Polydorus of Troy

There is music no one hears unless they quiet all the way down and lean way out over the edge.
Co-host @owls_at_dawn

[girlboss don biggavelli @rwxoxo]

basketball is all of that, you’re just not watching right

[Patrick Lyons @p_lyons_]

paul: his version of the “maxwell’s silver hammer” sessions. everyone thinks he’s a genius and no one makes fun of him

ringo: entirely animated

john: pompous, overlong, oliver stone-style political drama with inscrutable messaging

george: indian actor plays george

[Brooks Otterlake @i_zzzzzz]

I worry that Wembanyama will get caught up in the distractions of New York City, like the Rose Reading Room at the public library or the upcoming conference on participatory futures at The New School

[Steven Hyden @Steven_Hyden]

Sonic Youth is the kind of band that's easy to hate in a reactionary way if you know little about them (quintessential NYC, arty, "cool," etc.) but then you dig into the catalog and it's like "no this really is one of the greatest American bands."

[Phil Hoyeck @PAHoyeck]

For Karl Marx's birthday, here's G.A. Cohen, the funniest Marxist philosopher — and quite possibly the funniest philosopher — of all time doing his impression of a British philosopher. This is one of his lesser-known, but is also one of his funniest, bits.

[Polydorus of Troy @axwielderofdeth]

Stanley knew ball

[Ralph Stefan Weir @RalphStefanWeir]

What happened in 1970?

[Polydorus of Troy @axwielderofdeth]

Nothing surpasses Nietzsche on Utilitarianism: “Mankind does not strive for happiness, only the Englishman does.”

[=w= @WorstDisorder]

What is the most creative insult in the history of philosophy?

[Polydorus of Troy @axwielderofdeth]

@michaeloburns How has Chat Pile not already done this?

[Polydorus of Troy @axwielderofdeth]

Plato's theory of forms replicated every time you think a thought ✊

[Jeet Heer @HeerJeet]

Is there any other academic discipline that has a replication crisis comparable to psychology?

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

"what if the professor punishes me for disagreeing with their argument"

Professors seeing a student show any kind of passion about anything in the course at any time

[Brendan Fraser Crane @bf_crane]

Me: that guy I met at the party was pretty cool, maybe we can shoot some hoops sometime

That guy: *writing a letter to a former lover that years later will be included in a best selling curation of his correspondence* tonight I met a man without substance

[Sarah Osment @sm_osment]

my employer emailed me to congratulate me on my 4-year anniversary with a link to a button that said "view recognition" which takes you to a page that says "you are recognized"

[Polydorus of Troy @axwielderofdeth]

@john_p_halloran

[Polydorus of Troy @axwielderofdeth]

@john_p_halloran Embrace https://t.co/6xNANSBISB

[merton ♨️ @mertonesque]

JAZZ ALBUM TITLES
50s: Smokin' Sounds
60s: It's Happening!!!!!
70s: A Sensuous Woman Receives Divine Light
80s: Adventures Beyond the Crystal
90s: U Iz What U R 2 B
00s: I Still Haven't Found America
10s: History Will Eat You Alive
20s: Meaning(s)

[Polydorus of Troy @axwielderofdeth]

Need to know if the pope watched the last dance

[Dr. Alex Zawacki @achillghost]

Grad school

[Daniel D'Addario @DPD_]

the movie title “Good Will Hunting” drives me completely insane… it feels like it wants to be a pun on the lead character’s name but, like… is he “hunting” for “goodwill”? Not really…