Kevin Buist
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Kevin Buist
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· Nov 3
Flipping Coins
Kevin Buist reflects on Mitchell F. Chan’s “Zantar” games, crypto, and the attention economy
www.artforum.com
For @artforum.com I wrote about @chan.gallery's series of "Zantar" video game artworks, which I saw and played at Nguyen Wahed in New York in May. These works are funny, sad, and a biting critique of crypto, the attention economy, and gamified finance. www.artforum.com/columns/mitc...
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one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites
February 4, 2026 at 4:07 AM
one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites
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Marimar Martinez, shot by federal agents in Chicago, testifying in Washington today:
Martinez ends her testimony with this:
"If there's not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government."
"If there's not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government."
February 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Marimar Martinez, shot by federal agents in Chicago, testifying in Washington today:
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Also, Democrats need to promise--PROMISE--that individual ICE agents and DOJ lawyers will be held accountable for all of the corrupt bullshit they go along with, no matter how long it takes. They will be hounded to the grave.
February 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Also, Democrats need to promise--PROMISE--that individual ICE agents and DOJ lawyers will be held accountable for all of the corrupt bullshit they go along with, no matter how long it takes. They will be hounded to the grave.
Perhaps the Department of Justice will just implode?
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Perhaps the Department of Justice will just implode?
But attention, like money, begets more attention. It's hard to stop once you have momentum. And the good things don't go away entirely, so you can still convince yourself that more must still be the answer.
February 3, 2026 at 9:06 PM
But attention, like money, begets more attention. It's hard to stop once you have momentum. And the good things don't go away entirely, so you can still convince yourself that more must still be the answer.
I think it's analogous to popularity on social networking sites just like this one. When you have no followers, it sucks. No engagement or interaction, no fun. You think, rightly, more followers is better. And that's true for a while, but eventually a threshold is crossed and more is worse.
February 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I think it's analogous to popularity on social networking sites just like this one. When you have no followers, it sucks. No engagement or interaction, no fun. You think, rightly, more followers is better. And that's true for a while, but eventually a threshold is crossed and more is worse.
Vast wealth is a curse. But vast wealth can also be used to stage a very impressive PR campaign to convince everyone that it's not a curse.
February 3, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Vast wealth is a curse. But vast wealth can also be used to stage a very impressive PR campaign to convince everyone that it's not a curse.
Yup.
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Yup.
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There's a point, well below a billion dollars, where the amount of money you have lets you rid yourself of anyone who can be a check on your worst impulses, and replace them with people who tell you those worst impulses are somehow valorous. Rare is the billionaire with someone to tell them "no."
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
There's a point, well below a billion dollars, where the amount of money you have lets you rid yourself of anyone who can be a check on your worst impulses, and replace them with people who tell you those worst impulses are somehow valorous. Rare is the billionaire with someone to tell them "no."
"...rocket system that will launch the astronauts on an unprecedented path around the moon."
Actually, I think flying around the moon is very precedented. www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/s...
Actually, I think flying around the moon is very precedented. www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/s...
NASA delays historic moon mission launch | CNN
NASA is now targeting March for the earliest possible launch of its historic Artemis II lunar mission, which will send four astronauts into deep space for the first time since the Apollo program ended...
www.cnn.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:50 PM
"...rocket system that will launch the astronauts on an unprecedented path around the moon."
Actually, I think flying around the moon is very precedented. www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/s...
Actually, I think flying around the moon is very precedented. www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/s...
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a lot of people make themselves miserable online solely from their need for antagonistic strangers to agree with them but good god what could be less important
February 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
a lot of people make themselves miserable online solely from their need for antagonistic strangers to agree with them but good god what could be less important
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You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.
February 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.
"We can only conclude that “Melania” portrays Melania in exactly the way she wants to be seen: as rigid, formal, solitary, dourly materialistic; surrounded by lackeys drafted into the closest thing to intimacy that she seems able to access" www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
“Melania” Is a Forty-Million-Dollar Journey Into the Void
The First Lady’s lavish new documentary portrays world events as B-roll between wardrobe changes.
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February 3, 2026 at 5:52 PM
"We can only conclude that “Melania” portrays Melania in exactly the way she wants to be seen: as rigid, formal, solitary, dourly materialistic; surrounded by lackeys drafted into the closest thing to intimacy that she seems able to access" www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
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Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.
Best SNL skit I’ve seen in a while. youtu.be/-wQhY5CMMl4
Mom Confession - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
February 2, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Best SNL skit I’ve seen in a while. youtu.be/-wQhY5CMMl4
SKATER RAPPER BLP KOSHER JOINS FORCES WITH TECH DECK FOR EXCLUSIVE FINGERBOARD COLLAB
February 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
SKATER RAPPER BLP KOSHER JOINS FORCES WITH TECH DECK FOR EXCLUSIVE FINGERBOARD COLLAB
Here's a challenge: Name one major threat/challenge faced by the United States in the last year that was not caused by Trump himself. Ongoing challenges, like climate change, don't count. I mean new things.
February 2, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Here's a challenge: Name one major threat/challenge faced by the United States in the last year that was not caused by Trump himself. Ongoing challenges, like climate change, don't count. I mean new things.
It's wild that every crisis we're facing right now is self-inflicted by Trump and his idiot advisors.
February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
It's wild that every crisis we're facing right now is self-inflicted by Trump and his idiot advisors.
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All the stars are here: Brantley Gilbert, Brice Bradley, Gabby Babby, Bibb Glibsy, Slab Gabbert, Brice Bryce,
Turning Point USA has announced the performers for their alternative Super Bowl halftime show:
Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett
Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett
February 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
All the stars are here: Brantley Gilbert, Brice Bradley, Gabby Babby, Bibb Glibsy, Slab Gabbert, Brice Bryce,
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to wake up at 5 am and don 30 lbs of tactical gear you bought off amazon to sit in a chevy tahoe in the parking lot of the elementary school where you kidnapped a five year old kid to intimidate his teachers. good luck soldier
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to wake up at 5 am and don 30 lbs of tactical gear you bought off amazon to sit in a chevy tahoe in the parking lot of the elementary school where you kidnapped a five year old kid to intimidate his teachers. good luck soldier
