The Mighty Kräcken

@kr8cken.bsky.social

Oregonian. I can make a whistle out of a piece of grass https://linktr.ee/YearsForMonths

“Bataille’s 1933 essay…argued that fascists tooled the mass’s repressed psychic energy toward a dynamic of authority and submission. For the Surrealists…such energies could be more healthily and liberally expressed. Free the mind…and only then can the rest follow.” www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...

How the Surrealists Psyopped the Gestapo and Otherwise Fought Fascism

“In the Very Bowels of Change: Surrealism and Antifascism,” at Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, frames the movement as anything but detatched from reality

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They say you have to crack some eggs to make an omelet, but this cracks all the eggs, then kills the chickens, while sending taunting ai generated memes to the chicken farmer. And a billionaire eats all the omelets katu.com/news/local/m...

Massive $5.1B data center proposed for Salem draws praise and pushback

City leaders say the proposal is still under review as supporters tout economic benefits and residents raise concerns over water, power and public process.

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You are such a beautiful writer @theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social “…and the sky goes so far and so flat that a man standing in a field feels not small exactly but accurately sized...feels the true proportion of himself against the world, which is a thing most people spend their lives avoiding.”

Image captures a portion of a printed book that is quoted in the post. The book is Nine Miles and other stories by Tom Joad.

Life is full of adventures. Like when you think you bought some water-soluble caulk for your kitchen backsplash, but what you actually bought was some definitely-not water-soluble sealant.