There’ll be more looking back and looking ahead coming soon, but for now: Happy New Year, people. I was reminded of this collaboration via Femi and the Foundation on Bluesky this morning, and it captures a lot of what I want the current incarnation of HD to be about: folks coming together to make art […]
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