Casper ter Kuile

Author of The Power of Ritual. Singer of sad sailer songs.

[Brian Chiglinsky @chiglinsky]

Beautiful speech on American exceptionalism.

If the story of America isn’t wide enough to include all the Americans who built it, and the fellow Americans we still have to help, it’s not worth your time.

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

This image is from today. A Black woman sits on the DC metro as masked white nationalists prepare to march on our nation's capital.

This is America's 250th anniversary. REUTERS/Cheney Orr

[Casper ter Kuile @caspertk]

@5By5Creativity @jacobpetkovic @gayJBfletcher HOW did that happen?!

[sage 🧚‍♀️ @btwnrevolutions]

Here’s another all-timer for me

[Casper ter Kuile @caspertk]

This is one of the things Americans don’t understand about the joys of not having AC in Europe. People are together outside much more.

[Faraz Ansari @farazansari77]

The people of Astoria have abandoned the frigidity of individualism (apartment AC) in favor of the warmth of collectivism (it is 100 degrees out)

[Erik Anderson @AwardsWatchErik]

Them: You’re listening to Confessions II again?

Me:

[Joel Braunold @braunold]

So ask yourself this question. Mamdani is not just a phenomenon of a political talent but he has learnt from Obama that patriotism is the life blood of leadership. As is joy and hope. Any National Dem could have chosen today to make a speech to the nation. Where are Jeffries or Schumer? Newsom, Shaprio, Pritzker, Ossoff et al. Nature abhors a vacuum and the mayor of NYC has taken the leadership of the opposition to the administration and will hold it until someone else does so. He is using his legal inability to run for the highest office as an advantage to be the national voice of the party through influence rather than ambition. He’s exceptionally good at it.

[Casper ter Kuile @caspertk]

@juliaturner Have absolutely loved listening every week. Thank you Julia!

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

The more I watch the World Cup, the more I get the impression that this World Cup is doing more to help the United States discover the world than to help the world discover the United States.

[Walter Masterson @waltermasterson]

Name a better take than this on the Iran war, I’ll wait.

[Silicon Valley Fodder @Playerinthgame]

I sometimes feel we've REALLY lost our perspective lately because $112 billion in net profit in a year is an INSANE amount of money, yet Apple is saying it's forced to increase prices on consumers. We should just be so much angrier about all of this.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

here is Mamdani's entire speech at the Knicks parade, which is easily the best speech I've ever heard at an event of this sort

[Casper ter Kuile @caspertk]

@daviddesteno Thanks so much Dave :)

[Casper ter Kuile @caspertk]

"How to pray when you don’t believe in God" << my new column for Vox launches today!

Soul Searching is a monthly missive drawing on ancient wisdom to help us live a spiritual life in the modern world. I hope you’ll check it out!

https://t.co/0Jgr3iuoK3

[Casper ter Kuile @caspertk]

Here's a question for your dinner table this week...

https://t.co/4YEjMHTuZX

[GL @gldivittorio]

“We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism” 🧡💙

[Casper ter Kuile @caspertk]

GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.

[Casper ter Kuile @caspertk]

This was SO much better than I thought it would be. LOVE Pink!

[P!nk Crave @PinkChartData]

Tony Awards 2026 Full Opening by P!nk featuring Megan Thee Stallion, Lea Michele and others

[Amelia @amelia_tweetz]

Hot take: No professional sports team should ever receive a single cent of public taxpayer money to build a stadium. If a team can afford a billion-dollar roster, they can afford their own real estate. Why are we still subsidizing billionaires?