I am at the opera in Vienna. Il Trittico by Puccini, which premiered in 1918. It’s 3.5 hours long. Who has that kind of attention span? Hear me out: Quibbi for opera.
My light vacation reading is finally finishing the fantastic “If We Burn: the Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution” by @vincentbevins.bsky.social . It’s giving me a lot to ponder and rethink some of my assumptions. Time for a wee study group OF A CERTAIN CHARACTER.
The Jacobin articles surely dropping tomorrow telling socialists to get into sports to build a mass base are going to be EXHAUSTING.
To be prepared for when It Happens, I have made arrangements with a friend in NY who wakes up early. As a west coaster who stays up late, we have a full 24 hours of coverage. If it happens when I’m asleep she knows to call, no matter the time, and vice versa. It could happen at any hour. HAVE A PLAN
Working through editing my forthcoming book, and currently sitting at a fighting weight of 39,170 words.
New euphemism for shitting yourself and falling asleep on live tv just dropped.
