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Mediatized Stimuli

All life becomes mediatized, experience now consumable via multistimuli form. An experience is not lived through in these conditions, instead you live a life of a perma-voyeur. Simultaneously hyperstimulated and unsatisfied, two magnetized points through which you cycle through.

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Return to Form

We’ve witnessed a rapid resurgence of analog technology, with vinyl records and film cameras sparking revitalized interest among younger audiences. This phenomenon is a testament to our generation's collective fascination with the past, our attempt to find a semblance of authenticity or a connection to the tangible, in a vastly digitized world.

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The Importance of Student Union Involvement

There is currently still a lack of willingness to participate in university student unions as incoming students are unaware of the benefits of being involved in extracurricular activities outside their scheduled classroom hours. Sureeta Rai shares her experience with making the most of campus life. A sometimes daunting—but incredibly rewarding decision.

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W5/WQ—Entertainment

Think of Entertainment as its own ideology, a funnel that shapes content that incorporates it. Entertainment dominates over any medium, media, genre, technology, or industry it is implemented in. It becomes the primary way we understand life. Appearances from Postman, Dyer, Byung-Chul Han, Artz, and more.

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Phonewatching

Anyone else ever been jarred from what someone else has as their phone wallpaper? I have a bad habit of looking at other people’s phone screens on transit. I’m fascinated by it. Little glimpses into people’s lives.

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W4/WQ—Accelerationism

This weekly segment focuses on the idea of Accelerationism, the belief that we must drastically intensify capitalism's growth and power to allow it to reach its breaking point. Appearances from Land, Fisher, Plant, Srnicek, and more. (Even a poem)

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The Electrical-Umbilical Battery Status

I think my phone spends more time charging than it does vice versa. This is mentally sound. In fact, I don’t trust the battery status to just show me a green, yellow, or red to signify what my battery level is at. I want to see the exact percent I am currently operating at—how much abstract time remains for the object of my love and adoration to continue serving me.

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The Spectaclist

The Spectaclist loves the news. They love popular culture. They love to consume, to watch, to stay up to date. They live in the now, present in contemporary understandings. Which could never be a futile feedback loop of hopeless misery.

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W3/WQ

10 8 quotes from academic writers a week. Appearances from Shoshana Zuboff, Guy Debord, Big Marsh Luhan, Kierkegaard, and more.

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