Well deserved profile of one of the most creative political thinkers of a new generation of intellectuals: “Anton Jäger has been lauded for his exceptional ability to make sense of these strange political times – and he’s only 32.”: https://t.co/SBvoRr93U0
RANKING ADAPTATIONS OF THE ODYSSEY (havent seen the movie)
1. AFTER HOURS
2. TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY KENDRICK LAMAR
3. HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE
4. SHELTER FROM THE STORM BOB DYLAN
5. FEW GOOD THINGS SABA
6. BEAU IS AFRAID
7. BROTHER WHERE ART THOU
8. THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE
@lukeisamazing This is one of the first things I learnt about the whites - they're not very political, yet they've all decided that front doors are for feds
My theory is that Tom Cruise is in Scientology because he knows that he has too much charisma and that if he picked a more mainstream religion, they'd make him emperor of something and the guy just wants to make movies, man
Muppets turned me around on the halftime show. Send them to negotiate with your enemies instead of Kushner & co. Send Spongebob. You're not sending your best and it shows
Now that everyone’s thinking of the Odyssey, it reminded me of this great art installation by Tatianna Blass inspired by Penelope’s story. It was at the Chapel of Morumbi in São Paulo ages ago.
Wondering if there's some inevitable logic at work here. The worst thing a Boomer idealist could do was become a sell-out. But the Gen-Xer aesthete, too cool to commit to any cause to begin with, can only become boring