JC
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Artist, author. "Woke Philosopher." Various now defunct media startups. RPGs, Podcasts. Possibly a wizard. JamesCurcio.com
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JC
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· Apr 13
Forgotten, forgetful gods (of a sort) walk among us. Listen to some of their stories…
www.fallencycle.com/podcast
#mythpunk #podcast
www.fallencycle.com/podcast
#mythpunk #podcast
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i saw a tiktok about how writing fanfiction in childhood is a sign of calcium deficiency and i can't stop thinking about it
January 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
i saw a tiktok about how writing fanfiction in childhood is a sign of calcium deficiency and i can't stop thinking about it
It frustrates me a bit that the discussion around so-called AI and the arts seems stuck in the same cul-de-sac that it was 3 years ago when I first wrote about it.
medium.com/modern-mytho...
medium.com/modern-mytho...
Arts and Ai
Are We Even Asking the Right Questions?
medium.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
It frustrates me a bit that the discussion around so-called AI and the arts seems stuck in the same cul-de-sac that it was 3 years ago when I first wrote about it.
medium.com/modern-mytho...
medium.com/modern-mytho...
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The “revolutionary leftist in your country, conservative in mine” constituency is enormous
January 10, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The “revolutionary leftist in your country, conservative in mine” constituency is enormous
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Season two of True Detective is low-key one of the funniest seasons of television that has ever happened
January 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Season two of True Detective is low-key one of the funniest seasons of television that has ever happened
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Absolutely messed up that this is the US government doing this to its own people.
MINNESOTA: “I’m Native American! This goes against everything I stand for.“
A couple with a baby in the house face an impossible choice when a terrified female door dash driver runs inside to escape ICE. (They ultimately run them off 💪🏽)
Trump’s America. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DTUXFIy...
A couple with a baby in the house face an impossible choice when a terrified female door dash driver runs inside to escape ICE. (They ultimately run them off 💪🏽)
Trump’s America. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DTUXFIy...
January 10, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Absolutely messed up that this is the US government doing this to its own people.
If they've gotta keep Jared Leto in it, Tron: Ares would have been much better if they didn't bother to try to have a semblance of a plot, just roll that soundtrack and have Ares to dope shit and occasionally say things like "I'm about to Tron."
This isn't hard.
This isn't hard.
January 10, 2026 at 1:27 AM
If they've gotta keep Jared Leto in it, Tron: Ares would have been much better if they didn't bother to try to have a semblance of a plot, just roll that soundtrack and have Ares to dope shit and occasionally say things like "I'm about to Tron."
This isn't hard.
This isn't hard.
About five days ago I was walking around Philly and saw some graffiti that read "LONG LIVE THE SHAH!"
Anyway, that makes a little more sense now. Though it still seems a little odd.
Anyway, that makes a little more sense now. Though it still seems a little odd.
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
About five days ago I was walking around Philly and saw some graffiti that read "LONG LIVE THE SHAH!"
Anyway, that makes a little more sense now. Though it still seems a little odd.
Anyway, that makes a little more sense now. Though it still seems a little odd.
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Pulling out all the tricks, going full Wizard of Oz on this mix for the Party at the World's End companion album.
My main goal is to make an album I actually want to listen to out of past song ideas, so it's already quite a jump from certain past uh experimental forays.
My main goal is to make an album I actually want to listen to out of past song ideas, so it's already quite a jump from certain past uh experimental forays.
January 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Pulling out all the tricks, going full Wizard of Oz on this mix for the Party at the World's End companion album.
My main goal is to make an album I actually want to listen to out of past song ideas, so it's already quite a jump from certain past uh experimental forays.
My main goal is to make an album I actually want to listen to out of past song ideas, so it's already quite a jump from certain past uh experimental forays.
medium.com/modern-mytho...
10 yrs on
10 yrs on
Somebody Else Took His Place, and Bravely Cried …
Reflections on the death of an artist.
medium.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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10 yrs on
10 yrs on
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does anyone know how to fly a TIE Avenger prototype?
January 9, 2026 at 2:19 AM
does anyone know how to fly a TIE Avenger prototype?
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NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
January 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
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To the NYT, Donald Trump has said that he does not “need international law” and that his power is limited only by his “own morality”.
So much for international law, I guess. But anyway I'm sure that we'll all get on the same page before reaching +1.5C eh? ... wait hold on. Bad news about +1.5C...
So much for international law, I guess. But anyway I'm sure that we'll all get on the same page before reaching +1.5C eh? ... wait hold on. Bad news about +1.5C...
January 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
To the NYT, Donald Trump has said that he does not “need international law” and that his power is limited only by his “own morality”.
So much for international law, I guess. But anyway I'm sure that we'll all get on the same page before reaching +1.5C eh? ... wait hold on. Bad news about +1.5C...
So much for international law, I guess. But anyway I'm sure that we'll all get on the same page before reaching +1.5C eh? ... wait hold on. Bad news about +1.5C...
Getting the Party at the World's End album mastered the next few days.
I'll probably get it up around the same time as season 5 of the Fallen Cycle podcast starts rolling out...
I'll probably get it up around the same time as season 5 of the Fallen Cycle podcast starts rolling out...
January 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Getting the Party at the World's End album mastered the next few days.
I'll probably get it up around the same time as season 5 of the Fallen Cycle podcast starts rolling out...
I'll probably get it up around the same time as season 5 of the Fallen Cycle podcast starts rolling out...
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
January 8, 2026 at 6:26 PM
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
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Everything is awful but this piece is great, including this absolute windmill dunk of a section lead
January 8, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Everything is awful but this piece is great, including this absolute windmill dunk of a section lead
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I think this point is entirely fair, and also that it is much easier to do things like this with ~20% of the public supporting it than 5%. Neither our institutions nor us as individual citizens really know how to deal with arsonists making up 1-in-5 people.
The whole recent set of Events has persuaded me that there's not really a majority for the new right authoritarianism in the Anglophone world. The public don't actually like it when they see what it is these people revel in. But also various failures in our democracies mean that might not stop them.
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 9:10 AM
I think this point is entirely fair, and also that it is much easier to do things like this with ~20% of the public supporting it than 5%. Neither our institutions nor us as individual citizens really know how to deal with arsonists making up 1-in-5 people.
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??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
January 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
10 years later (or just short 1 day, but who's counting?)
Chris O'leary, yet again having a take that feels eerily familiar, until I remember I spent 3 years rummaging in the same magician's closets for a book myself...
And yet again, well said.
www.patreon.com/posts/147644...
Chris O'leary, yet again having a take that feels eerily familiar, until I remember I spent 3 years rummaging in the same magician's closets for a book myself...
And yet again, well said.
www.patreon.com/posts/147644...
Blackstar (★) | Chris O'Leary
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January 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
10 years later (or just short 1 day, but who's counting?)
Chris O'leary, yet again having a take that feels eerily familiar, until I remember I spent 3 years rummaging in the same magician's closets for a book myself...
And yet again, well said.
www.patreon.com/posts/147644...
Chris O'leary, yet again having a take that feels eerily familiar, until I remember I spent 3 years rummaging in the same magician's closets for a book myself...
And yet again, well said.
www.patreon.com/posts/147644...
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microblogging as a format was designed for posting pictures of your sandwich and jokes about jerking off. every time you try to make it do something else it degrades the core experience
January 6, 2026 at 10:30 PM
microblogging as a format was designed for posting pictures of your sandwich and jokes about jerking off. every time you try to make it do something else it degrades the core experience
From pollution to ocean warming: The climate impacts of marine microplastics - ScienceDirect share.google/mXeMj9QGPew4...
From pollution to ocean warming: The climate impacts of marine microplastics
Despite being a critical global issue, the role of microplastics (MPs) in climate change has received limited attention. Climate disruption and plasti…
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January 6, 2026 at 11:19 PM
From pollution to ocean warming: The climate impacts of marine microplastics - ScienceDirect share.google/mXeMj9QGPew4...