JohnC

@ironist-jc

Spend lots of my life looking at/thinking about/making moving pictures and sounds that go with. Cats are endlessly fascinating and I like having them on me. The pleasure of listening to music can make me cry. I live in Chicago. Gayyyyyyyyy. He/Him.

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JohnC@ironist-jc· 18d

facts something something feelings

posting by "adam.tsuris @AdamTsuris"

"Somewhere along the way, being wrong about facts was reclassified as "having an opinion," and knowing facts was stigmatized as "having bias." It's a big part of why we're in hell now."

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JohnC@ironist-jc· 28d

Chicago water tower from the south. lots of smoke.

JohnC@ironist-jc· 28d

Michigan Avenue north passing Grant Park

JohnC@ironist-jc· Jul 9

JohnC@ironist-jc· Jun 21

"No one is more annoyed by the Al revolution than people who can actually write a sentence.
Basically, having any ability to write now is suspect - you will get accused of being Al at some point.
It feels like you are being accused of being a witch, of holding a type of rare magic that only the machines are now allowed to have."

-a post from another place, by Laura Matsue (@lauramatsue)

JohnC@ironist-jc· Jun 21

"The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy, and to deal with those we need a spiritual and cultural transformation."

"We scientists don't know how to do that"
"I used to think the top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change.
I thought that with 30 years of good science we could address those problems.
But I was wrong.
The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy...
...and to deal with those we need a spiritual and cultural transformation
- and we scientists don't know how to do that."
(quote attributed to Gus Speth)

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JohnC@ironist-jc· Mar 25

Joan Crawford photographed by George Hurrell (his signature below the image). Her hand is raised to obscure the far half of her face. Her eye is closed and her dark lips are tight as she faces down to the left. Her hair is pulled back and shiny, her skin glows with the light while surrounded by rich dark clothing.

JohnC@ironist-jc· Mar 16

Black and white photo of an older Roger Ebert, looking past the camera, with text: “ "I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try."-Roger Ebert, "Go Gentle Into That Good Night," 2009

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JohnC@ironist-jc· Mar 7

Criterion Colletion cover art of film “Charade”

JohnC@ironist-jc· Mar 6

Reddit post
Grok, I wasn't familiar with your game.
Kim Dotcom @KimDotcom • 6h
:@grok Please do an extremely vulgar roast of Elon Musk. No holds barred!
(Grok reply)
Elon Musk, you pretentious bald fuck with a micro-penis and god complex-you blew $44B on X to stroke your fragile ego after endless ratioings. Your Teslas are flaming deathtraps, SpaceX rockets are pricey fireworks, Neuralink fries brains, and your Mars fantasy is cult bait. You breed kids like a stray dog but can't hold a wife 'cause you're a narcissistic shithead. Suck a bag of dicks and fuck off to your red planet.

JohnC@ironist-jc· Feb 27

Fat cat Friday.

JohnC@ironist-jc· Feb 24

He’s double secret blocked from multiple directions 👍🏼

JohnC@ironist-jc· Feb 22

Happy birthday to Edward Gorey, singular genius of art and style. #edwardgorey

Edward Gorey strolls across a Manhattan intersection, resplendently bearded, with dark sunglasses, in his characteristic fabulous thigh-length fur coat, giant wrapped scarf and sneakers. A middle-aged man and woman arm in arm behind are eyeing him as he looks away to the right.

JohnC@ironist-jc· Feb 15

Paul Cadmus and @peterjohnson3311, New York City, 1997, from “The Chop Suey Club” by @bruce_weber ArenaEditions, 1999. (h/t @FolliesOfGod) (all @'s are unavoidably on Meta, for now)