I don't study politics, but I do study culture, and here are some of the signs that a cultural shift has been brewing for years in America that most of the professional political analysts just completely missed. Some of these may seem absurd, but hear me out. 🧵 We'll start

People are talking about this exchange for a million different reasons. But maybe the biggest practical takeaway is being overlooked: This was a TEXTBOOK example of how to remain a non-anxious presence while in the company of anxious & manipulative behavior.

🔥Chart says it straight: NXXT looks like a reload into earnings, not a flush. Volume spikes on dips, moving averages curling, demand zones holding. The tape shows patient bids absorbing panic. Last reports already pointed to strong growth; guidance track suggests momentum

The entire wrestling business is built on their ability to read American culture in real time. So when @CodyRhodes says that something has changed in culture and people want good guys again in wrestling, I pay attention.

Found this rare gem in my old church building. It’s an end-times “Christian” comic book from 1973. It’s thoroughly dispensationalist and nightmarish inside, but I absolutely love the title and cover art. 🔥

I’ve written more about the scientific and philosophical reasons for why the continuous scroll is starving our brains of what it needs, and some simple actions to change that here: https://t.co/I3NaIbCWWh

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That nagging sense of perpetual exhaustion after logging hours of your day on social media has an overlooked reason: Humans are storied creatures. One of the primary ways we take all of the inputs and experiences of our day and arrange them to try and process & make sense of it

@roddreher Again, this was not normal for Halloween +20 years ago https://t.co/SZ6sSHxro0

Did you know that Americans spend 4x more on Halloween today than we did 20 years ago? Halloween keeps getting bigger, and it’s more than just economics. Does its rise have anything to do with the “re-enchantment” that @roddreher & others have written about?

The only reason I’m still on the internet doing what I do is because I want to be helpful to a real person out there. Views/ likes don’t really give you any idea of HOW you may or may not be helpful. I’ve gone viral, and frankly it’s pretty hollow. It doesn’t tell you much.

The new dev flow: create the PRD and Tech Design through agents, review and refine, then run @cursor_ai cli agent -> "implement PRD .md, Tech Design .md and Data Model .md as guidance, execute all commands until complete...good night (..and good job in advance! now get to work)"

If you’re stuck on that word “religion” and want to yell, “what about separation of church & state!?” I wrote about all of this last week:

The VP @JDVance is right on this. The notion of neutral, religion-free spaces was a modern myth that postmodernism forced us to question. For various reasons, the pandemic killed that myth for good. Now we are sorting thru which religion can hold civilization together.

This one might be hard for Millennials & older to understand: There isn’t a pro athlete or Hollywood actor that has more cultural influence with young Zoomers & Gen Alpha than the people on this list. Your Brad Pitt & Michael Jordan is their MrBeast & Kai Cenat.

If you have no idea what’s going on with these memes, let me explain: For over 20 years there’s been debates about whether PlayStation or Xbox is the better video game console. What XBox had on its side was exclusive rights to the game “Halo” which was an all-time dorm room

(A Thread) While it's too early to say BTC @ 99k yesterday was the bottom & we're not deadcat bouncing, the price is a nice sign of hope to contrast my timeline full of posts from folks quitting this market due to liquidations/margin calls/losses from FOMO/etc (cont)

David Foster Wallace’s words about TV before social media existed feel even more haunting now.

One of Jordan Peterson’s most underrated insights from the old college lecture days: You don’t want to win every argument with your spouse. If you do, that just means you’re married to a loser.

Joe Rogan’s continued fascination with Christ has led him to church. What is the preaching like? Topical? Seeker-friendly? Nope. “People read and analyze passages of the Bible.” When men like Joe show up at church, don’t underestimate their desire to go deep.

When I saw the title I was like, “Not another deconstruction video 😒” But then she pulled a metamodern move and inverted my expectations for subversion! https://t.co/gFlfTU7Um0

I remember I used to roll my eyes at these guys ten years ago. But I watched some reruns recently & realized I was completely wrong. They were just ahead of the curve. -Faith ✅ -Family ✅ -Successful business ✅ -More time spent in nature than in front of screens✅

On a trip to Poland years ago, I went from touring Auschwitz and wresting with the problem of evil to going deep into this underground salt mine, beholding this, and grappling with the problem of goodness.