"The long con is to get you to believe as deeply as possible that attaching your one infinitely precious self to these endlessly mass-produced mockeries of art and forming up a human shield around them is in fact a moral act."

https://defector.com/space-jam-a-new-legacy-is-a-hell-known-only-to-the-undead/

A bit off-topic, but it's worth stopping a second and pondering on the state of 'culture' today

Amazon worker died by suicide at Las Vegas facility
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/amazon-worker-who-died-las-vegas-facility-fell-or-jumped-n1259242

https://redd.it/oo42t6
@Octoberstrike

It’s Bigger than Cuba

https://cwc.im/July11Cuba

To explore the causes and implications of the wave of protests that broke out in Cuba on July 11, we present two interviews with Cuban anarchists and a statement from an anarchist initiative in Cuba.

We have heard a wide range of explanations for last week’s protests in Cuba. Right-wing proponents of capitalism blame the Cuban government, charging that the protests stem from the failures of one-party socialism. Self-proclaimed anti-imperialists blame the United States government, alleging that these protests indicate covert US intervention. Others blame US sanctions on Cuba, suggesting that these are chiefly to blame for creating the economic conditions that sparked the protests.

Each of these narratives contains a grain of truth, but all fall short of grasping the whole. If we do not wish to simply project our own assumptions onto the events, the first thing we should do is to ask Cubans how they understand what is happening.

A 3°C world has no safe place
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