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In the West Bank | Jack Gross & Dylan Saba

An interview with Fathi Nimer on the West Bank since the war in Gaza, and the history of annexation and occupation.
— Read on www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/fathi-nimer/

Fascism Late, Early; Fascists Now, Then | The Brooklyn Rail

During the Trump era, when troops of neo-Nazis, white nationalists, Proud Boys, MAGA hats, militiamen, and Men’s Rights Activists descended on my city, there was little debate about what to call them: “fascist” seemed simple enough, even if one did not always know what ideology, exactly, moved which knife- or stick-wielding creep.
— Read on brooklynrail.org/2024/09/field-notes/fascism-late-early-fascists-now-then/

Way ahead of its time: The Remote Lounge NYC – Doc Pop’s Blog

The Remote Lounge was a high-tech bar in NYC’s Bowery District from 10/2001 to 11/2007. The bar’s gimmick was that it was packed full of monitors and closed-circuit television cameras.

Anyone in the bar could control each CCTV camera via any of the terminals located throughout the establishment, thanks to their servo-mounted design. Each terminal had a joystick (for controlling a camera), a camera button (which would capture an image and upload it to the RemoteLounge.com), a next button (for switching to another camera), a chat button, and a landline phone.

So you could cycle through the bar until you found someone sitting near a camera, then you could request to chat with them via the phone. Sometimes, as you were watching a scene, your video camera would start to move, and you’d realize someone else was watching and controlling the same camera that you were.

— Read on docpop.org/2013/10/way-ahead-of-its-time-the-remote-lounge-nyc/

orange blue banana

i saw a coyote cross the ocean road
two black kitties in the abandoned field 

in a comradely way you said
we disagree but soon we be red 

orange blue banana smoothie 
we had a time didn’t we