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Herbert Bayer, "Diagram of Extended Vision" (1935)

…I typed, leaning against a brick pillar, legs like the Hanged Man.

One of those Reddit-facts that turns out to be true and that since learning it I can’t help but notice everywhere is that we Americans, almost uniquely, lean on things and further cross our legs while standing so that one heel is up in the air. This sounds like bullshit, but now you cannot unsee it.

“…While we’re here, we might as well set up a government…” (from October, by China Miéville)

I miss Periscope terribly and TikTok Live is a poor substitute, but I am currently watching guys play cricket in a Texas shopping center parking lot at 1AM local time.

This is absolutely fascinating

A long time ago I idly wondered “who were the indigenous population of the British Isles?” and answering that question is so maddening, it made me question the entire concept.

Holy Roman imperial banner? Steam it. DPRK flag? Steam it. NATO flag with a doge on it? Steam it.

ITT, actual unalloyed Idealism

…let’s go to the S&P 500 Futures pit at the CME.

Andreas Gursky, Chicago, Board of Trade II (1999)

CKY (1999)

Stamps, Arkansas Population: 1,465 Photos from Google Places API Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamps,_Arkansas

“True, people help each other in catastrophes. But they don't feel good because they help each other. They help each other because they feel good.”

Putting this out into the world expressly so I don’t do it, but I’ve long been meaning to write up something about “mass shooter music,” because it’s absolutely fascinating, but almost certainly some kind of infohazard.

The Biden administration awards $162M in federal grants to Arizona-based Microchip Technology to expand in Oregon and Colorado, the second CHIPS Act award (Ana Swanson/New York Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Nizami Ganjavi, “Alexander the Great and the Prophet Khidr in Front of the Fountain of Life” (~16th century, Azerbaijan)