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Jonathan Eby@jonathaneby.bsky.social · 6mo ago

in addition to Adam Serwer's excelent article, everyone needs to read a thousand small sanities by adam gopnik

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
Dean Frey@dean.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Remembering Albert Camus on his birthday 🎂 📷 Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1944 "Looking at the famous portrait by Cartier-Bresson from the forties you see why people thought of him as a star & not just as a sage; you also see that he knew the effect he was having." - Adam Gopnik

Camus turns to the camera. He's wearing an overcoat & smoking a cigarette.
@adamgopnik.bsky.social · last yr.

So thrilling to see Habs advance to playoffs! We've had better teams, of course, and more finished teams -- but I can't recall a Montreal Canadiens team that played with more heart, more spirit , or had a brighter core of young players.

@adamgopnik.bsky.social · last yr.

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Andy Adams@flakphoto.news · 2y ago

Another seasonal favorite. Does anyone know this book? We're reading it again today. Adam Gopnik is one of my favorite writers — So smart and sensitive. His words are always thoughtful and inspiring. Find a copy if you haven't read it yet. It's so good! ❄️✨

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John Faithful Hamer@johnfaithfulhamer.bsky.social · 2y ago

“The opposite of humanism is not theism but fanaticism; the opposite of liberalism is not conservatism but dogmatism. Fanaticism is therefore the chief enemy of humanism, and fanaticism in political life is the chief enemy of the liberal ideal.”—Adam Gopnik, A Thousand Small Sanities (2019)

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Rodrigo Beilfuss@rodrigobeilfuss.bsky.social · 2y ago

About to unleash Jessica B. Hill’s THE DARK LADY in New York City Audience is now coming in. Adam Gopnik in the house. People who flew in from Stratford. NY theatre types. Friends. Romans. Countrymen. What a night we will have. What an honour. So proud of Jessica and Canadian+Winnipeg-made theatre.

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