LIFE IN THE VAST LANE Upon birth, the North American cumulonimbus cloud rolls down from the Rocky Mountains, and from there, ever eastward into its notorious adult form, scraping along the troposphere with its anvil-like plumage. Cloudforms throughout... www.greaterrealityarea.net/life-in-the-...

Do yourself good covidianaesthetics.substack.com/p/the-llm-wi...

Line Drawing, Layered Print on Fabriano Paper (Sketch)

An obscure nephew known as “Head-biter”; a ghost that can‘t be crushed; the etymology of “thing“ in Chinese, used originally to designate a “piebald cow”; the “dusty world” as the realm of sensory, illusory experience. Highlights from the notes to ‘An Account of Marvels and of Beasts’, tr. Massa.

Somewhere around page 200 of Musil’s MwQ—chapter 40 or so— Moosbrugger is being shuttled in a jail van, shackled and escorted. Every character in the book is given autonomy to influence the development of the book, so is Moosbrugger, with the difference that he gets more entangled with every act

I wrote about comparative tarot largely during the pandemic, at compoundeye.substack.com, which is now free to read. As a collector of tarot decks, I found the choices artists make, and how they inform the whole of the medium to be a compelling space to write about at length.

I want to retweet a hookland post, but the comment is not suited as top-quote, nor is it retweet+reply, rather a retweet+side comment (margin)

the bulk of the timeline here imparts a mix of too urgent, too talented or too formal, sometimes all three. about half of the posts I see are reposts. it misses the casual show of force that some of you have on twitter

At my blog, a brief statement on the past & the future of the Empyrean Series, which will turn 5 years old this April jsief.com/2026/01/05/s...

12x12 acrylic on wood

Short wintry poem.

The bicephalous jackalope leads a complex and short existence due to only one of its heads being materially real. Though it may at first seem cumbersome, this grants it an evolutionary advantage over its better known cousin, the common jackalope, as the... www.greaterrealityarea.net/an-endangere...

Very pleased to feature in the epically long running Dusie Tuesday poem series, with thanks to @robmclennan.bsky.social Here is the first piece, with more at dusie.blogspot.com/2025/12/tues...

the Internet does this thing where a fine idea will be hijacked by a buzzword—think of “Agile”— and you sort of tune it out, and everything surrounding it

On this, the day of my birth, I am pleased to announce that I will be launching my next publication, THE GREATER REALITY AREA, on JANUARY 3RD, 2026. It has been several years since NORTH OF REALITY, and here shall begin my long awaited return to the fray! New logo by @tinyobscurae.bsky.social

Musil’s paragraph expanded with Gpt

Cloud game on point today

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I am co-leading a year-long Man Without Qualities Reading Group with @samantharhill.bsky.social , starting on Monday, October 13th. Join us! Details can be found here: genesegrill.substack.com/p/man-withou...

Full reading and meeting schedule for our year-long exploration of Musil's The Man Without Qualities.

Marylin Manson (sneaks to) meets Marianne Faithful

Most of the cries in outrage on ex-twitter were in earnest and show a persecution complex, but with a twist: each of the RW-ers — however popular— believes they’re marginalized because of their unique values. Then all of a sudden, every one of them got flooded with echoes of just the same.

Still quite desperate to sell books and collectibles. I am also available for Tarot readings, esoteric studies coaching, and K-12 or college/grad student tutoring via zoom. t3dy.substack.com/p/books-for-...

I love Chladni figures. A lot. So I wrote this.

The LLM will meet you where you’re at covidianaesthetics.substack.com/p/the-llm-wi...

Line Drawing, Layered Print on Hahnemühle Textured Paper

“Not followed by anyone you’re following” is a better indicator than a tag saying [Rude]

Just learned this site flags certain accounts as “Rude,” lol

Tom Clancy’s Grand Theft Auto

Mubi is having a promotion (may be region-specific, check yours) that’s worth looking into. Only 3,5 euros monthly for the first 6 months,

Mónica reads her poems. 17 Aug episode. www.993countyfm.ca/show/the-spo...

Week 33 of documenting everything I buy at the reduced counter this year. This week, some finds from the shores of the Danube.

The Prince of Denmark

Approaching 200 views on the YouTube video of my conversation with B.R. Yeager about Negative Space. At some point his internet died and he called me on a landline and I held my phone up to the microphone. The audio is bad, but the conversation was great.

Meteorite breaking up in the atmosphere over Ibiza, last night. Photo by Finn O’Hanlon.

Mónica wrote about the unsettling eversions of LLMs and the collapse of its theatrical mechanics into the user.

Massive

The Surrender of Man by Naomi Falk (ItC)

If you happen to be in Brussels between now and 23rd August please do go and see the current group exhibition at Rossi Contemporary, I am lucky enough to have some prints on show alongside these wonders: #davidquinn #johnvanoers et al. www.rossicontemporary.be/%F0%9F%95%8A

Mónica wrote about the unsettling eversions of LLMs and the collapse of its theatrical mechanics into the user.

One of the things at play is the spead of reading vs the speed of parsing and the loading of it

WTR is a jewel among podcasts, listen to Joe!