Bemused. Geek. NZ. — Jeanette Winterson People criticized The Matrix...

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Jeanette Winterson

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People criticized The Matrix for its “humans are batteries” concept (I sure rolled my eyes), but it works great in this context as literal metaphor for capitalism turning us into zoned-out resources for non-human (corporate) entities to efficiently drain our life energy for their profit:

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I always thought it would work better in that regard (read: this is what I wanted), if Morpheus rather than Neo ended up being “The One”™. Because then it’s not just the realization that you’ve been living the lie, they all had that and Neo is a good way to show it, but also I think a deeper meaning to specialness and not being plugged in. That the real power isn’t in kung-fu and accepting your specialness individually, but in the idea of unplugging others, that the power is in the attempt to create a society that is antithetical to being a battery. Neo kinda converts to that but it is Morpheus that champions it. So… I just thought the metaphor would work better. Or something…

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The Exodus

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I worked very hard for 10 years to build an audience here on Tumblr. It’s weird watching it crumble before my eyes. I’m not really sure how to process this. I no longer have the energy to build somewhere else. So I am kinda stuck on this sinking ship.

I understand why people are compelled to leave. But it is all still depressing.

I just wish Tumblr cared enough about its user base to come up with a different solution.

They basically said, “Be gone, pervs!” and that’s not cool.

Enjoying adult content does not necessarily make someone a pervert. It just makes someone a human being. There is art and beauty in so many of the things being flagged. And apparently dinosaurs and legs and dogs are being flagged too.

They told us they were only coming for our nipples.

They lied.

Perhaps Tumblr should change its motto.

Nipple Free™ since December 2018.

I do hope some of you will stick around with me. I still have things to share here. And I will continue to write essays and post way too many corgis over @sirfrogsworth

I’m sorry Tumblr no longer cares about you.

But… I do.

Thank you all for changing my life and giving me a purpose. You are the best.

…not just dead, but stinkin’ up the basement. PHEWW-WY!

Personally, I’m not sure who runs Tumblr anymore; is it Yahoo or Apple? And I’m not that thrilled about the loss of all the porn blogs. They’ll just become someone else’s problem.

Frankly I’m not that fussed; my tumblr isn’t NSFW, and if absreruns goes down I won’t be shedding tears. It was an impulse project that’s worn itself out, and there’s always subgenius.com for the Art Mines of alt.binaries.slack.

I have been considering restarting a personal website for a couple of months now, but never managed to figure it out. What theme? (Not exactly the design, I’m talking overall.) If I make it into just the official Cranky Rabbit website, then any other pursuits will get skewed into Shit Cranky Does. And that’s a website design that I consider important if I’m to get a music/production career off the ground.

At the moment I’m pondering what CMS to use in the back end, and whether or not to retire the old domain. I don’t really need it and it’s too callow. It might be better to let it lapse and get a new one. Something I can use as a generic top level domain; *.[something professional sounding].nz.

I have a Phaser install on my localhost, and a test game with a crude “Desperate Fun Productions” splash screen (it’s from “Lowlands” by the Tall Dwarfs.) My zines are mostly issued under the Desperate Fun Productions name. So at the moment desperatefun[productions].[co].nz is the front-runner. If I can think of something else a bit more optimistic and a bit more timeless that’d be good.

(Something that lends itself to an easier to draw logo would be nice too.)

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