I've been hypnotized by this Bluesky firehose visualization for most of the day.
I hope his words are heeded during this inevitable and essential reckoning: Bernie Sanders blasts Democratic Party following Kamala Harris loss | ABC News
Always a useful refresher: Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism | Open Culture
via artnet:
Eno and Adriaanse’s book looks at why people create art, how it helps people, and the role it plays in keeping communities together. It’s a concern that is as pressing now as it ever has been. What Art Does explores “the function of fictional worlds—such as pop songs, detective novels, soap operas, shoe tassels, and the hidden language of haircuts,” the pair explained in a press release. The result, they say, is potentially “a new theory of art.”
The book has a complex and unique release strategy. Initially, What Art Does will be available as a limited edition of 777 copies with each one signed and enclosed by a unique slipcase, hand-painted by the authors. This first edition will be released on December 3, priced at $225, and available exclusively on the experimental creative platform Metalabel in North America and through Enoshop outside of it. Following this, a black-and-white PDF will be available for download for 7 days, for just $1. Thereafter, physical and ebook editions will be available from Faber, after January 16, 2025.
Utter bullshit: the NYT, for all its flaws, at least had the balls to choose between sanity and authoritarian cult-fascism. WaPo subscription = cancelled. On political endorsement | The Washington Post
"whiny little bitch"
All this needs is “I’m Kamala Harris, and I approve this message” at the end and it's the best campaign ad ever.