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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what seal is broken open in heaven when you utter the name of the toilet paper bear
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
what seal is broken open in heaven when you utter the name of the toilet paper bear
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this is a rich text but my favorite part is that despite being presumably good at math, her husband is so illiterate that he cannot read a baby's report card
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
this is a rich text but my favorite part is that despite being presumably good at math, her husband is so illiterate that he cannot read a baby's report card
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
Look at this photo of Jeff Tweedy with a pizza.
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Look at this photo of Jeff Tweedy with a pizza.
Whyyyyyyy are we expected to treat this guy like a serious person?
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Whyyyyyyy are we expected to treat this guy like a serious person?
An interesting Wikipedia page about the highest unclimbed mountains. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest...
Highest unclimbed mountain - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
An interesting Wikipedia page about the highest unclimbed mountains. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest...
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Current* conditions near Evanston, IL:
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Current* conditions near Evanston, IL:
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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...