S H A P E C A T S

"toward a provisional avant-garde" from a handbook of disappointed fate, anne boyer

Drawing in mspaint? Cool, impressive,  But whenever I see that, I think about the person who makes their art in power point  Every time I see them it boggles me

(their account)

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it.

Theses on Feuerbach

whenever i'm trying to talk myself out of buying something i don't need i always hear my old russian professor's voice echoing in my head: "WHAT??? WILL YOU DIE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE GRAVEYARD?" and then i make an unwise financial decision

That chapter is really saying, “If you do everything right, and you’re still living in a society that is deeply impacted by its hatred of the poor and its fear of precarity, you’re still going to create systems that punish, police, and profile.” And that’s the most frustrating place that people get to. Because then they’re like, “Well then, what do we do?” And they want me to give them a ten-point plan for creating better technologies. And I’m like, “Well, what we do is, join in social movements, and end poverty everywhere, and forever.” And I’m sorry that that’s a frustrating answer. But it’s the real answer.

The High-Tech Poorhouse

“The ‘natural’ is not necessarily a ‘human’ value.”

The Problem of Sex

soundscape of young green martian playing with pvc pipes

I can't stress enough how much I miss StumbleUpon