Peter Merholz
@peterme.com
FRANKENSTEIN (2025)
a man in a suit and tie is talking about writers who use subtext and they 're all cowards
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking about writers who use subtext and they 're all cowards
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
FRANKENSTEIN (2025)
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In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately Taco Bell decree:
Where Blast, the Baja river, ran
So everyone across the land
Could live both más and free
A stately Taco Bell decree:
Where Blast, the Baja river, ran
So everyone across the land
Could live both más and free
January 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately Taco Bell decree:
Where Blast, the Baja river, ran
So everyone across the land
Could live both más and free
A stately Taco Bell decree:
Where Blast, the Baja river, ran
So everyone across the land
Could live both más and free
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A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
Re Pluribus:
It’s kinda hard to engage with a show whose main character is so needlessly miserable and kind of dumb. Deeply incurious. Like, no interest in what these others are doing, etc. Solipsistic and self involved.
What am I missing?
It’s kinda hard to engage with a show whose main character is so needlessly miserable and kind of dumb. Deeply incurious. Like, no interest in what these others are doing, etc. Solipsistic and self involved.
What am I missing?
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Re Pluribus:
It’s kinda hard to engage with a show whose main character is so needlessly miserable and kind of dumb. Deeply incurious. Like, no interest in what these others are doing, etc. Solipsistic and self involved.
What am I missing?
It’s kinda hard to engage with a show whose main character is so needlessly miserable and kind of dumb. Deeply incurious. Like, no interest in what these others are doing, etc. Solipsistic and self involved.
What am I missing?
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This is exactly the kind of thing an LLM is actually useful for.
I would love someone who's good at infographics to go through the Epstein email trove and visualize the following: Who's chatting with Epstein and when; what the most frequent topics of conversation are; how these topics map to the most-read/clicked stories in major U.S. news pubs.
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is exactly the kind of thing an LLM is actually useful for.
English-gooding accounts for, like, 50 to 75% of whatever career success I've had.
I'm enjoying reading all the people who are surprised by the terrible writing and am like "how do you think I built a career for myself?" You can literally have a stable job by virtue of being someone who knows how to "english-good"
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
English-gooding accounts for, like, 50 to 75% of whatever career success I've had.
The Castro Theatre was so foundational for my film education, and among my favorite places to just be in San Francisco. This video of the restoration work is making me emotional
youtu.be/V1EU-G9jw_k?...
youtu.be/V1EU-G9jw_k?...
Castro Theatre Team Reinvents a San Francisco Icon
YouTube video by Engineering News-Record
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The Castro Theatre was so foundational for my film education, and among my favorite places to just be in San Francisco. This video of the restoration work is making me emotional
youtu.be/V1EU-G9jw_k?...
youtu.be/V1EU-G9jw_k?...
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Yup, pretty much sums it up
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yup, pretty much sums it up
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WHAT A SET FROM SPO WHAT A FINISH FROM WIGGINS WHAT A NIGHT OF BASKETBALL
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
WHAT A SET FROM SPO WHAT A FINISH FROM WIGGINS WHAT A NIGHT OF BASKETBALL
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
Whereas most companies ask themselves "will this provide additional value to our shareholders?"
And stock prices are now largely divorced from actual business performance. Much of the S&P 500's market cap cannot be justified based on sales and reasonable projections of growth.
And stock prices are now largely divorced from actual business performance. Much of the S&P 500's market cap cannot be justified based on sales and reasonable projections of growth.
that's in part because costco feels so old fashioned. the approach generally seems to be, "will this provide additional value to our customers?"
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Whereas most companies ask themselves "will this provide additional value to our shareholders?"
And stock prices are now largely divorced from actual business performance. Much of the S&P 500's market cap cannot be justified based on sales and reasonable projections of growth.
And stock prices are now largely divorced from actual business performance. Much of the S&P 500's market cap cannot be justified based on sales and reasonable projections of growth.
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The Littlest Hobo made the small towns of Canada his home.
As he wandered, he helped people and showed it was cool to be brave, loyal and kind.
Find my latest merch at my shop 👇
buff.ly/H2kDOKZ
As he wandered, he helped people and showed it was cool to be brave, loyal and kind.
Find my latest merch at my shop 👇
buff.ly/H2kDOKZ
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Littlest Hobo made the small towns of Canada his home.
As he wandered, he helped people and showed it was cool to be brave, loyal and kind.
Find my latest merch at my shop 👇
buff.ly/H2kDOKZ
As he wandered, he helped people and showed it was cool to be brave, loyal and kind.
Find my latest merch at my shop 👇
buff.ly/H2kDOKZ
What's the best way to encourage creators you follow and admire to get off of Substack and onto a platform like Ghost without coming across as a scold? And without being complain-y, but actually helpful?
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What's the best way to encourage creators you follow and admire to get off of Substack and onto a platform like Ghost without coming across as a scold? And without being complain-y, but actually helpful?
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roses are red
some wolves are dire
some wolves are dire
in short:
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
roses are red
some wolves are dire
some wolves are dire
At 4pm, my watch congratulated me on standing for each of 12 hours today, if you want to know how my day started.
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
At 4pm, my watch congratulated me on standing for each of 12 hours today, if you want to know how my day started.
The Venn diagram of folks who convinced themselves that "cancel culture" is a thing as well is probably a circle.
I think many supposed 'intellectuals' have been weirdly poisoned by social media.
I think many supposed 'intellectuals' have been weirdly poisoned by social media.
The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The Venn diagram of folks who convinced themselves that "cancel culture" is a thing as well is probably a circle.
I think many supposed 'intellectuals' have been weirdly poisoned by social media.
I think many supposed 'intellectuals' have been weirdly poisoned by social media.
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🚨NEW WORDS🚨
On Steph Curry and Draymond Green, their continuing value and impact despite increasing age and wear-and-tear, and why they're not ready to "handoff" the reins of the franchise just yet (link to article in reply)
On Steph Curry and Draymond Green, their continuing value and impact despite increasing age and wear-and-tear, and why they're not ready to "handoff" the reins of the franchise just yet (link to article in reply)
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨NEW WORDS🚨
On Steph Curry and Draymond Green, their continuing value and impact despite increasing age and wear-and-tear, and why they're not ready to "handoff" the reins of the franchise just yet (link to article in reply)
On Steph Curry and Draymond Green, their continuing value and impact despite increasing age and wear-and-tear, and why they're not ready to "handoff" the reins of the franchise just yet (link to article in reply)
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
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Zohran Mamdani was the first mayoral candidate and Democratic official to stand up to the Trump administration over the arrest and disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil, which he saw as a violation of the First Amendment.
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Zohran Mamdani was the first mayoral candidate and Democratic official to stand up to the Trump administration over the arrest and disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil, which he saw as a violation of the First Amendment.
✅ Cheney dead
✅ Mamdani wins
✅ Red Panda is back
pretty good day
✅ Mamdani wins
✅ Red Panda is back
pretty good day
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
✅ Cheney dead
✅ Mamdani wins
✅ Red Panda is back
pretty good day
✅ Mamdani wins
✅ Red Panda is back
pretty good day
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The week in Oakland literary doings: do them. www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/calendar/
Oakland Review of Books calendar of (not just) literary events, November 4 - November 9
urbana bronze
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The week in Oakland literary doings: do them. www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/calendar/
So few people understand how the template for Trump started with Reagan.
39 years ago today, news of the government's weapons for hostages deal with Iran broke, later to be known as the Iran-Contra scandal.
President Ronald Reagan technically committed high treason by going around Congress to illegally sell arms to Iran in order to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.
President Ronald Reagan technically committed high treason by going around Congress to illegally sell arms to Iran in order to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
So few people understand how the template for Trump started with Reagan.
you: ChatGPT is pointless, environmentally damaging, extractive.
me: yes, but it just suggested an *excellent* Negroni variation:
1 oz London Dry
1 oz Campari
½ oz Punt e Mes
½ oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
1 barspoon Luxardo maraschino
(I did 1.5oz London Dry, as per Death & Co book)
me: yes, but it just suggested an *excellent* Negroni variation:
1 oz London Dry
1 oz Campari
½ oz Punt e Mes
½ oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
1 barspoon Luxardo maraschino
(I did 1.5oz London Dry, as per Death & Co book)
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
you: ChatGPT is pointless, environmentally damaging, extractive.
me: yes, but it just suggested an *excellent* Negroni variation:
1 oz London Dry
1 oz Campari
½ oz Punt e Mes
½ oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
1 barspoon Luxardo maraschino
(I did 1.5oz London Dry, as per Death & Co book)
me: yes, but it just suggested an *excellent* Negroni variation:
1 oz London Dry
1 oz Campari
½ oz Punt e Mes
½ oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
1 barspoon Luxardo maraschino
(I did 1.5oz London Dry, as per Death & Co book)