“Freedom and liberation are an unending task.”— Umberto Eco, 1995, https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/
The second Trump administration has exposed the lie of Reaganomics, as well as the rot at the heart of an administration dedicated to the idea that some people…
— Olivia of Troye, I’ve Sat in the Rooms Where These Are Written. This One Stunned Me. “Statue of Perfidy” illustration by David Rowe, 2025
…in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money,
our great country of money, we (forgive us) lived happily during the war.
Imagine the author of a book telling people to “read my Amazon”. A great director trying to promote their film by saying “click on my Max”. That’s how…
People are right to sense that, as the emails lay bare, there is a highly private merito-aristocracy at the intersection of government and business, lobbying, philanthropy, start-ups, academia,…
It seemed increasingly plausible that, faced with this onslaught, some percentage of psychically defenseless men would simply crumple, follow the platforms’ logic, and start watching porn full-time. […]…
We didn’t exactly evict him, but our right-wing bitcoin-obsessed mayor lost big time at the recent by-election in Vancouver. I created this animation for Sean Orr (a leftist…
“We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she…
The world is going to hell but hey there’s music. I’ve been playing this mixtape all day while working on spreadsheets, like all artists dream of doing.