Hope.


(via This Modern World)


How to Have Theory in an Epidemic.


    "Freud Wars"

soft folly · ogganition thoughts
match impact sidereal · brunt
   silvery addict
diphthong · mundungus umgang amp
vast idiocy · rank ambit
   abjection's versts creak

aggry · from rich assail afford
nicoderm aspic · is Bilal
   flume · mesmerizing
can occult act forge · proper odds
optional fathoms · availing
   Sith clack filial

no onus accruals brook · tank
swarm slippage · twist willowy stall
   chug stab balcony
glowering · sculsh vintner ink
stoop posh palaces · offal stir
   rest truth · if folk crush


Scientology glossary. (via Metafilter)


Arabic Mallarmé. (via Silliman)


So, a bunch of Portuguese books came into our store. My antennae went up. A thin volume of Pessoa was indeed included! And, hot on its heels, the collected Caeiro...


"...said by Pliny...to be able to speak all 22 languages of his subjects. I’ve never seen a list of what those languages are supposed to be." (--I've wondered that, myself.)