Agree on that... comedians and artists are often key dissidents.
But I do think there's a risk to treating executive buffoonery as entertainment.
Good thought piece. We're firmly into the "boiled frog" stage of the Trump administration and still too distracted by the ridiculousness of it which "does not engender resistance. It engenders disdain and cynicism."
www.filmsforaction.org/articles/the...
Those who believe in conspiracies often start with lacking trust.
From @psychunseen.bsky.social at the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
youtube.com/shorts/wzsdt...
How I managed to listen to Cecil Taylor's music for 35 years without ever also checking out Karl Stockhausen's Klavier Stuecke is a mystery.
(actually, it's not really a mystery... thanks Spotify!)
I need to get around to reading the Magnifica Humanitas in its entirety, but in the meantime, an AI chatbot put together this summary for me:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORq_...
I need to get around to reading the Magnifica Humanitas in its entirety, but in the meantime, an AI chatbot put together this summary for me:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORq_...
This is a trivial story in the grand scheme of things, but at the same time, it is 100% illustrative of the embarrassing kakistocracy that is the Trump Administration.
I'm not saying you can't be fired by a human being. But I am saying that if we allow AI to do our jobs for us, then we risk losing our jobs.
People think "I can train AI to do my job" without seeming to realize that if you do that, you aren't really needed anymore.
#Wakeup
Blogpost #183: Pushing Back Against Technology: The Rise of Neo-Luddism
Will a less tech-obsessed routine become the next big healthy lifestyle choice?
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...