“I must be cruel, only to be kind.” – William Shakespeare For this is journalism: X was true, but Y wasn’t, Here a church, there a prison. Instead, Jackie’s in a box, A topological hex, That kills as often as… Read More ›
Poetry
Numbers: The Mandelbrot Set
“Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.” – Latin saying “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr An eternity of waves tattoos the sand In foam, embroiders it with seaweed, scarifies and brands The verge… Read More ›
Numbers: The Comment Field
“I simply hold that it is difficult to make oneself understood, not absolutely impossible.” – Eugene Ionesco The Comment Field By Curt Hopkins We find salvation in this: Vulgarity as a right, A colonizing meme, which Finds our souls then… Read More ›
Remembrance Day 2014
We’ll be taking today, Remembrance Day, off, to, yes, remember the sacrifices made by those who fought in the wars, whether cyber or IRL. It has been estimated that as much as 20% of Canada’s adult male population died in… Read More ›
Numbers: A heavy stone
“What happens when a new work of art is created is something that happens simultaneously to all the works of art that proceeded it. “ — T.S. Eliot “Nach Auschwitz ein Gedicht zu schreiben ist barbarisch.” — Theodor Adorno … Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for November 5
Remember, remember! The Fifth of November, On WordPress, Tumblr and Blogspot; I know of no reason Edward Snowden’s “treason” Should ever be forgot! Guy Fawkes and his companions Did the scheme contrive, To shake the King and Parliament All up alive…. Read More ›
Numbers: Men’s Rights
“For this too is the lot of man.”— Siduri the Wine Maker, Gilgamesh If strippers are a kind of walking wounded, Where do all our crippled menfolk go To hide between the worm and green corn moon? The crystal lattices… Read More ›
Numbers: Some Thoughts on the Umbrella Revolution
The color of truth is gray.” – Andre Gide I remember Tiananmen. The end Was blood, and silence. I remember Tahrir Square, the broken bones that do not mend, And in Yangon, the monks who died at prayer. I saw… Read More ›
Numbers: Lingua Nova
“Language has run riot in an age of mass communication. It must be reduced to its proper function – the expression of authentic content, rather than its concealment.” Martin Esslin If Anonymous is not a hacking gang, With a master… Read More ›
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