June 2, 2002, THE WIRE premiered on HBO. A visual novel. A reflection on our American dysfunction. A powerful piece of art. My life and career changed forever. Gratitude.
Poetry has returned to the heart of American government. Thank you @TheAmandaGorman for putting our historic moment to stirring, challenging, and inspiring verse.
2019- the year we realize there are two internets. One for humans, the other for bots. The human one is fragile/brittle. The bot one is more traffic than people realize doing things people don’t realize. The bot version is wrecking the human one online & in real life
@rclark253 I get that man. Like the importance of not denying the existence of something genuine. It just seems easy to glamorize and harbor that expression (that might not be the best) with endless plays, and nostalgia
Actually though, how do you get over music that is hugely influential to you but is really just heaps of toxic waste? Like this is kind of horrifying to me