radar &mdash; G A N Z E E R . T O D A Y https://ganzeer.today/tag:radar Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:41:02 +0000 https://i.snap.as/qlJh5xid.png radar &mdash; G A N Z E E R . T O D A Y https://ganzeer.today/tag:radar One of the highlights of the Manshur event I participated in a few days ago was... https://ganzeer.today/one-of-the-highlights-of-the-manshur-event-i-participated-in-a-few-days-ago?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[One of the highlights of the Manshur event I participated in a few days ago was the discovery of Zeina Maasari's stellar research project: Decolonizing the Page, which includes a superbly curated archive of gorgeously illustrated and/or designed Arabic books from the 1950s to 1980s, many of which I had never seen or even heard of before. radar]]> One of the highlights of the Manshur event I participated in a few days ago was the discovery of Zeina Maasari's stellar research project: Decolonizing the Page, which includes a superbly curated archive of gorgeously illustrated and/or designed Arabic books from the 1950s to 1980s, many of which I had never seen or even heard of before.

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]]> https://ganzeer.today/one-of-the-highlights-of-the-manshur-event-i-participated-in-a-few-days-ago Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:54:00 +0000 "The gates at 168 Isabella Avenue opened to a $13 million estate she’d bought... https://ganzeer.today/the-gates-at-168-isabella-avenue-opened-to-a-13-million-estate-shed-bought?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA["The gates at 168 Isabella Avenue opened to a $13 million estate she’d bought in 2000, a figure she mentioned twice before we even parked. What she didn’t mention was the $5 million loan she’d taken after the tech crash or the $60,000 a month it cost just to keep the lights on. Like much in Roomy’s world, it was all show, punctuated by name drops about neighbors like Larry Ellison and Yahoo’s Carol Bartz. Inside, Roomy introduced me to her husband, Sakhawat. Far from the “deadbeat” she’d described, he was educated, seemingly successful, and attentive to their adopted daughter, though far less kind to the maid, Vilma, whose breaks he monitored with unsettling precision. I’d later learn she worked nearly ninety hours a week for $250 and would eventually sue them. The house was dotted with carefully arranged silk scarves and designer handbags, a curated display meant to signal wealth. I’ve learned that people who try that hard to show you how rich they are usually aren’t." From WIRED ON WALL STREET via CrimeReads. radar]]> “The gates at 168 Isabella Avenue opened to a $13 million estate she’d bought in 2000, a figure she mentioned twice before we even parked. What she didn’t mention was the $5 million loan she’d taken after the tech crash or the $60,000 a month it cost just to keep the lights on. Like much in Roomy’s world, it was all show, punctuated by name drops about neighbors like Larry Ellison and Yahoo’s Carol Bartz. Inside, Roomy introduced me to her husband, Sakhawat. Far from the “deadbeat” she’d described, he was educated, seemingly successful, and attentive to their adopted daughter, though far less kind to the maid, Vilma, whose breaks he monitored with unsettling precision. I’d later learn she worked nearly ninety hours a week for $250 and would eventually sue them. The house was dotted with carefully arranged silk scarves and designer handbags, a curated display meant to signal wealth. I’ve learned that people who try that hard to show you how rich they are usually aren’t.”

From WIRED ON WALL STREET via CrimeReads.

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]]> https://ganzeer.today/the-gates-at-168-isabella-avenue-opened-to-a-13-million-estate-shed-bought Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:35:48 +0000 AFAC announces new grant round under the banner Ecologies of Culture https://ganzeer.today/afac-announces-new-grant-round-under-the-banner-ecologies-of-culture?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[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 radar]]>

  • 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

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    ]]>     https://ganzeer.today/afac-announces-new-grant-round-under-the-banner-ecologies-of-culture Sun, 21 Sep 2025 09:54:39 +0000     Comics and the Atomic Bomb from 1945-1955: Hank Kennedy for the Comics Journal https://ganzeer.today/comics-and-the-atomic-bomb-from-1945-1955-hank-kennedy-for-the-comics-journal?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[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 radar]]>

  • 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

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    ]]>     https://ganzeer.today/comics-and-the-atomic-bomb-from-1945-1955-hank-kennedy-for-the-comics-journal Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:42:44 +0000     "Refugees alone, a tiny proportion of all immigrants to the U.S., produced $124... https://ganzeer.today/refugees-alone-a-tiny-proportion-of-all-immigrants-to-the-u-s-produced-124?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA["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 radar]]>

  • “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

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    ]]>     https://ganzeer.today/refugees-alone-a-tiny-proportion-of-all-immigrants-to-the-u-s-produced-124 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:48:33 +0000     "It does no good to complain about the weather." -- Tony Gilroy interviewed by... https://ganzeer.today/it-does-no-good-to-complain-about-the-weather-tony-gilroy-interviewed-by?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA["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 radar ]]>

  • “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

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    ]]>     https://ganzeer.today/it-does-no-good-to-complain-about-the-weather-tony-gilroy-interviewed-by Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:39:55 +0000     Grants, residencies, and open calls for artists: https://ganzeer.today/grants-residencies-and-open-calls-for-artists?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[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 Center for Craft Research Fund #Grants #Radar ]]> Grants, residencies, and open calls for artists:

    #Grants #Radar

    ]]>     https://ganzeer.today/grants-residencies-and-open-calls-for-artists Mon, 18 Aug 2025 08:02:02 +0000     The Sample: Newsletter and directory aimed to help subscribers discover other... https://ganzeer.today/the-sample-newsletter-and-directory-aimed-to-help-subscribers-discover-other?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[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. Slavoj Zizek: Intellectuals in the west are fake -- Youtube "Galactic mind"--Rupert Sheldrake -- Youtube Sales of artwork made in the last 20 years fell by 43% radar]]>

  • 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.

  • Slavoj Zizek: Intellectuals in the west are fake — Youtube

  • “Galactic mind”—Rupert Sheldrake — Youtube

  • Sales of artwork made in the last 20 years fell by 43%

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    ]]>     https://ganzeer.today/the-sample-newsletter-and-directory-aimed-to-help-subscribers-discover-other Sun, 17 Aug 2025 07:10:22 +0000     "Write to entertain yourself first. https://ganzeer.today/write-to-entertain-yourself-first?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA["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. radar ]]> “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.

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    ]]>     https://ganzeer.today/write-to-entertain-yourself-first Tue, 12 Aug 2025 06:30:32 +0000     In 2014, coal made up almost half of Greece’s energy generation. https://ganzeer.today/in-2014-coal-made-up-almost-half-of-greeces-energy-generation?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[In 2014, coal made up almost half of Greece’s energy generation. Just a decade later, solar and wind has tripled to 43%, with coal now only accounting for a meagre 6% -- Via OUR WORLD IN DATA. NATIVE LAND: Interactive map that lets you explore the traditional territories, languages and treaties of Indigenous peoples worldwide. THE FIRST AMERICAN REVOLUTION examines surviving traces of the settlements "Pueblo people" built atop mesas following the Pueblo Revolt, which won back independence for the Native American population after nearly a century of Spanish rule in the American Southwest -- ARCHEOLOGY.ORG MIN: Minimal open-source browser. The Dollar's Crown is Slipping, and Fast -- Via REUTERS Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) has signed three new project agreements with leading Chinese companies operating in the textile industry worth approximately $52.6 million. This I'm assuming is part of China's big geopolitical strategy to get around US tariffs -- Via ALCHEMPRO On average, 17 American war veterans have taken their own life every day since 2001 -- Via THE HILL JAN PLECHAC makes some of the most stunning glassware I've ever seen. "It currently seems possible that our galaxy lays right in the middle of a two billion light year wide void in the universe... You know how impossible you are? You’re from a barren universal ditch, and yet here you are." -- Via Warren Ellis' ORBITAL OPERATIONS. radar]]>

  • In 2014, coal made up almost half of Greece’s energy generation. Just a decade later, solar and wind has tripled to 43%, with coal now only accounting for a meagre 6% — Via OUR WORLD IN DATA.

  • NATIVE LAND: Interactive map that lets you explore the traditional territories, languages and treaties of Indigenous peoples worldwide.

  • THE FIRST AMERICAN REVOLUTION examines surviving traces of the settlements “Pueblo people” built atop mesas following the Pueblo Revolt, which won back independence for the Native American population after nearly a century of Spanish rule in the American Southwest — ARCHEOLOGY.ORG

  • MIN: Minimal open-source browser.

  • The Dollar's Crown is Slipping, and Fast — Via REUTERS

  • Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) has signed three new project agreements with leading Chinese companies operating in the textile industry worth approximately $52.6 million. This I'm assuming is part of China's big geopolitical strategy to get around US tariffs — Via ALCHEMPRO

  • On average, 17 American war veterans have taken their own life every day since 2001 — Via THE HILL

  • JAN PLECHAC makes some of the most stunning glassware I've ever seen.

  • “It currently seems possible that our galaxy lays right in the middle of a two billion light year wide void in the universe... You know how impossible you are? You’re from a barren universal ditch, and yet here you are.” — Via Warren Ellis' ORBITAL OPERATIONS.

    • #radar

    ]]>     https://ganzeer.today/in-2014-coal-made-up-almost-half-of-greeces-energy-generation Wed, 06 Aug 2025 04:11:34 +0000