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Jon Lebkowsky
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Co-host of Plutopia News Network. Digital culture maven, cyberpunk, dharma punk, cyberactivist. Wrote for FringeWare, Mondo 2000, Factsheet Five, Whole Earth Review […]

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First bOING bOING posts by @doctorow ... First seeds of a prolific harvest. https://web.archive.org/web/20010124080600/http://boingboing.net/2001_01_01_bloggerarchive.html
Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things
A directory for happy mutants
web.archive.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
The 2026 State of the World discussion featuring Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky launched today and will continue through January 19. Thrills, spills, chills, shills, peccadillos, armadillos... the faster the world spins, the faster we spin the yarns. https://tinyurl.com/sotw2026 #sotw26
The WELL: State of the World 2026 with Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky
The WELL: State of the World 2026 with Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky
people.well.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:19 AM
The 26th annual two-week State of the World conversation launches next Tuesday, January 6th. Join @bruces and I as we dance the apocalypso. I'll post a link when we've launched.
January 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Taking a sledgehammer to the open Internet: https://youtu.be/q0hE4EM7RRo?si=Hj1C9F33dw8ybuuP A whole pile of bad bills...
December 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's almost time for the annual two week State of the World conversation led by @bruces and yours truly. We'll try not to explode as we survey the damage, which is exceptionally plentiful and weird this year.
December 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Americans want more control over the use of AI. I think what people find most troubling is the sense that it's a runaway technology. https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/how-americans-view-ai-and-its-impact-on-people-and-society/
How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society
Americans are worried about using AI more in daily life, seeing harm to human creativity and relationships. But they’re open to AI use in weather forecasting, medicine and other data-heavy tasks.
www.pewresearch.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Reposted by Jon Lebkowsky
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Reposted by Jon Lebkowsky
The part of the chart they didn't tell you about
December 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Jennifer Granick discusses about the expanding machinery of government and corporate surveillance and its threat to civil liberties and democracy.

https://plutopia.io/jennifer-granick-surveillance-and-cybersecurity/
Jennifer Granick: Surveillance and Cybersecurity | Plutopia News Network
Jennifer Granick discusses the expanding machinery of government and corporate surveillance and its threat to civil liberties and democracy.
plutopia.io
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The 26th annual State of the World conversation is scheduled January 6. Join @bruces and I as we explore what's happening globally - this year should be pretty frantic. BYO angst. As ever, the conversation will be happening on the WELL, which is in its 40th year. https://www.well.com/join/
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www.well.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Scoop Sweeney and I have published 450 videos on our Plutopia News Network channel at YouTube - check it out, poke around, watch a few! And subscribe if you like what you see! https://www.youtube.com/@PlutopiaNewsNetwork
October 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Reposted by Jon Lebkowsky
The Trump administration has cancelled 4,304 deliveries to food banks so far this year, refusing to deliver 94 million pounds of contracted-for food. Food banks simply can’t feed people enough anymore. Millions of Americans are going hungry as a result.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Let's talk about Gaza today and forget Mad King's Donald declaration of war on American cities.
October 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Acclaimed journalist and New Yorker staff writer John Seabrook joins Inkwell to discuss his deeply personal and provocative new book, "The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty." The conversation explores themes of power, exploitation, family dysfunction, capitalism, and […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reposted by Jon Lebkowsky
h/t @jonl

"Joanna shares her vision for smaller, more intimate communities of around 100 people that grow naturally without heavy promotion."

#onlinecommunity #socialmedia

https://plutopia.io/joanna-price-building-community-online/
October 22, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Reposted by Jon Lebkowsky
I recently sat down with the folks at https://plutopia.io, @wendyg, @jonl, and Scoop Sweeney, to talk about my past, our precarious present, and the dire future we seem to be careening toward.
More at https://blog.kamens.us/2025/05/27/appearance-on-the-plutopia-podcast/ .
#politics #uspol #trump […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
May 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Reposted by Jon Lebkowsky
If we ever get to have free and fair federal elections in the United States again, I hope all y'all will at long last understand that the only choices you get in an election are the candidates on the ballot, and refusing to vote for the least bad candidate is the same as voting for the worst […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
September 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
If Texas legislators are intent on banning THC, they should also ban alcohol. I would note that many products containing alcohol look JUST LIKE SODA POP and are attractive to children.
July 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In 1994, the cyberzine Mondo 2000 asked me to cover SXSW, which was then a much smaller event and did not have much of the corporate feel it has gained in more recent years. This was the year SXSW started to embrace technology via SXSW Multimedia, which became SXSW Interactive. Changes were in […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Why provide amnesty to immigrant agricultural workers when we can use bots and Medicaid recipients in their place? What could go wrong? https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-farm-secretary-says-no-amnesty-farmworkers-deportation-2025-07-08/
July 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Another visit to Chuy's...
July 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Moved back to my original Mastodon account on mastodon.social. Wasn't as painful as I feared!
June 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM