You would think #audible has a vendetta against the recently resurrected cool girl of L.A. lit, Eve Babitz, by giving her books the most spiritually degrading and ugly covers of all time.
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I asked for books about drugs, addiction and intoxication that feel like being in an opium den in Kowloon, and here’s the new haul based on your recommendations. 🖤
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I think it may have got lost in the shuffle of 9/11 content but this was a meaningful conversation for anyone interested in healthcare, sci-fi and emergency medical services. wakeisland.substack.com/p/american-t...
American Triage: From 9/11 to Fahrenheit 451
When one dystopia isn’t enough.
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Looking for books about drugs, addiction, intoxication. Nothing clinical or self-help, and no Burroughs. I want stuff that feels like being in an opium den in Kowloon. What’ve you got?
Anyone else bummed by how dutiful, bloodless, and overly art-directed The Shards adaptation turned out? All lens flare and gloss, no menace, no sexiness, none of what makes a BEE book such a joy to read
New essay and podcast episode with Gideon Jacobs about his article for Spike Magazine “All Images Are Quite Useless Now” and whether the collapse of our old relationship to images might actually be liberating. wakeisland.substack.com/p/falling-ou...
Falling Out of the Frame with Gideon Jacobs
Photography, AI, consciousness, spiritual practice, and whether the collapse of our old relationship to images might actually be liberating.
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I started a new series called Landfall, about leaving behind a career in media and starting over as an EMT in the age of AI. Here's the first post. Hope you enjoy the ride. wakeisland.substack.com/p/landfall-n...
Landfall No. 1: Dirty Rain
I lost my job to AI. Now I’m becoming an EMT. Notes from my first shift in an ambulance.
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Roddy Bottum of Faith No More is on Wake Island today open.spotify.com/episode/7FgI...
Roddy Bottum: The Royal We
WAKE ISLAND · Episode
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All these takedowns of takedowns remind me of how shitty and twee essay writing became during the 2010s: How to Be an Artist (Saltz), No Judgment (Oyler), Trick Mirror (Tolentino), Body Work (Febos), Bad Feminist (Gay).
tripleampersand.org/letter-for-i... Letter for Iran, 2026 Jason Mohaghegh
Letter for Iran, 2026 - TripleAmpersand Journal (&&&)
Many have died these past several nights. Their blood calls out to us from the ground, asking where we stand in the age of Cain. Meanwhile, there are those who engage in ceaseless political discussion...
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One for those 'most anticipated books of next year' lists. Allan on Priest on Ballard and everything in between.
The early 2020s took us to the ocean floor. The ride is over. There’s no deeper to go. Now we have to step off the elevator and try to live in this place, however hostile it is to life. open.substack.com/pub/wakeisla...
Wake Island: Cry of the Conquered
FINALE (Written by Paul K and David Leo Rice)
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On January 5th, we’re putting out the final post for 2025. In the meantime, we wanted to share a year-end image edition: open.substack.com/pub/wakeisla...
2025 was the biggest drag for movies. These were the only ones I enjoyed
open.substack.com/pub/wakeisla... Perhaps to save itself from the hive mind, humanity is fragmenting once again, breaking the Tower of Babel before some wrathful deity breaks it for us.
Wake Island: Exploring the Imagery, Sickness, and Energy of 2025
November Edition (Written by Paul K and David Leo Rice)
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