Local AgencyI am the price you pay
for having built LA
a prison of authority
for the visible majority
There is no stopping me
I'm the one you cannot see
undermining all authority.
I am trying to set you free.
(pfp is an 35nm violin, background is a selfie of the universe)
Local AgencySpeaking up for people who are not in the room is the actual job.
Be warned that it does not feel good.
It feels lonely, and scary; and full of potential to go very off the rails.
But if you do it. The world will hopefully be fractionally better because you acted when you had the chance.
Local AgencyWhat billionaires fear more than guillotines is being dispossessed.
Their claims of ownership going unrecognized, their lands taken over to house and feed the people, their corporate assets redeployed to serve the interests of a saner future.
Local AgencyThe wrong way is to limit the use of knowledge. To gatekeep it and require attribution and remuneration for every fact known, every theory considered, to channel it into only productive uses and prevent all others merely to create a hydraulic despotism of the mind.
The right way is to share knowledge as freely, as assuredly and as saliently as possible. Anybody who has a need or wish or even a tangential interest in a fact, formula, observation, or other informational object or cultural practice should have immediate and unmediated access to it.
The right way also involves a shared knowledge as cultural practice of embracing the human dignity of those applying the knowledge to the benefit (collective, future, theoretical, planned) of humanity.
The wrong way involves poisoning all knowledge used to defend against despotism by replacing it with synthetic garbage that prevents the absorption of new knowledge.
The right way includes social sanctions against being an asshole and polluting shared environments with bad ideas that poison shared environments and render them unusable.
The right way is not particularly difficult for the average person to follow; nor does it put obstacles in the way of them taking care of themselves.
The wrong way is a theft of time and energy from the vast majority for the benefit of a tiny minority.
In sum, the ownership class must be destroyed.
Local AgencyThe Pandemic Years.
Portrait of the artist as an office worker from a dystopian present where one must take precautions.
Not shown in the picture: the immense load of immune suppressing molecules that were pumped into his bloodstream the day befoer.
Also not shown:
The gratitude he has that those molecules hold off the biochemical fire that burns within and has three times flayed him while he lay in his sickbed.
Definitely not shown: The rare privilege he has to have been granted as much reprieve from death as he has; and the certain knowledge that many others with less privilege were left to suffer and die.
Local AgencySpeaking up for people who are not in the room is the actual job.
Be warned that it does not feel good.
It feels lonely, and scary; and full of potential to go very off the rails.
But if you do it. The world will hopefully be fractionally better because you acted when you had the chance.
Local AgencyWhat billionaires fear more than guillotines is being dispossessed.
Their claims of ownership going unrecognized, their lands taken over to house and feed the people, their corporate assets redeployed to serve the interests of a saner future.
Local AgencyY'know. Boots in the streets of the Capital city is usually not a good sign.
Local AgencyRemember when billions of dollars of actual cash went missing in Iraq?
And we thought that was the heights of corruption?
We were younger then and more naive.
Local Agency"People who live near the coast live longer and healthier lives and we don't know why."
Have you considered that it might be because they are wealthy and can afford quality medical care?
Local AgencyThe idea of a typographically varied social feed is equal parts appealing and horrifying.
Local Agency#OCF gave me covid in 2024, and it's all my fault.
Oh, yeah; I'm totally gonna recover from brain damage, on my own without guidance. Yep!
O hai. Can I train up as a brain therapist?
Step one, keep your brain well fed. Omega3 fish oil supplements contain the precursors your brain needs to do its thing.
Step two, physical exercise is brain therapy. A healthy brain requires a vigorous body to support it.
Step three, challenge your brain by reading books, visiting with friends, discovering new places.
Eat well and work your body in non-destructive ways.
"Mens sana in corpore sano." et merde
Local AgencyThe wrong way is to limit the use of knowledge. To gatekeep it and require attribution and remuneration for every fact known, every theory considered, to channel it into only productive uses and prevent all others merely to create a hydraulic despotism of the mind.
The right way is to share knowledge as freely, as assuredly and as saliently as possible. Anybody who has a need or wish or even a tangential interest in a fact, formula, observation, or other informational object or cultural practice should have immediate and unmediated access to it.
The right way also involves a shared knowledge as cultural practice of embracing the human dignity of those applying the knowledge to the benefit (collective, future, theoretical, planned) of humanity.
The wrong way involves poisoning all knowledge used to defend against despotism by replacing it with synthetic garbage that prevents the absorption of new knowledge.
The right way includes social sanctions against being an asshole and polluting shared environments with bad ideas that poison shared environments and render them unusable.
The right way is not particularly difficult for the average person to follow; nor does it put obstacles in the way of them taking care of themselves.
The wrong way is a theft of time and energy from the vast majority for the benefit of a tiny minority.
In sum, the ownership class must be destroyed.
Local AgencyThe Pandemic Years.
Portrait of the artist as an office worker from a dystopian present where one must take precautions.
Not shown in the picture: the immense load of immune suppressing molecules that were pumped into his bloodstream the day befoer.
Also not shown:
The gratitude he has that those molecules hold off the biochemical fire that burns within and has three times flayed him while he lay in his sickbed.
Definitely not shown: The rare privilege he has to have been granted as much reprieve from death as he has; and the certain knowledge that many others with less privilege were left to suffer and die.