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· Jul 25
the sound of him hitting the floor was so familiar, where had i heard that before...
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Keep the vision board simple and fun.
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Keep the vision board simple and fun.
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A reminder that we are not awarding points for sitting there quietly will your racist family spews racism and transphobia. You don't get to feel good about yourself for "not taking the bait." Step up! If you insist on eating with people who want your friends dead SHOW UP TO FIGHT. BECOME A PROBLEM.
How to eat with others
This is the last painting I did at my old studio. I left it behind. You can support my shenanigans for a mere $2/mo. This week’s question comes to us from...
buttondown.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A reminder that we are not awarding points for sitting there quietly will your racist family spews racism and transphobia. You don't get to feel good about yourself for "not taking the bait." Step up! If you insist on eating with people who want your friends dead SHOW UP TO FIGHT. BECOME A PROBLEM.
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the phrase "brand activation" makes me wince
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
the phrase "brand activation" makes me wince
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Can't build a brand with you talking in the background.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Can't build a brand with you talking in the background.
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sublime vibes await in the lobby stream.cinema720.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
sublime vibes await in the lobby stream.cinema720.org
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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Tonight we're watching Eve's Bayou plus waves and sleepwaves and great vibes. Come on by cinema720.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Tonight we're watching Eve's Bayou plus waves and sleepwaves and great vibes. Come on by cinema720.org
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Just ran into a group of kids in the park who were clearly rollin’ and they were discussing… AI. I’ve never been more depressed.
If this is what you’re gonna do when you do drugs please don’t do drugs.
If this is what you’re gonna do when you do drugs please don’t do drugs.
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Just ran into a group of kids in the park who were clearly rollin’ and they were discussing… AI. I’ve never been more depressed.
If this is what you’re gonna do when you do drugs please don’t do drugs.
If this is what you’re gonna do when you do drugs please don’t do drugs.
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the wealthy have a new face. they look upsetting to us but to them it is a mark of status, one that marks membership in a new species. surgical powdered wigs. nasty time to be alive
Why would you even care about how you look if you have a billion dollars
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
the wealthy have a new face. they look upsetting to us but to them it is a mark of status, one that marks membership in a new species. surgical powdered wigs. nasty time to be alive
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get this while you can
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
get this while you can
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
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And that's a wrap!!!! Thank you for everyone who attended and made it possible!!
RIP Lynch
Don't turn away from love
RIP Lynch
Don't turn away from love
November 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
And that's a wrap!!!! Thank you for everyone who attended and made it possible!!
RIP Lynch
Don't turn away from love
RIP Lynch
Don't turn away from love
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will try to be more coherent later but short review of SNAKESKIN JACKET is it’s terrific & emotional & proved love
November 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
will try to be more coherent later but short review of SNAKESKIN JACKET is it’s terrific & emotional & proved love
SNAKESKIN JACKET preshow is live, come hang out before the show! www.snakeskinjacket.live
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Yet another incredible wave is coming your way!!
Get ready for SNAKESKIN JACKET, a feature wave of David Lynch's WILD AT HEART
Join us on November 22 @ 10PM EST:
in person @ Cucalorus Film Festival
online @ snakeskinjacket.live
Get ready for SNAKESKIN JACKET, a feature wave of David Lynch's WILD AT HEART
Join us on November 22 @ 10PM EST:
in person @ Cucalorus Film Festival
online @ snakeskinjacket.live
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
SNAKESKIN JACKET preshow is live, come hang out before the show! www.snakeskinjacket.live
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
SNAKESKIN JACKET preshow is live, come hang out before the show! www.snakeskinjacket.live
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Awesome poster by @royalsapien.com. Sick to see it lit up!
November 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Awesome poster by @royalsapien.com. Sick to see it lit up!
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I've posted some clips from my segment of SNAKESKIN JACKET, our group remix of David Lynch's Wild At Heart (1990). But I mean it when I say you have no idea how incredibly hard this feature goes. I am so excited for people to see it THIS SATURDAY 11/22 at 10pm Eastern at www.snakeskinjacket.live
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I've posted some clips from my segment of SNAKESKIN JACKET, our group remix of David Lynch's Wild At Heart (1990). But I mean it when I say you have no idea how incredibly hard this feature goes. I am so excited for people to see it THIS SATURDAY 11/22 at 10pm Eastern at www.snakeskinjacket.live