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Franz Kafka – A Hunger Artist: Books That Killed Their Authors #6

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Books That Killed Their Authors: Franz Kafka A Hunger Artist “A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.” — Franz Kafka People once paid to see someone starving to death. Hunger artists, also called starvation … Continue reading →

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Previously

  • Honoré de Balzac – The Human Comedy: Books That Killed Their Authors #8 September 9, 2025
  • Lammas or Lughnasadh? Let The Harvest Begin July 31, 2025
  • Flag Day 2025 June 15, 2025
  • Moron Trade And Tariffs – Economic Sabotage Or Just Stupid? May 4, 2025
  • My Global Normcore Men’s Clothing – Countries Of Origin May 2, 2025
  • What’s Going On With Shipping? Better Watch Sal April 30, 2025
  • Split Size Shoe Orders and Tariffs – Beating The Tax On My Feet April 15, 2025
  • 56 Hours In The Emergency Room – Suffering On A Mass Scale April 4, 2025
  • Truman Capote – Answered Prayers: Books That Killed Their Authors #7 February 2, 2025
  • The Last Weekend Of The United States January 18, 2025
  • Design For Disaster – The 1961 Bel Air Conflagration January 17, 2025
  • Franz Kafka – A Hunger Artist: Books That Killed Their Authors #6 January 6, 2025
  • The Twilight Zone Of Our Democracy – The Brand Is Upon Us December 5, 2024
  • Halloween Came From An Irish Hole In The Ground October 27, 2024
  • Who Was FDR’s FIRST Vice President? No Googling September 5, 2024
  • The Guano Islands Act August 18, 2024
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe – Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Books That Killed Their Authors #5 August 15, 2024
  • The 1934 Business Plot To Overthrow The U.S. Government August 12, 2024
  • The Index of Forbidden Books – The Original Banned Book List August 8, 2024
  • Jane Austen – Persuasion and Sanditon: Books That Killed Their Authors #4 August 5, 2024
  • When Your Emotional Support Animal Needs Your Emotional Support July 16, 2024
  • What If The Internet Had Never Been Invented? June 3, 2024
  • The Fried Breaded Pork Tenderloin Sandwich: Indiana’s Unofficial State Food May 16, 2024
  • Suno Or Later Artificial Intelligence Will Make Music Suck March 31, 2024
  • Inattentional Blindness: The Invisible Gorilla Test March 13, 2024

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Yes, those heavily armed, masked agents need the military to protect their snowflake butts.This would be funny if it wasn't so dangerously fascist.
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President accused Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker of failing to protect Ice officers as troops deploy to Chicago https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/08/trump-jail-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker-chicago-illinois

8 October 2025 @ 4:35 pm

the US sinks further into lawlessness.the law is whatever the Florescent Fascist and actual president Peewee German says it is when they regain consciousness every morning. Or afternoon. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/07/donald-trump-national-guard-pam-bondi-mark-carney-government-shutdown-us-politics-live-news-updates

7 October 2025 @ 9:15 pm

Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state where abortion is illegal can search cameras in others where it's a human right.
Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s TipOn top of all that: It turns out the cop was *also* an abuser https://jessica.substack.com/p/texas-abortion-surveillance-plate-readerTexas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion https://www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-searched-license-plate-cameras-nationwide-for-a-woman-who-got-an-abortion/

7 October 2025 @ 8:09 pm

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I'm old, hate American football and think the Super Bowel is a day when I don't watch TV and go to the beach instead.The era when I knew what was going with rap was Ice T and NWA.I'd never heard of Bad Bunny.Now I have thanks to MAGA. The guy must really be great because they hate him so much.Maybe this year I'll watch the half-time show.

4 October 2025 @ 5:44 pm

4 October 2025 @ 5:19 pm

Imagine where will be in 3 years.

4 October 2025 @ 4:47 pm

Epstein list so far. Just the tip of the pedophile iceberg

4 October 2025 @ 1:06 am

Turning Point USA Hosts Campus Event Pushing Death Penalty for Abortion Patients https://open.substack.com/pub/jessica/p/turning-point-usa-hosts-campus-event

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