The Crowd Questions Intelligence [266]

Hi Crowd!Before we get into it, I have some new books available for preorder. I won't spend time shilling, info in the links. Also before we get into here's something unrelated: Millimetric is guitar maker out of Montreal who has a set of custom shapes that are just beautiful. I've never touched one in person but people I know who have speak highly of them, I just think they are gorgeous so I follow along. Turns out the guy (I don't know his name as I've never spoken to him, Florian maybe?) h...

The Crowd is self aware [265]

Hi Crowd!My friends and family in Florida are about to get rekt by Milton, well I should say the ones who didn't get rekt last month by Helene are going to get rekt by Milton and the ones who got rekt before are going to get further rekt. It sucks. I'm sending all the posi vibes I can from a distance, at little help as that is. The next 48 hours are going to be bonkers, as Milton is already breaking records in a very, very dangerous way. Anyway... Does anyone here use Telegram? I'm in a few b...

The Crowd: History Lessons [264]

Hi Crowd!Some of you know that I spent a few elementary school years living in Texas. It's true, 4th through 7th grade my young mind was shaped and molded by the educational department of the Lone Star State. Even more exciting, during those years I attended private religious schools, so you can imagine the curriculum. I sometimes wonder what my life would have looked like if we'd never moved out of the state, if I hadn't been kicked out of those schools, etc.. funny where paths end up leadin...

The Crowd: Demure Is Over [263]

If you follow the universal scifi calendar as I know many of you do, today is the day that back in 1997 Skynet became self aware...

Physical Availability

Quick updates on somethings I'm (thinking of) making... I’ve just run out of space in my print storage and want to make some new...

The Crowd: Progression Through Unlearning [262]

Hi Crowd!Remember when I said I was going to write shorter single topic posts? lol I grew up in a fairly traditional Catholic family...

The Crowd: Station Identification [260]

Hi Crowd!(Me, Black Metal Alley, Bergen, Norway, 2024)On this 260th issue of The Crowd I thought I’d take a moment to remind/reiterate who I am, whic...

The Crowd: Energy [261]

Writing that last note I remembered that this newsletter is named after a song by Operation Ivy called The Crowd which is somewhat critical of hordes...

The Crowd: Jumping Borders [259]

Hi Crowd Borders are crazy things. I've talked about them for years, often from the position that they are outdated ideas that serve no good purpose i...

The Crowd: Don't Be Passive [258]

Hi Crowd!I'm late getting my monthly photo edition up this month, but it's up now and can be yours for the next 24 hours (or whatever the math works ...