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Sam Lavigne
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On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Andres Serrano__________________________wrote: Jeffrey, I was prepared to vote against Trump for all the right reasons but I'm so disgusted by the outrage over "grab them by the pussy" that I may give him my sympathy vote. I'm sure Bill C said things, too. Andres
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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it's pretty crazy
From: Joi Ito Sent: 2/16/2016 7:23:58 PM To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com] Subject: Re: Jeffrey Epstein Importance: High Good. Was worried you getting deposed about Trump or something. :-) Sent from my iPhone On Feb 16, 2016, at 11:16, jeffrey E. wrote: Good not bad On Tuesday, 16 February 2016, Joi Ito <____________________> wrote: Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Lesley Groff < > Date: February 16, 2016 at 11:07:17 PST To: Joichi Ito Cc: "Joichi (Joi) Ito" Subject: Jeffrey Epstein Joi, I am so very sorry but Jeffrey is canceling his trip to Vancouver! It is very sudden and he is sorry, but he is flying to Washington, DC now. I am sure he will be in touch with you... Please accept our apologies.. Lesley
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Here's something I wrote about "unconventional" carbon credits, making the world's first (??) income-based carbon footprint calculator, and trying to determine the avoided emissions benefit of Brian Thompson's homicide.

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A graph showing household income vs emissions
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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The certificates are 11x11 inch archival quality prints covering a range of direct actions that have occurred in the last few years. Buy one today!
Newcastle port blockade carbon credit certificate. Lafarge Cement Plant Shutdown carbon credit certificate. Dakota Access Pipeline Disruption carbon credit certificate. Exxon Pipeline Disruption carbon credit certificate.
October 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Offset Marketplace is a new project in collaboration with @tega.bsky.social. We calculate the carbon savings of industrial sabotage, package these savings into carbon credits, and sell them as certificates. Profits are then donated back to the activists responsible for the actions. offset.labr.io
October 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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A circular projection with text that reads: "WHAT GETS TO COUNT AS INTELLIGENCE". A shelf with two sculptures in it from "Being Radiotropic". The sculptures contain routers that alter their behavior based on external factors. The top sculpture includes a rock, the bottom a candle.
September 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Wide shot with 30 or so phones on a wall, cords dangling. Each phone is a node in a botnet that clicks on ads in news stories about climate change. Close shot with 30 or so phones on a wall, cords dangling. Each phone is a node in a botnet that clicks on ads in news stories about climate change. Video installation for "The Faces", a grid of NYPD cop faces scraped from the web. Video installation for "The Zooms", zooming shots from leaked police helicopter surveillance footage.
September 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Installation for "Cold Call" -- a call center where audience members are invited to call execs in the oil and gas industries and waste as much of their time as possible. Features a tiled wallpaper with exec faces on it, and three desks with computers, headphones and desk lamps. Gallery wall with around 15 square black and white prints with differing borders. The prints are carbon credit certificates for "Offset" -- each representing the carbon savings calculated from different instances of industrial sabotage. Gallery wall with square black and white prints with differing borders. The prints are carbon credit certificates for "Offset" -- each representing the carbon savings calculated from different instances of industrial sabotage.
September 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Come see "How To Get To Zero", my new collaborative exhibit with @tega.bsky.social at @pioneerwork.bsky.social. It's up until Dec 13th.

The show includes 10 pieces, covering the last decade of our solo and collective practices.
Gallery room featuring "Offset" video, a stylized earth in the background and in the foreground a scale with sugar being poured on one side of the scale and a measuring tape on the other side. Gallery room featuring "Offset" video, a tree in the background and in the foreground a scale with an ipad on one side of the scale and a miniature globe on the other side. An ipad with with Offset website on it. A gallery shot featuring two fences draped with fabric.
September 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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A lot going on today! But if you're free and in NY, I'm having an opening with @tega.bsky.social tonight at Pioneer Works - 7pm to 9pm.
Opening Reception: Raul de Nieves, Tega Brain & Sam Lavigne. Pioneer Works, Brooklyn NY, Sept 12th 7pm-9pm
September 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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special thanks to our sponsor
June 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Very special studio visit today
November 22, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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doing an open studio with Tega Brain tomorrow (Sunday) at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn. come commiserate! We'll be there 2pm-5ish. pioneerworks.org/programs/sec...
November 9, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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Update: you can now export a gif of your coppelganger
July 31, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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co(p)sine similarity

(sorry)
July 30, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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Some cop clusters
July 30, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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Here's a blog post showcasing work students made in my "Infinite Video" class at the School for Poetic Computation. In the class we used command-line tools, Python libraries and various machine learning models to analyze, filter, sort, edit, and compose video with code.

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December 22, 2023 at 8:50 PM
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December 21, 2023 at 2:40 PM
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The words of the super pissed off commuter (trying to get around the JVP protest at Grand Central) who was screaming “Palestine ruins everything! I want to go to Tarrytown!” will forever be seared in my mind.
October 28, 2023 at 2:20 AM
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A large loaf of bread lay on the table. Father came in with a knife to cut it in half. But even though the knife was big and sharp, and the bread neither too soft nor too hard, the knife could not cut into it. We children looked up at Father in surprise. He said, “Why should you be surprised?"
A large loaf of bread lay on the table. Father came in with a knife to cut it in half. But even though the knife was big and sharp, and the bread neither too soft nor too hard, the knife could not cut into it. We children looked up at Father in surprise. He said, “Why should you be surprised? Isn’t it more surprising if something succeeds than if it fails? Go to bed, perhaps I’ll manage it later.” We went to bed, but every now and again, at all hours of the night, one or another of us got up and craned his neck to look at Father, who stood there, a big man in his long coat, his right leg braced behind him, seeking to drive the knife into the bread. When we woke up early in the morning, Father was just laying the knife aside, and said, “You see, I haven’t managed yet, that’s how hard it is.” We wanted to distinguish ourselves, and he gave us permission to try, but we could hardly lift the knife, whose handle was still almost glowing from Father’s efforts;
October 11, 2023 at 4:37 PM
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I wrote up some notes about my FFmpeg visual command builder, and on how to pick a good test image/video for software projects: lav.io/notes/ffmpeg...
September 4, 2023 at 6:28 PM