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corporate dropout, discerning luddite, cached copy of typographic man

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Seems like a major clue that could blow this case wide open

18.08.2025 06:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cellini is listed twice though

18.08.2025 05:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Didnt realize cellini was that improtant

18.08.2025 05:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yea i find it so cringey, and they didnt stop talking in pete's ear as the pitch was crossing the plate like wtf

18.08.2025 00:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🤮

17.08.2025 06:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A first-person video game scene from Bioshock infinite shows a hand with a glowing blue "verified checkmark" symbol on the back, raised toward a poster. The poster reads "YOU SHALL KNOW THE FALSE SHEPHERD BY HIS MARK!" and depicts a clawed hand with the same checkmark symbol in its palm. The setting is a bright outdoor area with stone arches, ornate street lamps, and floating structures in the sky.

A first-person video game scene from Bioshock infinite shows a hand with a glowing blue "verified checkmark" symbol on the back, raised toward a poster. The poster reads "YOU SHALL KNOW THE FALSE SHEPHERD BY HIS MARK!" and depicts a clawed hand with the same checkmark symbol in its palm. The setting is a bright outdoor area with stone arches, ornate street lamps, and floating structures in the sky.

Oh no.

16.08.2025 20:30 — 👍 968    🔁 75    💬 19    📌 2

"... what could be more normal, in Silicon Valley, than people weeping on a message board because a UX change has transformed the valence of their addiction?"

15.08.2025 16:05 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Wow, much efficient, so proportionate, such OPs

15.08.2025 20:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This is a masterpiece. Simply excellent
www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMIC...

14.08.2025 15:54 — 👍 7902    🔁 2156    💬 215    📌 554

The upper east side must be a distasteful mix of clumsy, amateurish, and wooden

15.08.2025 02:57 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Lmao they teach what in 6th grade now?

12.08.2025 01:41 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Stop debating this website's growth potential. I don't care. I'm a digital hermit crab. If it dies, I'll find another shell as I've done a dozen times before.

07.08.2025 18:37 — 👍 8103    🔁 2157    💬 49    📌 62
Here is the column I wrote on the theme "What I Would have liked to Know About Germany Earlier," along with the additional reflections I provided at Zeit Magazin's request.
-A society governed by regulations, yet lacking individual moral judgement, is more dangerous than one with none at all. 
-A society that values obedience without questioning authority is destined to become corrupt.
-A society that admits to error but refuses to reflect on its origins possesses a mind as stubborn and dull as granite. 
-Here, at a deserted street, people stop dutifully at a red light. Not a car in sight. This, I once thought, is the mark of a highly evolved society. 
-At the heart of bureaucracy lies a collective endorsement of power's legitimacy, and therefore, individuals surrender their moral judgement–or perhaps never developed one. They abandon challenge. They relinquish dispute.
-When conversation becomes avoidance, when topics must not be mentioned, we are already living under the quiet logic of authoritarianism. 
-When the majority believe they live in a free society, it is often a sign that the society is not free. Freedom is not a gift; it must be wrestled from the hands of banality and the quiet complicity with power.
-When people sense that power is beyond challenge, they redirect their energy into trivial disputes. And those trivialities, collectively, are enough to erode a society's very foundations of justice. 
-When public events of great consequence–such as the Nord Stream Pipeline bombing–are met with silence from both government and media, the silence itself becomes more terrifying than any atomic bomb.
-Facts are acknowledged partially, forgotten deliberately, or swallowed by collective silence. And so we repeat catastrophe–against and again, in cycles. 
-When the media becomes a servant of public opinion, or avoids conflict to maintain favour with existing powers, it becomes an accomplice to authority. What we call lies are not always distortions of fact.

Here is the column I wrote on the theme "What I Would have liked to Know About Germany Earlier," along with the additional reflections I provided at Zeit Magazin's request. -A society governed by regulations, yet lacking individual moral judgement, is more dangerous than one with none at all. -A society that values obedience without questioning authority is destined to become corrupt. -A society that admits to error but refuses to reflect on its origins possesses a mind as stubborn and dull as granite. -Here, at a deserted street, people stop dutifully at a red light. Not a car in sight. This, I once thought, is the mark of a highly evolved society. -At the heart of bureaucracy lies a collective endorsement of power's legitimacy, and therefore, individuals surrender their moral judgement–or perhaps never developed one. They abandon challenge. They relinquish dispute. -When conversation becomes avoidance, when topics must not be mentioned, we are already living under the quiet logic of authoritarianism. -When the majority believe they live in a free society, it is often a sign that the society is not free. Freedom is not a gift; it must be wrestled from the hands of banality and the quiet complicity with power. -When people sense that power is beyond challenge, they redirect their energy into trivial disputes. And those trivialities, collectively, are enough to erode a society's very foundations of justice. -When public events of great consequence–such as the Nord Stream Pipeline bombing–are met with silence from both government and media, the silence itself becomes more terrifying than any atomic bomb. -Facts are acknowledged partially, forgotten deliberately, or swallowed by collective silence. And so we repeat catastrophe–against and again, in cycles. -When the media becomes a servant of public opinion, or avoids conflict to maintain favour with existing powers, it becomes an accomplice to authority. What we call lies are not always distortions of fact.

-Political leaders make decisions steeped in fallacy & failure. This reflects the broader political condition of a society in which most people have surrendered their awareness & even their basic agency–allowing such leaders to enact their mistakes on their behalf
-When a society uses linguistic difference or cultural misunderstanding as excuses for exclusion, it has crossed into a more insidious form of racism. This is not a political opinion–it is an attitude, a stain in blood, passed down like genes
-Bureaucracy is not merely sluggish. It is a cultural scorn. It rejects the possibility of dialogue. It insists that ignorance, codified into policy, no matter how wrong & inhumane it is, remains the best resistance against social mobility, against moral motion. In such a society, hope is not misplaced. It is extinguished
-In the surrounding atmosphere, one sees not culture, but self-congratulation; not art, but insularity & collective reverence for power. What is missing is sincerity–honesty of emotion & of intention. In such an environment, art that grapples with true human feeling or moral reckoning is nearly impossible to produce.
-A place that routinely discards self-awareness & erases individual agency is one that lives under iron walls of authoritarianism
-I have no family, no fatherland, never known what it is to belong. I belong only to myself. In the best of circumstances, that self should belong to everyone. I still do not know what art is. I only hope that what I make might touch its edges while it seems unrelated to anything. & in truth, in the best of circumstances it is unrelated to me, for the "I" already melts into everything
-Those things found in galleries, museums, & collectors' living room–are they art? Who has declared them so? On what basis? Why do I always feel suspicion in their presence? 
-Works that evade reality, that shy away from argument, from controversy, from debate–be they text, painting, or performance–are worthless.

-Political leaders make decisions steeped in fallacy & failure. This reflects the broader political condition of a society in which most people have surrendered their awareness & even their basic agency–allowing such leaders to enact their mistakes on their behalf -When a society uses linguistic difference or cultural misunderstanding as excuses for exclusion, it has crossed into a more insidious form of racism. This is not a political opinion–it is an attitude, a stain in blood, passed down like genes -Bureaucracy is not merely sluggish. It is a cultural scorn. It rejects the possibility of dialogue. It insists that ignorance, codified into policy, no matter how wrong & inhumane it is, remains the best resistance against social mobility, against moral motion. In such a society, hope is not misplaced. It is extinguished -In the surrounding atmosphere, one sees not culture, but self-congratulation; not art, but insularity & collective reverence for power. What is missing is sincerity–honesty of emotion & of intention. In such an environment, art that grapples with true human feeling or moral reckoning is nearly impossible to produce. -A place that routinely discards self-awareness & erases individual agency is one that lives under iron walls of authoritarianism -I have no family, no fatherland, never known what it is to belong. I belong only to myself. In the best of circumstances, that self should belong to everyone. I still do not know what art is. I only hope that what I make might touch its edges while it seems unrelated to anything. & in truth, in the best of circumstances it is unrelated to me, for the "I" already melts into everything -Those things found in galleries, museums, & collectors' living room–are they art? Who has declared them so? On what basis? Why do I always feel suspicion in their presence? -Works that evade reality, that shy away from argument, from controversy, from debate–be they text, painting, or performance–are worthless.

-I understand now: people crave power and tyranny as they crave sunshine and rain, for the burden of self-awareness feels like pain. at times, even like catastrophe.
-Under most circumstances, society selects the most selfish, least idealistic among us to take on the work we call "art" because that choice makes everyone feel safe.
Additional reflections
-In Berlin, I encounter the ever-present Schweinshaxe and Schnitzel, and I can hardly believe that such a highly developed, industrialised country offers such a monotonous selection of ingredients. Even more baffling is the sudden proliferation of Chinese restaurants–most of them noodle-based, and operating at a culinary level that any Chinese person could easily achieve at home. The variety of food and cooking methods is so limited here that people form all over the world feel compelled to open restaurants: Vietnamese, Thai, Turkish–you name it.
-But the truly horrifying part? The sheer number of Chinese restaurants. I can only assume they believe that no matter what ends up on the plate, German customers will come running. In front of some of these establishments, there are even long queues–yet the food they serve bears little resemblance to anything recognisably Chinese. My favourite food in Germany is the bread and sausage–you simply can't find ones with such distinctive character anywhere else.
-I'm puzzled by why so many people would willingly cram themselves into a small bar just to have a long conversation. Since I don't speak the language, I can only imagine that the young people coming to Berlin would talk about clubbing. This sort of thing was all the rage in the U.S. back in the '70s and '80s.
-The Germans might be the only people who are truly the furthest from a sense of humour. This could be the result of their deep reverence for rationality. Just look at Berlin Airport or the advertisements for Mercedes-Benz cars–you start to feel that their lack of humour has become a kind of immense humour in itself

-I understand now: people crave power and tyranny as they crave sunshine and rain, for the burden of self-awareness feels like pain. at times, even like catastrophe. -Under most circumstances, society selects the most selfish, least idealistic among us to take on the work we call "art" because that choice makes everyone feel safe. Additional reflections -In Berlin, I encounter the ever-present Schweinshaxe and Schnitzel, and I can hardly believe that such a highly developed, industrialised country offers such a monotonous selection of ingredients. Even more baffling is the sudden proliferation of Chinese restaurants–most of them noodle-based, and operating at a culinary level that any Chinese person could easily achieve at home. The variety of food and cooking methods is so limited here that people form all over the world feel compelled to open restaurants: Vietnamese, Thai, Turkish–you name it. -But the truly horrifying part? The sheer number of Chinese restaurants. I can only assume they believe that no matter what ends up on the plate, German customers will come running. In front of some of these establishments, there are even long queues–yet the food they serve bears little resemblance to anything recognisably Chinese. My favourite food in Germany is the bread and sausage–you simply can't find ones with such distinctive character anywhere else. -I'm puzzled by why so many people would willingly cram themselves into a small bar just to have a long conversation. Since I don't speak the language, I can only imagine that the young people coming to Berlin would talk about clubbing. This sort of thing was all the rage in the U.S. back in the '70s and '80s. -The Germans might be the only people who are truly the furthest from a sense of humour. This could be the result of their deep reverence for rationality. Just look at Berlin Airport or the advertisements for Mercedes-Benz cars–you start to feel that their lack of humour has become a kind of immense humour in itself

Ai Weiwei was invited to contribute short reflections on “What I would have liked to know about Germany earlier" for an upcoming issue of Zeit Magazin. His submission was first shortened and edited, then immediately cancelled after a review by the Executive Editor. Ai shared his reflections anyway:

02.08.2025 08:21 — 👍 223    🔁 78    💬 10    📌 26

I feel like I just read her diary and it wasn't even that fun

08.08.2025 20:14 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Reggie Watts - A Song About Apples (Always Love Yourself)
YouTube video by PrettzL Reggie Watts - A Song About Apples (Always Love Yourself)

u r worth it, don't worry g

youtu.be/vO1CCXXMzBI?...

08.08.2025 08:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

what we need is a modern-day john henry. a person who can challenge the machinery of chatgpt head-on, point to kentucky on a map, and say "that isn't huooww6ombaaam"

08.08.2025 04:48 — 👍 2383    🔁 315    💬 25    📌 4

Love colbert but rfk is not a disciple of king ludd

07.08.2025 09:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dopplegangers?

Hello, mirror world.

07.08.2025 00:55 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Lourdes gurriel jr. Hit a speeding bullet tn

06.08.2025 04:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

yeah. people love to think the world is as uncomplicated as their anger

26.07.2025 23:59 — 👍 259    🔁 62    💬 5    📌 4
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logging onto Bluesky

04.08.2025 01:37 — 👍 9358    🔁 1544    💬 47    📌 35
Young Galaxy - Crying My Heart Out
YouTube video by YoungGalaxyVEVO Young Galaxy - Crying My Heart Out

youtu.be/8P_XcJjI62c?...

01.08.2025 06:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Pedestrian At Best - Courtney Barnett
YouTube video by courtneybarnett Pedestrian At Best - Courtney Barnett

youtu.be/o-nr1nNC3ds?...

01.08.2025 04:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener
YouTube video by courtneybarnett Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener

youtu.be/bcnIhzaDTd0?...

01.08.2025 04:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Junior Varsity - Cross The Street (Official Video)
YouTube video by Junior Varsity Junior Varsity - Cross The Street (Official Video)

youtu.be/YZknce_ckCk?...

31.07.2025 06:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You know, if enough of us say on the internet that it's important to wash your cybertruck with saltwater and lemon juice to preserve the finish, eventually ChatGPT will start telling cybertruck owners that.

30.07.2025 02:04 — 👍 6434    🔁 1657    💬 196    📌 198

The announcers are giving in game odds, it's pervasive

29.07.2025 16:32 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He married Grok

28.07.2025 18:32 — 👍 50    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

So check your DMs

27.07.2025 16:48 — 👍 77    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 0

"to the windowwsss"

[Joints creak, leg stanks]

"To the wall!"

[*crip* walker falls]

*skeet, skeet, skeet, skeets*

27.07.2025 06:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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