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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Well, I mean, this is largely true in a practical sense. I'm not the first person to observe that Abe Lincoln warned us of exactly this awfulness in his Lycaeum speech.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

So I have this theory, which is probably not correct at all, but I have this theory that the Jewish people, being traders aware of new developments, were some of the first to write down and collect their stories institutionally, and that's a reason we have a Bible at all today. Any accuracy?

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 03/01/2026

Wait a minute, if I’m reading this correctly, the US didn’t do regime change in Venezuela, but instead, we helped the army-connected VP stage a coup???

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Democrats are perpetually Hans Blix. It's bizarrely stupid. Angry letter incoming!

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

One way (I believe the right way) to read the Bible's King David story is to see the author(s) as perplexed and angry at David's rise. David continually does terrible things yet succeeds. Thus God must favor him. "God favored David" is sarcastic and wry. I think about this with Trump all the time.

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edacuk.bsky.social @edacuk.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

"Brian Stelter posted a December 9, 2017, quote from the New York Times: "Before taking office, Mr. Trump told top aides to think of each presidential day as an episode in a television show in which he vanquishes rivals." Stelter wrote: “I think about this quote a lot.” "

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I am skeptical that New York City had a younger Muslim mayor in 1892.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I like Paul Thomas Anderson movies because he doesn't ever really both with plot. He just kind of tells meandering stories. I don't think any other director could consistently get away with this.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

My recent searches. I know you are impressed.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

After receiving a commendation for exceptional services to the Russian state from President Putin, Biden accuser Tara Reade—seen here in her luxury Moscow condo—has now become a citizen of the Russian Federation... молодец!

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Thank God and Merry Christmas!

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Meanwhile, over at Twitter...

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Department of Angela @angelaisms.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I think people like Vance and Carlson are just two more in the seemingly endless parade of people throughout history who thought they were Smart Enough™️ to paddle in the moral cesspit without internalizing any of it.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I never got Donnie Darko. "But there's a rabbit, see! You just don't get it."

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

If more of you would listen, I could improve your lives.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Most great literature has characters who are all awful in their own way. The worst thing you can do as a writer is have unflawed good guys. I suppose I will catch hell for this, but the Jesus story is great precisely because of the flaws of Jesus *in relation to* our worldly politics and religion.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I have a solution to this one, if there's no one else around, especially in elevators. If someone takes a call on speaker, plays videos, whatever: Respond by playing a song loudly, preferably terrible yacht rock but any song will do. It really works. They look at you surprised.

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Edmund Burke, per tonight’s discourse: ‘To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.’

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Washington D.C. to become Trumpgrad.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Penis without testicles : Cornflakes without the milk Do we all agree?

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Over at Twitter, they are arguing incessantly about Robert E. Lee. At least it's not whether "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is a song about rape. Remember that annual spat? What happened to it? I miss it.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

This is awesome. A great use.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

If you think Trump's march to authoritarian power is unstoppable - or already a fait accompli - just note how panicked and weak he was tonight and he wheedled and whined about nothing is his fault. That's not a man who thinks he's winning.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor?
I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

It's gonna be a disaster for her. She's not dumb. And she's probably an effective politician in office. Presumably, she's just doing it to make herself viable for a cabinet post.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

My wife and I rewatched several episodes of The Sopranos not too long ago, and what struck us was how fundamentally hilarious it was. It wasn't as funny the first time for some reason. There are so many layers to the thing. So much symbolism and depth. It's true great art.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The difference is obvious when you compare to a show like The Sopranos. Yes, in some sense every show "wings it," but the writers of The Sopranos had definite arcs for their characters, and there was a strong morality (and religious sense!) running through the entire thing.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Expanding the Supreme Court is a terrible idea that has the potential to backfire tremendously. Look at the court now. Do you want that member composite but worse?

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

How many mass shootings is too many? If only other Western liberal democracies could find a way to limit this problem. We could have a model to work from.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

That's really cool. He looks like an average younger Jewish fellow, which is probably accurate.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

This headline + image came up for me and, of course, I immediately clicked. What a brilliant headline if it could work! Sadly, @variety.com, it's just a fuck-up. The article is about Supergirl and the headline is a mistake of some kind.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

I think we must always separate the artist from the art because artists are often terrible people, and great artists are sometimes the worst people. With actors in particular, we must always remember: They're morons. Team America is the best explication of the phenomenon.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Liberating people from tyranny is good. Western values and institutions are superior. Serious liberals and serious conservative like me, who want to conserve Lockean liberalism, believe that. It was good to liberate Germany but bad in places where there are brown people. Why?

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Every line is amazing. Apparently, the character was supposed to be totally different, more like one of the moral centers to the story, as weighed against Keanu Reaves. But Glover just changed the whole thing by reading the same lines from a ...unique motivation. Love that movie.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I may have made this complaint before, but it is a fundamental miscarriage of justice that Crispin Glover was not even nominated for best supporting actor for playing Layne in River's Edge. It's one of the best acting performances of all time.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

No, goober. That was some different guy. But off you go.

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Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

No headline can sum up the state of the world. But this one, from the Associated Press, comes close: "The Kremlin praises new US security strategy as Russian strikes kill 4 in Ukraine."

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

1. You guys should all listen to this song, if you never have. It's truly awesome. 2. Also, read the comments under the video. Like, there's a lot of sadness out there, and it's a gut punch, but it's equally inspirational to see people trying to dig out of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5os...

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Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better (Official Video)

YouTube video by BleachersVEVO

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Arguably the greatest Christmas tradition in the world and one that Americans, being the best culture thieves of all time, must adopt immediately. What could be better than Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas Day? Nothing. Not one thing.

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Not only that, but this candidate was not the greatest. If Democrats could figure out a way to run people who are culturally in tune with the voters in deep red territory, they could win those places. But could bourgeois-bohemian Democrats stand it?

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

It really does have an "I'm Rick James, bitch" vibe, doesn't it?

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

This from Quentin Tarantino is rich as it is coming from the worst, weakest actor in Pulp Fiction, which is saying something since Pulp Fiction also had John Travolta. www.vulture.com/article/quen...

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What Did Paul Dano Do to Quentin Tarantino?

Tarantino called Dano’s performance in one of his favorite films “weak sauce.”

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Is there a curse? You ever notice that only the Egyptians have working curses after all these years?

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Caption this photo. "I gotta stop playing beer pong."

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Eric Owens @ericowens.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The weirdest part of this story if you click the link is that Axios is writing 100% tabloid journalism pieces in its weird "why it matters" format. It doesn't work. Great story, though. I love this raccoon.

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