For the Love of Cats in Turkey: “According to Turkish historian Ekrem Buğra Ekinci, cats’ abilities to control rodents made them an ‘indispensable part’ of households during the time of the Ottoman Empire. Written accounts from the 16th century report the existence of cat hospitals and gardens in and around Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), where…
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₩ɆɆ₭Ɇ₦Đ Ⱡł₦₭₴: Erased by Time; Strange Contagions; Collapse
Citizen Disposal: “Mimetic theory teaches us, and neuroscience and studies on human imitation have confirmed, that all desire is mediated. There is no way to desire without emulating some other. In his 2017 book Strange Contagion, Lee Daniel Kravetz explores the phenomenon of social contagions, noting especially the terrible fact that suicide itself is contagious…Social contagions,…
Weekend Links: Bulletproof Happiness; Excellence; Plutarch
Just returned from a pretty incredible trip to the Wagon Box Inn in the Wyoming wilderness. Below are some photos from my wanderings. And of course, here are some weekend links, including pieces by three friends who were out there in the Wyoming wilderness with me. (We made the plunge into an icy creek at…
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:…
w̴̫̫̬͎̘̻͍̜͉̥̪͇̃̾̑̅̅ȩ̵͚̝̜̣̖͍͈̞̹̼̭̼̯̟̍̃͋̚ȩ̷̦̦̫͉̃̎͒̉̉̊̎̊͠͝͠k̷̡̛̛̯̲͍͉̤̯̦̪̫̳̪͎̦͒̍̂̍̈́́͌́̇̈́̐̈́͜e̸̲̖̝̝͉͈̽̈́ņ̷͈̻̱͙̱̺̣̘̼̰́͊̀͠ͅd̸̰̲̯̤͙̰̮͔̼̯̈́̊͊̀̋͗͠ ̴̠͉̯̗̀̀̓͗̀̍̃̀̋̍̀̈́͒̏͝l̷̢̡̛̟̱͈̰̼̟̜̝͍̝̫̣͔̒̓͘ǐ̴̧̦̝̤̟̙̘͔̼̙͚͌̐͐̔̀̅̈́̕͝n̴̨̦͍̟̺̲̣̻̱̦̥̺̠̜̑̀͌͗͑͌̌̀̽͑́̚ķ̶̡̲͓̪̱̬͇̯͎͈̎͜s̶̩͙̗̆̾̃̑̔̉̾
All Tomorrows Parties: “…What we are catching glimpses of is what [Jacques] Vallée, and indeed [William S.] Burroughs—the greatest American philosopher since William James—described as Control or the Control System (which, as per Burroughs, needs ‘words,’ ‘time’ and ‘opposition’ to unfold).” Covidian Aesthetics ——— Girard and Digital Technology: “The public mainstreaming of runaway social psychosis may…
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If, for Decades, an Anchor Served a Ship, Which One Day Decided to Cut its Chains and Sail Away, Can the Drowning Anchor Grow Wings? And if So, Will the Anchor Always be Burdened by the Weight of Having Been Used? “My wish for you, my friend — and all the other abandoned anchors that…