to convert it into a claim
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to convert it into a claim
mendacity
the stomach to kill ideas again and again and revive them just the same again and again
Montage of creative works entering the public domain in the US in 2026.
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
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New Bloom is among the signatories on this important statement regarding the developing situation in Indonesia
the real honor is to make it to the omissions
Dramatic light over Taipei tonight.
Because the thing is, this is real but also, it's not real. This image reflects the reality that Trump *wants* a total state in which he is the unquestioned leader, but we do not actually live in that state, at least not yet.
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
the failure of the fool
tricking myself into writing again and again
uses of enchantment
a leaky relation, not diametric or ideologically opposite as Cold War tales and clichés might purport
Nan Z. Da explores King Lear, Maoist China, and the unpredictable nature of power.
And if again she responds
the residual heart of dissent
Every road and highway ever built was a subsidy to the automotive industry.
"There definitely wasn't any censorship and if there was it's just because there wasn't market demand"
Succinct account of China's capitalism + authoritarian ideology
"The fact that the relevant country took timely measures precisely shows that the promotion of the fallacies of 'Tibetan independence', 'East Turkestan Islamic Movement' and 'Hong Kong independence' has no market internationally and is unpopular"
-PRC Foreign Ministry
!?!!
caught up in the accidents of taxonomy
I will be giving a talk in an abandoned Uniqlo in Fanueil Hall, Boston, on Oct 4th. Details TK.
next time a school asks me to teach adjunct I will propose teaching a course that is all about when to not make art. something to aspire to
had a dream about wag the dog
“Writing makes states”
Socialism with Chinese characteristics has delivered nationwide high speed rail, cutting edge AI and EVs, and sent people to space but cannot devise a system to make sure construction workers get paid for their labor
‘Like Dogs in Here’ — Videos Expose ICE Lock-up Inside 26 Federal Plaza www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/v...
