The act of discernment is not merely punished; it’s made infelicitous.

"Disambiguation, A Tragedy", Nan Z. Da in N+1

Even in the midst of health and busyness, human beings dance with death.

The Long Land War: The Global Struggle for Occupancy Rights, Jo Guldi

I've had this book on my "to read" pile for years at this point but an interview with Guldi on The Dig finally got me to pull it out of the pile. This is from pretty early on in the book.

Bad writers with strong ideological convictions, like me, at least have a burning sense of political grievance to fuel their output.

"Columnists and Their Lives of Quiet Desperation", Hamilton Nolan in his newsletter

The gulf between the warm, fresh, lightly salted McDonald’s french fry and the cold McDonald’s french fry is as great a gulf as any I know.

Viggo Mortensen in an interview for Esquire

Via some Instagram meme account.

Fallout Star Walton Goggins Says People Usually Recognize Him As 'That Guy' — but 'Sexy' Ghoul Character Will Change That (Exclusive)

Headline for a People interview with Walton Goggins

I'm just very tickled by the binary of "That Guy" or "Sexy Ghoul" (or "Sexy" Ghoul, I guess), as well as the idea of a character actor thinking he will seem like less of a niche quantity when he plays...a ghoul. I haven't watched Fallout yet but realistically I will, even though I'm still mad at the showrunners for never explaining the white goo in Westworld.

The grid is large, and antique, and cradles us all.

A draft of a final paper on decarbonizing the power grid by one of my students in my CS Ethics class

Even then, the fantasy of relief is deciduous.

"A Glossary of Haunting", Eve Tuck and C. Ree

Just full of bangers.

There must be some kind of contraption or gizmo or antidepressant medication that could have prevented this.

a private post from @Jo@social.sublingual.xyz, submitted with permission

Submitted by Wesley.