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· Nov 20
The Meaning of a Photograph
Eric Langberg argues we are experiencing a massive breakdown in the way humans process communication and the very act of meaning-making." Webworm with David Farrier
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For the past few months, I’ve attended dozens of protests and taken thousands of photos, to the tune of something like 42 million views online and a whole lot of comments.
David Farrier let me write about my main takeaway from this year, which is: Uh oh!!
www.webworm.co/meaningofaph...
David Farrier let me write about my main takeaway from this year, which is: Uh oh!!
www.webworm.co/meaningofaph...
Who do you go to for help when, in front of a room of some of the most powerful people in LA, a policeman laughs with a man wearing a swastika *while* the mother of a man murdered by the government sobs and begs those powerful people — ignoring the cop laughing with swastika man — for justice?
January 10, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Who do you go to for help when, in front of a room of some of the most powerful people in LA, a policeman laughs with a man wearing a swastika *while* the mother of a man murdered by the government sobs and begs those powerful people — ignoring the cop laughing with swastika man — for justice?
At the first LA City Council meeting of the year
There’s a guy in a swastika hoodie
Someone confronted him
LAPD kicked out THAT guy for being disruptive
And then laughed with the guy in the swastika hoodie about it
There’s a guy in a swastika hoodie
Someone confronted him
LAPD kicked out THAT guy for being disruptive
And then laughed with the guy in the swastika hoodie about it
January 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
At the first LA City Council meeting of the year
There’s a guy in a swastika hoodie
Someone confronted him
LAPD kicked out THAT guy for being disruptive
And then laughed with the guy in the swastika hoodie about it
There’s a guy in a swastika hoodie
Someone confronted him
LAPD kicked out THAT guy for being disruptive
And then laughed with the guy in the swastika hoodie about it
Gotta say: I am really losing patience for the "What are we even supposed to do?!" posts from people who have been doing nothing except posting "What are we even supposed to do?!" every six weeks, whenever another escalation finally gets national attention.
...idk, but, do more than that!
...idk, but, do more than that!
January 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Gotta say: I am really losing patience for the "What are we even supposed to do?!" posts from people who have been doing nothing except posting "What are we even supposed to do?!" every six weeks, whenever another escalation finally gets national attention.
...idk, but, do more than that!
...idk, but, do more than that!
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You shouldn’t avoid protesting from fear of martial law, they should fear getting to the point that they’ll need to implement it. Don’t police your reactions, police their actions. They are the criminals not you.
January 8, 2026 at 2:42 AM
You shouldn’t avoid protesting from fear of martial law, they should fear getting to the point that they’ll need to implement it. Don’t police your reactions, police their actions. They are the criminals not you.
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The fact that ICE just straight-up murdered a woman named Good is the kind of thing that’s so on-the-nose it would be rejected by a creative writing 101 professor. Yet here we are.
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The fact that ICE just straight-up murdered a woman named Good is the kind of thing that’s so on-the-nose it would be rejected by a creative writing 101 professor. Yet here we are.
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Renee Nicole Good had a 6-year-old son, according to the Star Tribune. His father died in 2023 at the age of 36, so he is left without parents.
www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
‘She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in Minneapolis with her partner just blocks from where she was shot.
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Renee Nicole Good had a 6-year-old son, according to the Star Tribune. His father died in 2023 at the age of 36, so he is left without parents.
www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
It's January 5th.
My photos are already at 1.35 million views on Reddit so far this year.
And "reality" is dead.
Happy New Year, y'all!
partsofanovelimdoing.substack.com/p/theres-no-...
My photos are already at 1.35 million views on Reddit so far this year.
And "reality" is dead.
Happy New Year, y'all!
partsofanovelimdoing.substack.com/p/theres-no-...
"There's no photographer taking pictures..."
Reflections on: 'No War With Venezuela,' The Absurd Picnic, AI, bots, paid actors, and more!
partsofanovelimdoing.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:14 PM
It's January 5th.
My photos are already at 1.35 million views on Reddit so far this year.
And "reality" is dead.
Happy New Year, y'all!
partsofanovelimdoing.substack.com/p/theres-no-...
My photos are already at 1.35 million views on Reddit so far this year.
And "reality" is dead.
Happy New Year, y'all!
partsofanovelimdoing.substack.com/p/theres-no-...
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Director of the CIA is in the room but you have OSINTdefender's twitter page up on the screen
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Director of the CIA is in the room but you have OSINTdefender's twitter page up on the screen
STRANGER THINGS finale: like the Wachowskis doing a DCOM and I unfortunately mean that as the highest compliment and I’m guessing I’ll be defending it for the rest of my life
January 1, 2026 at 4:09 AM
STRANGER THINGS finale: like the Wachowskis doing a DCOM and I unfortunately mean that as the highest compliment and I’m guessing I’ll be defending it for the rest of my life
Listening to Nirvana - “Come As You Are (MTV Unplugged in New York)” on the radio and wondering if modern cursive singing has its roots in grunge 🤔
December 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Listening to Nirvana - “Come As You Are (MTV Unplugged in New York)” on the radio and wondering if modern cursive singing has its roots in grunge 🤔
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This would be LAPD directly collaborating with ICE to cover up their crimes
Still unreported, should be investigated:
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
Huge win for Richard Noticias LA, TikTok journalist shot by ICE. Criminal charges dismissed with prejudice, meaning can’t be refiled.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
December 29, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This would be LAPD directly collaborating with ICE to cover up their crimes
Reposted by eric anders
Still unreported, should be investigated:
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
Huge win for Richard Noticias LA, TikTok journalist shot by ICE. Criminal charges dismissed with prejudice, meaning can’t be refiled.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations
Days before Carlitos Ricardo Parias was set to to go to trial for assault on a federal officer, a federal judge dismissed the case against him. The judge cited the deprivation of Parias' access to cou...
www.latimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Still unreported, should be investigated:
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
She’s so intellectually bankrupt it’s insane. The damage this is all doing to the social fabric is just… Idk how we come back from *gestures* all this.
If she had any integrity at all she’d be pushing back on Stephen Miller saying “fire them all,” but she does not. Actively dangerous woman.
If she had any integrity at all she’d be pushing back on Stephen Miller saying “fire them all,” but she does not. Actively dangerous woman.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
She’s so intellectually bankrupt it’s insane. The damage this is all doing to the social fabric is just… Idk how we come back from *gestures* all this.
If she had any integrity at all she’d be pushing back on Stephen Miller saying “fire them all,” but she does not. Actively dangerous woman.
If she had any integrity at all she’d be pushing back on Stephen Miller saying “fire them all,” but she does not. Actively dangerous woman.
HIGHEST 2 LOWEST – Something fascinating about a movie about old vs. new school rap culture snapping HARD into place when Rosie “Do The Right Thing” Perez & Anthony “Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton” Ramos play themselves at a Puerto Rican celebration through the streets of the Bronx. Great movie.
December 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
HIGHEST 2 LOWEST – Something fascinating about a movie about old vs. new school rap culture snapping HARD into place when Rosie “Do The Right Thing” Perez & Anthony “Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton” Ramos play themselves at a Puerto Rican celebration through the streets of the Bronx. Great movie.
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[Just to painfully spell it out for those not paying attention...What they're "sometimes disagreeing" on that Jew-controlled drones have no tolerance for is e.g. whether the Holocaust happened]
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
[Just to painfully spell it out for those not paying attention...What they're "sometimes disagreeing" on that Jew-controlled drones have no tolerance for is e.g. whether the Holocaust happened]
This discourse has been very strange. The reasoning is nonsensical, and I think it's actively harmful to our understanding of what "the Epstein Files" are, what they show, what they don't, and what they mean going forward.
I wrote about it here:
partsofanovelimdoing.substack.com/p/the-admini...
I wrote about it here:
partsofanovelimdoing.substack.com/p/the-admini...
December 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This discourse has been very strange. The reasoning is nonsensical, and I think it's actively harmful to our understanding of what "the Epstein Files" are, what they show, what they don't, and what they mean going forward.
I wrote about it here:
partsofanovelimdoing.substack.com/p/the-admini...
I wrote about it here:
partsofanovelimdoing.substack.com/p/the-admini...
The reaction to this has me feeling *insane.*
That is quite clearly not the same photo. It is a different photo from a different angle, taken at nearly the same moment.
People are talking about the Getty photographer suing the govt! You can’t all tell that’s a different photo?! What is HAPPENING
That is quite clearly not the same photo. It is a different photo from a different angle, taken at nearly the same moment.
People are talking about the Getty photographer suing the govt! You can’t all tell that’s a different photo?! What is HAPPENING
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The reaction to this has me feeling *insane.*
That is quite clearly not the same photo. It is a different photo from a different angle, taken at nearly the same moment.
People are talking about the Getty photographer suing the govt! You can’t all tell that’s a different photo?! What is HAPPENING
That is quite clearly not the same photo. It is a different photo from a different angle, taken at nearly the same moment.
People are talking about the Getty photographer suing the govt! You can’t all tell that’s a different photo?! What is HAPPENING
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And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
How Democrats’ Attack On Section 230 Plays Right Into Trump’s Censorial Plans
Like clockwork, lawmakers are once again rallying around the idea of eliminating Section 230. That Republicans are leading this charge is hardly surprising—repealing Section 230 is explicitly laid …
www.techdirt.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
I genuinely believe the degradation of twitter's search capabilities is one of the greatest cultural losses in modern history!
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I genuinely believe the degradation of twitter's search capabilities is one of the greatest cultural losses in modern history!
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Last night I cried at a Planning Commission meeting in a town I'd never been to.
The largest ICE Detention Facility in the state is in California City. It's been operating for months, for-profit, out of a defunct prison in the Mojave.
They torture people there.
open.substack.com/pub/partsofa...
The largest ICE Detention Facility in the state is in California City. It's been operating for months, for-profit, out of a defunct prison in the Mojave.
They torture people there.
open.substack.com/pub/partsofa...
Last night I cried in the desert.
Notes from a trip to California City, home of the state's largest for-profit ICE detention center
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Last night I cried at a Planning Commission meeting in a town I'd never been to.
The largest ICE Detention Facility in the state is in California City. It's been operating for months, for-profit, out of a defunct prison in the Mojave.
They torture people there.
open.substack.com/pub/partsofa...
The largest ICE Detention Facility in the state is in California City. It's been operating for months, for-profit, out of a defunct prison in the Mojave.
They torture people there.
open.substack.com/pub/partsofa...
We’re saying “levels never seen before” at levels never seen before
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
We’re saying “levels never seen before” at levels never seen before
Last night I cried at a Planning Commission meeting in a town I'd never been to.
The largest ICE Detention Facility in the state is in California City. It's been operating for months, for-profit, out of a defunct prison in the Mojave.
They torture people there.
open.substack.com/pub/partsofa...
The largest ICE Detention Facility in the state is in California City. It's been operating for months, for-profit, out of a defunct prison in the Mojave.
They torture people there.
open.substack.com/pub/partsofa...
Last night I cried in the desert.
Notes from a trip to California City, home of the state's largest for-profit ICE detention center
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Last night I cried at a Planning Commission meeting in a town I'd never been to.
The largest ICE Detention Facility in the state is in California City. It's been operating for months, for-profit, out of a defunct prison in the Mojave.
They torture people there.
open.substack.com/pub/partsofa...
The largest ICE Detention Facility in the state is in California City. It's been operating for months, for-profit, out of a defunct prison in the Mojave.
They torture people there.
open.substack.com/pub/partsofa...
Boarding a plane and they are playing music and we went from Leonard Cohen - “Hallelujah” to Britney Spears - “My Only Wish (This Year)”
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Boarding a plane and they are playing music and we went from Leonard Cohen - “Hallelujah” to Britney Spears - “My Only Wish (This Year)”
eerie fast-moving fog rolling through Mid-City LA! Feels like a New England fog… I can feel my skin getting wet
December 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
eerie fast-moving fog rolling through Mid-City LA! Feels like a New England fog… I can feel my skin getting wet
ELLA MCCAY is even battier than I expected! They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore, folks! (Derogatory but also not? Idk! It defies human thought!)
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
ELLA MCCAY is even battier than I expected! They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore, folks! (Derogatory but also not? Idk! It defies human thought!)