Joseph Allgren

The Method is Science. The Aim is Religion.
Failing to live up to expectations since 1958.™

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

I'm sorry, sir, you're watching Nickolodeon again. Please ask an adult to change the channel for you.

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

"It etches the limits of human reason and intelligence--perhaps even the limits of human life --when they touch the unfathomable emptiness and impassive cruelty of the dessert."
--from Amazon's blurb for Paul Bowles' The Sheltering Sky

The existential crisis of the tiramisu.

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

A gerund and an infinitive walk into a bar, drinking to forget.

Language Log » Autological humor https://t.co/4VC7DZoMKu

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

@PhantomMonster A friend is seeking info on an abduction incident where the aliens are described as "crablike" but security camera footage shows the abductees as standing motionless staring skyward for an hour. Do you know the incident? Thanks.

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

Jared Kushner doesn't shave. He polishes.

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

Joel Osteen is a complete asshole.

[Silas P. Silas @KennySpenceNBA]

Alright this is wild

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

The Digital Dada Library: Discover the Archive That Preserves the Original Publications of the Experimental Anti-Art Movement Online | Open Culture https://t.co/nuFd4wXcar

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

@DiamondandSilk Con you really be that stupid?

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

📈Tonight’s top searches, in order: racism, socialism, fascism, concentration camp, xenophobia, bigot

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

Until there is outside confirmation, I remain doubtful. "Bristol academic cracks Voynich code, solving century-old mystery of medieval text" https://t.co/czmBFxZFWk

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

Download Original Bauhaus Books & Journals for Free: A Digital Celebration of the Founding of the Bauhaus School 100 Years Ago https://t.co/tpp3OAtGka via @openculture

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Don’t let anybody tell you that the other side is the side that’s got a handle on freedom. We are the party of freedom and we shouldn’t be afraid to go out there and say it.

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

@belt_publishing @amandakhurley I love in the unradical suburbs alas.

[Jessikka Aro 🦄 @JessikkaAro]

This unbelievable but true story is such a disgrace and violates freedom of speech. Please read and share.

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[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

Literature doesn't owe you validation. It doesn't even owe you a message, especially when you're demanding a specific one. I'm so tired of this shit. "YA Author Offers Apologies and Sacrifices to Social Justice Tribunal" – Tablet Magazine https://t.co/3JYlKssfYD

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

A long read. Mallory is a serious dick. "A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions" | The New Yorker https://t.co/Ul8NLN0E1L

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

Bibliomotocarro. BBC - Culture - The tiny library bringing books to remote villages https://t.co/xE8ot07iaY

[Joseph Allgren @TheDarkEngine]

Congratulations to @jeffnoon on his PKD nomination for The Body Library.