Stephen G. Adubato

There is nothing traditional about the nuclear family models. Conservatives should stop idolizing it. I’m in @firstthingsmag firstthings.com/the-conservati…

Ari Aster and Lena Dunham, both 39, are two of the most celebrated millennial directors. But based on their latest productions—“Eddington” and “Too Much”—only one is keeping up with the times. New episode of @againstthepod with @juliadyost patreon.com/posts/134594500

This week's pro-crypto legislation has been justified in the name of stopping Central Bank Digital Currencies. But state-sponsored crypto, far from a defense against surveillance and control, is simply another way to impose it, explains Fabio Vighi: compactmag.com/article/why-cr…

An utter and shameless slander from Ellie. Pope Francis added the 21 Coptic Martyrs, murdered by ISIS, to the Roman Martyrology --- even though they weren't even Catholic. He visited Iraq in solidarity with ISIS's Christian victims.

We're live now with @stephengadubato and @robinhanson discussing cultural drift, sincerity, performance, and online discourse! Tune in here: x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Being livestreamed now on @interintellect_'s X account

Millennial SJWs were surely an aberration to society…but I just discovered how deplorable far-right zoomers can be. Their psychological dysfunction and intellectual incompetence might rival that of the millennial SJWs that came before them.

In conversation with @g_shullenberger, @AshleyAFrawley explains how eugenic thinking and practices emerge out of the crisis of liberalism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Great new episode of Blame Theory feat. @g_shullenberger and @AshleyAFrawley podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Ever feel like online debates are more about performing for an audience than finding the truth? TONIGHT, join economist @robinhanson and host @stephengadubato to explore the line between sincere belief and social ritual in our digital lives. Join the conversation:…

Both woke-ism and conspiratorial anti-woke are characterized by the failure of the paternal function in its strictly Freudian sense: of the father as the figure who inducts the family into the symbolic order — law, rationality. My take on EDDINGTON. unherd.com/2025/07/edding…

Check out the latest episode of @againstthepod ft. @matthewschmitz and @juliadyost podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ari…

"In opposition to this cultural wasteland, Clune makes use of—and often seems to deliberately warp the meaning of—music from Bach to Boston, and literature from Oscar Wilde’s Salomé to the 1982 fantasy novel Nifft the Lean." @valerie_reads in @compactmag_ compactmag.com/article/a-ques…

"To discuss the ending would be to ruin an excellent surprise. Suffice it to say that Clune is offering an original and strikingly contemporary metaphysics." Read Valerie Stivers's @valerie_reads review of Michael Clune's book in COMPACT: compactmag.com/article/a-ques…

How much of your online self is sincere, and how much is performance? This Tuesday, join economist @robinhanson and host @stephengadubato for a salon exploring the role of ritual in our digital lives. A conversation about a very modern question. Join the discussion:…

Luv this gang

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I wrote about how "amplifying minority voices," when done right, can be a means to promote roots and traditional values in @TheSpectator thespectator.com/book-and-art/m…

cracks in pomo meetup #2

"Perhaps the real power operating behind the scenes has realized that a conspiracy theorist can offer just as useful a political front for achieving its aims as a soft-spoken progressive. Sound familiar?" Read @g_shullenberger's latest newsletter substackfwd.xyz/?url=https://c…

"I believe Aster is right to say we are “still living through” 2020—not least because up to now art has failed to offer us any means of making sense of it." @g_shullenberger in @compactmag_ substackfwd.xyz/?url=https://c…