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Late to the party…

09.17.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Shushing finger to lips

…but I think I’m finally starting to understand.

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Thanks, Elon!

03.29.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

RIP Twitter meme that Elon posted on his account

The best thing Elon has done for my life is to fuck up Twitter.

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The best, etc., of 2020

12.21.2020 by Greg Kemble // 2 Comments

Red skies and tree silhouettes
Photo by Patrick Perkins on Unsplash

I ended last year’s “Best of, etc.” with a strangely quaint optimism: “here’s hoping for a 2020 that doesn’t suck.”

Cute.

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Trump, the press, and the problem of accidental truth

03.05.2020 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Scattered broken watches
Photo by Heather Zabriskie on Unsplash

Even when Trump tells the truth — miracles can happen! — the press doesn’t know what to do.

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Handling the hypocrats

11.26.2018 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Hypocracy def, highlighted "rule by hypocrites"

The news media is in crisis.

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“The Paranoid Style”: Déjà vu and something new

06.04.2018 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Trump, Conway, Sanders, and Giuliani

Trump’s endless tweeting , Conway’s epistemological contortionism, Sanders’s snowfake outrage, Giuliani’s media Blitz (Fox isn’t worried…): Is this all déjà vu, or something new?

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Greg in front of a wall sculpture at SFO
Mildly introverted.
Mostly harmless.

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