Five thoughts on Black imagination, tangled alliances, AI’s long leases, a looming jobs gap, and June McDoom.
one. afrofuturism.org
streaming channel for
hard-to-find
black sci-fi
horror and
fantasy
expect big tings from
animator
illustrator
author
tim fielder
the channel’s founder
been busy since his
days at marvel
matty’s rocket?
that’s him
dieselfunk studios?
him too
signing up is the move
two. follow me here
the u.s. is opening the market
for russia to sell diesel fuel
while russia’s in a war
with ukraine who the
u.s. still gives aid
and isn’t russia supposed
to be supporting
iran who the u.s. is
in a war with?
somebody remind me
which side the money’s on?
three. savills reports that a.i. firms leased
1.7 million square feet
in manhattan nyc
the first half of 2026
more than in 2024 and 2025 combined
they also increased their
average lease term to damn-near
8 years
wonderin’ if these businesses have
damn-near 8 years
of strategy in the dome
four. crash warning
undp estimates
1.2 billion young people from
developing nations will enter
the workforce over the
next ten years
but only about
400 million new jobs
are projected
think
young people
shut out of work
while gangs
extremists or
anyone else
offers money
purpose
belonging
world bank gave the
same warning in 2024
both say there’s time to
avoid an ugly future
and the next move … ?
five. june mcdoom’s
debut full-length
follow the light
a keeper y’all
dreamy downtempo 80s
electronica
grows up while meeting
70s women songwriter energy
while reggae dub vectors
boost the whole set plus
she sings with so much discipline
must be all that jazz she studied
squarely indie pop while
being so much bigger’n that
who’s catching her show tonight
at national sawdust?
song currently stuck in my head: “drinking again” – dinah washington
See the previous Tano.
