miriam
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i'm obsessed with this pair of posts lol
March 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
i'm obsessed with this pair of posts lol
which means i get:
- a neat plaque AND trophy (!)
- the title "Women’s North American Pinball Champion" for the next year (!!)
- a free pinball machine (!!!!)
- a neat plaque AND trophy (!)
- the title "Women’s North American Pinball Champion" for the next year (!!)
- a free pinball machine (!!!!)
March 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
which means i get:
- a neat plaque AND trophy (!)
- the title "Women’s North American Pinball Champion" for the next year (!!)
- a free pinball machine (!!!!)
- a neat plaque AND trophy (!)
- the title "Women’s North American Pinball Champion" for the next year (!!)
- a free pinball machine (!!!!)
Reposted by miriam
is a.i. art fascist? maxread.substack.com/p/studio-ghi...
![That the Trump White House tweeted out an image of a “Ghiblified” deportation helps us answer the question. But even before they said the quiet part loud it was hard not to think of the final section of Benjamin’s essay when reading enthusiasts talking about how A.I. makes art “become accessible,” or “enables so much creativity”:
"Fascism attempts to organize the newly proletarianized masses while leaving intact the property relations which they strive to abolish. It sees its salvation in granting expression to the masses--but on no account granting them rights. The masses have a right to changed property relations; fascism seeks to give them expression in keeping these relations unchanged. The logical outcome of fascism is an aestheticizing of political life. […] 'Fiat ars--pereat mundus [let there be art, though the world perish],' says fascism, expecting from war, as Marinetti admits, the artistic gratification of a sense perception altered by technology. This is evidently the consummation of l’art pour l'art. Humankind, which once, in Homer, was an object of contemplation for the Olympian gods, has now become one for itself. Its self-alienation has reached the point where it can experience its own annihilation as a supreme aesthetic pleasure. Such is the aestheticizing of politics, as practiced by fascism. Communism replies by politicizing art."
Benjamin, of course, is thinking of war-obsessed Italian Futurists, in a different time and a different context. Sam Altman is no Fillippo Marinetti, and Studio Ghibli slop is no Abstract Speed + Sound. But you have to admit: “Fiat ars--pereat mundus” would make a pretty good OpenAI slogan.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f6yzeddlu7zjqbthmn37yvom/bafkreifvbdad4sp3wu2dx4hllgqwxiq5xta5v6mcnxffjfurj6gunfubre@jpeg)
March 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
is a.i. art fascist? maxread.substack.com/p/studio-ghi...
"only nba player who also won a heisman? charlie ward" i remember by "heisman = hockey = goalies = the concept of defense = ward". "the celtics won how many championships? 16" by "celtic knot = 4 by 4 = 16". etc etc. god help me
March 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"only nba player who also won a heisman? charlie ward" i remember by "heisman = hockey = goalies = the concept of defense = ward". "the celtics won how many championships? 16" by "celtic knot = 4 by 4 = 16". etc etc. god help me
and he goes on to make some other point with this, but i've been wondering what the opposite would look like, a shimmering of excess bad around something perfectly bad. all to say: today i saw a dog piss on a squashed, dead rat
March 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
and he goes on to make some other point with this, but i've been wondering what the opposite would look like, a shimmering of excess bad around something perfectly bad. all to say: today i saw a dog piss on a squashed, dead rat
we could have had a world where pullquotes were never invented & journalists looking to not deliver a solid rectangle would instead insert pictures of their pets
February 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
we could have had a world where pullquotes were never invented & journalists looking to not deliver a solid rectangle would instead insert pictures of their pets
makes sense, but i feel like the grabbiness is b/c it's an exciting line (you wouldn't pullquote filler) but it's a hollow grabbiness because it's missing the context. and by the time i'm reading it again the line is no longer exciting, it's boring, because i just read it like two minutes ago?
February 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
makes sense, but i feel like the grabbiness is b/c it's an exciting line (you wouldn't pullquote filler) but it's a hollow grabbiness because it's missing the context. and by the time i'm reading it again the line is no longer exciting, it's boring, because i just read it like two minutes ago?