Michael Waugh

quantum superpositioning. They're all the worst simultaneously.

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

every day is Halloween!

what if there was a rapture, and, oops, they weren't it.

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics.

The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.

I’m grateful and honored to have been selected as a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown

The night after the murder of Melissa Hortman, the Democratic legislator in Minnesota, the Yankees were at the Red Sox and neither team requested a moment of silence.

For an actual public servant.

Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.

Of note: they tell you how much it costs for the government to run the free filing system, but they don’t tell you how much it would cost to have a private corporation do it. (Hint: it would cost taxpayers more to have a private corporation do it.)

the more they fail, the more they win

unlike, say, the Bush administration, where they scrambled to "spin" things that don't go their way, this admin actually plans for both/either outcome. In this instance, a legal defeat will be used as further reason to declare that emergency executive powers are necessary.

and that repeating the lie several times makes it more likely to be true. People are saying?

squirt "on"?

most people have never been told that the way the body processes alcohol is very similar to how it processes fat. Imagine drinking a glass of fryer oil.

Hannah Arendt knew

Muir Woods exhibit is first casualty of White House directive to erase history "In order to know your role in history, you need to see yourself in it."

Muir Woods exhibit becomes first casualty of White House directive to erase history www.sfgate.com/california-p...

One of my works at the Zero Art Fair got a nice mention in the Art Newspaper (article and photo by Carlie Porterfield) www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/15/f...

Are you a believer in ghosts, my friend?

The federal workers I've spoken with emphasize it isn't just their substantive work that's suffering - basic organizational functions like payroll and IT are breaking down.

This comment from a recent NYT article haunts me. "It was only when he left that we truly realized his value..."

Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work

Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work
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cyborg security camera

predawn at Rockaway Beach, showing lines of newly planted dune grasses

The bigots are more honest than the hoarders

When a lot of artists make a little of their work available, art is brought out of storage and into loving homes, enlarging the community of those who live with art and beginning a virtuous cycle of generosity."
–Jennifer Dalton and William Powhida, fair founders, 2024.
5/5

This fair brings out into the open what is normally hidden behind smoke and mirrors: that fine art is abundant rather than scarce.
4/5

"While it is not a sustainable model for artists to give away more than a small fraction of the artwork they create, the fair exists in part to remind the art world that the retail prices within the art market are a fiction for most working people, including artists themselves.
3/5

image 1: detail from: Overview (The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, part 0). 2017. Ink on Mylar. 33″ x 25.5″ x 2″ (framed size)
image 2: detail from: Planned Parenthood. 2016. Acrylic on paper with ink overprinting. 3rd in a series of 12 varied works. 20″ x 30.5″ x 1.75” (framed size)
2/5