2019
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Salvage/Rescue
Kaleidoscopic compass of speculative multispecies imaginaries.
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Spider-Man’s MCU No Deal Webxit | 1921
Cultural Fracking and fandom being dispossessed of their stories by private interests.
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Half formed thoughts On ‘Ralphing’ and Compass Memes
This week feels like the week that the weird Accelerationist political 4×4 compass meme levelled up out of cave twitter and went into wider consciousness.
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One Step Forward Two Steps Back
Well, after talking how much better my mental health was last week. This week has been dark and terrible. I don’t want to talk about it.
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Profiles and Radio
I’ve been in the media the last week: Can Science fiction save the planet? I was profiled/interviewed by French online magazine ulyces.co The piece is in French but as you can see in the screenshot above, Google Translate does a very good job with it. The interview covers Solarpunk, My Sonar+D talk, Stacktivism work and…
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Fortnite World Cup Explained (For Boomers) | 1918
This week I try to explain the 2019 Fortnite World Cup and its significance (for Boomers).
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What Would Your Teenaged Self Think Of You? | 1917
My birthday just passed. No better time for reflection on what would teenage me think of me now, and how he became?
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Birthday!
It was my birthday this week. I spent the day melting in the record breaking heat. Eve got me the Folio Society edition of Dune. It’s wonderful.
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Back From Sonar(+D) – Mega Post
I attended Sonar+D Last week to take part in a panel on ‘Tales of the Next Internet’. I spoke alongside cybersecurity journalist Marta Peirano, researcher and activist Xenia Ermoshina, with the panel moderated by Ash Sarkar.
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Coded Matter(s): Terra Fiction | Stage II of Worldbuilding
You may remember I spoke at Fiber Festival last year in Amsterdam. They just released a short 8 minute mini documentary recapping the themes of the festival with interviews with the participants. It features me talking about Platforms and Solarpunk. I almost sound like I know what I’m talking about. The idea of terraformation was…
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In (+) Through The Looking Glass | 1915
Two techniques for increasing your ability to interact with the liminal and the imaginary.
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Back from the Wedding
Last night was the launch of The Brazen Vessel 10 years of Collected Works from Alkistis Dimech ☩ Peter Grey of Scarlet Imprint at Treadwells.
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[Media Property Name] Isn’t Your Friend | 1914
We need anti trust laws for culture. What are we to do when our cultural heritage is owned by a corporation?
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Sunsets In Istanbul
Right now I am in Istanbul with Eve. Yesterday night was Benedict and Mina’s wedding.