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The web at 30
The World Wide Web is celebrating a birthday today. Actually, on this date in 1989, Tim Berners-Lee (now Sir Tim, thank you very much) outlined a somewhat vague proposal for a new electronic information-sharing protocol. But seeing as how the … Continue reading
AI-generated art as an economic commentary
Imagine if you will an algorithm, an AI, employed in the creation of chimerical floral forms—all as a dual exegesis on one of the world’s first economic bubbles, and one of its most recent. And if that’s all too heady … Continue reading
Jay Inslee, the issue candidate
The 2020 presidential field is already crowded, and growing ever more so, so it’s probably far too early for any earnest handicapping. Even a modest “meet the candidate” effort becomes a frantic two-step, with more hopefuls announcing, forming exploratory committees, … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Inslee, Sherrod Brown
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Damned fools and poets
Sometimes the words only flow in the form of verse. And oftentimes that’s very much appropriate…. . All these impulses behind the wheels. All those ganglia in motion, under instinct; afloat on chemistry and wetware mechanics: self-deluded unto autonomy yet … Continue reading
Deconstructing the art and spectacle of Ivanka Vacuuming
Performance art can be a challenge to interpret. By its very nature it represents a forfeiture of control—by relocating the creative process from the studio to the stage, and by producing and reproducing iterative art before a mutable audience, the … Continue reading
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Tagged CulturalDC, Flashpoint Gallery, Ivank Trump, Jennifer Rubell, performance art, What is art?
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Brazen art theft in Moscow
We’ll say it again: we in no way condone art theft, but we can’t help giving a little hat-tip to the more ballsy art thieves out there. On Sunday, Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery fell victim to perhaps the most direct, no-nonsense … Continue reading
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Tagged Ai-Petri Crimea, Arkhip Kuindzhi, art theft, Tretyakov Gallery
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Government shut-down and the slow-motion assault
As I write this, the ongoing shutdown of the U.S federal government, sparked by a budget impasse over border-wall spending, is in its 26th day. It is the longest government shutdown in history. You can choose your fallout, in terms … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaco Canyon, Government shutdown, Joshua Tree, National Park
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Brian May’s new space rock
It’s surely a stellar time (so to speak) to be an alumnus of the legendary arena-rock four-piece Queen. Not that they’ve ever wavered much from their atmospheric fame, the recent (and ongoing) success of the band biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has … Continue reading
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Tagged Bohemian Rhapsody, Brian May, NASA, New Horizons, Queen, Ultima Thule
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The end of the year, and a climate debate (hint: there is no debate)
Kudos, respect, and thanks to Chuck Todd and NBC for today’s extraordinary edition of Meet The Press. The entire hour was dedicated to discussions of critical climate issues and the onrushing impacts of a warming earth. In a ground-breaking departure, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chuck Todd, climate change, Happy New Year, Meet The Press
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The Poor Man of Nippur – Babylonian language short film
I’m just giddy to present here, in its entirety, The Poor Man of Nippur—a 20-minute short film created by the University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology. It is the first feature produced in the Babylonian language, which has been extinct … Continue reading
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Tagged Akkad, archaeology, Babylonia, Cambridge University, culture, dead languages, film, language, Sumer, The Poor Man of Nippur
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Orson Welles and his self-indulgence from beyond the grave
Orson Welles died in October of 1985. His last film, The Other Side of the Wind, was finally released in latter 2018. The late director worked intermittently on the project from 1970 until his death. It was unfinished and stuck … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizen Kane, film, filmmaking, Netflix, Orson Welles, The Other Side of the Wind
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A climate of despair
It’s no surprise that the latest U.S. climate assessment report dropped on Black Friday. Can you think of a better day to bury a report that presents, quite literally, an inconvenient truth? The report is volume 2 (vol. 1 was … Continue reading
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Tagged climate adaptation, climate change, National Climate Assessment
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RIP Roy Clark (April 15 1933 – Nov. 15 2018)
Guitar heroes can come from any background and can play in any style. Roy Clark was a country gentleman, best known for playing country and western, but I don’t believe he was acquainted with the concept of ‘limitation.’ He was … Continue reading
World War I – a century behind us
When I was about nine years old, I had the privilege of meeting an American veteran of World War I. I’m not sure I realized then what a privilege that was, but I think I knew it was quite unusual. … Continue reading
My ballot speaks for me
I voted today. Could’ve done it earlier; could’ve dodged the crowds, could’ve filled out a ballot at home and mailed it in at my leisure. These are valid choices, and if they were yours I salute them and you. But … Continue reading
