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MSM have swallowed the QAnon lure rather deeply, mustering about as much self-reflective care in these matters as they’ve managed while covering the 45th POTUS. As is increasingly the norm, a person hoping for a contextual deep-dive hasta go indie.

• In this episode of Team Human Douglas Rushkoff’s intro essay lands on fresh insight. With its improv-comedy tactic of replying “Yes, and...” to every conspiracy set forth, beleaguered homo sapiens often find the QAnon network the most affirmational environs to be had on the web. Ruskoff follows this with a giddy interview with Monkee Mike Nesmith, the guy in the hat prone to breaking the fourth wall and entreating the viewer with quizzical, beseeching looks.
• Erik Davis is asked about the occult origins of The Cosmic Right, over at #ACFM. I am a fan of Davis, both his writing and to a lesser degree his podcasting. In this one-hour interview he is spectacularly on-point. Listeners who grok a good conspiracy theory and/or the letters of Saint Paul the Apostle will find much to enjoy here.
• Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh serves up laughs and lucidity at World’s Best Dad podcast.
• Typed words: at LARB Dorion Sagan (progeny of Carl) sorts out Laniakea: The Next Step in Gaia Theory.

"Yo, Nesmith: THIS is how you break the Fourth Wall!"