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Ephraim J. Crimpwell - Common Nonsense

@ecrimpwell.bsky.social

A dandy of uncertain fortune, sometime tutor, reluctant pamphleteer. Writing from within the crumbling experiment of the American Republic. Letters abroad, wit at home. commonnonsense1776.substack.com

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Ephraim J. Crimpwell - Common Nonsense @ecrimpwell.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I have just returned from “Wicked: For Good.” It appears that singing from a great height is far more effective than standing calmly on the ground trying to explain oneself. This is a devastating discovery.

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Ephraim J. Crimpwell - Common Nonsense @ecrimpwell.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

The People’s House dismantled without plans, consent, or care. Today’s Common Nonsense reflects on power that ignores history, silences the public, and leaves nought but rubble. When common rooms vanish, democracy follows. open.substack.com/pub/commonno...

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Ephraim J. Crimpwell - Common Nonsense @ecrimpwell.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Nothing is so fragile as power that trembles before chalk.

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Ephraim J. Crimpwell - Common Nonsense @ecrimpwell.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

The news of Miss Taylor Swift’s betrothal to Mr. Travis Kelce has shaken the Republic more than any proclamation of state. Perhaps matrimony is the true sovereign among us.

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Ephraim J. Crimpwell - Common Nonsense @ecrimpwell.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I am new among you, dear Bluesky. Think of me as a neighbor lingering in the square, eager for community and gossip. I notice small absurdities and have a weakness for sharing them. If you’ll have me, I promise more amusement than malice.

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