“But I didn’t understand a word he said.” Guess what, that’s the experience of many immigrants when they arrive in a new country, including the United States. You get humbled. Then you work hard and start understanding. We could all use that experience

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

One of my favorite books I read last year. I’m glad it’s being picked up for wider distribution.

generative AI has become widely available in the summer of 2022 and entered mainstream in 2023

people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip

So you won the House, the Senate, and the Presidency. You stacked the courts, the DOJ, HHS, the FBI, and everything else with loyalists. But you think you should be allowed total control of elections to make sure it's not "rigged".
"Make America Stupid Again" because smart people dont like you. 🙄

I finished reading Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell yesterday and there is a quote from it I keep coming back to that feels like the one of those "yes, that's America in a nutshell." moments.

the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

Pixar's 'The Incredibles' has been added to the National Film Registry 🎞️

How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa #currentlyreading #booksky

I bet if I got a new notebook that would fix me.