#BruceSterling
@bruces.bsky.social
Author, journalist, editor and critic combining his time in Turin, Austin, Ibiza, Belgrade etc #BruceSterling
*There are other cities in the world as nutty as Los Angeles, but in Los Angeles they really movie-poster it up. Like, the font choice is good and the cranks have cool made-up actor names
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM
*There are other cities in the world as nutty as Los Angeles, but in Los Angeles they really movie-poster it up. Like, the font choice is good and the cranks have cool made-up actor names
*I like it when some standard Apocalypse crank has all the usual off-the-shelf stuff and also some "ice bombs"
*Like, tell us more about those coming ice-bombs
*Like, tell us more about those coming ice-bombs
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
*I like it when some standard Apocalypse crank has all the usual off-the-shelf stuff and also some "ice bombs"
*Like, tell us more about those coming ice-bombs
*Like, tell us more about those coming ice-bombs
*Yeah: what he said.
*And this is ten times more true for every cola-flavored sour UFO that glows all over, levitates livestock and does aerial loop-de-loops
*And this is ten times more true for every cola-flavored sour UFO that glows all over, levitates livestock and does aerial loop-de-loops
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
*Yeah: what he said.
*And this is ten times more true for every cola-flavored sour UFO that glows all over, levitates livestock and does aerial loop-de-loops
*And this is ten times more true for every cola-flavored sour UFO that glows all over, levitates livestock and does aerial loop-de-loops
*I'm not even DEFENDING Loeb and his notions,. he's obviously a wacky eccentric, but at least he's not demanding 8billion dollars for an unbuildable Supercollider in the utterly unlikely locale of Waxahachie, Texas
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
*I'm not even DEFENDING Loeb and his notions,. he's obviously a wacky eccentric, but at least he's not demanding 8billion dollars for an unbuildable Supercollider in the utterly unlikely locale of Waxahachie, Texas
*No working scientist ever writes a hit pop-science book without everybody in the discipline getting on his case, starting with, like, Galileo
*Galileo had a lot of astronomer colleagues who kept their noses clean and never got in trouble with the Church and nobody has ever heard of those guys
*Galileo had a lot of astronomer colleagues who kept their noses clean and never got in trouble with the Church and nobody has ever heard of those guys
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
*No working scientist ever writes a hit pop-science book without everybody in the discipline getting on his case, starting with, like, Galileo
*Galileo had a lot of astronomer colleagues who kept their noses clean and never got in trouble with the Church and nobody has ever heard of those guys
*Galileo had a lot of astronomer colleagues who kept their noses clean and never got in trouble with the Church and nobody has ever heard of those guys
*I totally get it that Loeb is a hairy-eyed alien-intelligence crank who can never stop posting, but I'm not gonna have a panic-attack about that
*I've been to a Brazilian church full of UFO contactees, and they, like, went into prophetic trances and read my fate
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*I've been to a Brazilian church full of UFO contactees, and they, like, went into prophetic trances and read my fate
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November 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
*I totally get it that Loeb is a hairy-eyed alien-intelligence crank who can never stop posting, but I'm not gonna have a panic-attack about that
*I've been to a Brazilian church full of UFO contactees, and they, like, went into prophetic trances and read my fate
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*I've been to a Brazilian church full of UFO contactees, and they, like, went into prophetic trances and read my fate
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*I'd be alarmed if this was true, but if it was, then science fiction would have caused astronomy to explode in flames in 1634 when Kepler wrote that nutty book about his Moon trip
And they only serve to boost his ego, and book sales, while confusing and alarming the public, eroding trust in real science and harming the credibility and efforts of actual astrobiologists to build serious technosignature searches into a sustained and supported branch of science. (5/7)
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
*I'd be alarmed if this was true, but if it was, then science fiction would have caused astronomy to explode in flames in 1634 when Kepler wrote that nutty book about his Moon trip
*Guy on YouTube having a moral panic attack about ol-school 3DPrinted "crapjects" getting some traction in his favorite artisanal marketplaces
*He hasn't even SEEN a "slopject" yet
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*He hasn't even SEEN a "slopject" yet
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The Epidemic of 3D Printed Junk
YouTube video by Carter
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November 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
*Guy on YouTube having a moral panic attack about ol-school 3DPrinted "crapjects" getting some traction in his favorite artisanal marketplaces
*He hasn't even SEEN a "slopject" yet
youtu.be/A4dgA3U3sO8?...
*He hasn't even SEEN a "slopject" yet
youtu.be/A4dgA3U3sO8?...
*So then, any historical period that lacked Italian actresses would be a Dark Age, by definition 🤔🎭🇮🇹
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November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
*So then, any historical period that lacked Italian actresses would be a Dark Age, by definition 🤔🎭🇮🇹
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedi...
*I wonder who set up that archive of tech-art videos 16 years ago and couldn't keep at it. There's some quite top-end stuff in there.
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MediaArtTube
MediaArtTube DYNAMIC PROJECT ARCHIVE and Tool for Research and Education. Cross-pollination of disciplines, theories, practises, techniques, ideas and concepts on the platform of technology produced b...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
*I wonder who set up that archive of tech-art videos 16 years ago and couldn't keep at it. There's some quite top-end stuff in there.
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www.youtube.com/@MediaArtTub...
*Drowned or knocked flat by big waves from nowhere
A tragic Saturday in Tenerife left three people dead and at least 15 injured as exceptionally high waves gripped the Canary archipelago. Officials are reporting waves that can reach as high as four metres.
Three dead and over 15 injured in Tenerife due to bad sea conditions
A tragic Saturday in Tenerife left three people dead and at least 15 injured as exceptionally high waves gripped the Canary archipelago. Officials are reporting waves that can reach as high as four metres.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
*Drowned or knocked flat by big waves from nowhere
*I blame science fiction about UFOs, or, rather, I blame Martian engineers building vast canal structures
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In the late 1800s alien ‘engineers’ altered our world forever | Aeon Essays
Images of vast ‘canals’ rippling across the red planet inspired fears of alien ‘engineers’ and changed science forever
aeon.co
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
*I blame science fiction about UFOs, or, rather, I blame Martian engineers building vast canal structures
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aeon.co/essays/in-th...
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
*Even by generous Barcelona BCN standards, "Desigual Fungus Cowgirl" is a really weird look
November 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
*Even by generous Barcelona BCN standards, "Desigual Fungus Cowgirl" is a really weird look
*Extremely Milanese attitude in the MXP airport ad there, so stereotyped that it's almost endearing
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 AM
*Extremely Milanese attitude in the MXP airport ad there, so stereotyped that it's almost endearing
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Iit's like figuring out that gasoline is inherently lysenkoist and technofascist. You don't always have to methodically lie and invade-and-kill people just to have the technical power of fossil fuels, but, well, once you do, you kinda do. #bloodforoil #bloodforAI
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AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
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November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Iit's like figuring out that gasoline is inherently lysenkoist and technofascist. You don't always have to methodically lie and invade-and-kill people just to have the technical power of fossil fuels, but, well, once you do, you kinda do. #bloodforoil #bloodforAI
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*Interesting framing there: LLMs are somehow inherently lysenkoist and technofascist
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www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
*Interesting framing there: LLMs are somehow inherently lysenkoist and technofascist
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
"Edward Jenner performed the first vaccination against smallpox from this thatched hut at his house in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. "
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Garden shed of vaccine pioneer Edward Jenner added to heritage at risk register
Shed where father of immunology trialled first smallpox vaccine among 138 additions to Historic England list
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November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
"Edward Jenner performed the first vaccination against smallpox from this thatched hut at his house in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. "
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*In glamorous Basel, the "Haus o' Electronic Kunst." Yeah, that's them all right
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November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
*In glamorous Basel, the "Haus o' Electronic Kunst." Yeah, that's them all right
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*This is really a whole lot like Russia's airports being harassed by Ukrainian drones, only it's self-inflicted
*To be fair, if you're a Russian Imperialist then in your worldview anything involving "so-called Ukraine" has always been self-inflicted
*To be fair, if you're a Russian Imperialist then in your worldview anything involving "so-called Ukraine" has always been self-inflicted
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
*This is really a whole lot like Russia's airports being harassed by Ukrainian drones, only it's self-inflicted
*To be fair, if you're a Russian Imperialist then in your worldview anything involving "so-called Ukraine" has always been self-inflicted
*To be fair, if you're a Russian Imperialist then in your worldview anything involving "so-called Ukraine" has always been self-inflicted
*it's interesting whem massively famous celebrity/influencers have these vaguely-legitimizing, philanthro-politico social-roles lightly thumbtacked onto them, such as "Guest Ambassadress for Hostessing International Charity Banquets" #thread
1/ Kareena Kapoor Khan (born 21 September 1980) is an Indian actress. A prolific leading lady of Hindi cinema since 2000, she is noted for her roles in a range of film genres—from romantic comedies to crime dramas.
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
*it's interesting whem massively famous celebrity/influencers have these vaguely-legitimizing, philanthro-politico social-roles lightly thumbtacked onto them, such as "Guest Ambassadress for Hostessing International Charity Banquets" #thread
*I like everything about this, except the prospect of paying honest money for it and actually learning something
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 AM
*I like everything about this, except the prospect of paying honest money for it and actually learning something
*I never met her, but my goodness, I sure have met a lot of European women like her. I wouldn't say they're a "distinct class," but they're like a tech-culture EU salon.
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Christine Schöpf 1948 — 2025
It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to Christine Schöpf—a formative figure in media art and for all of us, without whom Ars Electronica would not be what it is today. “Every idea, every proj...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
*I never met her, but my goodness, I sure have met a lot of European women like her. I wouldn't say they're a "distinct class," but they're like a tech-culture EU salon.
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ars.electronica.art/aeblog/en/20...