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April 19, 2026

Glitch Season

When the simulation starts showing its seams

Some weeks the news reads like corrupted save data. Sanctions waived then strikes launched. Popes and presidents trading barbs. Psychedelics in the Oval Office.

Today's curation leans into the static. Six artists making sense of chaos through pixels, dreams, and radioactive humor.

When the signal breaks down, sometimes the noise is the message.

BUGOUT by Kyle Flemmer
Weather

Storm-weary central US braces for one more day of possibly severe weather after tornado outbreak

There's something honest about a glitched video game. The code can't pretend everything's fine—it just breaks in public. As another round of tornadoes tears through the heartland, Flemmer's corrupted NES footage feels less like art and more like documentary.

BUGOUT

by Kyle Flemmer

"Screen recording of SD Hero Soukessen glitched with Real-Time Corruptor and recomposed in Aseprite."

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Harmonium scale by ed marola
Education

It's time for students to start committing to colleges. The age of AI is making it complicated

"No archaeology can explain the past nor the future yet we try anyway." Marola's description hits different when 18-year-olds are being asked to bet four years and six figures on careers that might not exist by graduation. We keep digging for answers in the wrong direction.

Harmonium scale

by ed marola

"No archaeology can explain the past nor the future yet we try anyway."

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THE MARKET IS CRASHING TAKE MY URANIUM by uuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Geopolitics

Ukraine strikes Russian oil refineries hours after US waives sanctions on Moscow's oil

Sanctions on. Sanctions off. Strikes anyway. The energy markets aren't just volatile—they're radioactive. At least uuuuuuuuuuuuuu (yes, that's the name) is being honest about the vibe: pure ☢️ chaos, priced to move at 2.1ꜩ.

THE MARKET IS CRASHING TAKE MY URANIUM

by uuuuuuuuuuuuuu

"☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎ ☢︎☢︎ ☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎ ☢︎☢︎ ☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎ ☢︎☢︎ ☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎ ☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎☢︎"

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Valentine Card #482 by canekzapata
Politics

Trump accelerates research on psychedelic treatments and asks, 'Can I have some?'

Desire, technology, and connection—canekzapata's generative valentines were already probing these themes. Now the President wants in on the altered states. The simulation really is showing its seams when "Trump asks for shrooms" is a real headline and a generative love note feels more grounded.

Valentine Card #482

by canekzapata

"A collection of generative valentine cards exploring desire, technology, and connection."

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Breaking Bob by Wasteman Goldmineovich
Culture

TikTok's Taste Buds are eating the world and conquering the internet, without leaving New York City

The internet makes people famous for eating. It also makes them famous for watching Bob Ross have an AI-generated breakdown. Wasteman's "rare unaired footage" is pure shitpost energy—and honestly, in a timeline where taste-testing teens are global influencers, what even is real anymore?

Breaking Bob

by Wasteman Goldmineovich

"Rare unaired footage in which Bob Ross experiences a psychotic break."

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Uni 1 by Jukkai
Religion

Pope Leo addresses spat with Trump, says 'debate' is not focus of his Africa trip

Uni means dream. The new Pope is trying to stay above the noise, focused on something bigger than Twitter beef with world leaders. Jukkai's painting captures that energy—soft, expansive, elsewhere. Sometimes the only sane response to the discourse is to simply float away.

Uni 1

by Jukkai

"Digital painting made with Somnifer. Uni = Dream."

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Exit Through the Gift Shop

Six pieces, six moments of clarity in the static. From glitched NES games to dreamy escapes, this week's artists are processing the chaos the only way that makes sense—by making something out of it.

All works under 10ꜩ. All artists from our community. All links go directly to objkt.

See you in the noise. ✨

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