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The criminal breaks the monotony (5 July 2026) (1862). The thing outside the settled order forces the settled order to move.: source: Marx, Karl. (2025). The Usefulness of Crime. Eris Gems. Originally written as part of the Economic Manuscripts of 1861-63, in the digression “On Productive Labour.”

via: returning to Selected Stories in southeast Portland on another trip.

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The product of some art (3 July 2026) (1863). Dramatic makeup is better, because human nature leads to cannibalism.: source: Baudelaire, Charles. (2025). In Praise of Cosmetics (J. Mayne, Trans.). Eris Gems. Originally published as “Éloge du maquillage,” section XI of “Le Peintre de la vie moderne,” Le Figaro, 1863; translation from The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays (London: Phaidon, 1964).

via: returning to Selected Stories in southeast Portland, where I found the other Eris Gems pamphlet (Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs).

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