Nomi Claire Lazar
@nomiclairelazar
Professeure Titulaire, Legal / Political Theory uOttawa GSPIA Books:on Time & Politics (YaleUP); on States of Emergency (CambridgeUP) Co-Lead, British Academy Global Convening Crisis, Constitutions, Elections, Apocalypse, Extremism www.nomiclairelazar.com
This handsome Maine Coon wishes y’all good hunting on International Cat Day. (Ears!!!!)
“And what rough beast…” Guys, it’s obviously the Groke. The Groke is the Yeats Bethlehem-sloucher. Solved it. Dare you to unsee it.
Guys, super writer-genius/brother Jordan Himelfarb wrote a chess thrilla! You should buy it. And Ottawa peeps, if you are cool you will be at the Ottawa launch @octopus books July 19th. Just sayin. 😎
Good morning to my English friends who supported Morocco yesterday.
Alright Canucks! 🇨🇦It’s Canada day, so here, for your entertainment and delight, is a little Canadiana pop quiz. Can you identify these three objects & their significance? Chosen & photo’d by the ever-fun, prize cow raising, bedframe upcycling, turbo book authoring @tonyadavidson.bsky.social !
Both the champagne AND the Marxism as conspicuous consumption.
Last chance to get “Out Of Joint: Power, Crisis, & the Rhetoric of Time” for a 1/2 price steal! Filled with fun! Juicy! Densely packed with idea-stuff and crazy stories! You will be all “ohhh, that makes so much sense!” Took 8 years to write, but at 1/2 price, costs only 4 minutes to order! (What?)
Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis, has died (of grief, according to her family). Rest in power.
My lilac has gone insane. It has become 96% bloom, 4% tree. The scent is completely wild. Every passer-by stops to inhale & says ‘wow!’. And I sit on my verandah & grin & think “this is def because I’m a totally magic gardener & not at all some flukey weather thing for which I cant take credit.”
19th c apocalyptic preacher Joanna Southcott had a Box. And the Box was said to contain prophecies necessary to save the world, & could only be opened by 24 Bishops of the Church of England. And eventually some people opened it & it had some old bills in it. And I just think humans are so funny.
In case anyone was wondering, @dorianlynskey.bsky.social is the GOAT of book title nailers. Like hands down.
Chess? YES! Thrilling narrative? Totally. Great writing? Indubitably. TONIGHT in NYC, Jordan Himelfarb launches the US edition of his book Interregnum. Admission is free. All the cool kids will be there. It’s now up to you alone whether you are one of them. 😎 @alexhim.bsky.social
TFW, you wonder what all the fuss is about outside and pop out to find your street has completely collapsed revealing a deep pit which naturally must be a tunnel to hell and / or another dimension. I’m sure we will sleep sound in our beds tonight. 😬 But first, re-check the insurance…