Performative versus...
authentic, honest, truth, justice, fairness
but equality or equity- Lenin, Jesus
integrity, hypocrisy
Worldwide human rights
awareness of your level of privilege (driller rap)
idealistic/dreamer- cynical/realistic/realpolitik
saying what you think or saying what you think you’re supposed to think
Robert Greene or rationalism- Julia Galef
“It can all be taken away from you”
cultural appropriation or appreciation, hommage
sex intercourse and outercourse
Edmund White 3000 men- “why so few?”
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/20/edmund-white-lust-love-literature-ive-had-sex-with-3000-men
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/20/rise-of-the-sides-how-grindr-finally-recognized-gay-men-who-arent-tops-or-bottoms
x marks the spot
Now find X
Meta? Micro-soft
Amazon
Things we didn’t teach at school
Vietnam helicopter, Abu Ghraib, RFK last words v Oscar Wilde last words, Churchill in the trenches,
chat gpt on men and women swimming
Charles Manson
Judge not, lest ye be judged
Hitchens, Orwell, Graham
Pardons
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r5g5dezk4o
As he prepared to leave the White House, Biden also commuted the life sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was serving a life sentence for the 1975 murder of two FBI agents. Peltier will transition to house arrest, Biden said in a statement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Peltier
Democrats had warned the outgoing president against such action. Adam Schiff, a Senator for California, said Biden could set a "precedent" for "each president hereafter on their way out the door giving out a broad category of pardons".
Capitol riots
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/55572805.amp
Jake Angell or Jacob Chansley
BBC interview 2025