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Dale Keiger
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Essayist, photographer, walker, cíotog
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Grumpy, but, I hope, articulate and rousing.
"God grant me the serenity that comes from good will, the wisdom to know who deserves my obedience and who does not, and the courage, when appropriate, to stand up and say, 'Fuck off.'”

Read more as Dr Essai dips into his commonplace book once again.

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Commonplace Book, pg. 2
Letter No. 123: Includes paleolithic emotions, some woozy ideas about how to make pictures, and a history lesson for those younger than Dr Essai, which will be just about everybody.
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"A buddy in high school had figured out that we could break into a local church where he volunteered by sticking a scrawny arm through the mail slot and pressing the inside push bar to unlatch the door. He supplied the strategy and I supplied the scrawny arm."

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Apparently, the urge to climb could not be knocked out of me
Letter No. 122: Includes risking prosecution in Singapore, a mountaineering dog, and a solitary boy in a tree.
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Sometimes I fucking love the internet.
This.
You and I are richer than Gates, Zuckerberg, etc. because we can afford not to polish the boots of the authoritarian clown.
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · Sep 5
Last night’s dinner with Trump and Big Tech wasn’t a policy meeting. It was basically 'The Bachelor,' except instead of roses, the prize was the president’s approval.
From my friend, the fierce and articulate Ann Finkbeiner, on the joys of August in Baltimore. Baltimorans should read it for fellowship. Everyone else should read it for Ann's wit, craft, and cranky voice.

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The Last Word On Nothing | Baltimore in August
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Iceland 2025: Vigur Island. Small island in the Westfjord region, just south of the Arctic Circle. Known for eiderdown—the portrait is of an eiderdown farmer, which is an actual job—puffins and Arctic terns. More on the latter in tomorrow's installment.
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That rarest of things: when, from within an art form, an artist creates something you've never seen before or even imagined.

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Clair de lune (Debussy): Alexandre Tharaud, Yoann Bourgeois - piano & dance
YouTube video by Warner Classics
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More Day 1, Reykjavík, and more murals. Walk about the city and you will come away with the impression that if anywhere there's a blank wall, there's a muralist ready to paint it.

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The current read.
The Epstein story clearly scares the living shit out of the Republican party. If you are a reporter and that does not light you up, you might want to consider another line of work.

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Trump Administration Live Updates: House to Close Early to Avoid Epstein Vote as President Seethes
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Let the Iceland feed begin. Day 1, Reykjavík. The city's muralists have been busy.

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Press coverage of Trump v Musk will evade, not for the first time, the central point: We are being governed by 7th-graders.
Sen. Joni Ernst: “We are all going to die.”

You first, cupcake.