Decay of Discourse

Decay (v.) • Decline in quality, power, or vigor

Discourse (n.) • Written or spoken communication or debate

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

We Interrupt the Regularly Scheduled Program to Bring You this Important Message:

Dirty History ---> Decay of Discourse (02/02/21)

Decay (v.) • Decline in quality, power, or vigor | Discourse (n.) • Written or spoken communication or debate.

[Eric Adler @ProfEricAdler]

Many thanks to Thomas Thompson, host of @PodDirty, for devoting an episode to a discussion of my new book *The Battle of the Classics*! Those interested in the fate of the #humanities in higher education may want to check out our conversation:

https://t.co/6SmUidSFPm

[Nerd Lantern of Sector 2814!!! @NerdAdonis]

I'm curious!

[roanoke 🌲🍂 @WRXryna]

"..Generating a lot of friction in your life over goals you don't want to pursue anyway.."
@PodDirty really hit me with that phrase.

[Jonathan Marks @marksjo1]

Thanks to Thomas Thompson for asking such good questions about my work on his podcast, Decay of Discourse, formerly known as Dirty History (@PodDirty). https://t.co/NzEZG0HJmB.

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/FSTwNLbzRF

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

It's ironic that this obituary length bio of Eugene Berman should be accompanied by his portrait. As a painter, he had composed some of the most affecting landscapes I've seen. I should qualify that statement by… https://t.co/hy1Z6pf5ll

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

Hernan Baldrich was a Chilean dancer who gained renown in the early 1960s. ⠀
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In 1964 he received the Guggenheim fellowship which is a rare distinction for a choreographer, and one fated to be forever unknown to… https://t.co/JHB91GyQgv

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

Regardless of where you get your news, I think we can all agree that something about the cycle is broken. Perhaps there is a problem inherent in 24/7 cable news with oversized panels of commentators and pundits… https://t.co/tHp3uDkMAh

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

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"A few years ago I took the time to visit two of the most famous cemeteries in Richmond, Virginia. A visit to Hollywood and Evergreen Cemeteries provide a unique story of race… https://t.co/aGBVDDzmvr

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

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"Meet Lonnie Johnson the NASA engineer who accidentally invented the super soaker while experimenting on a jet pump project for NASA in 1982. Johnson shot a stream of water across the… https://t.co/rfVl7ZKKdE

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

The cover of an issue of "Presence." A quarterly poetry magazine meant to circumvent the mainstream art world of the 1960s and 70s. ⠀
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It was a self-described "magazine of the revolution."⠀
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Photo courtesy of the… https://t.co/eVVzgEtQV1

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

A gushing oil derrick emptying into a river of oil (seen in the foreground).

The photo was taken sometime between 1932-33 in the Kirkuk District of Iraq.

Photo courtesy of the Matson (G. Eric and Edith)… https://t.co/YVQlPUWSKz

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

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[Triumph® ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴsᴜʟᴛ ᴄᴏᴍɪᴄ ᴅᴏɢ™ Headquarters💩 @TriumphICDHQ]

He may seem irresponsible, but in Sammy Hagar's defense, he's been performing without an audience for ten years
https://t.co/sWB86xKe7S

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

The Execution of Private William Johnson, 23 regt., U.S.C.T. in Petersburg, Virginia, 1864.⠀
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The photo description gives no clue as to what William Johnson was executed for. Nor does it provide much information as… https://t.co/ckCHbb506R

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

Five men, identified as firefighters pose for a photo sometime between 1865 and 1870.⠀

From the Gladstone Collection of African American Photographs. https://t.co/pAOEmSTOAB

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

A group of children gather for a photograph on Lookout Mountain. The photo was taken at some point between 1860 and 1870 by the photographer Robert M. Linn.⠀

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and… https://t.co/m2ZX8U6pTp

[Decay of Discourse @PodDirty]

Graduating law class at Howard University, Washington, D.C. 1900.⠀
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Sixteen African-American law students compose the graduating class at Howard University in 1900. Pictured here, they stand on the steps of a notary… https://t.co/gJ4sAc8P6g

[Andrew Kaczynski @KFILE]

is this cancel culture

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