Lifeform Solidarity
Further to recent rumblings in the comments, I bring scenes of an immensely radical gardening project conjured into being in June 2020 by Seattle’s progressive-activist community:
https://t.co/ifrtXG4r0V pic.twitter.com/SVoqRie115
— President Dr RollerGator MVIP PhD (@drrollergator) August 13, 2026
More scenes of radical signage can be had here.
Footage of said radicalism, this wokeness that didn’t happen, is also available:
Don’t forget when the main character of the CHAZ entered pic.twitter.com/4Og0gCBGAg
— Skipbeat (@Skipxbeat) August 14, 2026
I know. You may want a moment to steady yourselves. What with all that deep political heft.
And because it bears repeating:
“As an Academic, I can pretend not to understand things at a level you cannot even imagine…” https://t.co/kQvZZeN3E4 pic.twitter.com/hnX7uUdqJW
— Conan, Summer Aesthete (@conan_esq) August 13, 2026
Readers who browse the comments of this blog – and by God, you should – will recall that Martha Lincoln, our associate professor, our fearless anthropologist – the one shutting down replies and retreating from any risk of correction – frames The Atlantic as right-wing.
For readers unfamiliar with this supposedly right-wing publication, allow me to share with you a few samples of its contents:
When women are oppressed by crumbs.
When women, especially black women, are oppressed by crossword puzzles.
When black women who thieve habitually are the real victims.
I could of course go on, but we’d be here all day.
And hey, in academia, all things are possible.
Band name.
Seattle notably qualified as one of Blutopia’s greatest hits.
A Tour of America’s Blue Utopias › American Greatness
That’s one of your best, barkeep.
Well, it bears repeating that the editors of the Atlantic were actively promoting the article as a “must-read,” a measure of the magazine’s importance to the progressive lifestyle. As if it might leave the reader feeling sympathetic towards the author. As if she were someone with whom they would obviously identify.
A choice that seems rather more telling than intended. Given the colossal hypocrisy that unfolds, and the fact that the article, supposedly so inspiring and exemplary, so morally improving, is basically an ode to antisocial selfishness. To a degree one might regard as pathological.