Andy Barnes

Slopocalypse Now Hari Kunzru surveys the AI slop that dominates our feeds and likens the way it drowns out information to a new form of censorship.

“In the new age of magic, when reality is labile and can be recoded by the power of signs, by narrative and memes and vibes and compelling images, art becomes a truly political technology. “ I wrote about AI slop, truth, politics, art and magic www.artforum.com/features/yea...

Now through this weekend, I'll donate $1 to @51st.news for each:
- person who reposts this post
- new follower @51st.news ws gets
- new follower @maustermuhle.bsky.social gets
- new follower @christurdisani.bsky.social gets
- new follower I get

And tag/DM me your donation = I'll match it 1:1.

How to Advocate for Trans Rights in Your Community Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.

Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

I am RIGHT NOW available to zoom with Maria bamford and listen to her material for 30 minutes

^wanted to echo this. It’s stolen many hours from my wife and me. I will say I am hooked despite not usually being into puzzle games. Worth a shot! Especially free.

What It Means To Fund Studies in Transition "Regret" | Defector After a month of dismantling more than $180 million in national research on trans health, meaning research in support of the health of trans people, the White House has reportedly directed the Nationa...

What it means to fund studies in transition "regret"

Kingdom Of The Biters | Defector The summer after I got married, one of my bosses bit me on the arm. I had a lot of jobs that summer, and a lot of bosses; at the time, I was recreating the sort of interchangeable, poorly paid jobs I’...

As I wrote, elite lawlessness also proves out the basic premise of Trumpism, which is that all of governance is finally just rich creeps doing whatever they want, whenever they want; the degeneracy of the people doing it, and what they do, is a self-perpetuating thing. defector.com/kingdom-of-t...

Thought I had at start of covid pandemic-“if this happened sooner a younger Bradford Cox would have released 20 albums.”

The Militia and the Mole Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.

He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.

propub.li/3DGXECO

If anyone reading is throwing theirs out, you could instead send them to me. Just an idea!

Excited to feel this way every 4 years until I die.

One of my most anticipated reads this year! Not sure how many people are doing it better than Clowes in the world of comics at the moment. Pairing it with an iced americano 😎.

Been on a big Graeber kick this year (RIP 😢). Few writers have encouraged my thinking more. 🍒 🍐 elite duo 🤤.

Book and beverage thread:
Klein continues to do fine* and some of you would turn your nose up at an Rhubarb Pie Sour but you’d be in the wrong 👍👍🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿.

*referencing that viral tweet as her work is obviously much more than fine. What a vital and generous thinker!