Dr Implausible
drimplausible.com
Dr Implausible
@drimplausible.com
Digital emigre, researcher standing at the intersection of arts, tech, and pop culture. Got the PhD studying Innovation and the Arts, talk about it sometimes on the Implausipod podcast. Blog over at implausi.blog. I'm consistently me other places too.
Finally! Managed to record a new episode of the podcast and get it released. "Streets Ahead" is about our fascination with self-driving vehicles in the 20th century, and how that's led to now. Check it out at select podcast apps, or at the following link: www.implausipod.com/1935232/epis...
E0050 Streets Ahead - Implausipod
Welcome to the Implausipod, where a wrong turn and a 20 minutes detour due to poor signage led to an inquiry into the evolution of autonomous vehicles. We'll examine how the idea has appeared in popul...
www.implausipod.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New Newsletter is posted, the one where I take a 4400 km train ride, and a roll-up some of the summer season of entertainment.

In subscribers mailboxes, and viewable online here: implausi.blog?na=archive&e...
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Luchasaurus is the only face in this match. Loving how pumped the crowd at #AEW #Wrestledream is for his return. This one's been a lot of fun.
October 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Played through the Mechanicus II Steam Next Fest Demo the other day on stream and had fun with it! 😄 If anyone wanted to check it out my playthrough's on Youtube

youtu.be/xbgaBMnKEoU
Warhammer 40000 Mechanicus II Steam Next Fest Demo!
YouTube video by nikkikolls
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Caught Tron:Ares last night, and found it to be a fun flick with amazing visuals, killer soundtrack, and a hopeful take on crossing the digital-material divide. Less dystopian that the Matrix movies. Overall, I enjoyed the experience, though the IFC disagrees.
#tron #tronares #Film
October 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Goddammit. Every major ideological or philosophical concern of our present horrifying age leads back to Karl Popper, doesn't it?

This is my roundabout way of suggesting that you read THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES very carefully. It's amazing to watch him hit Plato, Marx, and Hegel so hard.
October 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"We've brought in a bunch of Hangman Page clones for him to spar with". Lol Thanks Don #AEWAllOut
September 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Woot! Congrats to Kris Statlander, new World Champion! #AEWAllOut
September 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Okada/Takeshita/Dorada has been phenomenal at #AEWAllOut
September 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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If you can, crab, so can I.
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard make entire catalog "name your price" on Bandcamp www.brooklynvegan.com/king-gizzard...
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard make entire catalog "name your price" on Bandcamp
Earlier this year, King Gizzard left Spotify and have now made all their albums on Bandcamp "pay what you want"
www.brooklynvegan.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Vampire LARP Hot Take: If you need to include Big Name Characters™ in your plots to make them interesting, they are still not interesting.
September 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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hey bsky is being weird and toxic to me and that may be my fault for interacting with doodoo heads

but i wanna timeline clense

whats something yr grateful for? i’ll start: i have a loving girlfriend who lets me live in her house
August 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Gonna start referring to productivity software like people talk about video games.

"Oh yeah Google Docs is a Cloud-bases Word-like."

"Trello is a Lanestyle Jiracore Tasklike"

"Only weaklings need to use a Pomodoro to get through Sheetstyle work."
August 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I got out again this last weekend
Far enough away that there was no cell service, no internet
Far enough away that the smartphone might as well just stay locked in the glove compartment
Because it had no use aside from being a backup egg timer or flashlight

And it was good

1/n
August 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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I've been using Blender for video editing for years now.... I think it works great!!!!

I wrote a short primer on how to get started with video editing in Blender: blendogames.com/news/post/20...
August 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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My latest audio drama, "Libromendel," has been officially released! I wrote a behind-the-scenes essay on why I made this and what went into it.

www.edrants.com/libromendel-...
“Libromendel” — A Modern Day Retelling of Stefan Zweig - Reluctant Habits
This is the story of how a 1929 Stefan Zweig story became a vital inspiration for an epic audio drama depicting the cost of removing people from American life. (You can listen to the audio drama at th...
www.edrants.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This one is interesting: looks like a couple teens are trying to build out a #YouTube alternative due to introduction of the AI Age verification, and have got something up and running on a home server. glomble.com

(Pitch video on YT here):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF5b...
Glomble
glomble.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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My latest audio drama, "Libromendel," has dropped over at The Sonic Society. It's an adaptation of Stefan Zweig's "Buchmendel" transposed to the near future and tackles ICE, mass deportation, and the cost of removing people from life! 24 actors! 332 tracks!

sonicsociety.org/sonic-summer...
The Sonic Society » Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 16.5- LIBROMENDEL
sonicsociety.org
August 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Sadly the project I've been working on lost funding and I've been laid off, alongside ~half of my (very skilled) teammates of various disciplines.
So I'm on the hunt for new work!

If you know of any open game art positions, please send them my way! Attaching my linkedin here in case that helps.
www.linkedin.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Another pet-peeve: The suffix of "punk" (aside from Cyberpunk) is largely a useless signifier in that A: The "punk"element is rarely, if ever present, and B: So many of the derivatives of this are redundant and frankly sound ridiculous.

Atompunk? Decopunk? Hopepunk? What the hell are we doing.
July 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Interesting new paper out from Microsoft Research on the job impacts of GenAI.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
I hopped in my time machine to talk about it in a couple podcast episodes:
Echanger www.implausipod.com/1935232/epis...

and GPT-Squared www.implausipod.com/1935232/epis...
Working with AI: Measuring the Occupational Implications of Generative AI - Microsoft Research
Given the rapid adoption of generative AI and its potential to impact a wide range of tasks, understanding the effects of AI on the economy is one of society’s most important questions. In this work, ...
www.microsoft.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Libromendel -- Audio Drama Teaser #1

youtube.com/shorts/hAAkY...
July 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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y’all why are we still using substack
July 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM