🌳🔗 tree of links: part three
weird tips for insomniacs, sinners is streaming, book recs for revolutionaries, & more
happy monday, rabbit hole divers. shorter list today, i was focusing on summer game fest showcases and a new essay. come back later for a rundown of new releases and upcoming titles that are going to pull on the heartstrings and the corners of the soul.
in the world around us
website: what will the race towards ai supremacy look in 2027? some researchers have a guess, and honestly, they’re more optimistic then i anticipated [explainer]
article: oklahoma mayor nichols designates june 1 as tulsa race massacre observance day
book: the Blackout files, by kye [iykyk] “inside the us government’s secret war on Black liberation from malcolm x to fred hampton, surveillance, assassinations, and the fight to resist”
article: the skulls of 19 Black people have been returned to the u.s. after 150 years and memorialized in a sacred new orleans ceremony
article: congratulations regie gibson for being selected as the first poet laureate of massachusetts
article: anna mae robertson, a soldier who served in the six triple eight, the all-Black women's unit during world war ii, has died. she was 101
artists make the world go round
book: the source of self regard by toni morrison
blog: language for the (cinematic) revolution by taylor lewis
blog: artists are no longer just selling out once, they're doing it twice over, and without hesitation
youtube: creative roundtable on taking risks in the music industry, but really, in life, between solange, yukimi, neneh cherry, and chanel ambassador angèle,
article: basically, put respect on audra mcdonald’s mutherfuckin name, by charlotte alter for time
article: why Black satire is the art form for our absurd age by adam bradley for the new york times
mental health check-in
tiktok: lessons from being off socials since 2020. honestly this confirmed feelings i’ve already been having about tech and overconsumption so even from this yeah, i felt this so heavy.
tiktok: tips for the insomniacs [me included] from a psychiatrist. the sunglasses one seems interesting, so i’ll try that first.
spiritual sanctuary
video: a declaration of self-love by laree evelyn
tiktok: “the lost joy of revolution” video essay by justin scott
article: i might be bipolar, but ‘god don’t play about me’ by reverend dorothy s. boulware, interviewing sonja prince-ward
gamer corner
article: video game consoles are dead by carli velocci, for aftermath *slow claps and headnods*
video essay: what the switch 2 marketing tells us about nintendo by zachary small, for the new york times
video: blumhouse games is lining up its portfolio with a few interesting creepy crawlies. i played their debut release, fear the spotlight, a creepy-cute mystery with supernatural themes. highly recommend.
tiktok: told y’all…if your nintendo breaks, here’s how to fix it [maybe]
game: the master's pupil is a hand-painted puzzle game set inside impressionist painter claude monet's eyeball by australian solo developer pat naoum. available on steam, nintendo switch/switch 2, xbox x|s, and playstation 5
support mutual aid funds + resources
gofundme: i’m a huge of jamila bradley’s writing and work, and if you care about Black women working to serve the collective with more intentional readings on community building and connection through the lens of liberation, support her fund. at minimum, share the page and subscribe to her substack.
grant: writers emergency assistance fund online application for “professional freelance writers who, because of illness, disability, natural disaster, or extraordinary professional crisis, are unable to work”
website: a guidebook for efficient, sustainable, and intentional architecture. meant to accompany the book.
movies & other stuff to watch
i watched a bunch of movies recently, but honestly, here’s my letterboxd profile. i’m using it now [forreal this time] so follow along for mini reviews. sidebar: i wrote a super long review for dìdi and it didn’t save 🫠 so no more reviews written in-app first 🥲
short film: balloonerism, a complementary piece to mac miller’s balloonerism album. sigh, a beautiful soul and a fellow capricorn gone too soon.
article: sinners is now streaming, prepare to be sick of me.
article: i’m not shocked, but the cia created a fake star wars fan site as a cover for a spy network in the 2000s, by eric diaz for nerdist.
that’s all, friend. thank you for bieng here.