Kevin Buist
@kevinbuist.com
Art critic, filmmaker, communicator.
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Kevin Buist reflects on Mitchell F. Chan’s “Zantar” games, crypto, and the attention economy
www.artforum.com
For @artforum.com I wrote about @chan.gallery's series of "Zantar" video game artworks, which I saw and played at Nguyen Wahed in New York in May. These works are funny, sad, and a biting critique of crypto, the attention economy, and gamified finance. www.artforum.com/columns/mitc...
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
Hold on, he's talking about how great The Iliad is, but he's linking to The Odyssey. He can't even read the title.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Hold on, he's talking about how great The Iliad is, but he's linking to The Odyssey. He can't even read the title.
There was one point years ago on Twitter when I decided to unfollow everyone and start from scratch. I might do that here soon.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There was one point years ago on Twitter when I decided to unfollow everyone and start from scratch. I might do that here soon.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is held in Los Angeles, but the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland. I think you shouldn't be allowed to be inducted unless you travel to Cleveland. That has to be part of the deal.
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is held in Los Angeles, but the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland. I think you shouldn't be allowed to be inducted unless you travel to Cleveland. That has to be part of the deal.
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In a way that was the horse that "AI" rode into town on: When even people who put their skills and souls and will into making something refer to it as abstract, alienated "content", why even bother?
"Content" is "proto-Slop".
"Content" is "proto-Slop".
1000 times this. It's the worst when writers or illustrators or filmmakers apply that to their own works. So fucking degrading.
No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
In a way that was the horse that "AI" rode into town on: When even people who put their skills and souls and will into making something refer to it as abstract, alienated "content", why even bother?
"Content" is "proto-Slop".
"Content" is "proto-Slop".
Love a bad restaurant review. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
La Boca Is All Smoke, No Fire
The Argentinean chef Francis Mallmann is notorious for his love of cooking over open flames. With his New York début, he fizzles out.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Love a bad restaurant review. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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It's really maddening to have to tolerate Elon's continued role in society. He killed hundreds of thousands of people - this year alone! - by illegally destroying USAID. That should have been the last thing he did before a life in prison. I don't really get why people talk about him in other terms.
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It's really maddening to have to tolerate Elon's continued role in society. He killed hundreds of thousands of people - this year alone! - by illegally destroying USAID. That should have been the last thing he did before a life in prison. I don't really get why people talk about him in other terms.
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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November 7th, 2000.
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
November 7th, 2000.
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Your wanderings have taken you to a shadowy scrubland, where you see a mysterious door. Do you go inside?
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Your wanderings have taken you to a shadowy scrubland, where you see a mysterious door. Do you go inside?
Post you from a different era
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Post you from a different era
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"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
Heated debates happening within the Subway marketing team right now about whether or not to lean into this.
you can indict a ham sandwich, but... www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Jury finds D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting officer
Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Heated debates happening within the Subway marketing team right now about whether or not to lean into this.
Delicious.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Delicious.
I kinda think the American Pavilion should be boycotted next year. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
Sculptor Alma Allen Reportedly Picked to Represent United States at 2026 Venice Biennale
The American Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale will be done by Utah-born, Mexico-based sculptor Alma Allen.
www.artnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I kinda think the American Pavilion should be boycotted next year. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
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"Look for the helpers."
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"Look for the helpers."
I was wondering when God was going to start striking these guys down.
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I was wondering when God was going to start striking these guys down.
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“You can’t help but be influenced by that work, how Rivera depicted the dignity of labor,” one worker says.
DIA workers say museum’s Diego Rivera murals inspired them to form a union - Detroit Metro Times
Mexican artist Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals stand tall and proud inside the Detroit Institute of Arts, a monument to the power of workers and a city long associated with organized labor. Tho...
www.metrotimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“You can’t help but be influenced by that work, how Rivera depicted the dignity of labor,” one worker says.
I resent the feeling that we're compelled to engage with the dumbest arguments imaginable. You know we can just ignore stuff, right?
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I resent the feeling that we're compelled to engage with the dumbest arguments imaginable. You know we can just ignore stuff, right?
I SWEAR this news broke like a week ago? Why is everyone suddenly talking about this?
NANCY PELOSI IS RETIRING www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Nancy Pelosi, first female speaker of the House, won't seek re-election to Congress
The California Democrat led her party in the House for two decades. Her decision will open up her San Francisco-based seat for the first time in nearly 40 years.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I SWEAR this news broke like a week ago? Why is everyone suddenly talking about this?
