Forgetful Funes
@cglanov.bsky.social
Work for a soc. justice public school teaching art and comp sci to 3-11 yr olds. Reading is my passion.
Everyone said it would be a turning point in our history even as it was happening. We already knew that. God help me, 25 years later and I'm realizing exactly what we were turning toward. How clearly it is a straight line from then to now. I could cry.
September 11, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Everyone said it would be a turning point in our history even as it was happening. We already knew that. God help me, 25 years later and I'm realizing exactly what we were turning toward. How clearly it is a straight line from then to now. I could cry.
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Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/
August 16, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/
The Boomer legacy was proving that young people could carve out their own path. The Millennial legacy should be breaking the cycle of hating the next generation for doing the exact same thing.
As Gen Alpha adapts to its unique moment in time, our legacy could be normalizing grace for the young.
As Gen Alpha adapts to its unique moment in time, our legacy could be normalizing grace for the young.
August 14, 2026 at 2:36 PM
The Boomer legacy was proving that young people could carve out their own path. The Millennial legacy should be breaking the cycle of hating the next generation for doing the exact same thing.
As Gen Alpha adapts to its unique moment in time, our legacy could be normalizing grace for the young.
As Gen Alpha adapts to its unique moment in time, our legacy could be normalizing grace for the young.
Sad about the loss of John Larson in Congress: a champion of working people. Bronin should appreciate that when his campaign emphasized his youth many assumed he was implying that he would usher in new, progressive energy. I hope he honors that expectation.
August 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Sad about the loss of John Larson in Congress: a champion of working people. Bronin should appreciate that when his campaign emphasized his youth many assumed he was implying that he would usher in new, progressive energy. I hope he honors that expectation.
"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, had always been the systematic organization of hatreds"
~from The Education of Henry Adams
~from The Education of Henry Adams
July 31, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, had always been the systematic organization of hatreds"
~from The Education of Henry Adams
~from The Education of Henry Adams
I have had so many great conversations with people in real life where we talked about critical assessments (of whatever types of media) that I strongly disagreed with. Getting pissed about it is not a bug in a review, it's a feature of the review
July 31, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I have had so many great conversations with people in real life where we talked about critical assessments (of whatever types of media) that I strongly disagreed with. Getting pissed about it is not a bug in a review, it's a feature of the review
If you had a romantic partner look into your eyes and earnestly say "after all... you're my wonderwall" wouldn't the appropriate response be "What the fuck is a 'wonderwall'?"
July 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM
If you had a romantic partner look into your eyes and earnestly say "after all... you're my wonderwall" wouldn't the appropriate response be "What the fuck is a 'wonderwall'?"
Just learned that Hitler suffered from extreme flatulence. Like Richard the Lionheart and Ivan the Terrible, he should have this permanently attached to his memory: Adolf the Flatulent. No dramatic representation of him should be without the most undignified fart soundtrack.
July 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Just learned that Hitler suffered from extreme flatulence. Like Richard the Lionheart and Ivan the Terrible, he should have this permanently attached to his memory: Adolf the Flatulent. No dramatic representation of him should be without the most undignified fart soundtrack.
The same people who think social safety nets for normal folks would make them lazy also think that limited liability motivates billionaires to be more productive.
July 25, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The same people who think social safety nets for normal folks would make them lazy also think that limited liability motivates billionaires to be more productive.
"Every work of art is one half of a secret handshake, a challenge that seeks the password, a heliograph flashed from a tower window, an act of hopeless optimism in the service of bottomless longing"
~Michael Chabon, from Manhood for Amateurs
~Michael Chabon, from Manhood for Amateurs
July 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
"Every work of art is one half of a secret handshake, a challenge that seeks the password, a heliograph flashed from a tower window, an act of hopeless optimism in the service of bottomless longing"
~Michael Chabon, from Manhood for Amateurs
~Michael Chabon, from Manhood for Amateurs
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PSA on the Victoria Line tube in London.
Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note.
Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note.
July 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
PSA on the Victoria Line tube in London.
Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note.
Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note.
Has anyone floated the name "psychophants" for trump supporters?
July 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Has anyone floated the name "psychophants" for trump supporters?
"It'll be like growing an errant limb, an extension of myself whose sensory nerves report pain just fine, but whose motor nerves don't convey my commands at all. It's so unfair: I'm going to give birth to an animated voodoo doll of myself" from Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life
#bookSky
#bookSky
July 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
"It'll be like growing an errant limb, an extension of myself whose sensory nerves report pain just fine, but whose motor nerves don't convey my commands at all. It's so unfair: I'm going to give birth to an animated voodoo doll of myself" from Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life
#bookSky
#bookSky
The choice is, as it has been for decades, between those worried about the dangers TO democracy and those worried about the dangers OF democracy
July 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The choice is, as it has been for decades, between those worried about the dangers TO democracy and those worried about the dangers OF democracy
These are the people who get bent outta shape that schools teach about the times America has done awful things. Do they not realize they're committing new atrocities that it will add to that story? If you don't like the US being cast as history's villain, stop doing villainous things.
July 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
These are the people who get bent outta shape that schools teach about the times America has done awful things. Do they not realize they're committing new atrocities that it will add to that story? If you don't like the US being cast as history's villain, stop doing villainous things.
When they were making the Princess Bride do you think it was obvious to them all that they were making one of the best, most quotable movies of all time?
Princess Bride
Alt: Princess Bride. You keep using that word...
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July 14, 2026 at 12:57 AM
When they were making the Princess Bride do you think it was obvious to them all that they were making one of the best, most quotable movies of all time?
Any other men curious in what way they've been "abandoned" by the Democratic party? Is it because they endorse Empathy?
July 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Any other men curious in what way they've been "abandoned" by the Democratic party? Is it because they endorse Empathy?
Have you ever started typing a post or a text thinking "this observation I'm about to make is super relatable" but halfway through you start to think "maybe I'm the only one who's had this experience"? Or am I the only one who's had that experience?
July 13, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Have you ever started typing a post or a text thinking "this observation I'm about to make is super relatable" but halfway through you start to think "maybe I'm the only one who's had this experience"? Or am I the only one who's had that experience?
"People who remember court madness through pain, the pain of the perpetually recurring death of their innocence"
~James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room
Daaaamn, that's a good line
#bookSky
~James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room
Daaaamn, that's a good line
#bookSky
July 12, 2026 at 12:06 AM
"People who remember court madness through pain, the pain of the perpetually recurring death of their innocence"
~James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room
Daaaamn, that's a good line
#bookSky
~James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room
Daaaamn, that's a good line
#bookSky
I just found (and followed) Adrienne Mayor on here! She writes non-fiction that is this cool blend of ancient history, mythology and technology. My favorite is "Gods and Robots"
Always looking for people's recommendations for mind-expanding non-fiction.
Always looking for people's recommendations for mind-expanding non-fiction.
July 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I just found (and followed) Adrienne Mayor on here! She writes non-fiction that is this cool blend of ancient history, mythology and technology. My favorite is "Gods and Robots"
Always looking for people's recommendations for mind-expanding non-fiction.
Always looking for people's recommendations for mind-expanding non-fiction.
Living writers that you've read 5 books by each:
John Banville
Michael Chabon
JM Coetzee
Percival Everett
Neil Gaiman 😬
Kazuo Ishiguro
Jonathan Lethem
Haruki Murakami
Orhan Pamuk
Salman Rushdie
George Saunders
Colson Whitehead
All dudes. Recs for living female writers with 5 or more great books?
John Banville
Michael Chabon
JM Coetzee
Percival Everett
Neil Gaiman 😬
Kazuo Ishiguro
Jonathan Lethem
Haruki Murakami
Orhan Pamuk
Salman Rushdie
George Saunders
Colson Whitehead
All dudes. Recs for living female writers with 5 or more great books?
Five living writers that you’ve read five books by each:
Kazuo Ishiguro
Philippa Gregory
Seanan McGuire
Lisa See
Alison Weir
#BookSky
Kazuo Ishiguro
Philippa Gregory
Seanan McGuire
Lisa See
Alison Weir
#BookSky
Five (or more) living writers that you’ve read five books by each:
Libba Bray
Lemony Snicket
Rex Burke
Rachel Bowdler
Michelle Franklin
Stephenie Meyer
Jamie Jackson
George RR Martin
Diana Gabaldon
Libba Bray
Lemony Snicket
Rex Burke
Rachel Bowdler
Michelle Franklin
Stephenie Meyer
Jamie Jackson
George RR Martin
Diana Gabaldon
July 10, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Living writers that you've read 5 books by each:
John Banville
Michael Chabon
JM Coetzee
Percival Everett
Neil Gaiman 😬
Kazuo Ishiguro
Jonathan Lethem
Haruki Murakami
Orhan Pamuk
Salman Rushdie
George Saunders
Colson Whitehead
All dudes. Recs for living female writers with 5 or more great books?
John Banville
Michael Chabon
JM Coetzee
Percival Everett
Neil Gaiman 😬
Kazuo Ishiguro
Jonathan Lethem
Haruki Murakami
Orhan Pamuk
Salman Rushdie
George Saunders
Colson Whitehead
All dudes. Recs for living female writers with 5 or more great books?
Just started Giovanni's Room. My first James Baldwin read. Was drawn by seeing this quotation:
"the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain"
#bookSky
"the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain"
#bookSky
July 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Just started Giovanni's Room. My first James Baldwin read. Was drawn by seeing this quotation:
"the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain"
#bookSky
"the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain"
#bookSky
I keep hearing about a rising tide of young progressives running for office against incumbents. I feel like Larson v Bronin has the optics of that, but does it have the substance? Being younger doesn't mean you're a automatically a bigger friend to the little guy
July 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I keep hearing about a rising tide of young progressives running for office against incumbents. I feel like Larson v Bronin has the optics of that, but does it have the substance? Being younger doesn't mean you're a automatically a bigger friend to the little guy
Thank you. Finally, someone citing specific reasons! All I see are people saying "Larson is OLD!" I'm open to Bronin but tell me WHY
After researching Luke Bronin’s donors, it turns out THEY back data centers and DO NOT SUPPORT Universal Healthcare Governor Lamont is campaigning on.
Rep. John Larson is going to get my primary vote, because he hates Stinky, he supports unions, and he supports healthcare & affordable housing-
Rep. John Larson is going to get my primary vote, because he hates Stinky, he supports unions, and he supports healthcare & affordable housing-
Meet Connecticut’s Billionaire-Backed Dark-Money Democrat - The American Prospect
Former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin earned $237,000 consulting for a civic organization funded in large part by two prominent benefactors. Then they maxed out their contributions to his congressional ca...
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July 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Thank you. Finally, someone citing specific reasons! All I see are people saying "Larson is OLD!" I'm open to Bronin but tell me WHY