Panegyric

a public speech or a published piece of writing in praise of something or someone (very similar to eulogy); an accolade; a tribute

Baudrillard Warned Us

Baudrillard Warned Us

@baudrillardwarned.us

"Thus it happens that in a surfeit of emotion he launches into a panegyric to female beauty in its infinite divisibility, detailed in its' minute erotic variations, and then assembled into a single figure, within the heated imagination of an inflamed desire."
- Seduction

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Bijan Parsia

Bijan Parsia

@bparsia.bsky.social

John Gruber’s panegyric to Twitter/X remains deeply weird and sorta astonishing. Part of what’s weird about it is that there is an ongoing case for various communities to stay on Twitter: community is often “place” sticky. If Twitter hosts your vital community, it can be a huge deal to leave.

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The Confidence-Man

The Confidence-Man

@fidele-log.bsky.social

"by-the-way, I saw a good thing the other day; capital thing; a panegyric on the press, It pleased me so, I got it by heart at two readings."

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