Tuesday, October 6, 2026


 

Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you.

—Habakkuk 2:8


 Grief-bots to confront the old problem of death? The techno-fascist dystopian future is here. 


 I very rarely buy books, but I missed the order at the library for this, and today Brian Eno said everybody should read it. Here's how the propaganda worms into one's brain: I almost asked for Anti-Semitism! Benjamin Moser also wrote the biography of Clarice Lispector, and reintroduced her books to english language readers. 


 Magic protects this space, ok, but what about the stairs? I saw this fellow sitting in a wheelchair wondering how to get up to the train platform. It's 2026, and there's no elevator, and no ramp, no magic to lift one up.


 In what kind of world do they call a genocide a conflict? It's not about Judaism, it's about Zionism. Many non-Jews are Zionist. It's a genocidal ideology. We have to ask what people actually stand for. This is pragmatic. Otherwise we're all gonna die. Book group: Anti-Zionism by Benjamin Moser. 




Gaza changed the world. 




 We watched Mistress Dispeller and learned afterward it was made by the same person who made Stray. What an amazing director. Now we want to see Stray again.