The Irish Invincibles was one of the best names for a cladestine terrorist group. They were successful in their only action, and then the leader betrayed everyone, and was himself assassinated. So they could only beat themselves. They were invincible.
Harold Bloom to his editor: No blurb on the back cover, just my own pained grimace. That should give readers the right idea.
Halloween is kind a labor day situation. Americans celebrate in the fall, but in Europe they have Walpurgisnacht in the spring. An attempt to kneecap and deradicalize the demon movement.
When the other gods caught Venus in bed with Mars they all laughed at her, because the god of war is a chud with skidmarks on his boxers.
What we're calling AI psychosis is like how flattery makes rich guys progressively stupider. And now everyone can have that experience. A democratic technology!
"Everyone swallows 7 spiders a year in their sleep" - fake bullshit that doesn't move me.
"Daddy longlegs are the most venomous spider, but their mouths are too small to bite us" - fake bullshit that gives me a shudder.
Academics have long considered it pretty hot that Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne explored each other's bodies, but recent scholarship pointing out their 15 year age gap has complicated this narrative.








