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Image source: IMDB One of the running themes of my writing has been re-examining long-held assumptions about movie history. I have a bleeding heart for panned films and a skepticism towards broad claims. If you’ve dipped your toes into...
[“No, thanks, Dad. I'd rather make out with my Monroebot.”] Way back in the mid-2000s, Neil Strauss’s book “The Game” shone a spotlight on the so-called seduction community. One of the book’s main characters was pickup artist Erik von...
I have had a myriad of questions about the straw bonnets Caroline, Mary, and Laura are wearing as they enter Independence for the first time. Questions in post comments, private messages, text messages, in-person, and on the live watch...
Let's do a thought experiment: do you care if a state actor tries to access your mail provider? I think most people would respond "when would that happen?" Well, as the EFF reports the DHS has issued unlawful subpoenas to Google for...
The first issue of, "White Boat," came out from DSTLRY back in mid-2024. It took some time, but the second issue was released as well, and a hoot. Then...delays. It got to the point DSTLRY announced a temporary shutdown/pause, and it had...
Don’t worry, I’m not desperate enough to use any social media that requires me to give my ID. The other week (6/30), Bsky had accidentally “temporarily” rolled out age verification for TX based users - that roll out was a “mistake” but...
A paper sculpture study of Why not Sneeze by Rrose Selavy, and accompanying labels I forgot until I heard Michelle Kuo mention it again on Modern Art Notes Podcast, but one of the real discoveries of the Marcel Duchamp retrospective was...
The mind loves to change the world. Just not itself. It wants to fix the politics, the web, the weather. It picks up ideologies and wears them like it invented them. Nothing can be changed. Things happen, or they don't. A thought has no...
How many weeds do you have to whack before the weeds tell you to knock it off? In author Jo Miles new sci-fi novel, there might be more than meets the eye to a stubborn, vegetation filled planet. Grab a machete and hack your way through...
Opus 4: Henry VI, Part 3
For over a decade I’ve traded as Obvious Things, a name that’s only appeared on paperwork. Later this year I’ll finally be launching OT properly as a focused art + design practice, which I’m really excited about. In the meantime, I’ve...
It's 2028. You buy a six-pack. You open the brand app, scan your face, and touch your nose to get the token to remove the cap protection. Although you need to agree to share your geolocation data, it's redundant since the protection...
My favourite account of death and dying comes from The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. It describes the death of Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina and the Leopard. But this morning I read another account that greatly appealed...
Goodbye Bonnie Tyler – and thank you for all your wonderful, gutsy over the top performances. You will most certainly be missed – although we still have your music. Without wanting to sound maudlin, when you reach a certain age and pop...
King Henry I know not what to say; my title’s weak. The years after the Battle of St. Albans were a time of surface calm and secret plotting in and around the English royal court. Queen Margaret, who was proving to be a far stauncher...