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I don’t argue with people John Brown would’ve shot

Today’s newsletter is about re-examining the subtext of school lessons, the intractable screwed-up-ness of the carceral state, and a goddamn hilarious story about someone’s Desi uncle who ordered too much rice from the grocery.

Author Aaron WeberPosted on September 4, 2020Categories WordsLeave a comment on I don’t argue with people John Brown would’ve shot

Some of those who work forces

Today’s newsletter is about how 1992’s “Killing in the Name” is still relevant.

Author Aaron WeberPosted on August 27, 2020September 4, 2020Categories WordsLeave a comment on Some of those who work forces

Chronicle of a death foretold

Today’s newsletter has a lengthy metaphor about the Gabriel García Márquez’s novel of that title.

Author Aaron WeberPosted on August 1, 2020Categories WordsLeave a comment on Chronicle of a death foretold

Stop doomscrolling, it’s all collected here already

Today’s newsletter begins with Ecuadorean mask squads and ends with doom, with a kitten chaser.

Author Aaron WeberPosted on July 29, 2020Categories WordsLeave a comment on Stop doomscrolling, it’s all collected here already

Just Another Long Black Letter Day

Today’s newsletter is about the bleak expanse of sameness and horror stretching before us endlessly to the horizon.

Author Aaron WeberPosted on July 17, 2020Categories WordsLeave a comment on Just Another Long Black Letter Day

Daily Doomscroll

Today’s newsletter is about doomscrolling, fascism, and gibbons. Also an interview with Jia Tolentino and a couple good articles in Foreign Affairs.
Author Aaron WeberPosted on July 11, 2020Categories WordsLeave a comment on Daily Doomscroll

Like a Rider on a Downbound Train

Today’s newsletter is about Bruce Springsteen and cliches and puppies.

Author Aaron WeberPosted on June 30, 2020Categories WordsLeave a comment on Like a Rider on a Downbound Train

Uber, But For the Moral Arc of the Universe

Today’s newsletter is about the fallacy of Whig historiography.

Author Aaron WeberPosted on June 3, 2020June 30, 2020Categories WordsLeave a comment on Uber, But For the Moral Arc of the Universe

Secretly Ironic: Trust me on this one

Apparently I forgot to crosspost this to the blog back in March so I’m backdating it. Here’s the March 6 newsletter.

Author Aaron WeberPosted on March 6, 2020June 30, 2020Categories WordsLeave a comment on Secretly Ironic: Trust me on this one

Newsletter: Watch Out For This Flag

Today’s newsletter includes a warning about that creepy thin-blue-line flag. Also a tiny kitten and a tiny dog, as a chaser for the bad news.

Author Aaron WeberPosted on December 11, 2019Categories WordsLeave a comment on Newsletter: Watch Out For This Flag

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