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Artist, musician, author of books & comics. "Woke Philosopher." Various now defunct media startups. RPGs. Podcasts. Possibly a wizard. Portfolio: JamesCurcio.com
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submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

By comparing Bowie’s calculated use of artifice to the rise of modern performative figures like Donald Trump and phenomena like Reality TV and the kayfabe of pro wrestling, we explore how spectacle, mythmaking, and image construction shape public narratives in both art and politics.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Goodnight. youtu.be/u8nuT1rDB7o?...

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

youtu.be/hGQu4_fan8Q?... Time to take my mind off the many centuries long hellscape we're creating for no good reason.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

A precious Lil bean. (Lilith -> Lili --> Lil Bean. Animal nicknames always take on a life of their own).

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Another from the 4 track EP I put out last month. tfrband.bandcamp.com/track/the-so...

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

It's like every political "expert" and many journalists can no longer recall anything that was said or happened more than 48 hours ago. It's the worst kind of gaslighting, where it's intentional, and where it's not, I don't even know.

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

One of the reasons I've almost never held a "normal" job with "normal" internal authoritarian totalitarianism is because I am nearly incapable of not saying what I'm thinking, and when I can pull that off, I'm 100% incapable of not exuding it through my every pore. I guess it's the neurodivergence

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

I had a nightmare last night that was terrifying, and then very funny upon awakening, and then once again terrifying. Fascists, rounding people up and then crowding them into cars to be shipped off to meat packing plants. But the fascists were all literal clowns, and the cars, literal clown cars.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

FOLLOWUP: SECDEF Hegseth also firing the CNO, the USAF Vice-Chief, and somewhat unusually and ominously to do in the same breath, the senior JAGs of the Army, Navy, and USAF

submitted 22 hours ago • 98 comments

bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d... I remember how much mocking there was for these sorts of narratives during his first term. Tbh it seems more improbable at this point that it *isn't* something like this.

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