The Blackthorn Hedge

Lorraine Daston as a Touchstone

Natural Order, Probability; Wonder, Rules, and Rationality

Mar 29 • John Encaustum

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November 2025

Warnings Against Reading Nietzsche

From a former surfer kid who loved red flag days

Nov 12, 2025 • John Encaustum

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Three Basic Thoughts on “Woke”

A case study in tradition and solidarity

Nov 5, 2025 • John Encaustum

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Experimental Open Thread (Now Closed)

A space for conversation near the end of Arc 2

Nov 2, 2025 • John Encaustum

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Halloween Science Fiction and Fantasy

Past costumes and the fiction that inspired them

Nov 1, 2025 • John Encaustum

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9

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October 2025

Hirschman as a Touchstone

Possibility, economic linkages, and action

Oct 30, 2025 • John Encaustum

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A Glossary for Social Imitation

Some terms for conversations about copying

Oct 27, 2025 • John Encaustum

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7

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Notes on Substack Pest Ecology

Swampy thoughts on getting back to work here

Oct 24, 2025 • John Encaustum

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Solidarity IV: Criticality and Solidarity

Chain reactions and phase transition dynamics for social application

Oct 22, 2025 • John Encaustum

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Two-Week Hiatus... or Three

I will be taking another brief break for travel: an academic alumni conference and two distant weddings.

Oct 1, 2025 • John Encaustum

14

September 2025

MacIntyre as a Touchstone

Tradition, practice, and community in history and eternity

Sep 26, 2025 • John Encaustum

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Detachment and Deliberation

Deeper into Ganz’s writing on contemporary fascism via Frank Ruda’s Hegel’s Rabble

Sep 24, 2025 • John Encaustum

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