Gene Tanta

Romanian-born American artist and poet working across painting, poetry, and translation. His practice explores migration, color, and the politics of language.

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@openculture Open culture = closed ideology?

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@MarvinKeilbach @seeddoubt @Theholisticpsyc How to organize our social activities in a more equitable way is a not a problem of reason but of method.

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@BiscuitwoodFarm Don’t forget that governments sometimes nationalize or force sharing of functioning assets like farms. You invest in a government/current rule of law as much as in the land.

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@chrismanfrank How the light fell

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@_DirtyTruths History would like to have a word with you.

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@NavalismHQ @naval Or whoever makes the other one laugh first.

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@TheAtlantic @SethS_D Is he talking about location?

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@micahtowery @Chris_arnade The banality of beauty…

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@elonmusk I know, right. It’s libelous to the human condition.

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@toby_altman Ouch

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@openculture Shows you anything a man can do, a woman can do WAY, WAY better.

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@mtaibbi When does a flash mob turn into a revolution?

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@RayThePurple @nofishnofungus @UberFacts How else can we avoid talking about their ideas?

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@bluucollarbro @bp22 That escalated quickly.

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@UberFacts Real gees move in silence, like lasagna.

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@waitbutwhy All zero-sum gestures are dick moves.

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@micahtowery We’ll see but I wonder why couldn’t a needs-based rather than wants-based growth paradigm thrive?

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@micahtowery And because infinity is an idea, not a number the whole thing ends up depending on faith. Fiat 2.0

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@jennyholzer The echo of representation goes beyond the room of the voice.