{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Brad East","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/eastbrad","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1616697","username":"eastbrad","bio":"","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":1,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2024/19/1616697.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"97331342","content_html":"<p>Life goals: <a href=\"https://austinkleon.substack.com/p/everything-is-a-song\">I finally made it into an Austin Kleon newsletter.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/10/life-goals-i-finally-made.html","date_published":"2026-09-11T02:12:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-11 02:12","date_timestamp":1789092755,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97330963","content_html":"<p>Read Leah Libresco Sargeant <a href=\"https://www.commonplace.org/p/leah-sargeant-anti-anti-family-policy?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">on “anti-anti-family policy.\"</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/10/read-leah-libresco-sargeant-on.html","date_published":"2026-09-11T02:00:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-11 02:00","date_timestamp":1789092015,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97330934","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://calnewport.com/are-we-at-war-with-ai-agent-civilizations/\">Read Cal Newport on AI “agents.\"</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/10/read-cal-newport-on-ai.html","date_published":"2026-09-11T01:59:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-11 01:59","date_timestamp":1789091964,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97233442","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-ai-apocalypse-is-already-here/\">“The AI Apocalypse is Already Here,\"</a> by Gregory Conti in <em>Compact</em>, is an early front-runner for essay of the year. I plan to blog about it later.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/09/the-ai-apocalypse-is-already.html","date_published":"2026-09-09T15:48:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-09 15:48","date_timestamp":1788968884,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97233387","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://firstthings.com/why-the-afd-wins/\">Read Caldwell on “Why the AfD Wins.\"</a></p>\n<p>You don’t have to share Caldwell’s political sympathies to find his analysis illuminating—if every report out of Germany amounts to little more than scaremongering with euphemisms and epithets, we will continue to fail to understand what is happening right now, both...</p> <a href=\"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/09/read-caldwell-on-why-the.html\">micro.bradeast.org</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/09/read-caldwell-on-why-the.html","date_published":"2026-09-09T15:46:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-09 15:46","date_timestamp":1788968817,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97165965","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/09/old-age-is-not-a-problem-to-be-solved/?utm_medium=widgetsocial\">This is a wonderful, carefully written theological reflection on aging, appearance, and death.</a> Kudos to Jen Pollock Michel (and to the authors she reviews).</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/08/this-is-a-wonderful-carefully.html","date_published":"2026-09-08T13:56:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-08 13:56","date_timestamp":1788875791,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97026530","content_html":"<p>I laughed hysterically throughout <a href=\"https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/the-rewatchables/2026/08/31/aliens-with-bill-simmons-chris-ryan-and-sean-fennessey\">The Rewatchables' episode about James Cameron’s <em>Aliens</em>.</a> Self-recommending.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/05/i-laughed-hysterically-throughout-the.html","date_published":"2026-09-05T20:32:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-05 20:32","date_timestamp":1788640337,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"97026384","content_html":"<p>Read <a href=\"https://profadamroberts.substack.com/p/philip-hensher-a-history-of-the-novel\">Adam Roberts on Philip Hensher’s new book <em>A History of the Novel in Britain</em>.</a> The avoidance of all genre, general tone of condescension, and reliance on “judgment as summary” are damning 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laudable.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/05/im-not-the-direct-audience.html","date_published":"2026-09-05T20:27:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-05 20:27","date_timestamp":1788640040,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96927305","content_html":"<p><em>Deadline</em> interviews Paul Schrader about his new film: <a href=\"https://deadline.com/2026/09/paul-schrader-basics-of-philosophy-interview-venice-1237065393/\">come for the Calvinism, stay for the Plantinga/Wolterstorff shout-outs:</a></p>\n<p><strong>DEADLINE:</strong> I wanted to ask what by now you’ve learned about guilt and inherent vice or human fallibility? You’ve explored these themes a lot across decades. What have you learned about...</p> <a href=\"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/03/deadline-interviews-paul-schrader-about.html\">micro.bradeast.org</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/03/deadline-interviews-paul-schrader-about.html","date_published":"2026-09-04T02:42:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-04 02:42","date_timestamp":1788489759,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96868295","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/nationalism-properly-understood/\">MBD:</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I also try to be a moral realist, in the sense that I don’t confuse expressing opinions about various evils done by foreigners with providing material assistance to the victims of those policies. Condemning Han supremacy from my desk in New York State is not brave, it involves no sacrifice or risk, and it doesn’t even take much in the way of moral acuity. At most I might be holding up norms where I have influence. At worse [sic], and when done with too much self-regard, bombastic moral pronouncements on activities over which you have no real influence is a kind of seductive substitute for real...</p>\n</blockquote> <a href=\"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/03/mbd-i-also-try-to.html\">micro.bradeast.org</a>","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/03/mbd-i-also-try-to.html","date_published":"2026-09-03T04:30:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-03 04:30","date_timestamp":1788409834,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96801613","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://firstthings.com/wendell-berrys-eternal-story/\">Read Paul Kingsnorth’s eulogy for Berry:</a> “In the end … Berry will be proven right.”</p>\n<p>See also my 2021 essay on Berry for <em>The Point</em> titled <a href=\"https://thepointmag.com/criticism/when-losing-is-likely/\">“When Losing is Likely.\"</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/01/read-paul-kingsnorths-eulogy-for.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T02:25:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 02:25","date_timestamp":1788315918,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96800935","content_html":"<p>I’m heartbroken about losing Wendell Berry, though he died full of years, at a good old age, at the end of a live well lived. I hope to write about his impact on my life later this week. Until now: may he rest in peace and rise in glory!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/01/im-heartbroken-about-losing-wendell.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T02:15:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 02:15","date_timestamp":1788315346,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96800878","content_html":"<p>Matt thinks that, given the nature of forgiveness, the act of forgiving is (a) <a href=\"https://matthewleeanderson.substack.com/p/784-praying-for-offenders-to-repent\">dependent or contingent upon the repentance of the offender</a> and (b) <a href=\"https://matthewleeanderson.substack.com/p/786-forgiving-the-dead-and-disclosing\">impossible to do for those who have wronged us if they died unrepentant.</a> I lack the time to respond in full now, <a href=\"https://comment.org/the-theological-terrain-of-forgiveness/\">but I disagree!</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/01/matt-thinks-that-given-the.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T02:13:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 02:13","date_timestamp":1788315207,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96800813","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/luke-burgis/\">Luke Burgis’s conversation with Tyler Cowen</a> was a pleasure to listen to; it made me like Burgis more than I did already.</p>\n<p>Tyler, convert already!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/01/luke-burgiss-conversation-with-tyler.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T02:10:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 02:10","date_timestamp":1788315035,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96800770","content_html":"<p>I’m sure you don’t need me to recommend <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/09/elite-academia-leadership-hypocrisy/687969/\"><em>that</em> bombshell essay by Tyler Austin Harper,</a> but do also read <a href=\"https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-confessions-of-tyler-austin-harper?sra=true\">his interview with Len Gutkin and Evan Goldstein at the <em>Chronicle</em>.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/01/im-sure-you-dont-need.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T02:07:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 02:07","date_timestamp":1788314872,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96800736","content_html":"<p>Dale Coulter’s “Protestant Mind” newsletter has quickly become indispensable reading. Check out his latest <a href=\"https://protestantmind.com/p/christian-zionism-embattled-but-still-vital\">on the state of Christian Zionism.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/01/dale-coulters-protestant-mind-newsletter.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T02:06:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 02:06","date_timestamp":1788314791,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96800721","content_html":"<p>Re: JD Vance’s new book, the three reviews to read are by <a href=\"https://thedispatch.com/article/vance-conversion-catholicism-trump-politics/\">Kevin D. Williamson</a> (the ugly), <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/09/jd-vance-communion-review-catholicism/687959/\">Matthew Walther</a> (the mean), and <a href=\"https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-many-critics-of-jd-vance/\">Julia Yost</a> (the meta, and incidentally the just).</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/01/re-jd-vances-new-book.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T02:05:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 02:05","date_timestamp":1788314742,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96800695","content_html":"<p>On the tragic case of Jason Arday, the two best things to read are by <a href=\"https://thedispatch.com/article/jason-arday-cambridge-journalism-media/\">Jesse Singal</a> and <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/jason-arday-death-lies-delusion/688311/\">Graeme Wood.</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/01/on-the-tragic-case-of.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T02:03:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 02:03","date_timestamp":1788314626,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96800655","content_html":"<p>Another catch-up read: The one-two <em>New Statesman</em> punch of <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/2026/04/meet-the-angry-young-women-why-young-women-dont-want-to-date-me\">Emily Lawford</a> and <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/04/the-economy-is-crushing-young-women\">Pippa Bailey</a> on “the angry young women” of progressive Gen Z college grads.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://micro.bradeast.org/2026/09/01/another-catchup-read-the-onetwo.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T02:02:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad East","url":"https://eastbrad.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F19%2F1616697.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"eastbrad"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 02:02","date_timestamp":1788314549,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96800612","content_html":"<p>I really enjoyed <a href=\"https://afkimel.wordpress.com/2024/02/21/ted-chiangs-absent-god/\">C. W. 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