Personal blog
Personal writing from Chris Patti, covering culture, politics, technology, and whatever else seems worth saying.
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The recent news around Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman is provoking some deep thoughts around the nature of the relationship between art, most notably popular art, and artists. Enter Sandman I fell in love with Neil Gaiman work in college in the late 80s. I had an amazing visual arts instructor who told us to go to a …
First off: I am not against masks. I am not against mask policies. I am not against people expressing their views in an attempt to influence civic policy. But I am sick and tired of watching communities tear themselves …
If you’re anything like me, the last several years have been a rough go. The overturning of Roe V. Wayde was a blow to women’s rights here in America. Please don’t tell me about how it was bad law. …
Seeing a lot of people (rightly?) be up in arms about the @eff@mastodon.social’s stance on Kiwifarms. I will say that the situation has more subtlety and complexity than it seems on the surface, so while I …
Editor’s Note: I used ChatGPT to help me be less of a windbag. The intent, if not the exact phrasing, is entirely mine.
I can feel myself becoming a cynical old man. For some people that might be seen as the natural course of events. However, this has never been my nature. I am and have always been a “The glass is half full, …
As I write this, I am enjoying the final moments of a rare privilege in modern society: A few weeks off between jobs. We all know how it feels to come to the end of a vacation and think “Wow that FLEW by. What did …
I have always in my heart of hearts been an idealist. I spent most of my young life lost in my own head a bunch of the time, escaping from whatever bothered me through books.
“Biohazard Grunge Sign - Sepia” by Free Grunge Textures - www.freestock.ca is licensed under CC BY 2.0 For the last two years, we have stayed 1000% locked down. Masks, minimal contact with anyone outside our …
This is my blog. There are many like it, but this one is authentically mine. I wrote the content, I (badly!) chose the colors, styled the pages. All of it. My skills in the area of web design are nascent at best but I …