The current XLR situation.

The History of Concrete
it's delightful, because it's mostly a film about noticing things, and then fixating on them to the point of transcendence. it's funny, it's charming, it looks at the world through a very familiar lens, one that picks up on the inherent contradictions of reality.
would see it again, honestly, because the links between things are so tangled.

Arundhati Roy: "can this game last forever? Can all the people be fooled all the time? Can a country with a population of a billion-and-a-half be dragged around like a corpse forever? It cannot"

(from July)

https://thewire.in/rights/cockroach-democracy-unarmed-and-dangerous

#India #CockroachMovement

nic cage in true detective is such a good choice. when i told the spouse about it he responded "i thought he was already in true detective" but no, he was thinking of Bad Lieutenant.

oh man, that feeling when super cool people who you admire get in touch and say they like your work, that is a strong one

(more info about the instrument here: https://www.impracticaldevices.com/docs/devices/str500/)

A video about the STR-500 string sampler. boopity boopity boop!

https://youtu.be/luxsUPbPhyk

🎨 Tori Tinsley

#asstodon

these fucking people:

"How [loophole] led to children eating rocket fuel chemicals"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/10/fda-toxic-chemicals-food-analysis

#MAHA #uspol #RFKJr

storm clouds ➡️ rain

#HurricaneRachel #CAwx

somehow i am not sure that detaining the leaders of the cockroaches is going to work out how authorities intend:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/indias-cockroach-leaders-detained-new-delhi-in-lockdown

#India #CJP #CockroachMovement

Again, asking, who is the mangrove queen? #now

There is even facial recognition for wildlife now 🙈

https://www.fastcompany.com/91470657/bears-facial-recognition-tool

#STS #AnimalStudies #surveillance #nature #conservation #animals

Estem avui a @AKASHAHub fent un dia de preparació per al nostre estand en Mozfest! Veniu a veure'ns el dia 29 d'octubre - tindrem fanzines, activitats, i bosses tote impreses a mà per a regalar :-)

i don't want anyone to feel like i'm advertising to them, so i've mostly stopped telling friends about this stuff, at least in 1-on-1 conversations. plus it's exhausting to be creating so many IG stories, substack notes, linkedin posts etc (which i wouldn't do nearly as much if it weren't tied to my income); when i'm not online i revert to being rather introverted & sensitive.. which isn't compatible with hawking my wares... just saying

dear #nyc i'm giving a free talk next week- actually better described as an interactive philosophy seminar. this is an updated version of an event i held in brooklyn last year (the one where i met & befriended masto.nyc admin @jmac 😎 ), & the venue is a game hall, so maybe afterwards we'll drink beer & shoot pool.

10/14 5:30pm at Sour Mouse - link here, even tho it's free advance registration is strongly encouraged: https://luma.com/genai-art

oh, & 1 more thing...

#philosophy #ai #LLM #art

This is my close reading of the definition of a “stochastic parrot,” which I brought up at this “Critical AI?” conference and was surprised at how many people even in this field reject it. So this is my argument for how I use it, which may or may not be how it was intended. https://mail.cyberneticforests.com/6ac0c5c66bd6ac00018c7121/

From the 1862 series "Mécanisme de la physiologie humaine" by Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne, at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris.

#electrostimulation #systemsthatmatter

"One story, she said, dictates that it's our job to watch the universe, even when the watching changes things or brings harm. Put a collar on a wolf and people's philosophical perceptions of the animal shift"

really good read!

https://www.engadget.com/2018-05-21-inside-the-animal-internet.html

#animals #nature #surveillance #STS #AnimalStudies