Eric Linus Kaplan
@ericlinuskaplan.bsky.social
Podcast "Terrifying Questions and How not to be Terrified by Them" -- book"Does Santa Exist?" -- tv shows-- Flight of the Conchords, Futurama, Big Bang Theory, Malcom in the Middle, Krapopolis &c.! blog ericlinuskaplan.wordpress.com He/Him
We praise that Sankara who is the source of the power of the wheel of energies by whose expansion and contraction the universe is absorbed and comes into being.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We praise that Sankara who is the source of the power of the wheel of energies by whose expansion and contraction the universe is absorbed and comes into being.
Audience much amused by shots of a great huge fat man trying to swim away with a helicopter after him. first you saw him wallowing along in the water like a porpoise, then you saw him through the helicopters gunsights, then he was full of holes --1984
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Audience much amused by shots of a great huge fat man trying to swim away with a helicopter after him. first you saw him wallowing along in the water like a porpoise, then you saw him through the helicopters gunsights, then he was full of holes --1984
"If Cleopatra's nose had been longer by 18 inches she would have been an elephant." - Pascal's less insightful brother
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"If Cleopatra's nose had been longer by 18 inches she would have been an elephant." - Pascal's less insightful brother
How can he who is flame be eaten by fire?
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
How can he who is flame be eaten by fire?
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unpopular opinion:
there are too many books on "Sanskrit philosophy" and too few original texts in translation, because loose thinking is easier than facing the challenge of translating a whole text.
#philsky #Philosophy
there are too many books on "Sanskrit philosophy" and too few original texts in translation, because loose thinking is easier than facing the challenge of translating a whole text.
#philsky #Philosophy
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
unpopular opinion:
there are too many books on "Sanskrit philosophy" and too few original texts in translation, because loose thinking is easier than facing the challenge of translating a whole text.
#philsky #Philosophy
there are too many books on "Sanskrit philosophy" and too few original texts in translation, because loose thinking is easier than facing the challenge of translating a whole text.
#philsky #Philosophy
inclusive or
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
inclusive or
the Torah was written in black fire on white fire, and the really important parts were high-lighted in yellow fire
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
the Torah was written in black fire on white fire, and the really important parts were high-lighted in yellow fire
the cake ham on sweet empire winter wars looked like an ass
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
the cake ham on sweet empire winter wars looked like an ass
sometimes people say that a movie is too long -- like an art movie by a famous director -- and that is fine, but that person should post how they spend their time in a typical week, so we know that it is all being spent in an efficient way that is superior to watching 25 minutes of an art movie
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
sometimes people say that a movie is too long -- like an art movie by a famous director -- and that is fine, but that person should post how they spend their time in a typical week, so we know that it is all being spent in an efficient way that is superior to watching 25 minutes of an art movie
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We need to make a bigger issue of what Elon and Trump did when they destroyed USAID.
The latest for my newsletter:
The latest for my newsletter:
Crimes against humanity
We need to make a bigger issue of what happened to the world when Elon Musk decimated USAID.
madness.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We need to make a bigger issue of what Elon and Trump did when they destroyed USAID.
The latest for my newsletter:
The latest for my newsletter:
was that movie where the guy was an ape good?
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
was that movie where the guy was an ape good?
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Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
TIL the saint bernard comedy Beethoven was written in part by Tom Stoppard.
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
TIL the saint bernard comedy Beethoven was written in part by Tom Stoppard.
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A look into the ideological and intellectual framework that underpins the strange beliefs held by the Trump Administration…details the philosophy of Julius Evola, who has an outsized influence on the second Trump administration...
youtu.be/GuNNwZdqFms.
Worth a watch
youtu.be/GuNNwZdqFms.
Worth a watch
MAGA MAGIC
YouTube video by Blonde Politics | The Silly Serious
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November 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
A look into the ideological and intellectual framework that underpins the strange beliefs held by the Trump Administration…details the philosophy of Julius Evola, who has an outsized influence on the second Trump administration...
youtu.be/GuNNwZdqFms.
Worth a watch
youtu.be/GuNNwZdqFms.
Worth a watch
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Excellent catch up and some original reporting just starting to make its way elsewhere via TFN @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
DOJ Investigating Venezuela Claims of 2020 Election Deniers
Report: Federal investigators are pursuing evidence and leads provided by election-conspiracy Venezuela hawks
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Excellent catch up and some original reporting just starting to make its way elsewhere via TFN @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
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Thanksgiving as a practice and tradition encapsulates the contradictions and nuances of American culture. We cling to complex myth as we burn a path towards heaven and hell simultaneously. I give thanks for the beauty, bounty and promise we are as I pray for a more consistent and just union🍁🥂☮️💜
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Thanksgiving as a practice and tradition encapsulates the contradictions and nuances of American culture. We cling to complex myth as we burn a path towards heaven and hell simultaneously. I give thanks for the beauty, bounty and promise we are as I pray for a more consistent and just union🍁🥂☮️💜
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Autumnal Read: @zacharyherz.bsky.social *The God and the Bureaucrat.*
Written with great verve and infused with far more humor than one expects or deserves to find in a tome about Roman law.
Written with great verve and infused with far more humor than one expects or deserves to find in a tome about Roman law.
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"I said you will be like G-d knowing good and evil. Not like G-d living forever or powerful or stuff. I mean everything is like everything if you think about it. Jeez." -- The Nachash
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"I said you will be like G-d knowing good and evil. Not like G-d living forever or powerful or stuff. I mean everything is like everything if you think about it. Jeez." -- The Nachash
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A legacy of equality: Revisiting the Highlander Folk School and its role in the American civil rights movement | Mark I. Pinsky
thehill.com/opinion/civi... | @thehill.com
thehill.com/opinion/civi... | @thehill.com
thehill.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A legacy of equality: Revisiting the Highlander Folk School and its role in the American civil rights movement | Mark I. Pinsky
thehill.com/opinion/civi... | @thehill.com
thehill.com/opinion/civi... | @thehill.com
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So for the final post in my blog series on indigenous voices from whom I've thankful, one crucial way Ned Blackhawk's vital book revises our collective stories, & one small but beautiful way! @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social
blackwhiteandread.com/november-28-...
blackwhiteandread.com/november-28-...
November 28, 2025: Indigenous Voices: Ned Blackhawk – Black and White and Read All Over
[Thanksgiving is a hugely fraught holiday for us AmericanStudiers, but I also have a ton I’m thankful for. So this year I wanted to combine those two perspectives by highlighting indigenous voices, pa...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
So for the final post in my blog series on indigenous voices from whom I've thankful, one crucial way Ned Blackhawk's vital book revises our collective stories, & one small but beautiful way! @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social
blackwhiteandread.com/november-28-...
blackwhiteandread.com/november-28-...
I would like the human washing machines to be installed at a laundromat so I can wash myself and my clothes in a single trip
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I would like the human washing machines to be installed at a laundromat so I can wash myself and my clothes in a single trip
Bravo Mr. Strauss by George Pal = pretty great
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Bravo Mr. Strauss by George Pal = pretty great
have any of you tried honey from other, non-bee insects?
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
have any of you tried honey from other, non-bee insects?