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Old Ric

@old_ric

i love spinoza • ☭

 New Haven, CT, USA
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Joined March 2009
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My phone needs to shut the hell up about finding the eduroam network in a new place
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The Only Way Out Is Through Thursday #TheOnlyWayOutIsThroughThursday
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Continental philosophy being described as “beautiful and complex flower systems of literary critique based on nothing in particular”
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𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎 (@hellspatisserie) profile picture𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎@hellspatisserieOct 26
Look, I’m a cultural theory and continental philosophy person, I like beautiful and complex flowery systems of literary critique based on nothing in particular, but every time I see queer discourse happening one word comes to my mind: unempirical
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One year after tweeting this I replaced all men on my committee with women.
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ms rat 🐀 (@ratbitebaby) profile picturems rat 🐀@ratbitebaby10 Jun 2023
misogyny checkpoint: what’s the first tweet that shows up when you search “women” on your page ?
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David Harvey | @davidharvey.org on Bluesky (@profdavidharvey) profile pictureDavid Harvey | @davidharvey.org on Bluesky@profdavidharveyOct 25
Replying to @TheSwoletariat_
No I don't.
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Prism light hits ramen
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He’s so right
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W Magazine (@wmag) profile pictureW Magazine
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Replying to @wmag
In our latest issue, #NathanFielder discusses moving into Elizabeth Holmes’s guesthouse to make ‘You Can See Everything,’ the extraordinary lengths he’ll go to for comedy, and why he still believes even the messiest situations can be untangled. wmagazine.com/culture/nathan…
Nathan Fielder on Reality TV, Elizabeth Holmes, and the Curiosity that Drives Him

Nathan Fielder on Reality TV, Elizabeth Holmes, and the Curiosity that Drives Him

The comedian has always thought there’s a way to untangle any mess. Then he met—and lived with—Elizabeth Holmes for 'You Can See Everything.'

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bob ross joi
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everyone got pissed about people over-emphasizing alterity and the opacity of the other, but now YCSE and you all are finally coming back around
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kind of what driving through maryland feels like
🌋 (@hum_dunkin) profile picture🌋@hum_dunkinOct 23
Display name: 🦀 King of the Bucket Username: @ CrabUpTop Gamertag: xXH1ghestCr4bXx
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Tranquila mamá que con mi maestría en Estudios Culturales salimos de esta
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I'm 39 and literally everything has failed tbf tbf tbf
Doguhan Sundal (@DoguhanSun) profile pictureDoguhan Sundal@DoguhanSunOct 18
No, the exact opposite is true. I'm 35 years old, and I've yet to hear these cult-like cliques in left-academic circles say anything other than "let the movement walk on its own path," while every popular uprising I've witnessed following this logic has failed. 1/2
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“But you don’t have to worry about me, because I’m doing okay. Exclamation point.”
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Is it just me or does it feel like everyone in political spaces started referencing the concept of a Theory of Change (ToC) a few years ago or something? I looked up the Wiki entry and I'm quite suspicious tbh
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anyone else been feeling like the wolves are close by, you just got to keep moving, it's all getting closer I just got to stay one step ahead, they're coming for me I can't give one inch, don't relax for a second, gotta keep looking behind me I know they're close, gotta keep mov
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You can never know another human being! You can never be objective! The truth is a belief! Fuck! Nathan!!!!
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Sad to report that with the way things go, Billy Evans is on his way to being some kind of political figure in the Republican Party.
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You Can See Everything is maybe the best documentary ever made and I’m not exaggerating
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When the second act of the movie begins
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Old Ric (@old_ric) profile pictureOld Ric@old_ricOct 15
Going to finally see everything today yay
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