Eric Brandom
@ebrandom.bsky.social
Intellectual history, here decontextualized. Especially modern France, history of political thought, and socialism. And Kansas, because that's where I live "als Gelehrter, der durch Schriften zum eigentlichen Publikum, nämlich der Welt, spricht."
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Eric Brandom
@ebrandom.bsky.social
· Feb 22
"the common ruin of the contending classes"
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Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn, A Man Seated Reading at a Table in a Lofty Room, ca. 1628-30
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn, A Man Seated Reading at a Table in a Lofty Room, ca. 1628-30
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Does anyone understand what is going on here? The caption says, "Grand papa sa fiché de petite maman, parce que petite maman s'est fait des tetais - avec du coton, na!" (This isn't important, just was looking at Gavarni stuff)
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Does anyone understand what is going on here? The caption says, "Grand papa sa fiché de petite maman, parce que petite maman s'est fait des tetais - avec du coton, na!" (This isn't important, just was looking at Gavarni stuff)
Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866), "L'Authorité" art.thewalters.org/object/37.14...
February 6, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866), "L'Authorité" art.thewalters.org/object/37.14...
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I attended an event at the Art Institute of Chicago tonight and took the opportunity to check out the exhibit “Anatomy of Loss and Absence” in the textile gallery. It was really spectacular!
February 6, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I attended an event at the Art Institute of Chicago tonight and took the opportunity to check out the exhibit “Anatomy of Loss and Absence” in the textile gallery. It was really spectacular!
Briefly considered and then I think wisely rejected telling the checker at Dillons how my day actually is going
February 6, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Briefly considered and then I think wisely rejected telling the checker at Dillons how my day actually is going
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The original design featured Toussaint L'ouverture but the IOC rejected it claiming it was "too political". The new design features a riderless horse and the word Haiti. (Wow, damn!)
The look created for women also has gold hoop earrings and a Haitian tignon which women were once forced to wear. 🇭🇹🥇
The look created for women also has gold hoop earrings and a Haitian tignon which women were once forced to wear. 🇭🇹🥇
Why the IOC removed image of Toussaint Louverture from Haiti’s Olympic uniforms
Haiti has fielded two athletes for the Milan Cortina Winter Games and will proudly wear Haitian symbols — although one less than intended after intervention by the International Olympic Committee.…
www.chicagotribune.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:27 AM
The original design featured Toussaint L'ouverture but the IOC rejected it claiming it was "too political". The new design features a riderless horse and the word Haiti. (Wow, damn!)
The look created for women also has gold hoop earrings and a Haitian tignon which women were once forced to wear. 🇭🇹🥇
The look created for women also has gold hoop earrings and a Haitian tignon which women were once forced to wear. 🇭🇹🥇
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that's why it's the Kansas motto
February 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
that's why it's the Kansas motto
What a stressful image
February 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
What a stressful image
Does anyone understand what is going on here? The caption says, "Grand papa sa fiché de petite maman, parce que petite maman s'est fait des tetais - avec du coton, na!" (This isn't important, just was looking at Gavarni stuff)
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Does anyone understand what is going on here? The caption says, "Grand papa sa fiché de petite maman, parce que petite maman s'est fait des tetais - avec du coton, na!" (This isn't important, just was looking at Gavarni stuff)
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“Best in Show” was factually correct on every level
February 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
“Best in Show” was factually correct on every level
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The alleys are the footnotes of the avenues
February 4, 2026 at 2:28 AM
The alleys are the footnotes of the avenues
But not this one! www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
February 4, 2026 at 2:28 AM
But not this one! www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
I had seen this image before, from June 1848 in Paris www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
February 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I had seen this image before, from June 1848 in Paris www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
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This is praxis
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This is praxis
Here is Proudhon, sounding much less interesting. He is basically the villain of the chapter.
February 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Here is Proudhon, sounding much less interesting. He is basically the villain of the chapter.
"the prelapsarian androgyne" (from Scott's chapter on Jeanne Deroin in *Only Paradoxes to Offer*)
February 3, 2026 at 11:58 PM
"the prelapsarian androgyne" (from Scott's chapter on Jeanne Deroin in *Only Paradoxes to Offer*)
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Heartbreaking: Augustine made a great point.
February 3, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Heartbreaking: Augustine made a great point.
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an absolutely inspired title for a musical comedy
February 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
an absolutely inspired title for a musical comedy
Lots of good and useful book reviews through H-France today. For instance this one of Lafrance and Miller, *The Transition to Capitalism in Modern France* 🗃️ h-france.net/vol25reviews...
February 2, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Lots of good and useful book reviews through H-France today. For instance this one of Lafrance and Miller, *The Transition to Capitalism in Modern France* 🗃️ h-france.net/vol25reviews...
"What is good for students? And how is the good of students tied to the good of society? It seems to me that current education policy rarely prioritizes these questions."
February 1, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"What is good for students? And how is the good of students tied to the good of society? It seems to me that current education policy rarely prioritizes these questions."
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since talk of general strikes has come back (a good thing imo!), re-upping this piece on some of why the law is an obstacle to those and fosters a labor movement less inclined to those
organizing.work/2023/08/the-...
organizing.work/2023/08/the-...
The National Labor Relations Act Is Anti-Strike Legislation
Nate Holdren explains how the very legislation that gave workers the right to strike also ensured strikes would become less frequent.
organizing.work
January 25, 2026 at 7:06 PM
since talk of general strikes has come back (a good thing imo!), re-upping this piece on some of why the law is an obstacle to those and fosters a labor movement less inclined to those
organizing.work/2023/08/the-...
organizing.work/2023/08/the-...
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Is anyone a physicist
February 1, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Is anyone a physicist
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POLITICS IS USED FOR PERSONAL GAIN
February 1, 2026 at 12:36 AM
POLITICS IS USED FOR PERSONAL GAIN
"I have a mayonnaise, for if I get hungry"
January 31, 2026 at 2:16 AM
"I have a mayonnaise, for if I get hungry"
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it's happened to the best of us, frankly
when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married
January 31, 2026 at 1:59 AM
it's happened to the best of us, frankly