AFAC announces new grant round under the banner Ecologies of Culture
Europe uses Iran as pawn in transatlantic power play — Responsible Statecraft
Egypt's Nato-style Arab defense force proposal rejected at Doha summit — Middle East Eye... “According to the senior official, the main disagreement was over leadership: Saudi Arabia wanted to take command, while Egypt argued it was best placed given its long military experience.”
Qatar requests Israeli apology to resume Gaza mediation efforts — Axios... Imagine getting attacked by another country and the best thing you can do is ask for an apology.
Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission Finds — OHCHR... No shit?
Gaza death toll passes 60,000 — AP
8:30 am. Garden kittens have stormed the house and laid claim to my bed, ruffling around playfully between the sheets. I haven't the heart or energy to chase them out. Fresh coffee in hand fails to disperse sleep from my eyes as a I plan the day ahead:
Finish inking TSG09p24 – 12 more pages to go on the final chapter of THE SOLAR GRID.
Shave face.
Look after dad.
Tomorrow I need to finish most of the branding work on PROJECT FUNNYCULT, run a couple errands, including a much-dreaded Ikea run. I'd really hoped to avoid Ikea upon the move to Cairo, which I hoped to avoid upon the move to Cairo, but I don’t have the time or patience to comb through the city’s endless shopping clusters for a couple of basics. A negligible betrayal only if it were my first since being here.
RESTRICTED FREQUENCY #225 goes out around midnight. Its title: Anything But The Art! 😱
Comics and the Atomic Bomb from 1945-1955: Hank Kennedy for the Comics Journal
Welcome to the Turbulent Twenties: Jack Goldstone and Peter Turchin for Noema
Three Felonies a Day — A book by Harvey A. Silvergate
“Refugees alone, a tiny proportion of all immigrants to the U.S., produced $124 billion in net tax revenue between 2005 and 2019, Moorehead noted in her piece on Liberian refugees. As of January, the U.S. no longer resettles refugees; as of this fall, refugees living in the U.S. will no longer be eligible for Medicaid.” — Nathaniel Popkin
“You can’t Instagram your way into belonging; it requires choosing deliberate entanglement over endless optionality, again and again.” — Kai for DENSE DISCOVERY
“There is happy, and there is polite, and they look very different. Polite has a mechanical quality to it, like carrying out all the right movements to replace batteries in a remote. Happy has a boundless quality: unpredictable, even when it is at a low level.” — Shani Zhang writes 21 Observations From People Watching for SKIN CONTACT
“It does no good to complain about the weather.” — Tony Gilroy interviewed by Ross Douthat for the NYT
“Then they kill all the people.” — Daniel Kokotajlo interviewed by Ross Douthat for the NYT
Grants, residencies, and open calls for artists:
Stochastic Labs Residencies – SF Bay Area
The Awesome Foundation Grant — $1000 micro grants
Sharjah Art Foundation Residency Program — Sharjah, UAE
McColl Center Residency — Charlotte, NC
Princeton Hodder Fellowship — Princeton, NJ
Princeton Arts Fellowship — Princeton, NJ
Macdowell Residency — Peterborough, NH
Edgar Heap of Birds Family Artist Residency — Philadelphia, PA
Vermont Studio Center Residency — Johnson, VT
Hayama Artist Residency — Hayama, JP
The Sample: Newsletter and directory aimed to help subscribers discover other newsletters. Seeing as my own newsletter, RESTRICTED FREQUENCY, seems to trigger an equal number of unsubscribes as new subscriptions with each new edition sent out (at an almost consistent rate of about 0.43%), it's fair to assume that it has plateaued in its reach. Seeking new ways to get the word out and potentially grow one's audience is probably wise. THE SAMPLE is one of but a few ways I've come across.
“Galactic mind”—Rupert Sheldrake — Youtube
“Write to entertain yourself first. Because if you’re bored, your reader will be bored too. This applies even to client work with specific briefs and notes you may not actually agree with. Find a way to keep yourself interested and engaged and it’ll reflect in the work. Pander or try to write for an imagined audience and it will show.”
From 12 RULES FOR WRITING by Warren Ellis via his ORBITAL OPERATIONS newsletter.
“Write every day, but set a minimum boundary. Graham Greene only wrote 500 words a day. Some people set ten minutes of full focus a day. Putting your body in front of word-making materials for a period of time is the thing, and if that ever seems hard to you, think about Jean-Dominique Bauby, who had to dictate an entire book using only his left eye to signal with. Books are written only by the people who show up to write them, even if it’s only ten minutes a day.”
Also: “Always know when to leave the stage and what to leave behind.”
Many great tips from an expert in the field who's been around long enough to give it to you straight.