Michael

This is my entire platform

Still trying to figure that out. Wishing there was a community dev of alternative firmware

Why is she so damn smart????? Seriously though.

Complete dork. Fucking nerd.

I honestly think this book might be her best, but it's tough to say

Let's do it!

Goose gang holds it down.

These are great! Thanks for taking your class to see this. I'd be so interested to know what their reactions were.

Do they want a general strike? Because this is how you get a general strike...

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This does make it very easy to know what to say and who to call. Thanks @matthewcort.land

Just a heads up that app is crashing probably due to use. Their servers can't seem to have a load currently. Keep checking back.

Posting during a coup while you hold a position of relative power is not effective.

Blocked. Get real CNN, you love this shit. I'm sure your clicks are way up.

I don't have all of maybe any of the answers, I'm also deep in a sleep deprived state, I'll try to reply in earnest tomorrow. ❤️✊

I don't think it's defeatism, per se. However relying on the goodness of institutions as they're being dismantled seems like it might not be a winning strategy. Our reliance on Norma has gotten us to this point, it might be time to course correct.

Bernie has been down from the beginning. These are the voices we need to amplify. Fence sitting won't get the goods.

Worth remembering. Doomerism, despair, and hedonistic nihilism are not strategies.

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and be in control of certain aspects of our existence. The Internet is wonderful, images are amazing, but they are one small segment of our experience and we should not allow these things to suffice as stand-ins for other types of experience and life.

#material
#vibrantmatter

(1/2) I am building a library of physical materials in collaboration with my students. The physical world is increasingly abstracted through image and I believe that the increasingly exclusive use of image to understand a world that is inherently physical hinders our ability to live fully

A couple images from "object as conceptual workbook" a collaboration with Duane McDiarmid.

Images of white china bowls in a cardboard box. Most are victor, sterling, or buffalo.

I recently came up on a collection of hotel china (a few thousand pieces...). from the 30s-60s. It has me thinking about and feeling excited for clay again. Strange how things seem to spiral back into themselves, and how it isn't always a disaster.

#ceramics
#art

Hi! I'm Michael. I'm a refugee of the great social media exiles of the 2024 election cycle. I'm also an artist, tinkerer, and educator. I'm excited to begin again. I work with wood, metal, electronics, clay, and whatever else seems right.