September 21, 2021
"It costs less to house people than to police the unhoused."
Tiffany Ferg talks about [SLYT] influencer vanlife, the history of and discrimination against Roma, homelessness, public housing, legal and physical dangers against people who live in vehicles, and asks if van life an actual rejection of capitalism, materialism, and modern living. [more inside]
Pricking, Thumbs, etc
The Tragedy Of Macbeth from Joel Coen and A24, with Denzel and Frances and others. The teasingest of teaser trailers at 55 seconds.
Nominations for Yuletide (2021) are open
You can nominate any "small" fandom (less than 1000 works on ao3 and fanfiction.net combined) for the long-running winter holiday exchange event here! [more inside]
Living the Good Life
What does a good life look like to you? “For some, the phrase may conjure up images of a close-knit family, a steady job, and a Victorian house at the end of a street arched with oak trees. Others may focus on the goal of making a difference in the world, whether by working as a nurse or teacher, volunteering, or pouring their energy into environmental activism… [more inside]
#epikfail
On Sept 13, 2021, hackers self-identifying as "Anonymous" breached domain registrar and web services provider Epik, which provides domain name, hosting, and DNS services for a variety of clients including the Texas GOP, Gab, Parler, and 8chan, among others. [more inside]
Let them eat chipboard
Deadwood Releasing 10.9 Gigatons of Carbon Every Year – More Than All Fossil Fuel Emissions Combined [more inside]
The US Border Patrol filmed whipping migrants gathering water
On the 243rd day of Biden's presidency and the 244th day of a Democratically controlled Congress, US Border Patrol agents were filmed whipping Haitian migrants gathering water. Days earlier, the Biden administration vowed to increase deportation efforts targeting these same refugees [more inside]
Cast down the mighty/send the rich away/fill the hungry/lift the lowly
Ben Wildflower is a Philadelphia-based artist who makes Christian anarchist prints, most famously one of Mary with a raised fist and ringed with words from the Magnificat (artist's note). In an interview with Killing the Buddha, Wildflower discusses his faith, his artistic influences, and his thoughts on right-wing Christian artists like Jon McNaughton ("He makes devotional art to the gods of death").
THAT'S TODAY!
For the sixth year in a row, comedy writer Demi Adejuyigbe has released a video in honor of the 21st day of September. Previously
A chorus belting out a Sanskrit translation of a Welsh poem
Adrian Daub writes for Longreads about choral music in movie soundtracks, asking the question, "But who tells them what to sing?
animal maps!
Mapping Movements – The Art and the Science "We all love to look at maps of animal movements, but producing good maps is challenging. Thus, our aim was to launch a competition to attract contributions from a broad range of fields, to facilitate knowledge exchange. " [more inside]
It's Grim Up North
A horror house of abuse and neglect
"I want to share more about what I witnessed at Rikers Island yesterday." I just returned from Rikers Island where a group of elected officials exercised our legal right to inspect correctional facilities. What I witnessed was a humanitarian crisis. A horror house of abuse and neglect....my message is simple: decarcerate. [more inside]
You have twenty seconds to comply.
The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine [ungated] - "Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran's top nuclear scientist for years. Then they came up with a way to do it with no operatives present."[1,2] [more inside]
Old Peak Blows
On Sunday, the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma erupted. The hot, thick, fast-moving lava is flowing to the sea, slowly but surely. There's a lot in its way. Thousands have been evacuated, many homes have been destroyed, more destruction is inevitable. No fatalities have been reported. And it's hardly the first time Cumbre Vieja has erupted. Watch live.
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