Rob Fields
@robfields.bsky.social
Connecting people, art, and ideas via arts consulting, marketing and art advising. Boards: @uniondocs, Volta Art Fair Image: Joana Choumali, "Whose Peace Is It Keeping?" 2024 https://linktr.ee/robfields
Excited for this! 🙌🏽
Thirty years after #NakedActs, I’m making a second film! HELGA is about rediscovery. It’s the story of one vocalist’s journey through emotions once buried alongside her lost gem, a newly found album from the ‘90s. Produced by @robfields.bsky.social & @mayascade.bsky.social. Crowdfunding launches 6/3
Every accusation is a confession, Uncle Ruckus. 🤡 ht @clarajeffery.bsky.social
Genuinely funny that Sonia Sotomayor issued a public apology today for her mild criticism of a conservative colleague on a specific, substantive issue, and then a few hours later Clarence Thomas picked up a mic and was like ALL LIBERALS ARE AMERICA-HATING COWARDS
Iran regime is growing more defiant and confident. Not in a rush for negotiations or ceasefire. It’s cutting side deals on Hormuz routes (French and Japanese ships crossed), maintains firing capability, clamping down domestically.
This is called infantile egocentrism and we're supposed to age out of it by the time we're 5 or so.
“MAGA’s fundamental shared quality is a total lack of theory of mind for other people” is a theory that keeps getting validated by reality - look at almost every decision they’ve made in the war with Iran, and how they seem constantly surprised by the unanticipated actions of other parties.
"No stupid rules of engagement" also means "no stupid rules of engagement" on the part of the Iranians towards American troops. Hegseth, like Trump, is in way over his head, and that's going to cost American lives.
Trump, the, bankruptcy king and genius: “Everybody that has not called for force majeure we expect will do so in the next few days that this continues. All exporters in the Gulf region will have to call force majeure," Kaabi told the FT."
Qatar will not restart production until there is a complete cessation of hostilities: “the signal is when our military says there is a complete stop of hostilities and we are not being attacked anymore. We are not going to put our people in harm’s way.” www.ft.com/content/be12...
Let them go fight their own effing wars, if that's what they want.
I use AI. And I know Anthropic is in bed with Palantir, so I'm using Claude now, while I wait for Mistral to be competitive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman
As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman
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The US and Israel are bombing Iran. Anyone reporting it as “preventive” is engaging in propaganda, by definition. There is no interpretation of what’s happening as anything else than a crime. You don’t have to like the Iranian regime to understand why this is bad.
I can't think of any immigrant in American history who has assimilated worse than Musk. The guy hates most of the people here and wants to hurt us, has open contempt for our traditions or values, and has spent billions trying to destroy our culture to replace it with that of his foreign childhood.
this is all racism, obviously, and multiculturalism is great, but i'll note that i'm pretty close to being a median american, and i can't think of too many other people in america with whom i share fewer cultural values that elon musk
This is a big deal. Approval polls, like the media, courts, and Congress, can serve as vehicles for presidential accountability. We are watching in real time as the institutions that could hold this administration to account wither on the vine.
Gallup announces, after 88 years, it will no longer track public approval of presidents. Trump's second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The president repeatedly has threatened to sue media and polling firms that portray him negatively.
Thank you for sharing this, Magali. 🙏🏽
"If entering the country suddenly requires surrendering your digital life and private information, how long before artists and collectors simply choose not to come?" @robfields.bsky.social hyperallergic.com/how-trump-is... – @hyperallergic.com
Adam Serwer: “Donald Trump is still psychically wounded by the election of Barack Obama.” @adamserwer.bsky.social
Some good news... ⬇️⬇️⬇️
A federal court cleared way for us @democracydefendersfund.org to depose Elon Musk over the unconstitutional shutdown of USAID Our case now moves into discovery As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
They kidnapped this five year old when he was coming home from school and sent him to a jail in Texas. Imagine how terrified he must be.
You’re arresting terrified children and using them as bait. Arresting kids getting treatment at doctors’ offices. Blinding protesters. Illegally raiding homes. Making people terrified to leave their homes. You want to pee in peace? Quit your fucking job.
Border Patrol agents are very sad that everyone in Minnesota hates them. “At each gas station where the agents stopped to use the restroom, groups of agitators appeared, yelled at them, stalked them, and even tried to prevent law enforcement vehicles from leaving…”
The answer to “How could it ever have happened back then?” is right in front of us, here & now.
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
In 2017 I read Valeria Luiselli’s book about her experiences interpreting for very young children facing deportation. The name of the book, Tell Me How It Ends, is heart wrenching to think of in this moment.
Immigrant toddlers appear in court alone Children as young as 3 are appearing in court without their parents to plead their case to stay in the country. (2018) www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncn...
In art school we went over this and actually i kinda want to add that i think men are just not socialized to care about the subtle differences in these colors. Cause i can tell that there is a difference in those nails and in the lip sticks and greyish nails in the video. -
The scientific reason behind why women can see the difference between all four pictures and why men can't. Spoiler alert: It's estrogen.
Gavin Newsom is just a guy who's interested in power. He's willing to entertain a dialogue with execrable people like Shapiro. This is the latest version of Bill Clinton's "triangulation". He's dangerous bc he provides a platform for ppl who aren't engaged in any good faith arguments.
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza" Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Louder. For the cheap seats in the back.
This David French article shows the analytic peril of ignoring the way normal policing and repression work in communities of color. The so-called "dual state" he's highlighting (laws applied unequally, non-compliance met with violence) is *exactly* what Black Lives Matter was protesting.