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#class

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James Akers

My oh my, The Mind Benders class I taught at FOCI wrapped up last night and what a wonderful whirlwind! I had the most amazing students who time and time again, were so hungry for knowledge, and wanted to learn more and more.
We learned to bend neon, make digital vector patterns, blink the neon with programmable microcontrollers and I even showed them how they could work with a glassblower to pull their own tubes.

My TA, @dinkytown was incredible- typically fulfilling the class's needs before I even asked her. I am thrilled that she learned a bunch in the class.
It was able to train two FOCI staff members to bombard (the dangerous process of purifying and putting gas in the tubes)- so now FOCI neon renters can get their tubes filled quicker.
The artist talk and demo I gave was well attended, and now FOCI has the doodle I made during the demo in their permanent collection.

Lila and I, smiling with my show title in the background
A very messy table with some students in the background. Two neon color samples, transformers, digitally drawn patterns, circuit playgrounds, notebooks and beverages covering the table
Students working and bending neon around a big octagonal table at FOCI. Neon torches and fire abound, clear glass tubes scattered around the table.
A class poster to the left, and a show poster to the right. The class poster has a doodle made with colors that can only be bought in california (yellow, turquoise, purple and pink) and the show poster has my Soul Selling Timer with a neon green "DATA DRIVEN" in the forground in an acrylic box emblazoned with big tech logos carved into it and big red button on the top.
#neon#class#roadtrip
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Gary Hall

You’ve 9 more days to catch the Lives Less Ordinary : Working-Class Britain Re-seen exhibition at Two Temple Place:

twotempleplace.org/exhibitions

Well worth a visit. It expands the idea of the w/c beyond the usual cliches. Though it’s not without limits of its own – perhaps inevitably so. That’s the problem with representation: you construct – and so more or less violently delimit – the very thing you think you’re just depicting.

Why is working class life so often presented as being grim in one way or another? In this sense, Lives Less Ordinary offers a marked contrast to the joy and vitality displayed by those working class artists, designers, photographers, models, musicians, fashion stylists and art directors who feature in The Face Magazine: Culture Shift exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery:

npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions

Two Temple PlaceLives Less Ordinary - Two Temple PlaceTwo Temple Place, one of London’s hidden architectural gems, hosts exhibitions and events and is owned by the charity The Bulldog Trust.
#art#culture#classwar
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David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🤎🕊

#trump #economics A succunct demolition jon. The same of course applies to #RachelReeves ("I'm from accounts"). Why are the #political #elite #class so appallingly bad at #economics . Asking for a friend.🤔
kolektiva.social/@bifouba/1142

kolektiva.socialBilal Barakat 🍉 (@bifouba@kolektiva.social)❞The administration claims that these numbers represent tariff rates and non-tariff barriers. They don’t. Internet sleuths soon worked it out. Trump’s team appears to have taken the US’ trade deficit with the country and divided it by the country’s exports. The US has a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia and Indonesian exports to the US are $28 billion. They divided 17.9 by 28, got 0.64 and presented it as a 64 per cent tariff. It’s hard to state just how nonsensical that actually is. You might as well divide the numbers of apples in your kitchen by the number of bagels and use it to calculate your mortgage rate. To criticise it on political or economic grounds is too generous. It operates below the level of rational thought.❝ https://inews.co.uk/opinion/trumps-downfall-begins-now-paranoia-baseless-rage-3621228
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David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🤎🕊

#wealth #class #inequality #politics #capitalism
Caveat 'residing' . For #HNWI that can be anywhere, anytime. Also note source is steeped in the #capitalist ethic.
zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6/114264767

WEALTHRanked: Top 10 Countries with the Most High Net Worth Individuals Shows (ranking): 1. US, 905k individuals, 38.7% of all HNWIs 2. China, 472k, 20.1% 3. Japan, 122k, 5.2% 4. India, 86k, 3.7% 5. Germany, 70k, 3.0% 6. Canada, 65k, 2.8% 7. UK, 56k, 2.4% 8. France, 51k, 2.2% 9. Australia, 43k, 1.8% 10. Hong Kong, 43k, 1.8% Rest of the world, 427k, 18.3% Global 2.3m NNWIs
zirkusEmeritus Prof Christopher May (@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us)Attached: 1 image Here's Virtual Capitalist's chart on where High Net Worth Individuals reside... what is interesting (for us, here in the UK) is that while the UK ranks 7th in number of HNWI (and around the same for headline GDP), when you look at GDP, per capita the UK ranks in the mid-20s, which gives you another way of seeing the levels of economic inequality in the UK right now... [Yes, one might also expect the Hong Kong figure to be included in the Chinese total!] #inequality
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