Their Form Mirrors the Decay That Will Fit Us So Comfortably Some Day
So we've toggled from Trump certainly winning to Trump not a certainty to win. That's my hot take beyond reminding you that two days of celebratory relief for the majority of Americans that Trump's return not inevitable does not mean that Harris will win, it just eliminates the inevitability of a Biden landslide loss. And while it's funny and delightful to witness the shellshock of magaturds from Trump on down to every choad waving Deport Them Now signs freaking the fuck out at the realization that they will have to play defense in the election and that the elevation of Trump to emperor is not a fait accompli, what I thought would be an ugly, violent, and thoroughly nuts election season during Trump's inevitable ascendance to emperor is nowhere - nowhere, not even close - near as ugly, violent, and thoroughly nuts as the election season will be now
Yes, Harris is a cop. What's the over-under date when Trump dumps Vance? I don't know when Harris makes her vpotus choice so I can't pick a date but I'm putting my chip on five days after Harris makes her choice. Yes, Dems are spunky now and magashits freaking the fuck out and I get a pang of fandom nostalgia from long before I knew my team sucked and sucked on purpose and will again soon. No, our shitlords' plans haven't changed and all will be manipulated so the election hinges on four votes in Forty Fort Pennsylvania and seven in Eighty Four Pennsylvania and Leo Leo's pampered judges judge as you'd guess, where I'm still putting my chip. Yes, I want Democrats to attack megacrackerchristers head-on but doubt they will and even if they do and win they won't enact or codify any major legislation they will promise you they will. No, Harris will not end the forever wars but eagerly prompt and engage them and will assist vulture-capitalists steal my lifetime savings. Yes, two weeks from now the paradigms will have toggled, wait for September and especially October. Above acrylic ink, clear elmer's glue, gouache. Yes, there is new Seefeel, first song off new album released below, first something old:
"I'm seeing some people say they feel sorry for Joe Biden. Just to be clear: I hope every waking moment of his life is filled with suffering, humiliation, degradation, and endless pain. That depraved genocidal senile rapist Zionist scumbag is directly responsible for the mass murder and rape of not just Palestinians, but Iraqis, Afghans, Syrians, Libyans, every single US genocidal war going back decades, millions of lives, babies, children, men and women destroyed by this monstrous ghoulish freak"
Some Lessons about Zionism and Anti-Zionism from an Ongoing Genocide
"Doing her best to appear elated while a large, throbbing vein protruded from her forehead, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was ‘really, really, really happy’ for Vice President Kamala Harris as she shook the presumptive Democratic nominee’s hand and refused to let go of it. “So, so, so proud of you for this huge accomplishment—there is no one more deserving of this than you,” said a stock-still, unblinking Clinton, who, when panicked advisors quietly asking her to release the presidential candidate’s hand, only widened her smile and clamped her fingers tighter, causing Harris’ bones to audibly crack"
"Shapiro is worse than I realized, & I’m hardly a fan. Harris needs to look elsewhere. (NB: Shapiro’s worst conduct is virtually unknown, involves fleecing $350M from foster care kids, helping cronies plunder child welfare charity. Totally unreported in media.)"
"Kamala is not progress. Kamala is a cop. A genocidal cop. Biden is a butcher. Obama is a mass murderer. Palestinians are facing literal genocide. Fuck anyone who presents Kamala as progressive. You want anything but Trump? Say so. Don’t present this as a meaningful step forward"
"The state has become a hostage to global corporate profit centers and has lost its extractive and transformative capacities – it no longer has an upper hand in deciding the direction of the country and the allocation of resources"
"The true dyad at the root of Western Civ: a guy on ketamine trying to talk to a guy on coke at the sparsely attended apartment party of a former tagger who now does graffiti fonts for Urban Outfitters"
"YOU KNEW I WAS GOING TO WRITE THIS (JUST AS I KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO DO THIS) JUST AS THEY KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY TOLD YOU HAD HAPPENED"
Compared to one's normal clothes, pyjamas are just as caricature as the dreams they bare: farce-skins, facades, unserious soft versions of the mode diem, they seem to have come from a posthumousness: floppy statues of ourselves, slack seams of death. Their form mirrors the decay that will fit us so comfortably some day.
the seemingly cellular structure of today's picture reminds me that i am on the waiting list at my public library for philip ball's how life works: a user's guide to the new biology
another book by him is how to grow a human: adventures in how we are made and who we are - the blurb begins
In the summer of 2017, scientists removed a tiny piece of flesh from Philip Ball's arm and turned it into a rudimentary "mini-brain." The skin cells, removed from his body, did not die but were instead transformed into nerve cells that independently arranged themselves into a dense network and communicated with each other, exchanging the raw signals of thought. This was life-but whose?
you have linked to liliana doganova's article "Is The Future Worth It?" the deck of which is "We urgently need to transform our relationship to the future, freeing it from the logics of capitalisation and its unequal treatment of time."
and speaking of our relationship with the future -- if all goes well, in the near future - two days from now - I will be in indiana at the celebration of my only male american first cousin's 70th birthday, presenting him with a printed copy of tom murphy's energy and human ambitions on a finite planet: assessing and adapting to planetary limits - he is a tech-savvy politically connected millionaire, so if this book has an impact on his world view - unlikely, but possible - he is in a position to potentially do something about it - which may make a difference down the line - as the ancestors would say, many a mickle makes a muckle
with regard to the world of coercive structures on a societal level, we can be certain biden will not be re-elected - who knows if it's good or bad?
there is such a thing as destiny, but we should continue with our own plans - and if they are in accordance with destiny, we may reap a rich reward
1/i did continue with my own plans, and am writing this from Indiana - i gave my cousin the book I mentioned, and he in turn gave me - and also his sister's husband, attending from Florida, copies of michio kaku's quantum supremacy: how the quantum computer revolution will change everything - like murphy, kaku is a physicist, but his vision of our possible future is at the far techno-optimist end of the relevant continuum
2/all the attendees at the celebration also received a book co-written by the host, a novelization of
Popcorn! Three Men and a Garage, is an eclectic new musical that tells the story of Mary Phisher, a young woman ready to begin her life, and Ed Richenbacher, a young, hopeful inventor. Soon Mary and Ed find themselves at a crossroad and must decide what is most important in their lives. With the help of Ed’s friend, Phil, and their next door neighbors, Hector and Emma Jean, Ed will learn the importance of family, self-improvement, and humility, while Mary “rises up” to take control of her own life. Set in Speedway, Indiana, blocks away from the towering grandstands of the iconic race event, Popcorn! Three Men and a Garage is a show that focuses on the importance of the time we have with one another, as Mary and Ed race towards something more, not always being quite certain what lies at the finish line or whether they will arrive in the winner’s circle.
3/i am "rawdogging" this event - by which i mean practicing facial nudity, instead of wearing an N95 respirator or equivalent, among my relatives and their relatives - but upon my return home my plan is to resume my cautious lifestyle
4/this is the future - you got to live it, or live with it, and at a time TBD get out of the way
the seemingly cellular structure of today's picture reminds me that i am on the waiting list at my public library for philip ball's how life works: a user's guide to the new biology
ReplyDeleteanother book by him is how to grow a human: adventures in how we are made and who we are - the blurb begins
In the summer of 2017, scientists removed a tiny piece of flesh from Philip Ball's arm and turned it into a rudimentary "mini-brain." The skin cells, removed from his body, did not die but were instead transformed into nerve cells that independently arranged themselves into a dense network and communicated with each other, exchanging the raw signals of thought. This was life-but whose?
you have linked to liliana doganova's article "Is The Future Worth It?" the deck of which is "We urgently need to transform our relationship to the future, freeing it from the logics of capitalisation and its unequal treatment of time."
and speaking of our relationship with the future -- if all goes well, in the near future - two days from now - I will be in indiana at the celebration of my only male american first cousin's 70th birthday, presenting him with a printed copy of tom murphy's energy and human ambitions on a finite planet: assessing and adapting to planetary limits - he is a tech-savvy politically connected millionaire, so if this book has an impact on his world view - unlikely, but possible - he is in a position to potentially do something about it - which may make a difference down the line - as the ancestors would say, many a mickle makes a muckle
with regard to the world of coercive structures on a societal level, we can be certain biden will not be re-elected - who knows if it's good or bad?
there is such a thing as destiny, but we should continue with our own plans - and if they are in accordance with destiny, we may reap a rich reward
1/i did continue with my own plans, and am writing this from Indiana - i gave my cousin the book I mentioned, and he in turn gave me - and also his sister's husband, attending from Florida, copies of michio kaku's quantum supremacy: how the quantum computer revolution will change everything - like murphy, kaku is a physicist, but his vision of our possible future is at the far techno-optimist end of the relevant continuum
Delete2/all the attendees at the celebration also received a book co-written by the host, a novelization of
Popcorn! Three Men and a Garage, is an eclectic new musical that tells the story of Mary Phisher, a young woman ready to begin her life, and Ed Richenbacher, a young, hopeful inventor. Soon Mary and Ed find themselves at a crossroad and must decide what is most important in their lives. With the help of Ed’s friend, Phil, and their next door neighbors, Hector and Emma Jean, Ed will learn the importance of family, self-improvement, and humility, while Mary “rises up” to take control of her own life. Set in Speedway, Indiana, blocks away from the towering grandstands of the iconic race event, Popcorn! Three Men and a Garage is a show that focuses on the importance of the time we have with one another, as Mary and Ed race towards something more, not always being quite certain what lies at the finish line or whether they will arrive in the winner’s circle.
3/i am "rawdogging" this event - by which i mean practicing facial nudity, instead of wearing an N95 respirator or equivalent, among my relatives and their relatives - but upon my return home my plan is to resume my cautious lifestyle
4/this is the future - you got to live it, or live with it, and at a time TBD get out of the way