michael metzger
@mmcnma.bsky.social
media arts curator, block museum of art, northwestern university.
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Six Finger Satellite - Paralyzed by Normal Life
YouTube video by gianni banni
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October 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
paralyzed by normal life
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A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them.
That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them.
That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
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Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.
me, to my daughter: hey kiddo, do you want to hear a happy song?
the song: m.youtube.com/watch?v=vBFi...
the song: m.youtube.com/watch?v=vBFi...
Did You See His Name? (2020 - Remaster)
YouTube video by The Kinks - Topic
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October 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
me, to my daughter: hey kiddo, do you want to hear a happy song?
the song: m.youtube.com/watch?v=vBFi...
the song: m.youtube.com/watch?v=vBFi...
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BREAKING: The Gaza Civil Defence says a number of Israeli air attacks have killed at least 11 Palestinians across the besieged enclave.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/inwiaq
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/inwiaq
October 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
BREAKING: The Gaza Civil Defence says a number of Israeli air attacks have killed at least 11 Palestinians across the besieged enclave.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/inwiaq
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/inwiaq
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An Ohio University professor was removed from teaching a MFA class a day after returning home from an Israeli prison where he was detained upon being illegally abducted from the flotilla.
His students [solidarity!] walked out on the replacement prof in protest.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/s...
His students [solidarity!] walked out on the replacement prof in protest.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/s...
October 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
An Ohio University professor was removed from teaching a MFA class a day after returning home from an Israeli prison where he was detained upon being illegally abducted from the flotilla.
His students [solidarity!] walked out on the replacement prof in protest.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/s...
His students [solidarity!] walked out on the replacement prof in protest.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/s...
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...
Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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October 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...
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Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)
A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...
A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...
October 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)
A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...
A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...
the two greatest jangly records of all time are painfully out of print
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
the two greatest jangly records of all time are painfully out of print
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Incredible that the Bell Riots, DS9's grim vision of 2024 broadcast in 1995, remains way way way more optimistic than what is actually happening in San Francisco
September 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Incredible that the Bell Riots, DS9's grim vision of 2024 broadcast in 1995, remains way way way more optimistic than what is actually happening in San Francisco
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Democrats can demand a rollback of the Supreme Court ICE racial profiling case. It’s a trivial legislative fix. It poses virtually no political risk for them. It protects 68 million people from open government persecution. It protects basic constitutional values. No government funding without this.
September 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Democrats can demand a rollback of the Supreme Court ICE racial profiling case. It’s a trivial legislative fix. It poses virtually no political risk for them. It protects 68 million people from open government persecution. It protects basic constitutional values. No government funding without this.
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good morning! ice is creeping around chicago and the city is evicting unhoused people from a public park
Happening now: the City of Chicago and the Park District are moving in heavy equipment to remove unhoused people and their encampments at Legion Park.
September 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
good morning! ice is creeping around chicago and the city is evicting unhoused people from a public park
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this goes to my long-standing thesis that trump is the id of the united states (a liar, a scammer, a rapist, racist as fuck, only interested in himself and how much people are paying attention to him)
the department of war thing is like … i mean, it is, though
September 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
this goes to my long-standing thesis that trump is the id of the united states (a liar, a scammer, a rapist, racist as fuck, only interested in himself and how much people are paying attention to him)
electric fuckin' nebraska
never thought i'd live to see the day
😭
never thought i'd live to see the day
😭
September 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
electric fuckin' nebraska
never thought i'd live to see the day
😭
never thought i'd live to see the day
😭
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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If you listen to Palestinians, you don’t need to wait for the Israeli intelligence data.
Israeli intelligence data: Militants account for only 1 in 4 Gaza detainees
Classified Israeli army database indicates vast majority of 6,000 Palestinians arrested in Gaza and detained in appalling conditions are civilians.
By Yuval Abraham
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
Classified Israeli army database indicates vast majority of 6,000 Palestinians arrested in Gaza and detained in appalling conditions are civilians.
By Yuval Abraham
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
Israeli intelligence data: Militants account for only 1 in 4 Gaza detainees
A classified Israeli army database indicates that the vast majority of the 6,000 Palestinians who have been arrested in Gaza are civilians.
www.972mag.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If you listen to Palestinians, you don’t need to wait for the Israeli intelligence data.
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If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the creation of a statewide task force aimed at dismantling homeless encampments on state property and expanding access to shelter and services. The State Acti…
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August 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
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Tuca - Drácula, I Love You [Brazil, MPB/Psychedelic] (1974)
https://redd.it/5eoe5y
https://youtu.be/Mol7vixCKYU
https://redd.it/5eoe5y
https://youtu.be/Mol7vixCKYU
Tuca - Drácula, I Love You [Brazil, MPB/Psychedelic] (1974)
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August 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Tuca - Drácula, I Love You [Brazil, MPB/Psychedelic] (1974)
https://redd.it/5eoe5y
https://youtu.be/Mol7vixCKYU
https://redd.it/5eoe5y
https://youtu.be/Mol7vixCKYU
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Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models
Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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And you can donate to mediaburn and help them keep the lights on with the link below, they are always adding digitizing new things and adding them to the site, if there is one place on the internet that deserves donations that is mediaburn, they truly do god's work.
mediaburn.org/donate/
mediaburn.org/donate/
August 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
And you can donate to mediaburn and help them keep the lights on with the link below, they are always adding digitizing new things and adding them to the site, if there is one place on the internet that deserves donations that is mediaburn, they truly do god's work.
mediaburn.org/donate/
mediaburn.org/donate/
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On mediaburn's site you'll also find a large collection of Sykes' films, and yes all available to watch for free, if you're into Video Art and Experimental Cinema you need to check out this site, it's truly great. Make sure to spread the word and support!
mediaburn.org/watch-videos...
mediaburn.org/watch-videos...
August 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
On mediaburn's site you'll also find a large collection of Sykes' films, and yes all available to watch for free, if you're into Video Art and Experimental Cinema you need to check out this site, it's truly great. Make sure to spread the word and support!
mediaburn.org/watch-videos...
mediaburn.org/watch-videos...
in celebration of successfully getting empty bottle tickets today (and of the cat o’nine tails release), here’s a clip of cindy lee doing “i don’t want to fall in love again” at lincoln hall in 2022
August 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
in celebration of successfully getting empty bottle tickets today (and of the cat o’nine tails release), here’s a clip of cindy lee doing “i don’t want to fall in love again” at lincoln hall in 2022