The Harry Potter series is an interesting social artifact. It stands tall as a primary example of “normie” culture. And on either side, contemporary Internet culture has developed either a worshipful parasocial relationship to it (Tumblr) or a red pilled aversion.

Kentucky college sports has entered Negative World

Paying a million bucks to lose? “Notre Dame” should be a discount code at MyPillow.

Why did evangelicals think J.K. Rowling was evangelizing for Wicca in the Harry Potter series? Lot of factors, but consider this: Witchcraft really *did* accelerate in the 90s. In 1990 there were 8,000 estimated Wiccans in the US. By 2008, over 300,000. nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…

Hug a Panthers fan today

I don’t want to over spiritualize sports. But Deshaun Watson has been an absolute shell of himself since fleeing Houston amid a bazillion accusations of sexual assault. What happens in the dark doesn’t stay there.

Continental US should have two time zones, and only two.

“Men have wasted away before it, entranced by what they have seen, or been driven mad, not knowing if what it shows is real or even possible.” —Dumbledore on the smartphone

Book II: Purgatorio

"Even if God's not real, my life/our society is better off acting as if he is." 1. True. 2. A recipe for short-term mobilization rather than inter-generational cultural renewal. In other words, if you go this route, the demons will simply come back and find the room empty.

"The Sandlot" star Patrick Renna once told Rich Eisen about getting to meet James Earl Jones (RIP). Great story:

Key line: “Mullin, who came out as polyamorous in 2022, rejects the suggestion that polyamory is selfish or simply about having more sex. “When my needs are not met, I cannot be the best partner and parent I can be. I cannot be the best pastor…”

This is just really good journalism nytimes.com/2024/09/08/bus…

Pretty jarring to go back and reread purity culture discourse from the early-mid 2010s in light of this space’s rapid surrender to polyamory. The line between “Josh Harris’s book traumatized and paralyzed me” and pro-throuple ideology seems awfully thin.

Harris sounds like the challenger, Trump sounds like the incumbent. That seems bad for Trump.

"All your friends told me they hate you." -9th grade homeroom. Also, these two candidates.

My wife: "You said you would take out the trash!" Me: "I'm sorry, I have to move on, I've got a lot to cover."

Moderators regardless, Trump was incoherent and unhinged for long stretches tonight. He’s just a really, really bad candidate.

“Every digital microculture would pulse and thrum with its own version of what took place, and each version would resonate with that microculture’s vibe and narrative.” Read Patrick K. Miller