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Mississippi Goshdarn

“Social reality is infinitely more complicated than ideology. There's no reason a documentary film shouldn't be as complex and subtle as a good novel.”-Frederick Wiseman Frederick Wiseman is not only ...

Scrolling through a social media channel, as one does when the mind is at its idlest, I saw a familiar film clip, posted with the intention of making us happy. Certain clips have gained seemingly e…

Worked a sewer tonight. Played to lost children, luring each kid with balloon animals made from the entrails of the previous one. Killer set.

(after someone else's skeet)

YouTube video by Cursed Gecko

Ainsi Dieu seul est l’unité primitive ou la substance simple originaire, dont toutes les Monades créées ou dérivatives sont des productions, et naissent, pour ainsi dire, par des fulgurations continue...

No one remembers the assassination of Congressman James M. Hinds. What do we risk by making it just another part of American history?

A while ago I was reading a book that, for reasons unclear, kept trying to link everything to Peter Pan, which, if one is not a child (and even if one is), is a rather creepy text, with rather creepy details. A passage that has stuck with me and was unearthed from the further reaches […]

YouTube video by Cindy Lee Berryhill - Topic

While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…

The last time I read Goce Smilevski’s Conversation with Spinoza, I had not read Spinoza. I was not particularly interested in Spinoza. I was interested in Balkan fiction. I suppose I still am interest...

I’m a bit surprised that Pierre Trudeau’s famous “sleeping with an elephant” speech has not been getting more play in recent weeks: