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a blog by Paul Graham Raven
science fiction / social theory / climate futures / infrastructure / utopian narratology / sometimes cats
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[x] springs eternal
If a poet wants to say anything meaningful about the world, he must not push the world away from himself or seek in any way to avoid it. Despite the best of plans and intentions, the world is more chaotic than ever, and this chaos is pushing it with increasing speed toward self-destruction. The poet must…
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a celebration of endings
It’s Biffy fuckin’ Clyro, ye radge. (Not that you could tell from this photo; my down-the-front days are long gone.) Rescheduled from February due to You Know What, this gig (last night at Den GrÃ¥ Hal, Christiania, Copenhagen) happened to fall on the night before the last day of my contract at Lund. I’ve not…
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malevolent pigs
Seems like there’s skulduggery afoot in the Baltic: The three leaks — two in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline north-east of Bornholm, and one in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline south-east of the island — caused disturbances in the sea up to 1km wide, according to the Danish defence forces. @FinancialTimes https://www.ft.com/content/294e441d-7b24-4144-a51f-75bdf70d723c I have largely…
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days when the number of words isn’t that great
Synchronicity, thy name is INTERNETS. Two academics reflecting on the frequency and quantity of their writing practice, published so close together that it can only have been accidental! In order of posting, it’s Dave Beer first, discussing a newsletter by Irina Dumitrescu in which she… … gently pushes against more oppressive notions of productivity. This…
Who is Paul Graham Raven?
“… who, with raving lips uttering things mirthless, unbedizened, and unperfumed, reaches over a thousand years with [his] voice, thanks to the god in [him].”