If Andrew can do it, so can I. Except these are all my tweets —
Test of new era: clustered riot police having rendered physically mass politics impossible, ‘cloud’ politics succeeds
Thought: above all, solidarity with the Iranian opposition has been *inspired* (not justified) by their *fashion*.
Thought: we secretly feel it more possible to be a fundamentalist Muslim and cool (taking ‘cool’ SRSLY) than to be a cool fundst Christian.
Thought: ‘Platonic’ Islam vs. ‘Homeric’ Islam: which more fully captures the West’s imagination in a half-Christian vs. post-Christian age?
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