The past week of Tumor/Pestilence + enabler shenanigans have kept George Carlin’s immortal words at the front of my brainspace: “Fuck the fucking fuckers.”

EarBliss, 13nov2020: BECAUSE OF A FLOWER, by Ana Roxanne.

Clearly in a weird mood this morning: not only am I amused that the sound of fork against bowl in the morning’s omelette making sounds, to me, like Mario’s steps in DONKEY KONG – but I’m also compelled to share this with you.

‘She made music jump into 3D’: Wendy Carlos, the reclusive synth genius, via The Guardian.

A furious behind-the-scenes battle to counter Trump’s threat to national security, via The Washington Post.

Robot wolves prevent Japanese bear attacks, are also very creepy, via The Verge.

‘It’s the screams of the damned!’ The eerie AI world of deepfake music, via The Guardian.

The promise of the new COVID-19 vaccine is immense, via The Economist.

Greek Masquerade (1771), via The Public Domain Review.

EarBliss, 12nov2020: ARTLESSLY FALLING, by Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl.

Pleased to report that the neighborhood turkey - my running partner for the last tenth mile of the day’s run - is quickening his pace. Daily exercise has been good for him.

Reading, 12nov2020:

Every time I hear DeWine speak, I come away with both a deep disappointment in his transformation from decisiveness to impotence and the impression that he thinks his words are far more impressive and inspiring than they actually are.

But I should add here that his “phase one” decisiveness was, itself, an exception: he’s merely reverted to form in the post-Acton COVID wasteland of Ohio.

EarBliss, 11nov2020: BURNHEART, by Johanna Burnheart

Don’t define Biden’s victory down, via The Washington Post.

The GSA’s Delay in Recognizing the Biden Transition Team and the National Security Implications, via Just Security.

I took the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine. It’s a miracle for genetic medicine, via The Washington Post.

DC Comics Names Marie Javins Editor-In-Chief, via Deadline.

‘The Outsider’: MRC Shopping Series After HBO Passes On Season 2, via Deadline.

‘A fowl of the law’: men sentenced for cooking chicken in Yellowstone hot spring | Environment | , via The Guardian.

No, Netflix email, I will not finish THE REPAIR SHOP, not until you add more than the first two seasons. I refuse to stare down the void of a REPAIR SHOP-less life and choose instead to savor each and every relaxing morsel of your minuscule offering as a middle finger to you.

From the “on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-but” department: what’s the term for a quoted passage that precedes a work?

About 3/4 of the way through Nick Bostrom’s SUPERINTELLIGENCE: I understand maybe a tenth of it but I’m terrified by all of it.

EarBliss, 09nov2020: JOURNEY IN SATCHIDANANDA, by Alice Coltrane.

Watched BATMAN RETURNS for the first time in 20 years and it’s still my favorite Bat-flick: a weird, macabre Christmas fairy tale - Kelley Jones art brought to life.

Neighborhood watch, camouflaged.

Thank you, Screen Time, for informing me that my screen time was up 107% last week. Sorta had that one figured.

The 29th and final weekly issue of MacroParentheticals — switching to monthly for the foreseeable future — is on its way to inboxes. Relief, exhaustion, and et cetera abound.

It’s been a very good day.

Glorious.

ohthankfuck, part II, AP-edition.

EarBliss, 07nov2020: SONGS FROM HOME, by Fred Hersch.

A beautiful and poignant dispatch this morning from Nick Cave’s essential The Red Hand Files newsletter.