“Listener” is wired to display the soundwaves it hears in the gallery, using its built-in speaker as a microphone. You can see it at Westbeth Gallery in NYC until January 26th!

@michaelhobbes.bsky.social how can we put together a Michael Hobbes and Co. extended universe subscription bundle?

5-4, You’re Wrong About, all your current podcasts, they’ve got to share an audience, right?

Gonna try posting my artwork here! This is Speaker System, a concrete radio that runs its signal through four saltwater chambers:

Close-mic’d ASMR style narrations on Instagram and elsewhere make me feel like I’m listening from inside someone else’s mouth. I don’t like it!

Revealing, the way Miley Cyrus explicitly connects romance and military violence in Adore You (a genuinely great song)

Who is an artist making effective political work? I am skeptical that its possible

Joe Pera’s schtick doesn’t feel right because he clearly works out

True mental heath only begins after successfully seducing one’s therapist

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SimonDev does really interesting, technical deep dives into video game technologies but I swear he is voiced by H Jon Benjamin

I’ve been excited about this essay for weeks, but now that I’m writing it I fear I am the dumbest man alive

I’m looking for philosophy on mastery and skill. Not in a self help kind of way, but an analysis. Suggestions?