Link About It: This Week’s Picks
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A Bill to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition Clears Key Vote
Marking the first time a Congressional Committee has approved a piece of legislation that would end the federal prohibition of marijuana (and adjacent iterations) in the USA’s history, the MORE Act (the …
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Extinction Rebellion’s Sinking House Protest
Coinciding with Extinction Rebellion hunger strikes, a partly submerged home—symbolizing where rising water levels could reach if they were to go unchecked—floated down the Thames in London on 10 November. Using the …
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
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A collection of her smart, adroit and beautifully written essays, Trick Mirror is Jia Tolentino’s first book—and essential reading. From workout culture to MDMA, capitalism and politics, social media and beyond, Tolentino …
Virtual Reality Highlights from the 2019 Venice Film Festival
Four selections that run the stylistic, technical and narrative gamut of VR films today
Digital Exhibition ‘AS A FORM OF’ Addresses Everyday Instances of Resistance and Liberation
Through the lenses of POC, this online art show presents poetry, photographs and profound realization
Link About It: This Week’s Picks
Packaging made from soap, a seesaw at the border, the women who invented popular music and more
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The Race to Stop Autonomous Weapons
AI expert and University of New South Wales professor Toby Walsh fears that autonomous weapons (those that require no human direction or activation) are not super-futuristic but much closer than many people …
Via theartnewspaper.com
Bright Pink Seesaw Unites People at US-Mexico Border
A set of neon pink seesaws along the US-Mexico border (in Sunland Park and Ciudad Juárez, respectively) have been installed by Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello—who work together as Rael San …
Radical Love at NYC’s Ford Gallery
We speak with curators Jaishri Abichandani and Natasha Becker about their second exhibition in the series