nik gaffney @zzkt@mastodon.social

RT @longnow@twitter.com
The average lifespan of a civilization is 336 years. via @LukaKemp@twitter.com & @BBC@BBC@twitter.comps://t.co/qmnFDyPr1U

RT @JanFreedman@twitter.com
Do octopus dream? They do have something similar to REM. And they do change colour while they are asleep. So maybe they really do dream. (Vid via Instagram OctoNation)

RT @ccohanlon@twitter.com
Life before Go-Pro: Dan Merkel shooting footage with a 35mm camera in a waterproof housing (atop an inflateable 'surf mattress'), back in 1977. https://www.surfer.com/blogs/eos/life-before-gopro/

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RT @farmersmanual_@twitter.com
delighted, we're archived on https://nts.live/shows/sendspaace/episodes/sendspaace-9th-february-2019 w/ #automix - hands free playlisting sorting #jetpackpowers #tbc cheers @jamie_desktop@twitter.com @sendspaace@twitter.com @NTSlive@twitter.com

RT @farmersmanual_@twitter.com
turn it up - tonite's @sendspaace@twitter.com episode collaborative #automix by @farmersmanual_@twitter.com + @jamie_desktop@twitter.com

RT @_foam@twitter.com
A few notes from a desert marked by stark contrasts between heat and chill, adoration and dread, escape and extraction (by @deziluzija@twitter.com and @zzkt@twitter.com) https://medium.com/@foam/dust-and-shadow-field-notes-3-af72c73a988e

RT @bldgblog@twitter.com
Forest supercomputers, computational landscape architecture, and WiFi’s passage through trees—“landscapes sown specifically for their electromagnetic-propagation effects.” http://www.bldgblog.com/2019/02/computational-landscape-architecture/

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antibodies, The World Bank, desertification, Zinc ore & nitrites. #mindrot

lack of exposure to the toxic economic-damper effects, Highbrow Despicables, clog dancing, hallucinogens & children playing with tigers. #mindrot

depraved indifference, climate change, lots of terrifying gore, Pants & immaterial and affective labor. #mindrot

with #mindrot as input...

e.g. Scottish Rite Temple (Lincoln, Nebraska), The 5th Wave (comic strip), WYCR, Manzhouli railway station & Megarynchus

accidentally wrote a Latour Litanizer (ht @ibogost@twitter.com) for emacs. https://github.com/zzkt/litanizer

RT @PulaneKingston1@twitter.com
This week the Smithsonian Museum unveiled a portrait of Henrietta Lacks whose cells were taken from her body without her knowledge or consent and used to produce the world’s first immortal cell line. The cells continue to be used extensively for medical research and development.

RT @_foam@twitter.com
We're looking for interesting writings, quotes or short excerpts about attunement. Is there anything you would suggest for the next Dust & Shadow reader? https://fo.am/blog/2018/11/07/open-call-dust-shadow-reader-2-attunement/

RT @_foam@twitter.com
2019... whatever it may bring, best wishes from all of us at at FoAM! https://flic.kr/s/aHskPSme8u

“Corn is not a _food_.
Corn is a _platform_.”
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RT @SwiftOnSecurity@twitter.com
You live in a society whose every production industry is based around a government-subsidized chemical feedstock.

Corn is not a _food_.
Corn is a _platform_.
https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1074856487514726400

RT @jpwarren@twitter.com
Vegemite circuitry! https://twitter.com/lukeweston/status/1071220362606608385