{"id":5591,"date":"2025-04-05T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thememorexe.com\/wordpress\/?p=5591"},"modified":"2025-06-09T19:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T23:56:08","slug":"bitterness-a-manifesto-excerpt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thememorexe.com\/wordpress\/?p=5591","title":{"rendered":"Bitterness: A Manifesto (excerpt)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bitterness: A Manifesto\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1091955012?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>An excerpt from a short <em>speculative<\/em> meditation on dark chocolate, engaging with Japanese animist traditions and philosophical ideas from thinkers like <strong>Reza Negarestani<\/strong> and <strong>Michel Foucault<\/strong>. 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