Matthew Hancocks
@mattyrealist.bsky.social
Co-author of a book called “utterly repellent” and “edge-lordy” and “good”.
Making me very uncomfortable 🥴
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Making me very uncomfortable 🥴
Please do. TBF if Robin Mackay hadn’t published such attractive printed objects in the 2000s, it surely would have disappeared long ago. But he did. Also, I just ploughed through the Szygzy archive at Beaconsfield - what was in the water?
October 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Please do. TBF if Robin Mackay hadn’t published such attractive printed objects in the 2000s, it surely would have disappeared long ago. But he did. Also, I just ploughed through the Szygzy archive at Beaconsfield - what was in the water?
Reposted by Matthew Hancocks
2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
Reposted by Matthew Hancocks
Funny you should say that… I start the preface by talking about Sch’s theory of laughter
August 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Funny you should say that… I start the preface by talking about Sch’s theory of laughter
Really looking forward to it and to reading the book.
August 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Really looking forward to it and to reading the book.
Gosh, sorry! I once heard Žižek say something similar and thought “now I feel bad”.
June 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Gosh, sorry! I once heard Žižek say something similar and thought “now I feel bad”.
Be that guy-narcissistic not to?
June 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Be that guy-narcissistic not to?
… and that car is always there…
June 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
… and that car is always there…
They’re the lost darkwave electronic post-punk band from the 1980s.
June 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
They’re the lost darkwave electronic post-punk band from the 1980s.