Artist, writer, publisher of greg dot org: the making of since 2001, "a [Cady] Noland obsessive" āT Mag [avatar: Ćdouard Manet Facsimile Object (M1), Minnay; banner: Derek Jarman's Blue]
gregorg
When I try to explain to students how corrupt and controlling Huey Long was, I note how he'd announce what the state legislature would approve and what it would deny ahead of its sessions, and then the legislature would do exactly what he said.
Anyway ...
The thing is you gotta be obsessed with the Nazi regime to even reach for a Bonhoeffer reference here and you gotta be an incredibly twisted soul to think Bonhoefferās nonviolent heroism is the tragedy we canāt repeat in that story.
incroyable, actually too croyable š§µ
Iām fine with not renewing FISA or confirming Trumpās latest DNI lackey. But if I supported FISA renewal, Iād be pretty mad that the president appears to be holding the countryās national security hostage in order to ram through his cheating at elections bill.
When all of these guys, musk, Christian nationalists, etc, talk about suicidal empathy, what theyāre actually doing is preparing you well in advance for the day they demand you murder your neighbor.
Happy John Baldessari's Birthday to all who celebrate! Still from Teaching a Plant the Alphabet, black and white video, 1972:
the sound of pencils scratching going off the charts as soon as they noticed it
It must be so cool to live in a functional republic.
Elon Musk is playing a critical role in the global fascist resurgence. Only an international movement, one that involves liberal democratic governments, can break his power.
We need this to be squarely on the agenda. A few initial ideas below. 7/
newrepublic.com/article/2119...
I'm still a little catatonic from Musk deciding to go pogroming right when it could theoretically have blown up the biggest payday of his life. But he made the bet that Wall Street couldn't give a shit. And he was right.
Brazil supreme court finds that Eduardo Bolsonaro ā who resides in the US - tried to get sanctions put on judges trying ex-president over coup plot
Rep. Brandon Gill: "We particularly need the left to tone down the rhetoric ... somebody is gonna listen and believe they are the next Dietrich Bonhoeffer and act on that and that's what we're seeing here."
regular meghan ėģģ§ šµšø
Video
I'm attending a digital humanities event in Montreal. There was a keynote on AI and something about the talk made me wonder if it had been written by Claude. I said as much in the Q&A. As I posed the question, the speaker shifted, looking slightly uncomfortable. What he said next shocked the room +
THE COURTROOM SKETCH ARTIST DREW THE MOMENT THEY REALIZED THEY FORGOT LUIGI
Trump posts a lunatic rant: "Therefore, to add a slight bit of intrigue but, for the Good of the Nation, I will not approve FISA without THE SAVE AMERICA ACT going along with it. Not complicated, actually, the Republicans fell into a trap. We are cancelling the Senate Hearing RE: DNI today"
