Only a few filmmakers make art, fewer still can make serious work that captures & revels in the utter bizarreness of human emotion & everyday life. A rare gift

Anyway. Here are my parents enjoying David Lynch’s invitation to loose their heads in his work

(Manchester International Festival 2019)

Right wing political parties continuing to fuel anti-migrant sentiment on the “hell site”

Solid points here, but claim that Christian nationalism is at odds w/ US democracy, state & values is itself “post-truth” (or wilful denial). Hegseth is extreme + dangerous but not anomalous. It’s a foundational value; long a key platform in many states. Currency: In God We Trust. Here’s Harris:

Peckham Library is just a beautiful place to write. Always busy but peaceful, inspiring in its displays and design. What a pleasure to sit serenely in a spaceship pod ‘quiet zone’, thinking silently with others on the power of words… great job, Southwark!

Looking forward to digging deeper into Klein’s (self-reflective) assessment of online self-branding as a consequence of capitalism/labour realities today that’s also monumentally destructive for the left… as I (re)build my own online persona on BlueSky(c) + watch other leftists do the same… 🫠

Klein kept quietly underscoring the necessity of robust theory for understanding social shifts. Her book’s dedication remembers others who’ve argued, demonstrated the same… Each also had an incredible capacity for empathy, which sharpened their analyses

I hear it’s a great book…

How are migration laws and asylum policies shaped by capitalism? And how might we resist profit-making in the asylum industry?

Feat. essays, photography, graphic novella + art by academics, activists, artists + people who have sought asylum

Out now with PM Press