We are in an age of big kitsch (which goes hand in hand with fascism): received wisdom, worn out tropes, no ambiguity. Since AI isn’t generative on its own, it’s the ultimate kitsch production machine. I guess there’s a few ways to look at that? Maybe Art is safe, but we aren’t?

Repost with a cool B&W image of you. Here’s me, unhinged late-night in the writing shed, probably 10 years ago.

I’m sorry, but can someone explain to me what started the copyright dust up? Maybe what the salient point is?

Powerful front page of tomorrow's edition of The Daily Tar Heel, UNC's student newspaper. From text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday.

Today, for the first time in ~25 years of freelancing, I spiked my own piece—elusive, resistant sources, no fun, no traction. I love reporting, but I did not love this bullshit. It would be wrong of me to recommend this path, but it felt good to hit the bricks.