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Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · 1d

Glad the Trump administration has brought some clarity to its position on racial equality and inclusion. We await the huddled masses of white supremacists yearning to be free.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans

Low number represents a dramatic drop after US previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution

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Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · 8d

Grumpy, but, I hope, articulate and rousing.

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Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · 16d

"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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Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · 19d

"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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Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Sep 29

Worthy of attention: kyla.substack.com?utm_source=n...

Kyla’s Newsletter | kyla scanlon | Substack

human-centric economic analysis to help all of us understand the world better. Click to read Kyla’s Newsletter, by kyla scanlon, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

kyla.substack.com

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Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Sep 24

Sometimes I fucking love the internet.

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Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Sep 11

On a dark morning in the States, Dr Essai dips into his commonplace book for people who write better than he does. What's in your commonplace book?

www.dalekeiger.net/commonplace-...

Commonplace Book, Pt. 1

Letter No. 120: In which Dr Essai experiments with a new sort of transmission; includes batshit physics, Hannah Arendt, and hints of desperation.

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Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Sep 5

This.

Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Sep 5

You and I are richer than Gates, Zuckerberg, etc. because we can afford not to polish the boots of the authoritarian clown.

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.

Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Aug 21

www.cnn.com/2025/08/21/p...

Here's a big fuckin' loss for humanity.

James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, has died | CNN Politics

Dr. James Dobson, a politically influential child psychologist who started a radio show counseling Christians on how to be good parents, founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was a...

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Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Aug 20

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.

www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/08/20/b...

The Last Word On Nothing | Baltimore in August

www.lastwordonnothing.com

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Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Aug 15

A dyspeptic disquisition on higher education. The latest from The Joggled MInd.

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No thinking, please, we’re a university, and besides, what good is it?

Letter No. 118: Includes the usual grousing, a writer named Zena, and a jaundiced view of higher education, just in time for back to school.

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Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Aug 11

Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Aug 7

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.

Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Aug 7

What?!? The New York Times is funny?!? The newest essay from The Joggled Mind. Become a subscriber. Jogglers rule.

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Revealed! Clandestine humor at The Gray Lady!

Letter No. 117: Includes ferocious teeth, a terrifying mutant predator, and much concern about language.

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Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Aug 5

I invite you to follow my Ghost newsletter/blog on the social web: @dalekeiger.net.web.brid.gy‬

Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Jul 28

That rarest of things: when, from within an art form, an artist creates something you've never seen before or even imagined.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFRi...

Clair de lune (Debussy): Alexandre Tharaud, Yoann Bourgeois - piano & dance

YouTube video by Warner Classics

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Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Jul 25

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.

#reykjavík

Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Jul 23

The current read.

Dale Keiger @dalekeiger.net · Jul 22

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.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...