Discovered the art of Hank Willis this morning by way of my UofA alumni magazine
hankwillisthomas.com/works/from-caint-see-in-the-mornin-til-caint-see-at-night
"...we are in an epoch in life where we largely via institutionalizations and habituation and just the patterns of the late stage distraction economy in modernity, we largely do not think for ourselves. We also have politicians and media that can perpetuate propaganda that we don't have...journalistic integrity...because a myriad factors include including perverse incentivization. So just we more than ever people need to develop the capacity to think for themselves"
"We’re not just in the era of the billionaire. We’re in the era of billionaire moral cosplay, where obscene wealth and performative wokeness coexist without contradiction. One minute you’re flying to space “to see Earth’s fragility,” the next you’re launching rockets, torching oceans, and parking your teak-lined guilt barge off the coast of Cannes to go applaud your fiancé for saving the planet."
The thing that astonishes me is somehow Bezos and Sánchez are aesthetically the personification of every warning from every wise thinker and prophet of all of recorded history. You don't have to know the details, you can just look at them and go, "Yep, this is what Jesus warned us about!"
@jalefkowit new Turin Brakes! Thank you for alerting me :)
Today we learned that Walter can jump straight up onto the top of our 8' fence when properly motivated 🐿️ #catsofmastodon
More #cats cuddling. Shortly after this photo was taken the Siamese did a big stretch over the side and slinked out of the bed like a snake, laying just next to it on the rug
Ok, I don't see many sites dedicated entirely to slop, but this one is oddly dada. wisefamousquotes.com
wisefamousquotes.com/friedrich-nietzsche-quotes/always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-the-191426/
