End of the World: “[Master of Kung Fu] is a completely bonkers series of psychedelic espionage stories, starring Shang-chi, the titular hero, who travels the world fighting diabolical villains on secret islands and in sinister HQs, while also meeting beautiful women and waxing philosophical about violence. The three issue run featuring Razorfist, above, is especially…
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LINKS: Vital Hatred; the Open Road; Primal Despotism
A Modest Defense of Hatred: “Where man is denied hatred, and he lacks any objective referent of meaning, he sinks into a lobotomized stupor. In such an age, the alternative to a vital hatred is the Last Man. It is in Nietzsche’s forecast of the logical consequences of nihilism where we see something remarkable—that the…
Twin Peaks: Trapped in an Incomplete Cosmos
cross-posted at Void Wandering My first awareness of David Lynch came via Dune and The Elephant Man in the early 80s, followed by random exposure to Blue Velvet on a premium cable channel sometime in 1987, when I was 14. By then, Altered States and other phantasmagoria had me primed to receive Lynchworld without too much shock. My true Lynchian flashpoint was Twin Peaks, which blew the…
MONDAY LINKS: Seraphim; Harmonic Interludes; and Aloneness
And Suddenly Things Change: “Everything that can break is breaking: stock markets, bond markets, the galaxy of derivatives — bets on this and that, which will never be honored. Banks are next. Gold and silver are hanging in there for dear life just now, because they’re actually worth something.” Biblically Accurate Angels — Christianity’s Undisputed…
MONDAY LINKS: the Descent on Behalf of the Ascent; Frogs; Collapse
Angels on Amphetamines: “The split between the Christian Right and the Nietzschean Right is partly about whether today’s problems stem from an absence of the restraining force of Christianity’s moral framework, or an absence of the passion and vigor that it seeks to restrain. The unfortunate reality, I think, is that the constraints of morality…
ຟēēkēຖ໓ liຖkŞ: Unflesh, Fire, Friends
And Did Those Feet? “So much of the Christian life is fire. The minute you begin to look inward you quail before the amount of work to do, and this ‘unseen warfare,’ as the Orthodox East refers to it, is the work of the Christian life.” The Evolving Animals of the Music of Our Words:…
ẅ̴͍é̷̞̲͐e̵̺̊͜ķ̷̥́̃e̸͎̣̼͂n̴̬̄d̸̡̈́ ̴̯̲̠̈́̾ĺ̸̯͎̯̈́i̷̻̼̚n̸̰̲̽̈̍k̴̖͆̊s̴̤̓̄: How to Stop Worrying; Rebellions Against God; Machines to Replace God
Atheists in Space: “[Oswald] Spengler believed that even as the 20th century began, all of the theoretical edifices constructed by the West to replace its old sacred order — which mainly manifested as political ideologies — had failed. Beginning in the 21st century, he predicted, the grandchildren of the revolutionaries and the rationalists, adrift in…
WEEKEND LINKS: Whispered Intuition…Deep, Dark Psychodrama
Science as Enchantment: “…the new enchantment had its advantages, but it also has had tremendous costs, and the bills are still coming due.” The Crisis of 2025: “… it’s factually indisputable that Americans are a demoralized populace. You can see it in polls and the way people talk about their own country.” The Meta-Crises and…
ШԐЄҠԐИD LЇЙԞS: Waiting for the Barbarians, Strange Gods, Death Masks
COUNTER-CURRENTS: “[Robert E. Lee]’s bronze head was ripped from his body, his face was peeled from his head in the form of a death mask, and then it was super-heated to the point where it glowed…” HOW TO MAKE ART in NORTH KOREA: “[Laibach] are very, very unashamedly flirting with totalitarian aesthetics and the philosopher…
w҇e҇e҇k҇e҇n҇d҇ ҇l҇i҇n҇k҇s҇: the violence of heaven, history’s new surprises, the chthonic swamp
Jupiter Rising: “It is not that the public is in some deep slumber or guided hypnosis, but that they are so deeply humiliated and abused that they don’t even know who they are anymore. Many Americans don’t even know their own fathers, let alone contemplate or internalize the triumphs of their ancestors.” The Cionci Thesis:…
ẅ̶̩̺̻̦̗͙̰͔̬̜̱̬̮͈̝̰̩̤́͋̎̈́̓͋͆̅̄̀̐̓̀̑͊͊̓̌̌́̃̓̀͊̈̇͑͛̑̈́̕̕͝͝͝͝͝͠ͅͅë̶̡̧̢̼̰̙̫̦͚͈̩̟̙͙͎͚̯̗͚͉̦͔̘̘̯͖̬̲̰͇̭͇̩͉̠͈͍̳̯̗͖̻͍́̆̊́̈́̿̂̅͜ͅȩ̴̳̼̲̱̤̰̯̰̞̗͉̮̘̼̣̫̩͎̲̗̦̤͎̱̭̣̼̳̯̙̲̲̒͗͌͜͜ͅk̴̨̢̻͓̯̼̺̺̰̹͔̣̞̖̬̳͉̗͉̝̝͇̻̖̖̜̪̣̖͓̮̥̬̣̻͈͓̳̤͔̯̟̯͙̰͙̉̇̅̋e̵̢̡̺̻̲̯̻̰̼̘̲͉̯̓̐̓͂̆̀͛̉̆̑̐̇̌͆̊͜ņ̵͖̥͓̞̳̩̯̩̙̝̬̘͚̺̗̪͉̙̱̟̥̜̼̪͓̞̼̰͛̉͐̽͛̃̔̂̔̒͗́̐̏̔̉͊̚̕͘͠͝ͅḑ̸̨̧̦͖̱̥̦̫͖̝͙̗̘̫̞͓̩̠̝̤̟̪̜̟̠̤͓̰͓͕͇̮͙̜̙̤͍̖̱̻̥͓̊̐̌̌̓̒̌̍̓͑́̏̑̽̈̓̇͑̾̃̉͒̒͋̀̄̿͗̆̽͌͘̕̕̚͜͠ͅͅ ̷̨̡̢̛̰̝̠̠̻̩̩͉͍̺̲̞͔̤͔̪͓̮̙͉̲͚͎̟͉̖̹͓̬̭͉́̓̽̑̑͛̐̉̃̈́̆̀̌̏̀̄͗̇̈̆̐͐̂͑̏̆̄̄̔̄̂͐̏̾͋̀̊͘̚̚̕͘͜͝ͅͅͅl̵̡̢̥̩̖̖̗͓͓̦̜̙̰̩̜̮̘̠̈͗́͛̀́̉̾̇̈́̽̈͂̔̋̂͑́͒̿̒̄́̓̀͌̍̈́͒̃̌̋́͂̓̈̈̀͐̏̇̚̕͜͝͝ì̷̢̡̞̮̫̯̣͕͎̹̯̤̥̩͎̤̪̠̰̝̪̰͕̻̥̰̮̪͕͊̿̑̎̂̈́͌͒̊͒͒̏̋̊͌̆͋͌̄̽̾̌͂͑̉̉̈̐̈́̉̎͂̈̈́͐͘̕͠͝͠ͅn̶̡̧̧̨̧̛̘̬̤̦̩̼̣̭͍͎̯̼̹̞̤̣͖̼̣̩̮͈͚̺̫̯̟͈͓̺͓̠̝͖͙̖̤̯͎̘̗̻̳̺̿̔̉̆̌͊́̓̃͋̄̈́͌͐̈́͆̑̍͆̒͗̅͊̍̎͐͗͆̄͋͐͐̇͆̚̕̕͘̚͝k̵͓̯̹̘̦̞͔̟̫̺̦̘͓͈͕͚̦͈̪̥̓s̵̛͍̞͉̱̱̺̟̋͗͒͒͊̐͐́̇̀͋͗̐͋̈́̿̑̃̕͝: Arctic War, Murder, Ancient Realities
An Arctic War is Coming: “Beneath the ice, the Arctic possesses untold riches. The region is estimated to contain a fifth of the world’s undiscovered oil and gas reserves and rare earth elements such as gold, nickel and zinc. While most of these are present within the largely undisputed land borders of the Arctic…
weekend links: warzone conditions, spiritual cannon fodder, 2 hours in the dark
A National Divorce From Reality: “Douglas MacArthur famously stated ‘It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.’ Conservatives still have not grappled with the fact that their political will has been consistently shown to be much smaller than that of liberals. The Floyd Riots showed just how primed for derangement…