Lucia Pajon
@low-tide.bsky.social
She/They 🌈 Arts. Humanities. Critical Thinking. Writing. Books. Design. Cities. Languages. Ravens, moths, black cats. Always happy by the water.
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@mcuban.bsky.social please read enough of this to get the gist. It’s one of the most important pieces I’ve read:
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@mcuban.bsky.social please read enough of this to get the gist. It’s one of the most important pieces I’ve read:
bsky.app/profile/naom...
bsky.app/profile/naom...
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January 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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When the Nazis Declared War on Expressionist Art (1937)
When the Nazis Declared War on Expressionist Art (1937)
The 1937 Nazi Degenerate Art Exhibition displayed the art of Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Georg Grosz, and many more internationally famous modernists with maximum prejudice.
www.openculture.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
When the Nazis Declared War on Expressionist Art (1937)
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If Fritz Lang’s Iconic Film Metropolis Had a Kraftwerk Soundtrack
If Fritz Lang’s Iconic Film Metropolis Had a Kraftwerk Soundtrack
The case of the copyright history of Fritz Lang’s influential sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis is as convoluted as the history of its film print. Lang’s vision, and his original almost-three-hour cut was...
www.openculture.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If Fritz Lang’s Iconic Film Metropolis Had a Kraftwerk Soundtrack
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Power worship blurs political judgement because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible. --George Orwell
February 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Power worship blurs political judgement because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible. --George Orwell
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Good news. From The Verge: Teslas turn toxic as sales crash in Europe and the UK.
Teslas turn toxic as sales crash in Europe and the UK
EV sales in the region are growing, but not for Tesla.
arstechnica.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Good news. From The Verge: Teslas turn toxic as sales crash in Europe and the UK.
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Paul Revere Williams was the first Black Architect to join the AIA. He designed many iconic buildings in Los Angeles!
January 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Paul Revere Williams was the first Black Architect to join the AIA. He designed many iconic buildings in Los Angeles!
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“One was greeted by a giant portrait of O’Keeffe, the stolid doyenne in a floppy hat, taken by Stieglitz. Adult women wearing bows in their hair used it as a selfie backdrop.”
@mcmansionhell on “Georgia O’Keeffe: ‘My New Yorks’” in NYRA no. 43/44.
nyra.nyc/articles/abo...
@mcmansionhell on “Georgia O’Keeffe: ‘My New Yorks’” in NYRA no. 43/44.
nyra.nyc/articles/abo...
January 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“One was greeted by a giant portrait of O’Keeffe, the stolid doyenne in a floppy hat, taken by Stieglitz. Adult women wearing bows in their hair used it as a selfie backdrop.”
@mcmansionhell on “Georgia O’Keeffe: ‘My New Yorks’” in NYRA no. 43/44.
nyra.nyc/articles/abo...
@mcmansionhell on “Georgia O’Keeffe: ‘My New Yorks’” in NYRA no. 43/44.
nyra.nyc/articles/abo...
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Books that create space for readers to look at race in new, funny, and heartfelt ways
7 Smart and Hilarious Books that Brilliantly Satirize Race - Electric Literature
These writers will make you look at racial identity in a new way
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January 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Books that create space for readers to look at race in new, funny, and heartfelt ways
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Car-centric cities are not inevitable and permanent. It's possible to return cities to people-oriented places. www.theurbanist.org/2025/01/26/s...
Sunday Video: Utrecht and Fake London Weren’t Always So Different - The Urbanist
# Utrecht and London, Ontario feel worlds away today. As Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes shows, Utrecht is a highly pedestrian-, bike-, and transit-oriented city with a dense but human scale citysca...
www.theurbanist.org
January 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Car-centric cities are not inevitable and permanent. It's possible to return cities to people-oriented places. www.theurbanist.org/2025/01/26/s...
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“You don't need any sensors to observe that traffic noise has dropped significantly in Paris. The number of combustion-powered cars on the capital's streets has been steadily declining for years, and most of the engines under the hoods of those still on the road have been improved.”
Fewer cars but more outdoor socializing: The changing sound of Paris
Fifteen years of political and social change in the capital have shifted noise from the roads to bar and restaurant terraces. As car noise levels have fallen, individual loud sounds have become more n...
www.lemonde.fr
January 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“You don't need any sensors to observe that traffic noise has dropped significantly in Paris. The number of combustion-powered cars on the capital's streets has been steadily declining for years, and most of the engines under the hoods of those still on the road have been improved.”
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“The National Housing Survey found that the housing shortage is expected to grow by more than 2 million units in the next five years.” www.planetizen.com/news/2025/01...
National Survey Shows ‘Severe, Widespread, and Worsening’ Housing Crisis
Mayors from around the country agree that more support is needed at the federal level to strengthen housing assistance programs.
www.planetizen.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“The National Housing Survey found that the housing shortage is expected to grow by more than 2 million units in the next five years.” www.planetizen.com/news/2025/01...
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Watch Fantasmagorie, the World’s First Animated Cartoon (1908)
Watch Fantasmagorie, the World’s First Animated Cartoon (1908)
I was dressed as a clown and then I was in a theater, except I was also hiding under this lady’s hat, and the guy behind us was plucking out the feathers, and I was maybe also a jack in the box? And I...
www.openculture.com
January 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Watch Fantasmagorie, the World’s First Animated Cartoon (1908)
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Today’s story *might* be my favorite on the list. It’s Sayaka Murata’s “A Clean Marriage” (trans Ginny Tapley Takemori) via @grantamag.bsky.social.
A delightfully dark + humorous inversion of childbirth norms.
Also available in the UK+ ed (but not the N American ed) of Murata’s Life Ceremony.
A delightfully dark + humorous inversion of childbirth norms.
Also available in the UK+ ed (but not the N American ed) of Murata’s Life Ceremony.
January 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Today’s story *might* be my favorite on the list. It’s Sayaka Murata’s “A Clean Marriage” (trans Ginny Tapley Takemori) via @grantamag.bsky.social.
A delightfully dark + humorous inversion of childbirth norms.
Also available in the UK+ ed (but not the N American ed) of Murata’s Life Ceremony.
A delightfully dark + humorous inversion of childbirth norms.
Also available in the UK+ ed (but not the N American ed) of Murata’s Life Ceremony.
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Where Do You Put the Camera? "Every Frame a Painting" Presents Insights from Famous Directors
Where Do You Put the Camera? Every Frame a Painting Presents Insights from Famous Directors
Whether or not we believe in auteurhood, we each have our own mental image of what a film director does.
www.openculture.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Where Do You Put the Camera? "Every Frame a Painting" Presents Insights from Famous Directors
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Female Faces in Art Nouveau Architecture
From the late 19th to the early 20th century
1. Riga
2. Netherlands
3. France
4. Corunna
5. Vienna
6. Moscow
7. ?
8. Barcelona
9. Vienna
From the late 19th to the early 20th century
1. Riga
2. Netherlands
3. France
4. Corunna
5. Vienna
6. Moscow
7. ?
8. Barcelona
9. Vienna
January 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Female Faces in Art Nouveau Architecture
From the late 19th to the early 20th century
1. Riga
2. Netherlands
3. France
4. Corunna
5. Vienna
6. Moscow
7. ?
8. Barcelona
9. Vienna
From the late 19th to the early 20th century
1. Riga
2. Netherlands
3. France
4. Corunna
5. Vienna
6. Moscow
7. ?
8. Barcelona
9. Vienna
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How Martin Luther King, Jr. Used Nietzsche, Hegel & Kant to Overturn Segregation in America
On January 20, it's nice to have a good American to focus on.
On January 20, it's nice to have a good American to focus on.
How Martin Luther King, Jr. Used Nietzsche, Hegel & Kant to Overturn Segregation in America
Image by Dick DeMarsico, via Wikimedia Commons
The influence of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel on the revolutionary philosophy of Karl Marx and Frederich Engels is well known.
www.openculture.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
How Martin Luther King, Jr. Used Nietzsche, Hegel & Kant to Overturn Segregation in America
On January 20, it's nice to have a good American to focus on.
On January 20, it's nice to have a good American to focus on.
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Don’t let ancient languages die They illuminate our own blind spots https://buff.ly/3DPIL0U #langsky
Don't let ancient languages die
The Rosetta Stone transformed our understanding of Ancient Egypt. Carlos Jasso/AFP via Getty Images.
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January 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Don’t let ancient languages die They illuminate our own blind spots https://buff.ly/3DPIL0U #langsky
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Other good subversive #linguistics reads: Elman’s “On words and dinosaur bones” (there is no lexicon) and Strawson’s “On referring” (there is no “meaning”, just loose ways we agree to refer to things) :)
What if language isn’t built into our brains at all? No innate rules, no fixed structures—just human language and cognition emerging from culture. If that’s true, it challenges everything we assume about the mind. Read D. Everett and decide for yourself.
doi.org/10.25189/267... #langsky #linguistics
doi.org/10.25189/267... #langsky #linguistics
January 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Other good subversive #linguistics reads: Elman’s “On words and dinosaur bones” (there is no lexicon) and Strawson’s “On referring” (there is no “meaning”, just loose ways we agree to refer to things) :)