gabriel burrow
@gabrielburrow.bsky.social
PhD in contemporary literature at Birkbeck, UoL (SF modelling; political movements; utopia). Part-time Research Lead for TEAM LEWIS global creative. Editor at MOSF Journal of Science Fiction. Tired.
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The only thing that can stop a bad guy with smart glasses is a good guy with anti-smart-glasses glasses
“The state of our surveillance dystopia is such that a major glasses retailer is advertising anti-facial recognition features as a selling point as if it was normal.”
Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age
These anti-facial recognition glasses technically work, but won’t save you from our surveillance dystopia.
www.404media.co
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The only thing that can stop a bad guy with smart glasses is a good guy with anti-smart-glasses glasses
In December I'll be co-hosting a workshop entitled "Utopia, Dystopia and the Post-Capitalist State" with the wonderful people at @ucl-ccs.bsky.social.
This is an open CFP, and we're keen to bring together researchers across multiple disciplines. For more information, drop me a message!
This is an open CFP, and we're keen to bring together researchers across multiple disciplines. For more information, drop me a message!
October 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In December I'll be co-hosting a workshop entitled "Utopia, Dystopia and the Post-Capitalist State" with the wonderful people at @ucl-ccs.bsky.social.
This is an open CFP, and we're keen to bring together researchers across multiple disciplines. For more information, drop me a message!
This is an open CFP, and we're keen to bring together researchers across multiple disciplines. For more information, drop me a message!
The GenAI ecosystem in two charts. The first covers its (circular) funding - what could possibly go wrong? 👀
The second addresses everything else: the footprint of physical infrastructure, resource use, human labour, etc.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.cartography-of-generative-ai.net
The second addresses everything else: the footprint of physical infrastructure, resource use, human labour, etc.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.cartography-of-generative-ai.net
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The GenAI ecosystem in two charts. The first covers its (circular) funding - what could possibly go wrong? 👀
The second addresses everything else: the footprint of physical infrastructure, resource use, human labour, etc.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.cartography-of-generative-ai.net
The second addresses everything else: the footprint of physical infrastructure, resource use, human labour, etc.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.cartography-of-generative-ai.net
Sam Altman last week: Unless we bring more AI-ready compute online, we might have to choose between curing cancer and free global education
Sam Altman this week: We've launched an AI brainrot engine lol
gizmodo.com/openai-offic...
Sam Altman this week: We've launched an AI brainrot engine lol
gizmodo.com/openai-offic...
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Sam Altman last week: Unless we bring more AI-ready compute online, we might have to choose between curing cancer and free global education
Sam Altman this week: We've launched an AI brainrot engine lol
gizmodo.com/openai-offic...
Sam Altman this week: We've launched an AI brainrot engine lol
gizmodo.com/openai-offic...
As Mark Zuckerberg continues to humiliate himself trying to capture the AR and VR space, I figured it was worth taking the pulse of the "metaverse".
tl;dr: It’s sub-par escapism for people experiencing a sub-par way of living—cyberpunk with the knobs turned down.
gabrielburrow.com/2025/09/22/m...
tl;dr: It’s sub-par escapism for people experiencing a sub-par way of living—cyberpunk with the knobs turned down.
gabrielburrow.com/2025/09/22/m...
Metaverse or Torment Nexus?
There’s a common joke within science fiction circles derived from a Tweet by author Alex Blechman (2021). It reads, “Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale. Tec…
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September 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
As Mark Zuckerberg continues to humiliate himself trying to capture the AR and VR space, I figured it was worth taking the pulse of the "metaverse".
tl;dr: It’s sub-par escapism for people experiencing a sub-par way of living—cyberpunk with the knobs turned down.
gabrielburrow.com/2025/09/22/m...
tl;dr: It’s sub-par escapism for people experiencing a sub-par way of living—cyberpunk with the knobs turned down.
gabrielburrow.com/2025/09/22/m...
The violent criminality...
August 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The violent criminality...
Your dad doomscrolling LinkedIn at Glastonbury
June 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Your dad doomscrolling LinkedIn at Glastonbury
Was great to catch up with Birkbeck colleagues at this year's CACC conference.
So many cool projects underway (mushrooms, Cornish knockers, human compost, a breast cancer memoir, Silicon Valley theology, etc.)
Being a humanities researcher in the UK often feels pretty bleak. But not yesterday!
So many cool projects underway (mushrooms, Cornish knockers, human compost, a breast cancer memoir, Silicon Valley theology, etc.)
Being a humanities researcher in the UK often feels pretty bleak. But not yesterday!
June 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Was great to catch up with Birkbeck colleagues at this year's CACC conference.
So many cool projects underway (mushrooms, Cornish knockers, human compost, a breast cancer memoir, Silicon Valley theology, etc.)
Being a humanities researcher in the UK often feels pretty bleak. But not yesterday!
So many cool projects underway (mushrooms, Cornish knockers, human compost, a breast cancer memoir, Silicon Valley theology, etc.)
Being a humanities researcher in the UK often feels pretty bleak. But not yesterday!
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me and 2000 Patriots on our way to go secure home depot
June 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
me and 2000 Patriots on our way to go secure home depot
Reposted by gabriel burrow
🌌 Our latest issue of JOSF is LIVE 🌌
Lots of cool stuff in there, including an essay on science fictional librarians from fellow editor John J. Doherty.
I didn't work on this one – getting stuck into our forthcoming VR special issue. Watch this (virtual) space.
publish.lib.umd.edu/index.php/sc...
Lots of cool stuff in there, including an essay on science fictional librarians from fellow editor John J. Doherty.
I didn't work on this one – getting stuck into our forthcoming VR special issue. Watch this (virtual) space.
publish.lib.umd.edu/index.php/sc...
May 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🌌 Our latest issue of JOSF is LIVE 🌌
Lots of cool stuff in there, including an essay on science fictional librarians from fellow editor John J. Doherty.
I didn't work on this one – getting stuck into our forthcoming VR special issue. Watch this (virtual) space.
publish.lib.umd.edu/index.php/sc...
Lots of cool stuff in there, including an essay on science fictional librarians from fellow editor John J. Doherty.
I didn't work on this one – getting stuck into our forthcoming VR special issue. Watch this (virtual) space.
publish.lib.umd.edu/index.php/sc...
Best torso in the game.
May 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Best torso in the game.
"In the clown nursery it's always time to dance."
May 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"In the clown nursery it's always time to dance."
Looking forward to this! I'll be talking about the aesthetics of digital activism in contemporary science fiction.
I’m organizing an international workshop next week at Roskilde University: Speculating the Future: Fictional Worlds and Financial Realities. We’ll explore how speculative fiction helps us understand speculative finance & future-making. The keynote will be delivered by Sherryl Vint from UC Riverside.
May 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Looking forward to this! I'll be talking about the aesthetics of digital activism in contemporary science fiction.
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My new book #MoreEverythingForever is out now in the UK too! If you're tired of Silicon Valley billionaires forcing their awful ideas on the rest of us, this one is for you. www.hachette.co.uk/titles/adam-...
More Everything Forever
'Disconcerting . . . a disturbing and important book' NEW SCIENTIST
The bad science and sinister ideas behind Silicon Valley's foolish obsession with immo...
www.hachette.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
My new book #MoreEverythingForever is out now in the UK too! If you're tired of Silicon Valley billionaires forcing their awful ideas on the rest of us, this one is for you. www.hachette.co.uk/titles/adam-...
Jordan from Rizzle Kicks and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
This is my Super Bowl.
This is my Super Bowl.
April 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Jordan from Rizzle Kicks and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
This is my Super Bowl.
This is my Super Bowl.
Late to the party (I was rewatching S1) but the Andor 3-episode premiere ending with Mon Mothma drunkenly dancing to "Niamos!" is inspired. Go off, queen.
a woman in a yellow dress is dancing in front of a disney+ logo
ALT: a woman in a yellow dress is dancing in front of a disney+ logo
media.tenor.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Late to the party (I was rewatching S1) but the Andor 3-episode premiere ending with Mon Mothma drunkenly dancing to "Niamos!" is inspired. Go off, queen.
Gassed to be joining the Museum of Science Fiction's Journal of Science Fiction (try saying that five times fast) as an Editor.
It's an open-access, peer-reviewed publication with an interdisciplinary approach to all things SF (books, games, film, oral history, and more). Right up my street.
It's an open-access, peer-reviewed publication with an interdisciplinary approach to all things SF (books, games, film, oral history, and more). Right up my street.
a man is wearing a virtual reality headset while looking at a screen .
ALT: a man is wearing a virtual reality headset while looking at a screen .
media.tenor.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Gassed to be joining the Museum of Science Fiction's Journal of Science Fiction (try saying that five times fast) as an Editor.
It's an open-access, peer-reviewed publication with an interdisciplinary approach to all things SF (books, games, film, oral history, and more). Right up my street.
It's an open-access, peer-reviewed publication with an interdisciplinary approach to all things SF (books, games, film, oral history, and more). Right up my street.
UK launch for @koheisaito.bsky.social's Slow Down, hosted by @ariskomporozos.bsky.social & @ucl-ccs.bsky.social!
A wide ranging conversation spanning the commons, planning, revolutionary reformism, and why you should collectively own forest with your mates.
A wide ranging conversation spanning the commons, planning, revolutionary reformism, and why you should collectively own forest with your mates.
April 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
UK launch for @koheisaito.bsky.social's Slow Down, hosted by @ariskomporozos.bsky.social & @ucl-ccs.bsky.social!
A wide ranging conversation spanning the commons, planning, revolutionary reformism, and why you should collectively own forest with your mates.
A wide ranging conversation spanning the commons, planning, revolutionary reformism, and why you should collectively own forest with your mates.
Still recovering from last week's #BSLS2025 in Lancaster! So many great interdisciplinary panels and talks, spanning robots, clones, gene editing, astrology, etc.
I presented a paper on SF models and the ways they're being instrumentalised as part of a session on New Narrative Structures.
I presented a paper on SF models and the ways they're being instrumentalised as part of a session on New Narrative Structures.
April 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Still recovering from last week's #BSLS2025 in Lancaster! So many great interdisciplinary panels and talks, spanning robots, clones, gene editing, astrology, etc.
I presented a paper on SF models and the ways they're being instrumentalised as part of a session on New Narrative Structures.
I presented a paper on SF models and the ways they're being instrumentalised as part of a session on New Narrative Structures.
THANKS, WENDY
rare good linkedin: grandson of diana wynne jones wrote a post abt the insult of open ai's bullshit & how howl the movie came about as part of a 20 yr collab between his grandmother & miyazaki. leave him a nice comment if you're an artist & on there will ya www.linkedin.com/posts/gabrie...
Make it Ghibli: Howl’s Moving Castle and GenAI Slop | Gabriel Burrow | 30 comments
Like many people, the recent glut of Studio-Ghibli-styled images produced by ChatGPT’s new image generation feature has left a bad taste in my mouth.
My grandma (we called her “granarch” because she ...
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April 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
THANKS, WENDY
April 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Like many people, the recent glut of Studio-Ghibli-styled AI images has left a bad taste in my mouth.
My grandma (we called her “granarch” because she was 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤) wrote “Howl's Moving Castle”, which was adapted by Hayao Miyazaki into a film of the same name.
My grandma (we called her “granarch” because she was 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤) wrote “Howl's Moving Castle”, which was adapted by Hayao Miyazaki into a film of the same name.
April 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Like many people, the recent glut of Studio-Ghibli-styled AI images has left a bad taste in my mouth.
My grandma (we called her “granarch” because she was 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤) wrote “Howl's Moving Castle”, which was adapted by Hayao Miyazaki into a film of the same name.
My grandma (we called her “granarch” because she was 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤) wrote “Howl's Moving Castle”, which was adapted by Hayao Miyazaki into a film of the same name.