This will be the most accurate interpretation of the Hatfield manifesto you will see in the coming days/weeks. I suggest you read it.

At some point, people are going to have to admit that the Democrats and the Republicans want the same thing. (And that thing is fascism.)

Apologies for the substack link, but this is a must-read from @nolore.bsky.social. I knew as soon as I heard the journalist at the SPVM press conference asking if a member of the jewish community had been killed that the propaganda machine was going to try to make this about antisemitism.

My hatred of asmr is visceral. And 100% of advertising online is now asmr. It’s absolute torture. I don’t want to see anymore tapping of the box with fingernails before opening it. That doesn’t make me want to buy a product. It makes me want to hit myself in the head with a hammer.

Just watched the SPVM press conference. 3 dead: 1 cop, 1 suspect and one civilian. Sounds like the shooter was firing from the hotel window onto the street. Not many details shared beyond that.

Montreal police to citizens: “while you wait for updates on whether it is safe for you to go outside, check out some AI-generated CSAM.”

Love receiving an alert on my phone saying there is an “armed and dangerous suspect” in the area, and being directed to X, the nazi app, for further updates.

The viral fake quote attributed to Jeff Bezos got me thinking about how, in contrast to the fossil industry's disinfo campaigns, big tech is just destroying our shared reality from the inside out Inside media outlets, inside academia and yes, inside climate organisations and institutions as well ->

Follow me on Letterboxd (if you like ambiguous reviews that are nonetheless rated 1 or 5 stars). letterboxd.com/greatvowelsh...

“It’s ok, don’t worry about it.” “I’m not worried.” I hate when people do that. “Don’t worry about it” is an expression. It’s shorthand to mean: “We can move on. No further discussion is needed.” I didn’t think you were sitting there actually worrying about me.

More of this, please

DON'T SHARE THIS, IT'S AI FABRICATED It's fake - the media outlet almost certainly used generative AI to write this and it pulled from a "parody" acct (www.instagram.com/p/DZu8trmR89Y/) The more you share this, the more you help the pro-AI bros say this is all fake www.youtube.com/live/ho_Zmwg...

HOLLERING START TO FINISH this is so good

“We can’t live a full dignified life — with the ability to question authority, have different relationships with people, test ideas [and] blow off steam — if we don’t have private communication.”

Donald Trump has managed to accomplish none of his war aims — worse yet, he's financed the new-old Iranian regime for years to come. Why would anyone laud this bumbling insanity? www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Someone told me they are doing "self-acupuncture" as part of their CBT and for the first time ever I can't tell from context clues if they mean cognitive behavioural therapy or cock and ball torture.

This week's newsletter.

I'm glad I'm watching movies again.

Absolute banger of an album. My favourite track is probably a tossup between Lord Only Knows and Readymade, but deep respect for the way Novacane disintegrates into a chaotic mess of pure noise for the last minute.

This kind of surveillance would be bad even if the technology was 100% accurate, but it’s going to make a ton of mistakes and guess who’s going to be impacted the most? I’m guessing higher error rates for Black people and racialized minorities.

I didn't like this movie very much but I gave it five stars because I'm psychotic and my rating system is intentionally designed to frustrate me and everyone else. letterboxd.com/greatvowelsh...

“As you encounter the next invasive digital ID system, I encourage you to push back and ask others to stop and think about the world we are building.” - @rebeccawilliams.info rebeccawilliams.info/classificati...

This is a must-read thread. Incredibly bleak, but important to understand that this is what students are going through. University administrations are either naive, corrupt, or they just don't care about their students' wellbeing.

the personal fixation trickled down from a broader dependency on metrics... same machine that chips away at the creativity of ads and entertainment... because before we had so much data to point to/blame, instinct was key and that risk was acceptable.

This is the first I'm hearing about that movie and also the fact that Armie Hammer is back from whatever hole he crawled into after the cannibalism thing came out. Can't say I'm happy about any of these developments.

I updated my iOS (very late) and Apple’s design philosophy for this version seems to be: (1) everything you used to be able to do in one tap now requires two taps, and (2) everything is over-animated and bounces for some reason. I hate it so much.

youre not going to believe this but the dumb assholes we put in charge have fucked everything up

lol It makes so much sense now why this guy has been campaigning so hard for the repeal of Section 230. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a psyop.

Exciting news! I am joining the Homosaurus Collective as project coordinator to help with the French translation of the LGBTQ+ linked-data vocabulary. Among other responsibilities, I will be reviewing terminology and planning feedback sessions with Quebec-based community organizations.

Someone randomly bought an album I released in 2008 today on Bandcamp. No idea who they are, how they found it, or why the purchased it. Very strange.

Exciting news! I am joining the Homosaurus Collective as project coordinator to help with the French translation of the LGBTQ+ linked-data vocabulary. Among other responsibilities, I will be reviewing terminology and planning feedback sessions with Quebec-based community organizations.

Sometimes, people write really bad reviews of movies I like, and then sometimes I write really bad reviews of movies other people like.

you say "i asked chatgpt" i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]" an improv group wrote this report instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group

Gonna try to send weekly newsletter for the rest of the summer. First one went out last week. You can sign up (free) to get updates in your inbox.

Malls won't let teens in without an adult and cops are banning young adults from going to the beach. We got rid of public transit and third spaces. There are no sidewalks, and kids riding bikes get hassle by NextDoor NIMBYs. Where the fuck are teenagers supposed to go?

This review is unhinged.

Scaffolding's not just the stage or screen; it's the main event! archive.org/details/scaf... www.e-flux.com/architecture... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... www.hbomax.com/shows/how-to... www.avclub.com/john-wilson-...

Watching workers erect scaffolding, as fascinating as it is, doesn’t quite provide the same catharsis as watching workers take down a dictator’s name from a building.

always complete this checklist before leaving the house

The net retained earnings from SpaceX and Tesla combined is in the *negative* $5 billion range. Musk's other ventures assuredly combine to make billions more in accrued losses. Musk, Inc has been around for 2 decades and never generated positive returns on capital. It's all an illusion, even now

Can't seem to figure out when is a good time to post or how to get people to read things I write. I'm just gonna leave this here again. If this resonates with you, say hello. Maybe subscribe. It's about Arthur Russell, queer longing, how difficult it is to write, and why I hate AI.

🤣 Mais l’IA va éliminer le cancer ! Lololol

Wow.

Can't seem to figure out when is a good time to post or how to get people to read things I write. I'm just gonna leave this here again. If this resonates with you, say hello. Maybe subscribe. It's about Arthur Russell, queer longing, how difficult it is to write, and why I hate AI.

Turned some recent musings into a blog post. Read it here and/or sign up for my newsletter. www.yanbasque.com/the-sky-is-r...

Turned some recent musings into a blog post. Read it here and/or sign up for my newsletter. www.yanbasque.com/the-sky-is-r...

Yesterday, I was chatting with a friend who has published a novel and is currently editing his second one. I told him writing a book has always been the thing I most want to accomplish in this life, but I don't think I can do it because writing is torture. Today, life answered me with this quote.

Goddamnit. I ordered more pens.

This graphic illustrates Canada's new "AI for all" policy. The inner circle that says "ADOPTION > ADOPTION > ADOPTION" is literal insanity and summarizes everything wrong with this policy. ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...