Ian Land

Why the Internet Has Probably Been a 'Disaster for Humanity' Some thoughts on the one claim in Paul Kingsnorth's 'Against the Machine' that it's hard not to agree with.

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You don’t hate him enough | Ben Sixsmith | The Critic Magazine Piers Morgan has one major talent: attention-seeking. This man is the Michael Phelps, Lionel Messi and John von Neumann of attention-seeking. He could get attention on a quiet afternoon in the Sahara…

Lovely piece eviscerating one of the UK appendages of the global idiocracy

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Staying Sane During Insane Times: The Check-In with Danielle Moodie and Jared Yates Sexton The battle is every single day

Great conversation between @jysexton.bsky.social and @daniellemoodie.bsky.social

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The politics of drawing a moral line The politics of drawing a moral line.

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The excellent @iandunt.bsky.social on why it's right to call racists racist. I agree with every word of this.

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.

Thank god for Ta-Nehisi Coates for continuing to say true things about Charlie Kirk

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YouTube video by Vlad Vexler Trump Isn’t a Russian Agent. It’s Worse.

Very good from Vlad Vexler

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Every beat of my heart This is the bass-drum head from the kit I used as a member of an R&B band in 1964-65. Last week, two days after I’d taken it to the recycling centre as part of a general clearout of super…

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Populism's Achilles' heel There's just one small problem. The public don't want what they're selling.

Great piece by @iandunt.bsky.social

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So Shines A Good Deed In A Weary World Dark isn't the opposite of light, it's the absence of light.

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It's A Robbery: Fascism as a Means for Plundering Authoritarianism isn't just an ideology or political project. It's also an avenue for stealing your money

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Brian Wilson meets his fans (1988) On September 24, 1988, at the parish hall of Our Lady of the Visitation in Greenford, a West London suburb, Brian Wilson paid an unannounced visit to the annual convention of Beach Boys Stomp, a UK…

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‘Parenthood is messy’: what it’s really like to raise a child – in pictures Aware that social media paints an unrealistic picture of ‘perfect’ parenting, Kirsten Lewis spent 15 years capturing the raw reality of life with kids. Her message? Your children love you!

This cheered me up this morning

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YouTube video by The Bulwark Ta-Nehisi Coates Unleashed on Trump and the LA Riots | Bulwark Podcast

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Gavin Newsom calls threats to deploy US marines in California ‘deranged’ Defense secretary Pete Hegseth raises possibility of deploying marines amid protests that erupted in wake of Ice raids

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He's going to declare martial law soon so there are no midterm elections. Just watch.

Epping Forest shot with a 1950s Ensign Selfix 1620 folding camera on very expired Ilford HP5.

There's a book coming, and a show alongside it (early September). The book will be hand sewn and hand finished by my own calloused hands. The initial proof looks promising...

Springtime for Hitler It's not Bake Off. It's a global far-right insurgency.

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God, I wish this were true. ☠️😭

It's Saturday night and nobody else is home so I'm busy working out two page spreads for my next book and listening to Frank Zappa very loud. Perfect evening. #filmphotography #blackandwhite

Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case What it said, what it didn't, and what happens next.

"Over the last two weeks, we have witnessed the single most aggressive attack on a minority since Section 28... The intended result of this pressure is to erase trans people from society."

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Weekend Update #130: "Concessions" That Are Not Concessions Trump Threatens to Sanction Putin (again); Russia Does Not Want A Ceasefire?

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David Thomas, anarchic Pere Ubu bandleader, dies aged 71 The US musician was a major influence on post-punk and alt-rock scenes thanks to his spirited, chaotic style

RIP David Thomas. Pere Ubu have been a part of my life since around 1980. One of the greats, you will be missed.

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Trump Terrifies Putin with Pleading Note With some very scary letters in ALL CAPS!

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Back in the darkroom working on prints for a new book, provisionally titled Consolations. Watch this space. #35mm #ilfordphoto #hp5plus #ilfordmultigrade

Alpha Male and Jew The manosphere's antisemitic turn

Alpha Male and Jew: on the manosphere’s antisemitic turn: open.substack.com/pub/jamesblo...

Great piece

My parents holding hands after their assisted deaths: Martin Roemers’ most personal photograph ‘Their lives were getting harder, even with help. They did not want to go to a nursing home and neither wanted to live without the other. So they left this life together’

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A fascist. No. Any other questions?