"Freedom is regarded so highly because in a way it contains all the pleasures of life — it’s the ability to do what you want, within the limits of material conditions and a human lifespan."

"Several of the suspended journalists' accounts had allegedly tweeted links to the jet tracker. "Same doxxing rules apply to 'journalists' as to everyone else."

"The Covid protests are occurring at the height of China’s autocratic moment. While there are calls for free speech and elections, the rallying cry since Sunday has been against a jarring oppression: the incarceration of hundreds of _...Read More_

Sasha Frere-Jones exploring the outer fringes of music. “Free improvisation has a committed sense of respect for how time elapses and how instruments sound and these are variables one can spend a lifetime understanding.”

In my previous article, I argued that societies advance through four emo­tional regi­mes: from fear, to guilt, to shame, to Sklavenmoral (which, if the patt­­ern holds, is only truly becoming dominant in the most advan­ced mod­ern _...Read More_

"The theme of our fourth conference is Digital Freedom, which we'll explore through Web3-focused talks, discussions, and performances on decentralized power, alternative networks, creative collectives, and focused attention. What to bring: _...Read More_

"Biden saying Mr. Putin “cannot remain in power.” No free-world leader should hesitate to state plainly that the world would be a far better place if Mr. Putin were no longer in charge in Russia, and one way to help make that come about is _...Read More_

"The book is split between Otterley, a fictional suburb of manicured houses and back gardens, and Ladbroke Grove, the site of hippie excess, progressive dropping out, and émigré professional striving. Hadley focuses on Phyllis Fischer, a _...Read More_

"Straight from the Interview offices—which now span from midtown Manhattan to brownstone Brooklyn, L.A. to the U.K., and beyond—this is _...Read More_

>"London-based photographer John Maclean captures the discomforts of individuality in cities with his series titled, "City"."

Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi asks: ‘Can humanity save itself from the murderous violence of the demented and agonized Western, Russian, and European brains?’

>"In her new book, Nelson examines the politics of freedom on the left and the right."

Unfor­tunately we live in a universe where equality is an even trickier and more complex goal than freedom. By its very nature, equality is rid­den with yet greater inherent _...Read More_

"But, in Tessa Hadley’s new novel, freedom comes at a cost | Culture"

"Freedia’s voice, a commanding baritone steeped in the type of confidence you only grow in New Orleans, is hard to resist. In this space, gender is less relevant than it used to be."