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Memes as Politics: Ep 13: DKP is Market Socialism

Josh recaps: edgy tweets from left-wing media figures, kids in cages with reverse timelines, right-wing influencers in shambles & actually existing in-game socialism.

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Climate-Fiction w/ Holly Jean Buck

Part of the extended program for "Left Futures" hosted by Bas Fisher Invitational, Jan. 28th - Mar. 12 of 2021, in Miami, FL.

"After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair and Restoration" by Holly Jean Buck. Verso, 2019

Music by: "Starseed Junglist Anthem" by DJ Umberto Ecco 2k

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2021 updates & guests

Last night, lefty art critic Ben Davis visited the Twitch stream.

Next week, 2021-02-16 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Memes as Politics: Ep 12: Cult as Cope

Welcome to season 2 of Memes as Politics.

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Radical Content, 2021

I've summarized my recent research into a mini-trend report that you can download here.

I think that right now the most urgent task is to explain the turmoil of the last few years without scapegoating algorithms. This will help to have a framework in place for when things continue ...

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Memes as Politics: Episode 11.5: Revolt Against the Big Tech World

Early reflections on the capitol protest, Trump ban + the new era of social media. Clipped from Monday's stream (1-11-21).

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I started a YouTube channel

This will be a repository of weekly stream highlights. You can subscribe to the channel here.

For now, I'm going to keep the Patreon feed tidy; podcasts, texts & essential...

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Breadtube.tv series

Last week we completed our survey of Breadtube; exploring every channel from A-Z. 

In a moment where both mainstream culture and elite institutions have been captured by neoliberalism, social media has become a uniq...

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Memes as Politics: Episode 10: Dominion Deep Dive (Do Not Research)

Utah monolith = McCrakenist Posadism, post-election dis-info deep dive, Laura Loomer walked so Marjorie Taylor Greene could run, the two conspiracies in American society & forecasting realignment.

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"Choose Your Future" print + updates

Choose Your Future (2020) is available as a 30 x 24" luster C-print. This can be purchased through Patreon at the $40 tier. This offer is available until the end of the month. I will stock a few extras for stragglers. 

Print arrives unframed. Free shipping to anywhere in the U...

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Neoliberal or Libertarian (2020)

Pre-pandemic we used to play this game around a big table with many many drinks. So we all got together for a live event with Montez Press Radio on Halloween. Thanks to Honey's Brooklyn for hosting us!

Thanks to the contestants:

Victoria Campbell
Dean Kissick
Mike Pepi
Arjun...

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Memes as Politics: Episode 09: Post-internet Neo-nothing

mini Chart of Truth (do not research), long tail politics, 5th position, @jonrafmancellectuals, platform capitalist realism, the Trotskyist to Neocon pipeline (real)

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Memes in The Guardian

Linking to this weekend's piece in case anyone has not yet seen. I'm happy that these ideas are now reaching a larger audience. I thought it would be worthwhile to offer a few more notes here for supporters. Please join us in the Disc...

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Art of Shadows (2020)


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Syllabus: Artists After the Internet v.2020-1

I reformatted my class for remote learning; all links connect you to materials that are freely available online. Reading assignments, film and video lectures will keep you occupied for 1-2 hours x 15 weeks throughout the fall semester. There is also a more in depth section for the spring, 12 week...

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Chart of Truth series

Last week we completed an incredible journey: all 10 tiers of the Chart of Truth. Below are links to each video-- over 40 hours :yikes: of mind expanding research. Warning: consumption of this content may cause 5D ascension.

2020-07-05 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

20 INTERVIEWS .pdf

download a digital copy of my book: 20 interviews

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Join the Discord server

I'm planning to spend a significant portion of the next year mapping the political funnels of social media. This often means encountering content that is unfit for large audiences on mainstream platforms. This server is a safe space for us to collectively think through and examine the fringes of ...

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Coronacene: What Happens Next?

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/682777266 


In case you missed it: posting the archive of last weeks super-panel with Carly Busta, Benjamin Bratton, Joshua Citarella, Aria Dean, Simon Denny, Daniel Keller, N...

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From Techno-libertarianism to Eco-fascism: The 2010's


I wrote about the transformation of internet subcultures for Spike Art Magazine's recap of the decade. Download the full PDF in the link below.

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New Book: 20 Interviews

Thank you all for the overwhelming support! I'm reposting here for anyone who has not yet seen this on Instagram in last week. 

You can purchase the book now by upgrading to the $40 tier. Patreon will bill you at sign up. You can downgrade at anytime. I hope that you will stay on and h...

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Sim Society with New Models and Cade at Traumabarundkino

This was a blast! Here's my side of the live-stream from the event. 

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Meme Review w/ Sean JP Carney, Brad Troemel and Mike Pepi

Unironic Pete Buttigieg, Epstein, #NNN Coomers, Ancaps v SoCiALiSm, "this meme was made by", Whiskey_Warrior_556 gets redflagged, Exposing the Emerald Empire + more

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After the End of History

Excited to share the audio from last month's live event at the New Museum. Rhizome helped me to bring together three of my favorite accounts and some of the most inspiring gen Z politigrammers. Without a doubt this was one of the most surreal experiences irl. Many laughs and lots of gloom. <...

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Exhibition Catalog

I'm sending this reward to $15 supporters at the end of the month. Make sure your address on Patreon is up to date!

4-5/8 x 7-1/8” face, 9-1/4 x 7-1/8” open, 10 pages, staple bound

In other news: We finally got approval to release the audio from Rhizome's event at the New Museum l...

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Gen Z U/acc (Unconditional Accelerationism) writes for Rhizome

Excited we are finally able to publish! This text comes from a duo of gen Z thinkers that describe their politics as Unconditional Accelerationism; a heavy emphasis on technology and accelerating techno-capital to ultimately transform the human subject. Needless to say this is a must read and its...

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More Gen-Z micro lectures

Zoe4revolution wrote this piece for the next installment of Gen-Z micro lectures with Rhizome.org

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Josh, Brad and Mike do Meme Review

I didn't know how to use Twitch when we started (lol) so here are the highlights from this one (finally)!

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Salutations, Fellow Kids

This is the first in a series of forthcoming texts written by Gen-Z Politigrammers. Rhizome has helped me to commission these essays as part of their fall program called Info-Wars. 

Tomorrow afternoon at 2pm our event 2019-10-04 20:39:52 +0000 UTC View Post

Recent Classics

This summer I wrote about World of Warcraft, nostalgia and reactionary culture for Tank Magazine. I've attached one of the print version PDFs that's got a really nice design. The text is also available 2019-09-14 17:36:27 +0000 UTC View Post