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Naomi Klein's new #book "End Times Fascism. And The Fight For The Living World" is out, here's an adapted #essay giving #hope and inspirations for resistance. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/13/end-times-fascists-essay A "post-capitalist and pro- (all of) life fight. Deeply democratic, socialist, feminist, multiracial, multispecies, internationalist, generous, courageous and animate. Embodied and sensory, proudly earthbound." #resistance #future #longreads #TESCREAL #DemocracyMatters #democracy #bookstodon #solarpunk

Hey #believeinfilm friends, I published a short photo essay where I talk about the experimental nature of film photography, why I like to push the boundaries in that medium, and what doing so has led to: "The Risks and Rewards of Experimental Photography" https://www.analog.cafe/r/the-risks-and-rewards-of-experimental-photography-7vi3 #filmphotography #analogphotography #essay #experimental #photography

"These two figures are not communicating with one another. The lady receives an amatory message, and the gentleman some racing results." https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-vision-of-isolating-technology-from-1906/ #technology #essay

Man kann über das Advertising-Geschäft denken was man möchte, Stoers-T-Online macht jedenfalls häufig einen exzellenten Job. #essay #trump #hegemonie #analogie https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/tagesanbruch/id_101417458/die-irrfahrt-des-donald-trump-wie-er-die-macht-der-usa-gefaehrdet.html

In 1975, oral historian Johnetta Brazzell used the "newly portable and increasingly affordable cassette recorder" to document the stories of everyday Black residents of the city of Pontiac, Michigan. "We're trying to locate people who lived [in Pontiac] and get eyewitness accounts of what was going on, how people lived, where they worked and, generally, just what life was like for them." https://daily.jstor.org/the-cassette-tapes-of-the-great-migration/ #essay #history #OralHistory #interviews #CassetteTapes

Habe ich Bock? Habe ich Bock? Ich schreibe erst, wenn ich Bock habe. Und ohne Verständnis dafür, wo Bock herkommt, kann man Bocklosigkeit nicht beseitigen. Ich habe langsam wieder Bock. #journalismus #essay

The word “#essay” comes from French essai, meaning “trial” or “attempt,” and the modern literary sense grew from that idea of trying out thoughts on paper. The French word goes back to Late Latin exagium, “a weighing,” from Latin exigere, “to weigh, test, or examine.”

OK, folks. There's some meat to chew on with this one... #Writing #WritingCommunity #Blog #Substack #Newsletter #Grimdark #Essay #Culture #Technology #SocialMedia #Politics #History #PopCulture https://markharbinger.substack.com/p/was-the-usa-a-grimdark-trilogy

"Spending time in a “third space” — aka a spot besides work and home, like the gym or a coffee shop — in your neighborhood (if there is one) can have a major positive impact on your psychological health and make it easier to get seamless connections going." https://www.vox.com/advice/494399/how-to-talk-to-befriend-neighbors #essay #MentalHealth #friendship #neighbors

Men would rather bomb the Arctic, dam the Mediterranean, and build a second moon than reduce dependence on fossil fuels, and go to therapy. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/06/five-outlandish-plans-to-remodel-earth-climate #climate #ClimateChange #essay #science #history

Donald Trump Celebrates America’s Two-Hundred-and-Fiftieth Birthday https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/donald-trump-celebrates-americas-two-hundred-and-fiftieth-birthday At the Great American State Fair, in Washington, D.C., and at the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Library, in North Dakota, the President casts himself as the rightful heir to American greatness. #mix #longread #essay

Pluralistic: No one wants to read your AI slop Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/gmahm #essay #ai https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/02/nonconsensual-slopping/#robowanking