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I can always depend on the work of László Krasznahorkai to pull my brain out of its overused patterns.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Drift Synthesis and Further Adventures in Useful Brain Function.

VizPol takes a cue from bird-watching apps to help journalists identify unfamiliar political symbols, via Nieman Lab.

James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution, via The Atlantic.

The last American to collect a Civil War pension has died, via The Washington Post.

Red Dead Redemption 2 fans’ hunt for the real John Marston, via Polygon.

The Facebook Groups Where People Pretend the Pandemic Isn’t Happening, via The Atlantic.

Shelves.

“But for those who see clearly that it is a circle and why it is a circle, there is no alternative but to stop circling.”

—Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse…Brain-Clearing Statement of Purpose Again, Maybe.

EarBliss, 03jun2020: SILVER DOLLAR, by Threadbare.

CIA veterans who monitored crackdowns abroad see troubling parallels in Trump’s handling of protests, via The Washington Post.

‘Batwoman’: Title Character To Have New Identity Following Ruby Rose’s Exit, via Deadline.

SEGA Is Releasing A Game Gear Micro Portable System, via Bleeding Cool.

Rural Counties Rank among Best – and Worst – for Infections in May, via The Daily Yonder.

Documenting a Protest Has Never Been More Challenging, via Reading the Pictures.

Officially licensed Super Mario Bros. watches from Japan, via Supper Mario Broth.

Biden Has Changed - For the Better, via The Atlantic.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Notes from This Bastion of Days That Never Existed.

Office / Sanctum (haphazard) design aesthetic: antique mall booth, a sense of potential discovery at all times.

Autocrats Love Using the Bible as a Prop. Americans Shouldn’t, via Foreign Policy.

Mexico’s missing mummy mystery, via The Economist.

A massive Raphael exhibit reopens in Rome. Six people can enter every five minutes, via The Washington Post.

Video game preservationists reconstruct decades-lost, never-released NES game, via Polygon.

The Comet Book (1587), via The Public Domain Review.

A small group of essential reads for transforming thought and expanding perspective. While assembling this collection for this photo, a realization that it’s imperative that I continue to expand it.

Brother and sister.

A morning of outrunning the monster in my brain and its fondness for replaying the same destructive loops. Stupid “greatest hits albums.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… 02jun2020.

The smallest two of our dog-children (AKA The Rulers, AKA The Brain-Trust..AKA…), as immortalized by one of my wife’s former students.

Twitter set to private and future use in limbo; daily blog moved to text-only; and this space and newsletter as my only digital-social outlets (save the occasional Insta diversion). A positive move, I think.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse…That Wednesday Thing? Nevermind.

The week’s newsletter is done; the day’s run awaits.

EarBliss, 31may2020: ULTRASONIC, by Field Works, et. al.

Missing The Jackpot: William Gibson’s Slow-Cooked Apocalypse, via The Quietus.

Don’t let ‘Justice League’ fool you — Henry Cavill is still the best Superman option out there, via The Washington Post.

America’s Race Problem Erupts Anew, Layered With Coronavirus Tensions, via Foreign Policy.

Copying the GOP, Democrats focus on data exchange with Dean leading the charge, via The Washington Post.

USB cable unearthed: ye olde Macbook Air can officially be my disconnected, long-form work machine. (I print the day’s work each day; with the USB, I can swear off the wireless connection.)

EarBliss, 30may2020: TOO, by Klara Lewis.

Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… And So We Part – At Least Until Next Wednesday….

(Note: this refers to daily blogging at PR, not this space. The whenever and whatever here will remain, as ever, whenever and whatever. I love it here.)