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Crisis as disclosure

The way catastrophe -- fire, political violence, pandemic -- strips away pretense and reveals the latent structures of care, power, and interdependence that were always present.

Appears in 5 texts

2026-01-24 No Future 2026 "The future is in a detention facility in Dilley, Texas... The future is icy streets lined with empty cars, hazard lights still flashing."2025-11-22 A mutual aid map for New Yorkers "In November 2025 the federal government was shut down, and it came to our attention that SNAP benefits might be suspended."2025-01-28 Network Theory of Care: Lessons from Los Angeles "When crisis strikes, this invisible architecture becomes suddenly visible."2025-01-22 A Personal Reflection: California Dreamin' "The inevitable collapse has come to roost."2025-01-21 A Personal Reflection: On Mutual Aid "Fires burning deep enough to lay bare the systemic violence wrought by the anthropocene manifest as the most intimate of loss."