@grantkester
Art historian writing on activist art and cultural practices, aesthetic theory and social change. Editor of FIELD: A Journal of Socially Engaged Art Criticism: http://www.field-journal.com. Writing at: https://ucsd.academia.edu/GrantKester
Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
timesofoman.com/article/1691...
We can throw another $500,000,000,000 at the Pentagon this year and spend $1,000,000,000/day on a wholly useless war, but we can't afford to hire doctors and nurses to take care of our veterans? The United States is such an irresponsible, messed up country right now.
Iranβs people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.
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Israel is using the βGaza doctrineβ in Lebanon and Iran mondoweiss.net/2026/03/isra...
OpenAI diagram about its educational research workflow.
Here is how OpenAI is reimagining educational research. It's basically GPT accesses all student records and "over-time signals" for constant tracking. It's total student surveillance for its model improvement.
This is the Republican Party now.
"I can't find any reason to celebrate the assassination of the Iranian supreme leader because I think it's part of a package ... It's also part of the killing of Iranian innocent people," says Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, a longtime critic of the Iranian government.
Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."
complete insanity
We are delighted to announce the launch of the Winter 2026 issue of FIELD: A Journal of Socially Engaged Art Criticism. It includes essays on Theodore Harris, Rigo 23 and global anti-fascist cultural resistance. field-journal.com
The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M to detain 4k people. Of those- only 30 were accused of violent crimes.
$9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst".
Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for commentβ¦.
BREAKING
Former ICE agent:
On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.
This one hits hard.
Why we must fight unregulated AI and ALL data centers. πππππ
GOT IT!?! YOU TOO!
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How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if youβre a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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A rabbit in overalls and a goat in pants are sitting on the ground drawing pictures. The rabbit is saying βART POSES A THREAT TO CORPORATOLRATIC SYSTEMS BECAUSE A PURPOSE OF ART IS TO REMIND THE INDIVIDUAL OF THEIR INHERENT AUTONOMY.β, the goat adds βTHEIR HUMANITY.β
Make Art (1/4)
And now for the levity we all need.
βThis isnβt a moment, itβs a movementβ
There are a lot more of us.
Since no one with talent or credibility wants anything to do with the Herr Trump Center for the Performing Arts I'm guessing Richard Grenell will fill the empty space with a special "Degenerate Art Exhibit" devoted to works by evil "leftist" artists. #entartetekunst #dearleader
Apparently there was widespread voter fraud during the 2024 Presidential Election, carried out by the GOP. Another stolen election from a party whose policies disgust the majority of the American public.
#illegitimatepresident
electiontruthalliance.org/statements-a...
Assuming we still have elections and don't further descend into an authoritarian hellscape, I'd be happy to donate to a fund to destroy the Ticky Tacky Ballroom and restore the White House. If that's not possible I think the next President should just rename it the "Barack Obama Ballroom".
I'm happy to announce the launch of the Fall 2025 issue of FIELD, with essays on censorship and dissent in academia and the art world, art in the midst of invasion in Ukraine and new reports on global authoritarianism. Thanks to all our contributors for a really exciting issue.
field-journal.com
Trickle down economics?
When is that shit suppose to trickle?
Reagan set up a reservoir and Trump stocked it.