ctrl.alt.scifi
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Inspiration for stories untold.
Yes, you might remember this project from a previous lifetime, elsewhere. ;)
Yes, you might remember this project from a previous lifetime, elsewhere. ;)
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🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (HH288_offset). RGB Filters: 470, 356, 150
PI: McCaughrean, Mark J., program 04548. CRVAL: 9.293072, 64.062915
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
PI: McCaughrean, Mark J., program 04548. CRVAL: 9.293072, 64.062915
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
January 30, 2026 at 1:51 PM
🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (HH288_offset). RGB Filters: 470, 356, 150
PI: McCaughrean, Mark J., program 04548. CRVAL: 9.293072, 64.062915
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
PI: McCaughrean, Mark J., program 04548. CRVAL: 9.293072, 64.062915
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
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Jim Burns, “Martian Rainbow,” 1990
January 30, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Jim Burns, “Martian Rainbow,” 1990
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
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My first concern, of course, is that this may not lend itself to high-end streetwear.
defence-blog.com/wescom-defen...
defence-blog.com/wescom-defen...
Wescom Defence develops next-gen multispectral camouflage
Wescom Defence will unveil its new ATMIS Multispectral Camouflage (ATMIS MSC) portfolio at DSEI 2025 in London, introducing a next-generation concealment system designed to give armed forces a tactica...
defence-blog.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
My first concern, of course, is that this may not lend itself to high-end streetwear.
defence-blog.com/wescom-defen...
defence-blog.com/wescom-defen...
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history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
October 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
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"You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other."
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
September 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other."
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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American tech firms to a large degree designed and built China’s digital predictive policing apparatus, allowing the preemptive detention of hundreds of thousands of people for crimes they have not even committed.
US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China
U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.
bit.ly
September 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
American tech firms to a large degree designed and built China’s digital predictive policing apparatus, allowing the preemptive detention of hundreds of thousands of people for crimes they have not even committed.
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A leafy fern fox 🍃🦊
September 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A leafy fern fox 🍃🦊
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R.F. Kuang, Amal El-Mohtar, Martha Wells, Kelly Barnhill, S.A. Chakraborty, Samantha Shannon, Chloe Gong, Charlie Jane Anders, Brooke Bolander, Tracy Deonn…
August 31, 2025 at 1:33 AM
R.F. Kuang, Amal El-Mohtar, Martha Wells, Kelly Barnhill, S.A. Chakraborty, Samantha Shannon, Chloe Gong, Charlie Jane Anders, Brooke Bolander, Tracy Deonn…
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Who are the women? None come to mind.
August 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Who are the women? None come to mind.
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Not a man but I want to spotlight author @jamsternazzy.bsky.social who wrote The Bruising of Qilwa and is adamantly pro-Palestinian as well as a fantastic writer
August 31, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Not a man but I want to spotlight author @jamsternazzy.bsky.social who wrote The Bruising of Qilwa and is adamantly pro-Palestinian as well as a fantastic writer
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Adding Omar El Akkad to the list, and just a small note that the excellent Indrapramit Das is genderqueer
August 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Adding Omar El Akkad to the list, and just a small note that the excellent Indrapramit Das is genderqueer
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Vajra Chandrasekera, Indrapramit Das, Usman Malik, Tochi Onyebuchi, P Djèlí Clark, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Lee Mandelo, Daniel José Older, just off the top of my head
August 31, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Vajra Chandrasekera, Indrapramit Das, Usman Malik, Tochi Onyebuchi, P Djèlí Clark, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Lee Mandelo, Daniel José Older, just off the top of my head
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I’m working on a fairly quick and dirty list of pro-Palestine speculative fiction authors and so far everyone I can think of or find is female or gender nonconforming. which is great! but uhhhh where are the men
August 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I’m working on a fairly quick and dirty list of pro-Palestine speculative fiction authors and so far everyone I can think of or find is female or gender nonconforming. which is great! but uhhhh where are the men
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Got a new sticker made.
Pretty neat
Pretty neat
August 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Got a new sticker made.
Pretty neat
Pretty neat
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Someone figure out how we can do this for books 😭😭😭😭
And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...
Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use
The tool's creators are seeking to make it so that AI model developers must pay artists to train on data from them that is uncorrupted.
venturebeat.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Someone figure out how we can do this for books 😭😭😭😭
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ATENÇÃO PRA QUEM FREQUENTA O CENTRO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
August 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
ATENÇÃO PRA QUEM FREQUENTA O CENTRO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
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Well if you hate America so much, just remember that a new life awaits you in the off-world colonies
July 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Well if you hate America so much, just remember that a new life awaits you in the off-world colonies
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Reaching Europa
18x24 in, Oil, 2015
An allegory of our scientific aspirations to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa. As the video below from NASA explains, Europa holds intriguing possibilites for finding life beyond Earth.
NASA Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz9V...
Prints: robrey.storenvy.com
18x24 in, Oil, 2015
An allegory of our scientific aspirations to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa. As the video below from NASA explains, Europa holds intriguing possibilites for finding life beyond Earth.
NASA Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz9V...
Prints: robrey.storenvy.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Reaching Europa
18x24 in, Oil, 2015
An allegory of our scientific aspirations to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa. As the video below from NASA explains, Europa holds intriguing possibilites for finding life beyond Earth.
NASA Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz9V...
Prints: robrey.storenvy.com
18x24 in, Oil, 2015
An allegory of our scientific aspirations to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa. As the video below from NASA explains, Europa holds intriguing possibilites for finding life beyond Earth.
NASA Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz9V...
Prints: robrey.storenvy.com
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When 5yo me said he wanted to live in Star Wars he meant like spaceships and lightsabers — not the badly written collapse of the Republic and rise of fascism
June 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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