Co-host of Plutopia News Network. Author at Unshaved Truths. Digital culture maven, cyberpunk, dharma punk.
Austin, TX
Joined March 2007
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From Linotype to AI: what can printing’s past teach us about media’s future? @jeffjarvis joins Plutopia to discuss Hot Type, Mark Twain’s costly bet on typesetting, and the possibilities for media built around communities. plutopia.io/jeff-jarvis-hot-…
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* In Memoriam Jim Rutt: Complexity lover, GameB pioneer, worldview explorer. A obituary and honorary profile of his legacy, by Rufus Pollock
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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: If the invading enemy in a film is an alien from outer space, as in "War Machine," does that make it science fiction? Or is it an explosive, mindless action film? youtu.be/AFuE1LRxm80?si=Q26J…
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Marc Abrahams discusses the Ig Nobel Prizes, awards that honor real achievements that make people “laugh and then think.” Also the “Annals of Improbable Research,” a journal that highlights unusual but meaningful work. plutopia.io/marc-abrahams-im…
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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: “Project Hail Mary” sends a mission from Earth to Tau Ceti to solve a cosmic mystery threatening our sun. The fate of two civilizations may depend on an unlikely interstellar partnership. youtu.be/m08TxIsFTRI?si=uDVM…
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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: "Paradise" season 2 begins on the post-apocalypse surface of earth, where there are a few survivors, and where Xavier Collins has gone to search for his wife Teri. Mayday! youtu.be/wQfqQ-oIXiA?si=VoNm…
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What an incredible ad, I hope @doctorow has seen it
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Jon Lebkowsky sits down with @Doomscroll for a thoughtful Mastodon interview on digital culture, healthy online communities, decentralization, platforms vs. humans, and the fragility — and resilience — of democracy in the internet age. Read the full Q&A: plutopia.io/jon-lebkowsky-in…
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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: "Repo Man": A suburban punk named Otto finds himself in pursuit of the inexplicable. "It's all part of a cosmic unconsciousness."
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Ken MacLeod joins the Plutopia News Network to explore politics in science fiction—failed systems, rising nationalism, and fractured societies—while reflecting on the hardest part of writing as he finishes his 21st novel: plot. plutopia.io/ken-macleod-imag…
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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: For a break from authoritarian apocalypso, see the full-length "Creature from Galaxy 27,” a 1958 potboiler, a fun terrible film. Alien invasion would feel quaint right now. youtu.be/b36ZW8xOSII?si=uHPB…
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Adam Roberts discusses his new critical book "Fantasy: A Short History," and what it means to “suspend disbelief” in fantasy and science fiction - on the Plutopia News Network podcast. youtu.be/IwLz41iwvv0?si=sP7i…
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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: "Bugonia" explores a human version of Colony Collapse Disorder, observed by the strangest set of beekeepers. youtu.be/bd_5HcTujfc?si=vUUV…
