Archive - Sucks to Suck

In defense of being the old guy at the party tonight

Oct 26, 2023 •

August 2023

27 Short Blurbs About Springfield

A Simpsons syllabus, in response to D.W.

Aug 12, 2023 •

July 2023

"Knowledge is the novel’s only morality."

Very slight thoughts on Kundera + outrageous banger quotes.

Jul 15, 2023 •

Mills, 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔒𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔞

"Why? Because the thread count was too low, you idiot."

Some thoughts on Threads + AMA about software design, social systems, etc.

Jul 9, 2023 •

Mills, 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔒𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔞

June 2023

I think they're going to do it again.

Jun 13, 2023 •

Mills, 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔒𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔞

May 2023

Eat My Shorts 4 / Malice, Models, Malingering, Malick

Standing up to bullies in order to bully; contra Hanania on "great books"; my one weird trick; wasted words on "Knight of Cups" and "Tree of Life"

May 31, 2023 •

Mills, 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔒𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔞

I Lost on Jeopardy!

And it was okay

May 12, 2023 •

March 2023

The irrepressible monkey in the machine

Neither "AI" nor TikTok (nor Facebook nor NBC nor...) can "hack" human beings.

Mar 18, 2023 •

Mills, 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔒𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔞

What reading rationalists does to an mfer.

Mar 11, 2023 •

Mills, 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔒𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔞

February 2023

Convention and Neurosis Revisited

Hell is people who think hell is other people; hatred is generally ignorance; and other conclusions from one of my favorite passages of all time.

Feb 28, 2023 •

Mills, 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔒𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔞

Abjection Doesn't Scale

When support scenes stigmatize.

Feb 18, 2023 •

Mills, 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔒𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔞

Humor, transgression, and beauty in Paul Beatty's outrageous novel

Feb 12, 2023 •

Mills, 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔒𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔞

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