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Hungary, Serbia, Brazil... 👀

Somebody said "They voted for racism and got poverty" The thing is... social scientists and economists have been saying for the last 50 years Racism is austerity

Maatkare Hand-plotted on the Silver Reed SR-100, 2024

Wen esolang payola?

Start your weekend right with this Drexciya-inspired playlist from Cornelius -- and if you're in Toronto, go see this exhibition. Under the sea...

Every time I arrive in America I eat a breakfast burrito the size of my head and fall into a deep coma.

Heading to NYC tomorrow for a week of quasi-vacation. Have “White Noise” (Anna Uddenberg), “1 BILLION DOLLAR SHOW” (0xfff), and “Full Disclosure” (another Paola Antonelli extravaganza) flagged. Anything else I must/should check out?

*Look, science fiction was invented in the 1920s, while libraries have been burning-down ever since Sumeria *However, Artificial Intelligences getting burned down by remotely-targeted robot missiles, that's an exciting new trend *Is this situation some fantasist's "anxiety," no it isn't

Was at the bar for a big academic conference today and simultaneously watched scholars describe their research to one another, while a televised poker match played in the background. Consistent interactions on both fronts.

waymos are driven by the ghosts of people who died in debt

Le Random’s interactive generative art timeline is bonkers. Gonna file this one under ‘maximalist interface design.’

Kinda fired up.

"Muskism" is an excellent book but if you don't have time or bandwidth for it, this interview with @quinnslobodian.com & @bentarnoff.com is quite the definitive 'Elon explained' thedigradio.com/podcast/musk...

If I never launch a website again it will be too soon. 🫩

I gave a talk about my personal research into computer art history for teaching. It was organised by the Computer Arts Society in the UK and can be watched here »> www.youtube.com/watch?v=06di...

First time showing FatFinger — a dialect of JS that guesses at what you meant with your terrible, typo-filled code — as an installation. Four panels of frantically-written garbage code in various color schemes (top left inspired by Window 3.1’s legendary Hot Dog Stand)

Spent a week thinking about creative coding as a process being different than the coding artists do to achieve tool for a larger artwork and the space in between these since the “utility” coding is “solvable” with AI. 1/?

Afternoon vibes.

"Hand-coded software art created without generative AI." *Hahaha, take that, Walter Benjamin *The aura of hand-crafted code in the Age of Platform Generation #digitalart #critics

The infographics students are churning out (in lieu of doing their own design or thinking through diagramming) are not much better.

I am finally watching "Backrooms" and the opening scene immediately reminded me of "Spacy." If you get this reference, we need to talk.

The Spotify algorithm is serving me an abundance of songs featuring the Roland CR-78. 🥁

Morning vibes.

Been here for a few months now. Is the whole @bsky.app schtick that we live in a vaguely just universe?

I bought a hardcover version of "Neuromancer"... I haven't read any Gibson for more than 15 years and am primed to return to 'the source.'

techno-optimists befuddled by declining popular support for “the robot that tells you to kill yourself”, “the pervert glasses“, and “the camera network that stalks you”

Digital seance adjacent.

Afternoon vibes.