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The Baroque

Near the beginning of China Melville’s Perdido Street Station, Isaac acquires a beautiful, colorful caterpillar that immediately sets on to do fuck all - it just sits on its cage, looking more and more faded by the day, its behavior progressively more sluggish, until Isaac is about to give up on it.
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Libertad y Libertinaje

Libertad y Libertinaje
Hace un par de semanas envié un artículo al periódico nacional El Financiero, como respuesta a una persona que básicamente alegaba que los contratos atentan contra la libertad de expresión. Lo publicaron, pero solo luego de haberlo pasado por un triturador de carne. Lo encontrarán abajo en su versión completa

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Closer

Closer is like those french film art snobs insist you should watch, only without all the dreadfully boring parts. Go see it.
How is it a French film if it ain’t boring?, Joe asked. It’s obsessed with human emotions, I replied, but it’s actually good.

Pretty Good Paranoia

Being a good paranoid, I’ve revoked my old PGP private key and created a new one. Here’s the new public key.