Sacred hope has left me (cross-posted)
Derrida wrote about the authority of the written word. To see that so manifested more literal than he perhaps had in mind with actual governmental policy being decided via social media and regular people having their lives upturned for saying the wrong thing the mob didn’t like. It has become so exaggerated and prevalent to …
Measurements Upon Measurements (cross-posted)
My bruised rib has only got worse. My doctors office is closed on weekends. Also closed on evenings or I would have gone yesterday. Considering going to the emergency room. I really don’t want the extra hospital bill. I’m still paying off dentist. Not even sure I can afford another bill. Especially when I have …
Two poems still going strong and two books of poetry
I do not monitor traffic to my poetry with strict adherence, but I do try to review what poems are getting attention at least once a month. There are two poems that have been included in the list of most read poems month after month for some time now: The Ontology of a Hummingbird, posted …
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Lesia Kulchynska: The Lure of War video essay
What Lesia Kulchynska discusses about the gig economy in warfare and terrorism has an obvious positive correlation with commodity fetishism. She demonstrates public anger is not what brings revolutions anymore and that new strategies need to be considered.
This is not a good time to start writing a new book
This is not a good time to start writing a new book. You have already invested so much time and resources on the book you were already writing. Now, with the political consequences of what it means to be a writer and what it means to be a writer who discusses social issues in one …
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(cross-posting) Note: Continuing humanities teaching and research after the discontinuation of grants
I do not think individual humanities work needs to stop with the removal of grants. Yes, clearly communities and community culture will be hurt. However, individuals can continue privately, to the best of their ability, and budget, share openly in the spirit of Open Access and the common good. We are called to be stewards …
Another Note: On the Theory of Monetized Empathy
I was reading “The Dialectics of Ecology and Ecological Civilization” (Requires a subscription at the time of this post, but will be public next week) and the author cites Global Change and the Earth System. I did a search for the book. It was actually a bit difficult to find. Springer is asking $99.00 for …
Note: An observation
For every instant expert on tariffs there you will find someone who has been devoted to blind capitalism this whole time and will continue to be so. Capitalism abounds.
Note: Idealism in an Era of Consequences
Attempting to maintain a frame of optimistic idealism seems rather heroic in this age of absolute consequences. It is not that the idea of contemplating utopia serves only as denialism is new. That has always been the case. But with stability comes the real work of getting there though continued scholarship. It is not just …
Memo: Tom Stoppard meets Star Trek (cross posted)
I had an idea for movie that is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (play: 1966, film: 1990), which was written by Tom Stoppard and is a play that was made into a movie and is a behind-the-scenes of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, meets Star Trek, specifically focused on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, “A Matter …