Xina

The oceans, completely desiccated and drained.

Some of them merit those emotions, certainly. But also, I can’t help feeling curiousity and compassion for many of these people with all too human f(l)ailings writ large. They simply should not be in positions of power and influence with such little self-awareness.

It’s giving prison cell. White collar prison cell, but still.

“And the widespread focus on his buildings’ dazzling exteriors could distract from Mr. Gehry’s deeper goals: to create an architecture that was not just affecting but democratic in spirit and evocative of the messiness of human life.” ❤️

Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96

NYT obit (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

Why humans need humanities I went to give a very brief speech (just a five-minuter) at a British Academy festive-season celebration in the House of Commons earlier this week: a

Why humans need humanities | Blog post | Mary Beard
www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...

Panels from The Simpson’s episode featuring Frank Gehry.

RIP to the genius of organic formalism and an architecture of fluid dynamics, Frank Gehry 1929-2025).

And footnotes!

“Fan fiction about herself” is also devastating.

Love this shot.

I’d feel such unadulterated pity for many of these people, if they weren’t also destroying our country by being in positions of power.

I don’t know why the bullet-point made it so funny to me.

This poem rings often in my head lately, especially these lines:

The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/...

Full moon over East Hills in San Jose.

I’m now conjuring the Jeopardy! clue for this response.

How Green Was My Valley of the Dolls

Completely forgot that the music video is an homage to _Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome_.

A Thin Red Chorus Line

My C20 modernist heart is breaking. Just awful.

remove him as minority leader, then primary him.

Unconscionable.

Would you hire me?

Refreshed hair for headshots tomorrow.

Hideous.

💀

It’s that time of year: what was the piece of writing about AI that stuck with you the most this year, pop press or academic? A few of mine in the thread. ⬇️

That’s terrible. So scary.

Always money for cops, never money for libraries.

this is a travesty.

How is this legal? Shouldn’t these pieces be going to the National Gallery or the Smithsonian? They are ours, not his to sell off. It’s bad enough selling off land.

Cruel and devastating.