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In Orange, France, in front of one of the greatest surviving structures of the Roman empire. Unlike the Colosseum in Rome, which lost much of its outer shell, this Roman theatre still possesses its monumental stage wall, which almost never remains intact elsewhere.

“The last 10 years have seen a radical transformation in French parenting habits, and the blame, according to Goldman, lies with an American import: positive parenting.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/m...

Did American-Style ‘Gentle Parenting’ Spoil French Children?www.nytimes.com

Ezra Klein attacked Sam Harris and essentially accused him of racism for not having enough black guests on his podcast and then gave Chris Rufo the most softball and deferential interview I could have ever imagined. It’s actually bizarre. Something was really off about it.

Today in Paris, where buildings are beautiful and would be visually disfigured by visible AC units

Bandol

Alpino

Shout out to my daughter’s Bengal, Joe, who is a scene stealer and has now appeared in Monocle and Le Monde

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Idaho

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... “The people who seem least interested in introspection are also those whose work is most profoundly shaping our collective reality.“

The People Who Think Introspection Is DumbFor some of America’s tech oligarchs, looking inward seems to be a waste of time better spent moving fast and breaking things.www.theatlantic.com

Honestly hard to believe how common this kind of comment is on Bluesky. Just the casual tacit approval of lethal violence against political foes draped in a sense of moral superiority. Of course this is how the other side sees things too.

My latest on the reassessment of what constitutes the extreme in French politics after left-wing activists stomped a man to death in Lyon last month: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Homicide Upending French PoliticsA recent killing of a neo-Nazi activist could bring France’s far-right party closer to power than it’s ever been.www.theatlantic.com

This is astounding

if b-boy bouiebaisse were to introspect he might draw productive conclusions

“Sanitizing slavery has become a core objective of the reactionary right—a malignant response to progressives’ oversimplification of American history. But the truest understanding of slavery acknowledges the horrors of racial oppression while still allowing us to see beyond them.” t.co/XrF5UjIlj6

Bluesky is such a sealed epistemic vacuum in many corners not a single person points out that just this past September Charlie Kirk literally got his neck blown open in public *by his ideological opponent.*

@jamellebouie.net I’ve been quite clear in condemning the killing. Even a cursory glance at my twitter, IG or even this Bluesky account I barely use shows you’re dishonest. It’s actually more productive to argue with Megyn Kelly than such a bad faith actor as you.

There is a growing and palpable bloodlust and desire to see ideological opponents quite literally eradicated that should give us all extreme pause. It’s been a long time since the most meaningful divide in American political and cultural life was between “left” and “right.” 1/2

A large masked man who is surrounded by armed backup shooting a lone and panicked woman in the face in broad daylight is such an insane visual metaphor for this administration’s overall disproportionate use of force