In 1997 philosopher Charles Mills coined the term "epistemology of ignorance" to describe how white supremacy situates white people so they cannot accurately perceive or understand the world in which they live. He called it "virtual reality" then. We just have new technology w which this happens

CWcwarzel.bsky.socialOct 10, 2024 11:59pm

I wrote about the hurricanes, attention grifters, the limits of the term misinformation, and how it is more apt to call it a full cultural and political assault on any person or institution that operates in reality. (gift link)

A Cultural Assault on Reality

What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis.

Literally just saw someone respond to an "AI" image being called out as "AI" with "ok yes the image is probably A.I. generated it doesn't mean the story isn't real," and I just… Y'all. We are in a bad bad place. A bunch of us warned you we were gonna get here, & y'know what? Here the fuck we are.…

Aqio

I gave Ambilify a shot last spring and it had me thinking I was stuck in a Truman Show situation, I am so sorry you've been going through it

If you are a guy and working on some horror narrative... killing the final girl is not the edgy narrative twist you think it is. It's not even a twist, it's just... reality. You're just telling me you're sexist without telling me.

At a NYC spa in the middle of her Vulnicura tour and MoMA exhibition.

Bjork has seen me naked in passing.

BCbencrossbones.bsky.socialOct 9, 2024 6:49pm

I learned the importance of stretching from Fat Mike that summer.

There is something American too about a lack of memory, historical or otherwise. Imho it is related to never truly acknowledging the genocide and slavery and apartheid/segregation that forms most of our country's history.

“Covid-19 may increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths for three years after an infection, study suggests” #COVID19#LongCOVIDwww.cnn.com/2024/10/09/h...

Covid may increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and deaths for three years after an infection, a new study suggests | CNN

Covid-19 continues to be a powerful risk factor for future heart attacks and strokes for almost three years following the infection, a large new study suggests.

A problem with the election being during hurricane season is that Republicans still remember how in 2012, Obama & Chris Christie collaborated to recover from Hurricane Sandy, which then helped Obama win reelection, & the lesson Republicans took from that is that they could never let it happen again