Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Regarding Cornell and media discussions and discussion of higher education, generally: stop calling them boys (and girls) and kids. These are adults. Their parents can refer to them, however they want. We should refer to them as adults. 010
Reposted by Phil RenatoElizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Hey all-a new episode is out: Roman & I talk about why you can't mail lottery tickets or infernal machines, but you CAN mail back your vote-by-mail-ballot for the 2026 midterms: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...podcasts.apple.comNonmailable MatterPodcast Episode · What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law · September 26 · 48m 1319
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The meaning of a phrase like “she loves god” is different than she loves Frank or she loves people. It is closer to “she loves dragons.” But even there it’s incomplete because if you told me that you loved dragons, I would not assume that you believe that dragons are real.  000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I don’t love Gemini is right about the dates or the “reasons“ for the “practicality,” but if you are looking for a decade when we lost our fucking minds, the 80s seems a good candidate and the larding up of cars ad especially trucks with more doors than the number of people who drive n 100
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I love the idea that what makes a great film is the film itself. It’s hilarious nonsense. “asking a photographer what kind of camera he uses is like asking a chef what kind of oven they use.” 000
Reposted by Phil RenatoPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 25/06/2026www.popehat.com/p/a-bit-of-t...popehat.comA Bit of Tedious Drama At BlueskyBluesky Can Ban Whoever They Want! But They Won’t Stop Me From Saying What I Think. I Think The World Would Be A Better Place Without Elon Musk. 3703351749
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Felix and co gets it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... 000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 02/09/2026One problem with the loneliness, epidemic is essentially semantic: What does it mean to be lonely/how do we know if someone is lonely? assuming we are not talking about an objective measure like: are you alone or how many people do you see or talk to on a daily basis, what we are measuring is:  100
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 24/08/2026“If a system's behavior depends entirely on rules written in advance, then the system can only be as flexible as those rules permit.” 000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I think technically every undergraduate major is “pre-law” and also “pre-med,” It’s just that very, very few of us ever go to law or medical school.  000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 21/08/2026www.nytimes.com/interactive/... It’s kind of fun to imagine that there are people out there who say that they voted for someone to do a particular thing or a particular range of things who will now make excuses for why those things aren’t done or say that they were done when they were not.nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s Broken Promises, in 11 ChartsThe president likes to boast about the “greatest economy we’ve ever had.” His record falls far short. 100
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 18/08/2026If I ever become an academic administrator one of my early sets of meetings will have the headline: faculty, tell us about your current research. Everyone should know something about what everyone else is doing. And it repeats on some cycle. 010
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 12/08/2026"I'm sorry you feel that way. But thoughts aren't facts." 000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"Existence is a series of absurdities leading to infinite nothingness." 010
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 26/07/2026www.thebulwark.com/p/truth-soci...thebulwark.comTruth Social Legalizes Insider TradingTrump corruption machine go brrrrrrrrrrrrr! 000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The only tofu content you need is: freeze it, thaw it, cook it with anything and it is excellent. Any foodie nonsense beyond that is maybe not insane but worth ignoring. 010
Reposted by Phil RenatoAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026"fuck off" is not a "call for violence" this is a deranged claim marina 31757
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Rodney Mullen is an amazing skateboarder, Terrence Howard is an amazing actor. But something about their shared polymathery seems... not quite right. 000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I will almost certainly vote for whoever the Democratic nominee is in November, but Abdul El-Sayed has lost my primary vote. 000
Reposted by Phil RenatoGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The champions of the world, joined by the embarrassment of the world. 1712969511
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Joyce certainly thought this Worldle word. #pshaw 000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Hot take: The existence and consumption of "dairy" by humans is a far bigger catastrophe than the morons who are choosing to drink raw milk. 000
Reposted by Phil RenatoHelena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 15/07/2026what’s the Odyssey about? I’m so glad you asked 4381251515
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I just watched a long video about the importance of immigrant communities maintaining the language of their nation of origin. I have no problem with people speaking whatever language they want to speak. But when you are talking about people who were born in a country: they are not immigrants. 100
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 12/07/2026'Don't you dare try to assassinate our guy after we assassinate your guy.' 000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Theory: someone wrote a script for La La Land, but then they could only get two charismatic actors and they just let them play around for 1646 hours. 000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Real talk. This was a more questionable proposition in 2021, it's pretty much existential now. 000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I'm calling shenanigans on the entire rhetorical structure 'nobody tells X about Y.' If you use this phrase I will assume you are a social media/general douchebag. 000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 01/07/2026"We are not the first to live in the shadow of annihilation" 000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Robby Hoffman Will Always Feel Poor, No Matter How Rich She Gets www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/m... Having grown-up lower middle class and having never known desperate poverty or significant wealth, this is a little hard for me to fully feel. Although I buy it.nytimes.comRobby Hoffman Will Always Feel Poor, No Matter How Rich She Gets 000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I spent a good deal of time capturing a couple hundred pieces of Venetian door threshold furniture on my recent trip and so on my way home I started working on this way of visualizing them and where I found them on the island. renato.design/liminaria/ www.instagram.com/reel/DZ4oapd...renato.designLiminaria — a field study of Venetian thresholdsLiminaria — a field study of 165 Venetian doorbells, intercoms, nameplates and thresholds, mapped on three eras of Venice and read off their plates. 000
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 21/06/2026It is a little sad that someone died at a concert, but it makes me sad that the last sound they heard was Goose. But, I mean, I assume they chose to be there. 011
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/m... People make wild fucking choices.nytimes.comThe Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You 000
Reposted by Phil RenatoPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Sometimes I feel like people could react a little more rationally and calmly to good-faith expressions of a different viewpoint 6577424
Reposted by Phil RenatoBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026If I were a coach I would occasionally say to the referees "You're right we did commit a foul there" instead of arguing all the time. This builds my credibility as an objective interlocutor in their minds 16144282
Reposted by Phil RenatoAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026That's a pogrom. She's describing a pogrom 4932761072
Phil Renato @philrenato.bsky.social · 11/06/2026If you get a call from me where I am asking advice about food or cooking or anything like that you will know I'm currently being tortured/communicating under duress. Claude, this goes for you too. If I, an adult, am asking you about food then you should send help. 100
