Rants & Epiphanies
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“Wisdom that will bless I, who live in the spiral joy born at the utter end of a black prayer.” • — Keiji Haino “The subject of human creativity is not an ethnic-centric, but a composite subject.” • — Anthony Braxton “… It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.” • — The Marquis de Sade
A similar themed movie Dunhuang Hero was blocked by Chinese censors for nearly 2 years supposedly due to it touches sensitive issue of ethnic relations.
Bc Shazhou rebellion was primarily an ethnic Han rebellion against Tibetan overlord. pic.twitter.com/9x2SMj6o0p
The West Hollywood gallery hosted a preview performance of ‘Manifestos 7’ (2025), composed by noted American artist Charles Gaines, on the occasion of his West Hollywood exhibition, ‘Charles Gaines. Numbers and Trees, The Tanzania Baobabs.’
The preview performance builds upon Charles Gaines' Manifestos series, in which he disarms and draws upon historical texts, uniting the rational, mathematical, and lyrical structures of music with the irrationality of violence, racial tensions and social injustice. In ‘Manifestos 7,’ the artist examines the rulings from two landmark US Supreme Court cases: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954). The first case set the ‘separate but equal’ precedent and the second overturned it, bookending a period of legalized segregation in the United States.
Previous performances from the Manifestos series have taken place at the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles CA; Museum of Modern Art, New York NY; REDCAT, Los Angeles CA; and The Village Vanguard, New York NY.
"China has been leading very much in the field of renewables." Participants of the ongoing 2025 Summer Davos Forum have highly praised the contribution of China's green development to the world's green transition. #GLOBALink#2025SummerDavospic.twitter.com/PluGCqY6p3
“Nearly 90% of Chinese own their homes outright. Fully paid mortgages are common.(2/7)”
🇺🇸gooses up its homeownership numbers by extending mortgages to 70 year olds n Americans are kicked out of their homes if they can’t afford their property taxes.
The war on Iran seeks "US global dominance" and to "weaken China", said Donald Trump's former national security advisor, General Michael Flynn. He admitted that the US is giving Israel intelligence, weapons, and training. Ben Norton explains.
I mean, if America and the EU evacuate their citizens from Israel, there will literally only be Palestinians left.