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quit spotify baby!
December 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
quit spotify baby!
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American fascism is hilarious; it’s politics as aesthetics, but the aesthetics are ass.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
American fascism is hilarious; it’s politics as aesthetics, but the aesthetics are ass.
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I was a happy kid, but I came from an unhappy home. My mom was a chain-smoking alcoholic, prone to unexpected outbursts. Learning to draw was my way out. I did this pen and ink drawing from observation of a rocking chair when I was 13 years old. More on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/jamesgur...
open.substack.com/pub/jamesgur...
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I was a happy kid, but I came from an unhappy home. My mom was a chain-smoking alcoholic, prone to unexpected outbursts. Learning to draw was my way out. I did this pen and ink drawing from observation of a rocking chair when I was 13 years old. More on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/jamesgur...
open.substack.com/pub/jamesgur...
Anton Giulio Bragaglia, CHANGE OF POSITION, 1911. Gelatin silver print, Met (NYC)
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Anton Giulio Bragaglia, CHANGE OF POSITION, 1911. Gelatin silver print, Met (NYC)
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“Reading about the university’s agreement with the transphobic definition of gender outlined in Trump’s executive order, while simultaneously claiming that they “unequivocally support” their trans community members, makes me sick to my stomach.”
Our regular contributor @funcrunch.me.dm.ap.brid.gy is also an alumnus of Northwestern. They wrote about their anger and disappointment after Northwestern caved on trans rights to secure federal funding from the Trump admin.
On Trading Truth for Transphobia — Assigned
A trans alum of Northwestern University reflects on their capitulation to Trump.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“Reading about the university’s agreement with the transphobic definition of gender outlined in Trump’s executive order, while simultaneously claiming that they “unequivocally support” their trans community members, makes me sick to my stomach.”
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A reminder that Hillary Clinton is a terrible person and a dumb racist who doesn't believe Israel committed genocide, or evidently even killed anyone, in Gaza and that the only reason young people protested was because of fake tiktok videos. Just irredeemably awful. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Hillary Clinton Says Young Americans Are Pro-Palestine Because They Watch ‘Totally Made Up’ Videos of Gaza Horrors
Clinton complained young Americans were becoming sympathetic towards Palestinians because they watch "totally made up" videos on social media.
www.yahoo.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
A reminder that Hillary Clinton is a terrible person and a dumb racist who doesn't believe Israel committed genocide, or evidently even killed anyone, in Gaza and that the only reason young people protested was because of fake tiktok videos. Just irredeemably awful. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
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Will Democrats continue siding with their megadonors as pro-AI, or do they want to win & hold tons of Congressional seats 🤔
@joshtpm.bsky.social
@joshtpm.bsky.social
AI, ‘Populism’ and the Centibillionaire Shangri-La
A few days ago, I was looking at one of the many...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Will Democrats continue siding with their megadonors as pro-AI, or do they want to win & hold tons of Congressional seats 🤔
@joshtpm.bsky.social
@joshtpm.bsky.social
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Strong Floor No Ceiling
November 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Strong Floor No Ceiling
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Piranesi 2028: Strong Floor, No Ceiling
November 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Piranesi 2028: Strong Floor, No Ceiling
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certain posters online are a government psyop designed to keep you giggling instead of angry. “Whimsy is the opiate of the masses…”
December 30, 2024 at 2:52 PM
certain posters online are a government psyop designed to keep you giggling instead of angry. “Whimsy is the opiate of the masses…”
Bertha Morisot, WOMAN AT HER TOILETTE, 1875-80. Oil on canvas, AIC (Chicago)
November 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Bertha Morisot, WOMAN AT HER TOILETTE, 1875-80. Oil on canvas, AIC (Chicago)
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Vincent van Gogh, FEMME NUE ÉTENDUE SUR UN LIT, 1887. Oil on canvas, Barnes (Philadelphia)
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Vincent van Gogh, FEMME NUE ÉTENDUE SUR UN LIT, 1887. Oil on canvas, Barnes (Philadelphia)
Max Beckmann, SELF PORTRAIT, 1937. Oil on canvas, AIC (Chicago)
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Max Beckmann, SELF PORTRAIT, 1937. Oil on canvas, AIC (Chicago)
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The @medillschool.bsky.social was silent as 200+ journalists were murdered in Gaza, was silent as their own students were threatened w beating by police, then suspended me and denied me tenure for standing w the students. It is not a journalism school, it is a school for teaching cowardice & fascism
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The @medillschool.bsky.social was silent as 200+ journalists were murdered in Gaza, was silent as their own students were threatened w beating by police, then suspended me and denied me tenure for standing w the students. It is not a journalism school, it is a school for teaching cowardice & fascism
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Van Hollen is being personally credited as the chief pressure point that made Israel release a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship from their dungeons, where he was held for 9 months without even a criminal charge.
⭕️ Sen. Chris Van Hollen (@vanhollen.senate.gov) credited for key role in release of US teen from Israeli detention
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Van Hollen is being personally credited as the chief pressure point that made Israel release a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship from their dungeons, where he was held for 9 months without even a criminal charge.
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Northwestern:
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Northwestern:
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This. The enshittification of Google is not really helpful for users.
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This. The enshittification of Google is not really helpful for users.
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Today's artist without a (known) birthday: Emanuel de Witte of Alkmaar. Painter of churches, markets, portraits. All-around great artist! Here, Nieuwe Kerk in Delft w/ tomb of William the Silent, 1656.
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Today's artist without a (known) birthday: Emanuel de Witte of Alkmaar. Painter of churches, markets, portraits. All-around great artist! Here, Nieuwe Kerk in Delft w/ tomb of William the Silent, 1656.
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Edmond Bille (1878-1959), "Une danse macabre", 1919
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Edmond Bille (1878-1959), "Une danse macabre", 1919
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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I really need to practice saying “what a weird, rude thing to say” to the people who say weird, rude things to me
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I really need to practice saying “what a weird, rude thing to say” to the people who say weird, rude things to me