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Biography of Inglorion Atropos Androktasiai

Spymaster. Womanizer. Duke of the Underdark.

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Written by A.V. ThompsonAugust 3, 2020August 3, 2020

Journal of the Plague Year 2020: Somehow, the Country Is Never Quite Ready

We’ll start a couple of days back, when I was flicking through pictures I’d taken on my phone. Mostly meals and portraits of my cat, Lyndon Johnson, being cute in various ways. I stumbled on a shot that was mysterious, compelling, and utterly foreign. I took it on Saturday at 3:42 a.m. I’m sure I […]

Written by A.V. ThompsonMay 30, 2020May 30, 2020

Journal of the Plague Year 2020: The Mysticism of Nature and the Agony of Life

I ended last week by reading Heather Ann Thompson’s account of the 1971 Attica prison uprising, Blood on the Water. If you’re puzzled by this week’s riots, her book is an excellent primer on racial violence and injustice in America. Aside from the obvious reasons, I was reading it to understand the roles played by […]

Written by A.V. ThompsonMarch 27, 2020March 27, 2020

Journal of the Plague Year 2020: Action = Life

I started the day by watching New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s briefing and press conference. Yesterday deaths spiked in New York. Gov. Cuomo explained soberly that this is part of the expected progression of the pandemic. The state and city have entered a phase where many people have been on ventilators for 20-30 days without […]

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