The myth of meritocracy isn't just wrong — it's load-bearing. Pull it out and the whole edifice comes down. That's the point. That's always been the point.
We've made apocalypse beautiful. Moody, even. And that's exactly the problem with how we're processing the end of things.
Housing markets don't just happen. They are constructed, maintained, and defended by people who benefit from them. Names available on request.
The view from nowhere is still a view. It just pretends not to be. A history of journalism's most successful lie.
Civility is the demand that the oppressed make their oppressors comfortable.
Every algorithm is a politics. Every feed is a manifesto. Read accordingly.
The avant-garde died when it got a brand deal. We're still holding the funeral.