Rafe Meager (they/them)

ok but see the thing you have to remember about "come and take it" is that the persians very much did come and take it

A case study in how Cowen's uncritical use of GPT/o3 is causing him to spread misinformation on Marginal Revolution, from @pappubahry.com pappubahry.substack.com/p/misinforma...

So what do “let’s be lead by the polls” liberal centrists plan to do if the independence of the fed doesn’t poll high

I’m vaguely disappointed with the LRB’s review of Tom Holland’s new translation of Suetonius, I found it surprisingly credulous & am still left wondering why we needed a new translation — I am ready to believe that we do, but I want to be told why! And also is Holland really best placed to do it? Hm

[dewitt prize discourse tweet] if you're struggling to understand how helen dewitt could find herself in the current situation, consider that the kind of mind that can write the last samurai probably functions pretty differently to your mind

If we try we can make this place feel like the golden days of twitter. Richard is doing his part

Teacher teacher I’m being bullied for not knowing Kpop

(1) yes (2) applying the adjective self-censoring to the fact or idea itself is a very good very neat conceptual step

The Jennie Dracula remix is the best tame impala have ever sounded. I believe in a new dawn of Asia Pacific cultural melding and crossover youtu.be/0UPDBODtxzw?...

She’s still got it

Very nice transmission of the yellow hue on Arcturus this evening

Guzman y Gomez is kind of Australian chipotle in my opinion

i think about this a lot also. the effect it's having on writing is really negative, it amplifies the human tendency to banality.