack.com/p/unpacking-...

Unpacking the Courtkevinmkruse.substack.com In recent months, the breathtaking radicalism and brazen corruption of the current Supreme Court has reignited the longstanding debate over reforming the Court by expanding the number of Justices. As ...

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coke and pepsi machines sneaking up on each other like a Spy vs. Spy panel

renee's corner cafe (bank), corner detail, route 52 and main street, sawyer, north dakota, 1987

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Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, Lake Como, 1825 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1111583

100 years ago today, on #July4th, 1924, Saul Bellow stepped foot in the U.S.A. for the first time, having been smuggled to Chicago from Canada—by bootleggers, in his telling. The 9-year-old Bellow thought the fireworks and parade were for him. He would finally become a naturalized citizen in 1941.

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"We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march." Happy birthday and long life to the master!

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it's 2024 and my cat's robot litter box can send me push notifications to my apple watch, which is so ridiculous it sounds like a joke they'd make in a 90s cartoon to explain how stupid the future is

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So angry I didn’t think of this

In rereading the Three-Body Problem trilogy, I'm struck again by how thin the characterization is. Also, I had forgotten how VERY many of the characters, both major and minor, are (for want of a better word) incels.

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Dell corporation Putting AI in a beer that nobody will pour Who is it for

I saw this same ad on the highway, so blockchain really is over in marketing. Guess this is what we’ve got now

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I can't remember a tech campaign this relentless.

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I think we’ve cracked their plan

"The half-life between story of the century and not even the story of the day is quicker than you would ever guess." —John Scalzi (@scalzi.com)

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Today is Anne Frank's birthday, and this is her diary.

I used to contemplate the years missing from AF's life by noting that she was born a mere six weeks before my mother. My mother's been gone only three years, and AF might still be alive.

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Can we just be honest and admit Threads sucks and Bluesky is better.

Good thread about bad framing

Media frame is: Will Trump seek “retaliation," or won’t he? But that lets him set the terms of the debate. He is expressly vowing prosecutions *solely because* he's been held accountable to the law, meaning he'll prosecute with no evidence of wrongdoing. 3/ newrepublic.com/article/1824...

I love this portrait of Sylvia Beach, founder of the original Shakespeare & Company bookshop in Paris (forerunner of the famous shop by that name today). www.thebulwark.com/p/brilliant-...

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The tragedy of Icarus in four images. #turtle

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i'm glad most of you haven't figured out how to escape the confines of my imagination

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a newly murdered thing of the sea

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The first Polish language encyclopaedia (published 1746) included definitions such as: "Horse: Everyone knows what a horse is." The phrase is still used in Poland to humorously say that there’s no point in discussing obvious things.

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It seems the greatest act of bravery, the thing that saved the most lives, was his sharing of his own experiences after being touched by the horrors of war. I think we can honor that best by remembering the whole story of his life. You can read more of his story here:

Audie Murphy: American War Hero, Actor, Advocatewww.military.com During WWII, Murphy was credited with killing 240 members of enemy forces and capturing or wounding many others.

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it's similar in books where everyone i know who's a full-time author is like "please pre-order because basically only pre-orders count for books anymore"

whenever I think about how a movie's financial success has been reduced to essentially it's first weekend in theaters, I am reminded there used to be a thriving economy based on months-long schedules, rentals, VHS and DVD sales, regional theaters, syndication on TBS, and international release dates

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No actually don't get "immersed" in the 48-inch customizable panoramic display, please keep your eyes on the road

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You remind me why it's important to know words' etymologies.