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Hakim Bey, Cyberpunk, and Epstein’s TAZ
Remember Hakim Bey? Powerful 1990s techno-optimist essays about “Temporary Autonomous Zones”, “building upon the shifting sands”, and all that good Cyberpunk-era agitprop. Anarchist. Fluid moralities. Philosophy for the Future. Bey had a full working theory of dynamic, ephemeral power relations suited to a utopian, anarchist, post-State world. Any 1990s Chaote worth their salt had read… Continue reading
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a little poem…
Here’s to the World of Pundits,the Realm of the Take and the PodWhere Yglesias speaks only to EzraAnd Ezra speaks only to God. (With apologies to GB Shaw). Continue reading
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Three Sages, a Wristwatch, and the Sun: A Parable.
Three Sages are taking an evening walk in the nearby woods. “Such a lovely Evening!”, says the First Sage. “I wonder when it will end?”, says the Second Sage. The Third Sage looks at his Wristwatch. “Sunset is supposed to happen at 7:30pm, today. That gives us about twenty minutes more.” The First Sage looks… Continue reading
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“Russia, Russia, Russia!” (A poem)
Here’s a little poem I wrote… “Russia Russia Russia!” Matt Taibbi, fuck you. I was right. You were wrong. “Russia Russia Russia!” Glenn Greenwald, fuck you. I was right. You were wrong. “Russia Russia Russia!” Ryan Grim, fuck you. I was right. You were wrong. “Russia Russia Russia!” Andrew Sullivan, fuck you. I was right.… Continue reading
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The Great Combining…
…is still in progress. But everything now sits here under this one banner, at least. All of “me”, from the various special-purpose sites I (very) sporadically updated over the past decade. It seems fitting to do this now, at the end of the year. End of the decade. Also the end of this particular ‘era’… Continue reading
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