( via / via )

"The goal was never really to catch the violent few. The goal was to make everyone else aware that they were being watched, so they would police themselves and stay quiet."

"This period of awakening reached its culmination in the 1919 Paris Peace Conference when the Japanese proposed a clause affirming the equality of nations regardless of race. It was roundly rejected." —Naucratic Expeditions via

"That is not a country in decline. That is a country whose entire historical brand is collapsing in real time."

"vermiculite"

shipwreck in the dayroom
ruminate earth fathoms
a new coffee naff but
nugatory war games
thwart oracle's rede
famous car chase
chiselled autumn brown
antique pointy towers
      spiralling
   count in sixes
dun corridors · not well lit
Hollerith henchman · to the Road Runner wraith

Aw, that's cute.