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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Everyone's talking about the Odyssey, while *I* want to talk about Jacques Rivette's Joan of Arc films.

Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I compiled all the individual vote data from the Guardian best novels list. Made some fun conclusions (more later), but here's my spreadsheet. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Guardian Best Novels Vote Tally

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Top ten for me: 1. Ulysses 2. 2666 3. Life and Fate 4. Uwe Johnson, Anniversaries 5. Gravity's Rainbow 6. Clarice Lispector, The Passion According to G.H. 7. Don Quixote 8. Moby Dick 9. War and Peace 10. Ferdydurke

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The Guardian list is interesting, I guess. I'd have liked to see some eastern European authors. Ferdydurke and Satantango have legitimate claims to being on the list.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I really want the Pistons to beat the Cavs. I was a huge Cavs fan last season, but the Pistons have the Mandate of Heaven.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Every time conservatives call KBJ stupid, I think, "These people think Alito is intelligent."

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

No Marvel villain deserves their suffering more than Wilson Fisk.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The whole "86 means kill" thing is such a microcosm of the Trump era. A stupid, obviously false claim is made by people on his side. People rush to defend it. Arguing with these people is an endless exercise in trying to defend reality against sheer fucking insanity.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

In honor of the Michael Jackson film, I thought I'd do a thread of actually good biopics:

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Tired: The best music biopic is Walk the Line (or Elvis) Wired: The best music biopic is Ken Russell's Mahler

A screencap from Ken Russell's Mahler, with the character of Cosima Wagner (Richard Wagner's famously antisemitic granddaughter) on a mountain in a Wehrmacht uniform carrying a sword in front of a giant sword in the shape of a cross. A supplicant looks at her.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

There's always some band, named like, "Lazer Whores" or "Slug Guts," and they're the best band you've ever heard, and the only reason you haven't heard of them is that the only people who listen to them are the kind of people who listen to bands like "Lazer Whores" and "Slug Guts."

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Margo's Got Money Troubles is Ted Lasso with titties.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Everyone should be hearing about this. In an administration riddled with scandals, this one ranks fairly high.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

"Art should be political." "Art shouldn't be political." You both have bad taste, so who gives a shit what you think art should or shouldn't be?

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The lies defining this moment in America: -The 2020 election was stolen -There’s massive voter fraud -There’s an epidemic of noncitizens voting -We’ve been “invaded” by millions of criminals -Only an authoritarian government can fix these problems -Jesus agrees with all of this

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

It my fanfic version of this, he freezes up midsentence, shouts, "No, mommy, I don't want to go to hell! Please don't take me to hell!" Then dies on the spot.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Someone needs to make a "Great White Hype" type satire about MMA and what a fucking grift it is.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Thinking about the voter ID issue and how a lot of the division between Republicans and Dems that don't come down to malice or religion have to do with wedge issues that, if you fall on one side, seem commonsensical, but that if you actually study them, are not, and that require more than a

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

So the MVP has to be a defensive player, right?

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Haven't seen a single musician in the Epstein Files. I kind of think Epstein didn't really care about music.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The current state of affairs has taught me that no matter what you think micro-dosing is doing for you, personally, it's fucking up the world. Your ketamine-addled brain cannot be trusted to make high-level decisions. Period.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

You: I like Mamdani because he's a progressive socialist who will enact policies that I support. Me: I like Mamdani because he put Lina Khan on his transition team.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I'm sorry, but if you voted for the wholesale destruction of America and its institutions by voting for Trump, you hate America. Period. End of story.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Bold 2025 NBA prediction: Warriors will be a play-in team at best.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Nuggets are always my favorite. Last year, my second favorite team was the Cavs. The Blazers are looking like a strong contender this year.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Sonic Youth is definitely a top 25 band for me, but probably not in my top 10. That said, they're the one band that, if you don't like them, I don't trust your musical taste at all.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

High-tier actors play The Joker. God-tier actors play Ripley.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Has anyone theorized an anti-butterfly effect? I.e., a phenomenon where, no matter how many incremental changes you make to a system, the system course corrects back to whatever it was going to do anyway?

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Why does Ballard have 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes?

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

the corollary to the absolutely true “one day, everyone will always have been against this” is that they’ll also never truly forgive you for being loud and right long before they were, unless you play along and pretend for them

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

So I think the reason the South Park satire hits Trump so effectively, where other satirists miss, is the reason that South Park misses other targets so often: the vulgarity of South Park matches Trump perfectly. The extreme over-the-top quality of South Park matches Trump perfectly.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Frank Zappa is your weird uncle who knows how to synthesize LSD, but really good at music.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I came up with a guide to tell if Trump is lying or not:

Flow chart of whether Trump is telling the truth or lying.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Most recent season of Daredevil was pretty good. Kingpin turned part of the NYPD into his own private military. Not sure how that could be relevant in any way.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Anyone know what this music is? Because it's dope as hell. #utiat30000feet youtu.be/PQbxnK3OiVI

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I think part of the reason that social media feels *dumber* now is not that dumber people are using it, but that all of the interesting ideas have been swallowed up by the existential threat of Trumpism. Ideas on how to incrementally improve infrastructure or how to effectively control CO2 feel

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Just started watching I Think You Should Leave, and... Barly Tonight is basically just Stephen A. Smith.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The anger from my fellow free-marketeers over the grocery store thing feels wildly disproportionate. The cost seems minimal. If it fails, hey, go ahead and claim vindication But no one is suggesting taking over or closing existing grocery stores. Wegmans will still exist!

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

The Trump administration is like the War Room in Dr. Strangelove, except every advisor is General Ripper and the President is George C. Scott.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

They're going to say that political shooters are left-wing until they decide they no longer have to.

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Cinzia Perrin @saneplanet.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

MEDIA -- WHY AREN'T YOU INVESTIGATING THIS???????

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 14/06/2025

I refuse to accept a negative connotation for the term “liberal.” I’ve been refusing it for years when used as a slur by the right, and I won’t accept that from the left either.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

By the end of the weekend, the mask will be fully off, and we'll be living under totalitarianism.

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Alexander Greenberg @alexandergreenberg.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I love the story behind this film. Katharine Hepburn is a genuine badass.

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