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Dystopian Diptychs: Virtual and Economic Realities of the Palisades Fires

The problem of mapping fires and fires spread in Los Angeles is demanding, challenging, and increasingly frustrating. Exacerbated by the new weather systems of climate change high, dry winds; dried trees; low groundwater and the increased combustibility of the landscapes that area Continue reading

“A Mighty Redwood of a Man Has Fallen”

Malcolm Margolin was among the coolest and most curious people I ve known. And while terribly saddened by his recent death, and mourning his dynamic presence, he was long a model for struggle we will need to remember in a dark Continue reading

DOGE as an Active Verb: Expansionist Energies & Political Synergies in an Imperial Presidency

Donald Trump, in eyeing a new term as President, sought to make the global impact that he felt long denied or robbed in his first term. His frustration, if in part theatrical and hyperbolic, of the Russia Hoax was a deep discontent Continue reading