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what might have been and what could be.

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03/14/25

Some of Our Favorite Looks from Valentino's 2025 Spring Collection

03/13/25

We Must Fight to Secure the Freedom of Mahmoud Khalil

Any and all actions must be taken to secure the release of Mahmoud Khalil. Any and all actions are acceptable. This fucking bullshit—let’s be real, this is absolutely fucking bullshit—and if this man doesn’t get released, it sets a precedent that will never, ever be able to be undone.

How many people in my audience have posted something about Palestine? How many have posted against this genocide? How would you feel if you got abducted from your home while your eight-month pregnant wife was there with you? Taken in the middle of the night to a black site, denied any rights, denied due process, denied all the constitutional rights that are supposed to be enshrined in this country—all because you stood up against genocide? All because you stood up against capitalists using bombs to profit, killing children to profit?

We don’t have a lot of power as the left in this country. We don’t have a lot of power as radicals in this country. We’re extremely scattered, disorganized, and in a lot of ways, apathetic. We need to change this. We need to change it fast.

To my anarchist comrades: know your risk tolerance, and if it aligns, fuck it, make that Tesla dealership a target. To my communist comrades: start putting together robust organizations in your area. Start working in small groups, strategizing on things that can be applied to our current material conditions. It’s going to take an army to beat this system. We don’t have an army yet, but we’ve got a lot of people who are willing and looking for permission to do what needs to be done.

This abduction—It disgusts me to a degree I can’t fully articulate because here’s the real rub: from where I’m standing—running the most trafficked leftist politics site on neocities, reaching over a thousand people every day, speaking about these real issues and facts—who’s to say I won’t be next? Who’s to say you won’t be next? Abducted because you decided to stick your head up, to advocate against this pro-death culture we have. This pro-death-for-profit culture we’ve cultivated. And it's time we fight back.

You know what the only difference between you and a Palestinian is? It’s not profitable to blow you up yet. But it might be one day. Real fucking soon.

So, any and all tactics need to be on the table. If you’re in a local group, start plotting. If you’re in an org, start plotting. If you’re in a mutual aid group, start plotting. Double down. Show up. We’re living in those weeks, as Lenin said. It’s undeniable.

I know that if it happened to me or any of my comrades, I’d want everyone speaking up, speaking loudly, and using any tool available to do that.

Free Mahmoud Khalil and Free Palestine!

03/11/25

Ignore Your Temporal Bore Hole: Today is Monday not Tuesday, It's Shem Shelley's From Utopia getting SUCKED into that Pineal Gland

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I'mma be real with you folks, I did not know a lick of HTML when I started this site! And you can tell because it's broken as FUCK! But that's OKAY! We're working hard on a future proofed XML database version of the site. Real DIY shit, we'll build back better. Until then, enjoy this issue of our resident "CRAZZZZY" motha fucka (british accent) Shem Shelley's "From Utopia".


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03/09/25

Lessons from the 2024 Campus Encampments: Reflecting on a Correspondence with an Anonymous Contact from Columbia University

03/07/25

People are still living in FEMA's toxic trailers

This is a nine-year-old documentary. A decade-old documentary, right? About people living in these toxic FEMA trailers. I go on Craigslist—South Louisiana, East Texas, all along the Gulf—and you can still find these trailers for sale. You can still find people living in them. That's today, and this documentary was shot 10 years ago.

So, this has been a known issue, and nothing’s been done to fix it because it’s cheaper to just… not. It’s more profitable to let these working class people living in FEMA trailers die of cancer early, die from complications caused by the toxic chemicals in them, and rot in these decaying, decrepit emergency trailers that were only meant for temporary use.

It’s cheaper than saying, “Hey, housing—quality, sustainable housing—is a human right and should be treated like one.” But if they started talking about it like that, if they framed it as the injustice it is, people might start asking, “Damn, why isn’t housing a human right? Why are so many people living in toxic emergency trailers on a lot they don’t even own, paying lot rent for the privilege of dying a preventable death?”

Especially in a country where healthcare isn’t a universal right either. So, shelter isn’t a right. Healthcare isn’t a right. These people are gonna get sick. They’re gonna develop these conditions. They’re not gonna be able to afford treatment. They’re gonna rack up debt. Who profits? The capitalist, man.

This is a ten-year-old documentary. Still worth a watch. We can change this. We can fix this. But it’s gonna take more than reformist Democrat liberal performances. It’s gonna take more than whatever circus Barnum & Bailey are throwing at the White House.

There’s no way you’re gonna see guarantees of shelter, food, water, healthcare—these life-sustaining necessities—made into human rights in this country under the system we live in. The fact that this documentary is a decade old and the problem still persists proves that.

03/06/25

This is HOUDINIcore

03/05/25

Introducing Web Wednesdays With Jemma - Pochemuchka

Welcome to Web Wednesdays, a brand-new column here at HOUDINI Magazine! Written by Jemma, this series will take you behind the screens and into the minds of the creators shaping the personal web. Each week, we’ll sit down with webmasters from across Neocities, exploring their unique stories, creative processes, and the passion that drives them to build their little corners of the internet.

Interview with Chandler of Pochemuchka

Purple painting of seas and sailors

A purple painting of seas and sailors meets you at the door, framed over the infinity of the universe. This is Pochemuchka on Neocities, translated from Russian meaning someone who asks too many questions. Today the webmaster isn't the one to fit the description, but I am.

Chandler is a twenty-five-year-old enby and webmaster of Pochemuchka. Their interests span from MLM (Multi-Level-Marketing) to MLM (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) politics. I've been watching their site for quite a while, and even not being one for politics much myself, I have found their intelligent essays captivating. I couldn't help but to ask for an interview with them as the first for the biweekly web feature. Luckily, they accepted! Let's dive right into it!

Chandler's website design Check out Pochemuchka here

Jemma: What brought you to Neocities and making your own site in the first place?

Chandler: I really missed the GeoCities sites I used to look at as a kid who was too young to be online, and seeing the legacy live on through Neocities made me nostalgic. I don't remember how I stumbled along the site (maybe through Tumblr), but it struck a chord. This was about the time I was working as the night shift desk clerk at a motel, so I had all the time in the world to begin a new hobby.

Jemma: That's understandable, I work night shifts at a movie theater. Did that period of your life influence your site's design and content?

Chandler: Somewhat. The color theme was more southwestern than what it is now when I first started (mirroring my job), and the content was more art than writing, though I ended up expanding on it as time went on. I wanted it to feel homey like some of the GeoCities pages I loved, but also more interactive with links leading off onto various interests I had accumulated. Even when I began, I kept the writing content on the political landscape rather than anything too personal.

Jemma: Do you remember any specific GeoCities sites that you looked up to? Are there any current Neocities sites that you've taken inspiration from?

Chandler: For the first question; there was one run by a gay man in the early 2000s who posted about his pet rabbits a lot and gay culture in the US. It's been passed around on Tumblr, and I'm sure if I dedicated time I could find it in the Wayback Machine, but I don't recall the URL. It was really cute and made me feel seen even though I didn't have the language to describe my identity then. For the second question; sad.grl actually was a major one. When I first started, I really admired how clean the pages were and how easily they branched off of one another; the content seems endless. I aspire to be that dedicated.

Sad.grl website

Sad.grl was the most followed site on Neocities, and many sites use her tutorials and templates as the basis of their sites (like Chandler). Now it's been replaced with goblin-heart.net.

Jemma: The branching is impressive with sad.grl, I feel like you've achieved that with the numerous image links to get around on your site rather than having a traditional navigation menu. Back to what you were saying about writing mostly about politics on the site, Neocities is inherently more political than GeoCities, which was more unorganized personal sites. Why do you choose to write more on politics on Neocities?

Chandler: Thank you! I can't imagine the time sad.grl put into it! I guess I chose to write about politics because I saw so much reactionary content on Neocities when I first started. I used to analyze them, try to figure out what drives people into far-right ideology, but it got tiring since there isn't an easy answer in any case. I wanted, in a way, to be a resource for other socialists and people interested in Marxism or socialist history. I suppose it helps being one of the few vocal Marxist-Leninists there (though not the only one who aims to compile resources thankfully!), as I feel I can provide a fresh point of view for the people who stumble across my site, even if my perspective isn't shared.

Jemma: Even not being a Marxist/Leninist, I can respect that. I appreciate your motive. Do you think Neocities has gotten less alt-right conservative? How has it changed since you first explored the site?

Chandler: I won't lie, I haven't done any exploring in the last year or two. I got to a point where I realized keeping tabs on them was fruitless. I was never going to change their minds, and I didn't intend to. However, I have seen more socialist-leaning websites pop up, and some of my friends who are Marxists made websites primarily as resources for people to find PDFs of books/essays. Every site has reactionaries, but Neocities does make it easier to be insulated in bubbles if you're not actively exploring.

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Jemma: Have you interacted or found community much with other webmasters on Neocities, or is it more of a solitary space for you?

Chandler: Definitely more of a solitary space. I interact with people more on social media sites than blogging platforms, not counting Tumblr since it toes the line between the two. I'm also one of the few in my friend group into coding, and one of two who enjoys maintaining a website. It does make it harder to enjoy spending time there, but I always come back to Neocities eventually.

Jemma: A lot of Neocities users are very anti-social media. Some aren't and even link to their platforms like Instagram and X on their sites. Then there's that solid grey area like you mentioned that is Tumblr. Where do you find yourself on the social media issue spectrum?

Chandler: I'm pretty much on all social media platforms except X! For sites like Facebook and Instagram, they're more so for my job and family. Tumblr and Neocities are where I express myself more freely, so I guess I fall into a grey area with social media just because I'm more active on an old blogging platform and a webhosting site.

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Jemma: Wrapping things up, how do you feel about the current state of the internet and how would you like to see it change?

Chandler: Currently, it feels very US-centric to me, including the user policies of various sites. Rather than there being multiple internets/firewalls, I wish the internet was more open and willing to accept people not in Europe or the US. Unfortunately, I think that itself would require US hegemony on the globe to vanish to allow others to step in and bridge the gap. A lot of what I want too would require a cohesive plan against all forms of bigotry for an interconnected world to grow that didn't alienate users on various platforms.

And with that, I left fulfilled. We chatted a bit, and thank-yous were exchanged. Chandler's nostalgia for an early web is what drives many creators, and it's beautiful to see the self-expression it creates. Make sure to pay their site a visit and check out their unique writings, especially if you want to learn a little something. In this web series, I'll be searching out other unique sites on the web and interviewing the creators as they define their art and share their opinions on the ever-growing internet. Stay tuned, my lovely readers!!

- Jemma

03/04/25

On Respect and Loyality

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When there’s snakes in the grass, you gotta mow the lawn.

In this game, you can’t have any level of tolerance for disloyalty and disrespect. You might think of someone as a friend, but then you realize—you don’t really know that motherfucker when push comes to shove. You met them on the internet. And that motherfucker definitely wasn’t thinking about loyalty like you were. They weren’t thinking about building something together. They weren’t thinking about shit.

And that’s sad, but you gotta mow the lawn if there’s snakes in the grass. Otherwise, you’re just asking to get bit.

What good is a bridge if it ain’t got no foundation? It ain’t much of a bridge at all. So burning that bridge? That’s just the price you pay. Because you cannot—and will not—tolerate disrespect. Disloyalty? That’s excommunicado.

It’s crazy too. You might’ve even had a feeling from the very beginning that this was exactly how it would play out. And that’s on you. You were too kind, and that kindness was taken as weakness.

And that ain’t ever happening again. It can’t happen again. If it does, that’s betraying not only your honor but everything you’ve built. And that means you must strike that person down. That’s the only way to resolve the disrespect.

Loyalty and respect are two of the key pillars of any real honor code. And to live with honor? That’s something catty coastal liberal motherfuckers can’t understand. But you must study this.

When someone disrespects you, they bring dishonor upon you, your people, your community, your movement, your work ethic, your very character as a human being. Respect is the default. Someone betrays this? You have to hold your ground. That’s real honor shit.

The violent retaliation expected of you in person can’t be accomplished online. This allows disrespect to be normalized. You must study this.

If they’re rocking with you and show you that same respect? Go to the ends of the earth for them. Jump off a roof for them. Go out of your way for them—if you can, you will. But the very moment they show you the opposite? That motherfucker ain’t even worth spitting on.

They run your name through the mud? Fine. Motherfucker, you were born in the mud.

You wanna talk about building real working-class power? Building a real movement, a real party, a real whatever you wanna call it? Motherfucker, you better come with the utmost respect.

-Erik Houdini

03/03/25

March is 'FROM UTOPIA' Month @ HOUDINI Magazine

Shem Shelly’s From Utopia is a diabolical, disordered collection of diatribes, discourse, and designs. There’s a whole lot of these Ds running around in From Utopia, a project created by none other than Shem Shelly himself. Shem is a situationist anarchist and artist who’s been working with HOUDINI Magazine for some time now.

On a personal note, when I first discovered Shem and his work, I was like, Wow, we’ve got to get this out there. We’ve got to do whatever we can to get people to read this because this is some cool-ass shit. This is exactly what I’m talking about when I say zines are dope—the format, that classic printological style of a zine. Shem’s work in From Utopia really showcases that. It’s packed with flavor and embodies a lot of what we’re trying to bring to the forefront. It’s influenced our own style, our own vibe, and our own direction.

This month—March 2025—is From Utopia Month. Every Monday, we’re dropping a new issue of From Utopia, straight from Shem himself. And to wrap it all up, we’ve got a little treat, a surprise piece by him to close out the month. I’m really looking forward to it, and I hope you guys enjoy his work as much as I do.

If you’ve got any comments, hit him up on itch.io or leave a note in our guestbook. Give it a share, man, because what Shem’s doing with From Utopia is excellent, most righteous, and totally radical. It’s the kind of thing we love to see here at HOUDINI, and we’re beyond proud to have Shem as part of our collective.

FROM UTOPIA Issue 23 contains four short pieces, The Oriface Complex, CoUNTRY in Declime, A Fungal Mystery and The Metroman Menace, the ongoing anti-epic poem The Tragedy of Romonde Contreras, the seed of White Friday and more.

Read Issue 23 Here
Read the From Utopia Back Catalogue here
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03/02/25

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03/01/25
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