Did you read any of those three Carter biographies ("His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life", "President Carter: The White House Years", and "The Outlier: The Life and Presidency of Jimmy Carter") that came out within the last few years? If so, which was your favorite/which do you recommend? I have usually heard Jonathan Atler's is the definitive Carter biography these days.

I still have not gotten around to reading Kai Bird's The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter (BOOK | KINDLE), but I've been meaning to do so. Kai Bird does great work and his biographies of J. Robert Oppenheimer (American Prometheus -- the basis of Christopher Nolan's next film) about and Robert Ames (The Good Spy) are both must-reads.

I have read the other two books that you mentioned and they are both excellent. I'd agree that Jonathan Alter's book, His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life (BOOK | KINDLE), is the best biography of Carter that I've come across. It's also a true biography that covers Carter's entire life.

Stuart E Eizenstat's President Carter: The White House Years (BOOK | KINDLE) is also very good. While Alter's book might be the definitive biography of Carter's full life, Eizenstat's book is arguably the definitive book on Carter's Presidency. Eizenstat focuses strictly on Carter's 1976 election, single term as President, and unsuccessful bid for reelection in 1980. Eizenstat goes deep inside the Carter White House and spends 1,024 pages covering no more than a five-year period of Carter's political life, so there's a remarkable level of insider knowledge, extensive research and impressive detail in his book.

One other book that I'd suggest checking out if you're interested in Jimmy Carter's time as President is Lawrence Wright's 2014 book, Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David (BOOK | KINDLE). It's not solely about President Carter, but he's obviously one of the main characters as he hosted Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and helped negotiate the historic Camp David Accords. Lawrence Wright is one of my all-time favorite writers and this book is packed with high stakes, tons of drama, and extremely fascinating characters, particularly Sadat. It's also an interesting look at the little-known but highly significant role that First Lady Rosalynn Carter played in helping hold the negotiations together when things got tense between the principals. Like I said, Carter is not the main focus of the book, but it's such an incredible read and it is the story of one of the most important and lasting accomplishments of Carter's Presidency.

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Every now and again I think about Jon having dissociative identity disorder and I think that just needs to happen. Please he has the childhood trauma for it (Im not talking about Mr Spider I mean his grandmother and parents deaths). I fucking need this. For me specifically and noone else

Jonathan Crane seems like the type of guy who'd just casually freak people out as a power play, especially when he's in Arkham. Imagine this freak staring a guard directly in the face while he shoves a random insect in his mouth. You can't tell me that this man wouldn't just eat bugs for fun.

Jonathan, just a malewife trying to survive the harsh world of 19th century Victorian Britain

People just weren't ready for the sheer babygirlism practically bursting out of this man, which is the reason for his reputation in pop culture now😔

what it feels like to be 20 years late

every time i saw this album cover (Bury The Hatchet by The Cranberries) I thought of our good old Archivist, so i decided to alter it!

hot take: I could see it being possible Will picks up smoking, and very unlikely Max picks up smoking, for the same reasons just opposite.

Joyce doesn't hide her smoking but she is conscientious not to smoke in Will's presence (she does smoke right next to Jonathan though). iirc she almost never smokes at home when Will is home, and puts it out before she goes in his room. I'm sure she would advise her boys against the habit, but I don't think it would be terribly ooc if they picked it up as a stress response learned from her. they both probably associate the smell with their mother, who is a positive and loving presence in their lives.

btw I have a crisp $1 bill that says pre-s1 Joyce has caught Jonathan smoking before and that's why she feels ok to do it around him

then you've got Max, with multiple varyingly abusive family members who smoked (and drank) in her presence all the time. she comes and puts out Susan's cigarette when she's asleep even though it's already safely in an ashtray, meaning Max just doesn't want to have to smell the rest of it. she resents her mom for blowing so much of their resources on her addictions. plus there's Billy who smoked (and drank) in front of her all the time, both in their house and in his car, and I don't have to tell you Billy is a negative presence in her life.

in my mind Will and Jon are, at a minimum, at peace with it whereas the smell could be almost triggering for Max

TMA season 4:

ID: Floating silhouette chasing running boy meme where the running boy is labelled "entity-encounter survivors trying to live their lives," and the silhouette "Jon following them around to slurp out their statements." The silhouette is surrounded by several neon green eyes.

My system has a Jon Sims fictive who's a real prick sometimes, and it makes me forget how much I like the character sometimes

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Guess who’s on MAG 82. After being under MAG 56 23hrs ago

Yes it’s me I’m back again

I drew this as I was listening and I was so ready to scream but my grandma was next to me so I just sat there like this for the entire. Finale.

God the voice acting was SOOO GOOD the panic??? The absolute fear you can hear in everyone’s voices THE MALICE IN NOT-SASHA’S VOICE AS SHE CONTEMPLATES WEARING JON?? WEARING. JON god never thought I’d ever hear someone say hi I’m gonna WEAR you like oh what happened to hi hello what’s your name and a first date??

AND MICHAEL I LOVE HIS VOICE SO MUCH!! When he showed up I was like :D! then I remind myself hey maybe we shouldn’t be happy over this guy’s appearance yk aha listen to what they have to say and then I was like D:

regret for jools holland💥

thinking about how if barb had just gone home instead of poolside gay pining the demogorgon might have eaten jonathan instead and i would never have had to see him again

I don't know how many Batman fans are into European gothic musicals but I think I might be onto something here...

This take gave me three types of cancer still undiscovered to man. “Griffin is a marshmallow that hates killing” he wanted to take over the world with domestic terrorism because he hates abled people. He made his father kill himself and barely regrets it if at all. Did you read Bizarro World Invisible Man. Also what’s w “marshmallow” that’s a six feet tall jacked as fuck adult man. Why is the (evil) disabled character whose definitory trait is his misanthropic rage an uwu sweetie cutie pie that only pretends to be mean all of a sudden. Anything you wanna share w the class. Don’t get me started on the fucking ongoing Alpha Male -ification of Jonathan Harker. This person’s characterization of Jonathan Harker is LITERALLY a monstrous hybrid of Griffin and Hyde with a sprinkling of redeeming qualities because he’s the good guy hero uwu. BRB I’m walking into the ocean.