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Mayerson in the News

Mayerson in the News

Assembling Dreams, Toastee Mag, Issue 2, March 2021 They found the collages at KAFN and they found me online. I’m delighted very much.

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The U.S. Congress is my hero (for the moment)

The U.S. Congress is my hero (for the moment)

“The major stressors of the twenty-first century—a fragmented media environment, profound demographic shifts, artificial intelligence and other technological advances, economic inequality, centralized power, and climate change—require a fundamental reassessment of U.S. political institutions, civil society ecosystems, and civic norms. If this was not already clear before COVID-19 revealed the…

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Most dreadful Trump

Most dreadful Trump We thee implore To go away and sin no more. And if the latter Be too great Then go away at any rate.

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Blogging cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified

Blogging cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified

“Instead, the president’s worst impulses were neutralized by three pillars of the unwritten constitution. The first is the customary separation between the president and federal criminal prosecution (even though the Department of Justice is part of the executive branch). The second is the traditional political neutrality of the military (even though the president is the commander in chief of the…

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I like two types of blogging - domestic and foreign

I like two types of blogging – domestic and foreign

“Founded nearly 250 years ago, the United States of America is the world’s oldest constitutional democracy. Its infancy, under the Articles of Confederation, was turbulent. Its early prospects, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, were very much uncertain. At the Convention, Benjamin Franklin—catalyst of the Revolution, leading citizen of the republic, enslaver turned…

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People only blog what they are prepared to blog

People only blog what they are prepared to blog

“The Commission spent two years engaging with communities all over the U.S. to explore how best to respond to the weaknesses and vulnerabilities in our political and civic life. Its final and bipartisan report, Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century, was released in June 2020 and includes six strategies and 31 ambitious recommendations to help the nation emerge as…

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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go in cyberspace

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go in cyberspace

Zits, 24 November 2020

Zits, 25 November 2020

Zits, 26 November 2020

Pibgorn, 13 December 2003

The accordion in 21st century syndicated comics. (more…)

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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Mary Wollstonecraft finally honoured with statue after 200 years, by Mark Brown, Guardian, 09 November 2020

‘Insulting to her’: Mary Wollstonecraft sculpture sparks backlash, by Alexandrea Topping, Guardian, 10 Novemeber 2020

Huh. I thought I didn’t like it due to a personal failing.

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Virginia Woolf statue fundraiser flooded with donations after Wollstonecraft…

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Quality internet mocking this Sunday at 1pm Pacific time

Quality internet mocking this Sunday at 1pm Pacific time

Zoom link: 1pm Pacific time, Sunday, 15 Nov 2020, Internet Read Aloud

Here’s the scoop: “FAITHFUL FREADERS, do not forget that there is an online, Zoom-based version of my beloved comedy show, The Internet Read Aloud, happening THIS SUNDAY, November 15, at 1 pm Pacific! It features show favorites Patrick Susmilch and Sammy Mowrey, Rifftrax writer Conor Lastowka, and show newcomer Nina Butterly!…

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Nobody can bring you cyberspace but yourself

Nobody can bring you cyberspace but yourself

“50 students and graduates from the animation department at Lodz Film School have mobilized their medium to protest Poland’s Constitutional Court ruling that forces people with uteruses to carry pregnancies to full term, even if the foetus won’t survive outside the womb. Co-founder of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jarosław Kaczyński, said in 2016 that ‘We will strive to ensure that even in…

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The internet is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same

The internet is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same

“Four months after it became official, the demolition process is wrapping up at LACMA’s Miracle Mile campus.” Demolition Nearly Finished for Controversial LACMA Revamp, by Steven Sharp, Urbanize, 24 September 2020

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“Zumthor is seventy-seven, and oversees a thriving boutique architecture practice, with three dozen employees and projects on three continents. Though he…

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Make yourself necessary to somebody

Make yourself necessary to somebody

I’m trying out Imperfect Foods in hopes if I buy vegetables that are delivered, I’ll eat them. Yeah. Sure. Help a gal out? Referral link: http://imprfct.us/v/ginger_788 $10 credit for me; $10 credit for you!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reliquaries: The Sculpture of Ted Waltz or buy from the source at Oranges/Sardines Press oranges.sardinesATgmailDOTcom

Oranges and Sardines Gallery— Ted Waltz…

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Blogging is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

Blogging is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.

“I have a show in the adorable KAFN café in east mid-Glendale, Adams Square area, 1019 E Palmer Ave, Glendale, CA 91205. If you can, please stop by to support this brave little café, to buy a coffee/tea or a slice of really evil chocolate cake. Oh, and you can see the show in 1.65 minutes; there’s only 14 pieces on the long wall.” People of Glendale, and the rest of the Universe, KAFN show in…

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Man invented language (and blogging) to satisfy his deep need to complain.

Man invented language (and blogging) to satisfy his deep need to complain.

“Through free massages, decompression capsules, and limitless nitro cold brew, San Francisco’s tech companies spent the last decade making their offices considerably comfier than the average cubicle farm. Beyond making the workday pleasant, they attracted workforces whose six-figure salaries altered the city’s demographics, spurring widespread displacement and years of head-scratching over the…

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Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the influencers.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the influencers.

“I started reading science fiction when I was a teenager in the 1980s, and I subscribed to as many magazines as I could afford. What I liked about science fiction then was that it was both distracting and engaging. It distracted me from what was often a very painful time for me, dragging me out of the present tense and into the future where I could see myself as heroic, and it engaged me with the…

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Keep a blog, and someday it'll keep you.

Keep a blog, and someday it’ll keep you.

“Ready for some exciting news? ‘Loving Vincent’ producers once again will bring paintings to life to tell a powerful emotional story. Watch the concept trailer of ‘The Peasants’!” The Peasants, by Break Through Films, 28 August 2020

“I started reading science fiction when I was a teenager in the 1980s, and I subscribed to as many magazines as I could afford. What I liked about science fiction…

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People of Glendale, and the rest of the Universe

People of Glendale, and the rest of the Universe

I have a show in the adorable KAFN café in east mid-Glendale, Adams Square area, 1019 E Palmer Ave, Glendale, CA 91205.

If you can, please stop by to support this brave little café, to buy a coffee/tea or a slice of really evil chocolate cake. Oh, and you can see the show in 1.65 minutes; there’s only 14 pieces on the long wall.

I’m accepting bids on the work in KAFN and all the work I still have…