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A rich person with awful taste is more of an 'average' consumer than you now

The charge of being consumerist piggies at the trough now only sticks to the rich. Good. The rest of us are free.

Sep 2, 2025 • Mike Pearl

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August 2025

A nuclear genocide of Gaza wouldn’t look all that different from this

Does the idea that Israel *could* nuke Gaza, but isn't doing so, suggest to you that Israel is being nice? It probably shouldn't.

Aug 7, 2025 • Mike Pearl

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April 2025

I wrote a Substack post for a different Substack

It's about AI and textiles.

Apr 16, 2025 • Mike Pearl

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January 2025

Was the #Resistance just the PMC brain overheating?

The new Silicon Valley MAGA gang hates the professional-managerial class, but not because they've been reading their Barbara Ehrenreich.

Jan 31, 2025 • Mike Pearl

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September 2024

February 2023

My Eternal Old Man

The ex-president I've always irrationally used as my own private picture of Dorian Gray.

Feb 18, 2023 • Mike Pearl

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December 2022

Maybe Twitter would die if power users could export their clout

Are you a Messi or a Salt Bae? Either way, you're hooked.

Dec 24, 2022 • Mike Pearl

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May 2022

Elon Musk is very predictable

He just did a thing that I have previously pointed out he does at times such as this.

May 20, 2022 • Mike Pearl

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For better or worse, Elon Musk has to drastically change Twitter

My attempt to say something useful about this

May 6, 2022 • Mike Pearl

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February 2022

The Ukraine War Is Undigestible Matter in the Gut of the Discourse

If news happens and it doesn't fit anyone's framework for identity-formation, is it even news?

Feb 26, 2022 • Mike Pearl

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November 2021

We have to fix the climate even if we can't end capitalism

As much as I want ecosocialism to be a panacea right now, it's not.

Nov 17, 2021 • Mike Pearl

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August 2021

Climate Change Is Caused by a Pollution Leak, and Shame Won’t Plug It

We are all the Little Dutch Boy

Aug 13, 2021 • Mike Pearl

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