kewpie Walgreens

a glittering light in quasi-Parisian parasocial circles. retweets imply undying fealty.

[kewpie Walgreens @OWalgreens]

A passerby yelled ‘Je suis Henri Kissinger’, so loud that even cat-callers thought it was poetic enough to tell the police.

[kewpie Walgreens @OWalgreens]

@SourishJasti @adam_patni @vriishin Outstanding work. Would love to see your graph. Thanks.

[Benjamin Studebaker @BMStudebaker]

The norm here is to use individuals as negative examples and dunk on them

Let's try violating that norm! Let's talk about social problems in a more general way without sacrificing particular people on a digital alter

[Alice @AliceFromQueens]

"Gangbusters" is a fun word we should try to hold onto

[Geoff Shullenberger @g_shullenberger]

Much of the intellectual left continues to be troublingly anti-intellectual. A left publication publishing an interview with a conservative is seen as a betrayal. Do they really think the broad unpopuarity of their politics has nothing to do with this sort of purity policing?

[kewpie Walgreens @OWalgreens]

@JobstLandgrebe Congrats! Look forward to examining the differences between the two editions.

[Wylfċen @wylfcen]

The Icelandic word for computer means “number prophetess”

[scientism @mr_scientism]

There’s no clever tech-based alternative to just having good government, good ’official’ media, good universities, etc. You can’t route around decline. https://t.co/N4aWQPNBGR

[Marko Jukic @mmjukic]

There is no social media, software, or algorithmic solution to truthful, generative, high-brow discussion. I wish tech people would finally accept this. The experiment is finished! The results are in and they are negative! The solution is the old one: new curated institutions.

[Professor R Shaldjian Morrison,διδάσκαλος,夏炉冬扇, 散人 @Swarthyface]

Blessed are the de-escalators [εἰρηνοποιοί].

[Nina Power @Nina_Power_]

I wonder if progressive will realise that their power largely lay in generating fear, rather than anything righteous.

Probably not, because they assumed that by claiming to speak for the oppressed, or by assuming the role themselves, that they could not really be wielding any power.

But weak institutions were terrified of bad publicity and individuals were frightened of losing work and friends. No one agreed, bar a few fanatics/sadists, with the content of progressivism, nor their tactics. But a lot of people failed to stand up to them because they were terrified. Life goes on.

[Alice @AliceFromQueens]

Definitely the best thing he's done this term. Possibly the best he'll do.

[Mouse Magazine @mouse_magazine]

Mouse is proud to republish visual artist Karen Shaw's 1978 work "Market Research", which represents her Kabbalistic extrapolations of hidden messages from coupons and brand labels. https://t.co/wwA2xb7vSe

[microscopic images. @microscopicture]

caterpillar enjoying a snack

[kewpie Walgreens @OWalgreens]

Honestly quite fancy the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency vis-à-vis Coconut Procurement

[Alice @AliceFromQueens]

This astute post isn’t about electoral politics but it points toward a much richer understanding of social media’s transformative effects on politics than monomaniacal “disinformation” experts offer.

[kewpie Walgreens @OWalgreens]

Chat appears to have been red-pilled.

[Professor R Shaldjian Morrison,διδάσκαλος,夏炉冬扇, 散人 @Swarthyface]

"what matters is not to understand the world, but to emote about it." ーthe professoriat, 2024

[Paul Heron @Paul_Heron_]

It’s telling that the Dems tried to create a buzz around a word (brat), whereas Trump’s team knew the visual was the key battleground.

[kewpie Walgreens @OWalgreens]

We’re gonna have rebranded DEI consultants called something like Populi Saints (populists for short), am I right?