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Judy Berman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
The name of the tool is a bit of a physicist’s in-joke.
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Tyler Robinson’s message, in killing Charlie Kirk, remains muddled, but the alleged shooter seems to have been steeped in the internet culture that values nihilistic in-jokes.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
Schattenfroh is extremely long and prodigiously learned, with scenes—and even sentences—that veer from one century to another, and with a taste for literary and art historical in-jokes that might try the patience of even the most erudite reader.
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september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
The name of the tool is a bit of a physicist’s in-joke.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 17 Sep. 2025
Photograph by Lindsey Wasson / AP Tyler Robinson and Charlie Kirk Came from the Same Warped Online Worlds
Tyler Robinson’s message, in killing Charlie Kirk, remains muddled, but the alleged shooter seems to have been steeped in the internet culture that values nihilistic in-jokes.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
Schattenfroh is extremely long and prodigiously learned, with scenes—and even sentences—that veer from one century to another, and with a taste for literary and art historical in-jokes that might try the patience of even the most erudite reader.
—Book Marks
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
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“In-joke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-joke. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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