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  • Lordy, Lordy.

    on turning forty. I keep forgetting I’m turning 40 on August 3rd. If you want an indication of how stressed I am. I haven’t even had a moment to claw at my face and whisper with fright, “My youth…where have you gone!” But honestly, that sounds about right. It feels like forty years. And they…

  • 9 Ways Busking Fixes What Technology Broke Part 2

    Nick Broad from Busk.Co continues to tell it like it is! I wish when I was busking I’d had this article printed out to hand to people–excellent rundown of why buskers in the 21st century do what they do. https://busk.beehiiv.com/p/nine-ways-busking-fixes-what-technology-broke-part-2?utm_source=busk.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=nine-ways-busking-fixes-what-technology-broke-part-2&_bhlid=5ed2d5b2b2b4065569f57e843ae2e55872e85d82&last_resource_guid=Post%3A766afbb6-ea38-48b8-b964-5adef0f58dc4&jwt_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJzY3JpYmVyX2lkIjoiZDEyZjFmYTQtYWE4Yi00MDE4LWI4MTAtMWUzMDgzYjkwNzNiIiwicHVibGljYXRpb25faWQiOiI0NDVmZmYxYy1jY2RjLTRkMGUtOGEzMS01OGU4ODFiYTBkNTkiLCJleHAiOjE3NTM0NDg3NDksImlzcyI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXBwLmJlZWhpaXYuY29tIiwiaWF0IjoxNzUzMjc1OTQ5fQ.MlqXG6gufsvYvf_0Hnh_4iFwPFzLW8VT-6QatSQGKeA

  • Adam Miller of “Blue Angels” has a plan to help the homeless: Take $2000 a month from them.

    There is only one way to fight homelessness: give people land. Want proof? Well, this puff piece article from The LA Slimes (traitors, cowards, fascists) shows what the other options are, and they are not options for homeless people at all. They are bullshit and just a reason to steal from the poor. Let’s go…

  • It’s actually not okay to be a totally brainless sell-out.

    And if you are an institution that sells out, it’s unforgivable. “I had to do it. They were going to cut off our funding.” That our nonprofits, news organizations and elected officials are continuously using this excuse as though there is anything redeeming in the statement, makes my head spin around like Beetlejuice. It’s really…

  • all about process

  • Tent living is extremely vulnerable

    I used to work at a hotel outside of Yosemite. It’s a place that gave me a little preview of how I suspect a larger portion of the population is going to live in the future: the workers stayed in dorm housing, 4, 5, 6 crammed in together. The rent came out of our paycheck.…

  • Process is a process.

    This is a short one–there will be a podcast up tomorrow about this. But I just wanted to touch base. In the SmutMag Podcast, we’ll be covering the trajectory of “Process: A Digital Cabaret” about facing real life; The new SmutMag, and all that we have planned in the next year, and; My personal housing…

  • 9 Ways Busking Fixes What Technology Broke

    I love Busk.Co and the work that they do. They started up about the same time I was starting as a street performer (if memory serves), and they have always been an encouraging and great platform that helps street performers. In this article, they do a clear and neat job of illustrating why those dirty…

  • Monday Meeting

    Just a quick rundown of what’s happening this week! P.S. we are under construction, but if you switch to tablet or desktop view, you will find the navigation menu at the top. Mobile view is having trouble.

  • If the occupant doesn’t own it, it is NOT permanent housing.

    Gavin Newsom is making some big promises. Let’s make sure it’s not just words. Gavin is lifting a lot of regulations, so more and affordable housing can be made. I’m for it. California is a place where the tech industry can do literally whatever the fuck they want with complete immunity and without regard for…