feat(web): Wave 4 — prose layouts + /policies on Tailwind typography
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/the-diogenes-of-bushwick/index.md b/content/posts/2026/the-diogenes-of-bushwick/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f514c77 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/the-diogenes-of-bushwick/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- +title: "The Diogenes of Bushwick" +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:48.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:48.000Z +draft: false +excerpt: "Diogenes lived in a barrel, rejected every social convention, told Alexander the Great to move because he was blocking the sun, and masturbated in public to prove a philosophical point. … Read more" +categories: + - Shitposts +tags: + - format-short-take + - identity + - nyc + - tone-casual +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/the-diogenes-of-bushwick/cover.png + alt: "Barrel with laser lights on Brooklyn street corner" +legacy_wp_id: 16084 +--- +Diogenes lived in a barrel, rejected every social convention, told Alexander the Great to move because he was blocking the sun, and masturbated in public to prove a philosophical point. + +I live in Bushwick, reject every scene convention, told the biggest promoters in NYC to move because they’re blocking the dancefloor, and shitpost in public to prove a philosophical point. + +The parallels are uncomfortable but accurate. Diogenes called himself a “citizen of the world” while everyone in Athens thought he was insane. I call myself the only South Asian techno promoter in Brooklyn while everyone in the scene thinks I’m toxic. Both of us turned the rejection into the brand. +Diff truncated (32 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
