ssunstrum.bsky.social
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SF cartoonist. Read my ongoing comic at patreon.com/ssunstrum
yeah, agreed. the dispossessed certainly isn't airtight in its political-economic logic but it certainly goes above and beyond in depicting "people formed by their particular surroundings and institutions" and i think it's that kind of realism that's needed
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
yeah, agreed. the dispossessed certainly isn't airtight in its political-economic logic but it certainly goes above and beyond in depicting "people formed by their particular surroundings and institutions" and i think it's that kind of realism that's needed
gotta retire the "punk" nomenclature since everything after cyberpunk dispensed with the punks entirely. but yeah, for an ostensibly leftist (visual) genre solarpunk seems full of unexamined silicon valley/ right-wing imagery. could call it architectural rendering/consultant-punk
October 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
gotta retire the "punk" nomenclature since everything after cyberpunk dispensed with the punks entirely. but yeah, for an ostensibly leftist (visual) genre solarpunk seems full of unexamined silicon valley/ right-wing imagery. could call it architectural rendering/consultant-punk
maybe a bit uncharitable, but by its own premise i find "solarpunk" stuff tends to highlight artists' lack of awareness. something more removed from the current world's specific issues, or so immersed in them that one isn't pressured to give exact causes and solutions, is easier to handle
October 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
maybe a bit uncharitable, but by its own premise i find "solarpunk" stuff tends to highlight artists' lack of awareness. something more removed from the current world's specific issues, or so immersed in them that one isn't pressured to give exact causes and solutions, is easier to handle
youtu.be/-8lN5iaXmhA relatedly, the footage from when the soviets tried this is kind of mesmerizing
Znamya 2 - Знамя-2
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October 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
youtu.be/-8lN5iaXmhA relatedly, the footage from when the soviets tried this is kind of mesmerizing
hard to see how this could be lucrative, even with the article being so uncritical of the company's own statements, so i imagine this'll end up the same way as a lot of other "futuristic" space tech start-ups and just vanish
October 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
hard to see how this could be lucrative, even with the article being so uncritical of the company's own statements, so i imagine this'll end up the same way as a lot of other "futuristic" space tech start-ups and just vanish
Something about this guy tells me he has my best interests at heart
October 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Something about this guy tells me he has my best interests at heart
i would like to ride on the big funicular
October 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
i would like to ride on the big funicular
i find it enjoyable as a SF reader to be a little bewildered, but it's harder to find as i get older/more knowledgeable, so i find books like wolfe's really refreshing
September 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
i find it enjoyable as a SF reader to be a little bewildered, but it's harder to find as i get older/more knowledgeable, so i find books like wolfe's really refreshing
that's probably a good way to put it. it's recognizably genre fiction but very different from the usual register of recent genre fiction
August 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
that's probably a good way to put it. it's recognizably genre fiction but very different from the usual register of recent genre fiction
I'd love to play 4A with modern-era multiplayer system too
August 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'd love to play 4A with modern-era multiplayer system too
Could you imagine if they did a 4/4A re-release? Feels unlikely, but if they did that for armored core mobile...
August 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Could you imagine if they did a 4/4A re-release? Feels unlikely, but if they did that for armored core mobile...
Rumors? Rumors?
August 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Rumors? Rumors?
"Bone folder? Oh no, quite the opposite..."
June 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"Bone folder? Oh no, quite the opposite..."
yeah, so much for doing something different. it's weird too in how *what* they did with the plot (breaking away from the side 6 frame of the intro) was correct, but the execution completely missed the point and feels more like a typical latter-day gundam
June 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
yeah, so much for doing something different. it's weird too in how *what* they did with the plot (breaking away from the side 6 frame of the intro) was correct, but the execution completely missed the point and feels more like a typical latter-day gundam
Ever since that episode where the Gyan showed up I've had this sinking feeling. There's a lot of fun things going on in the show but at this point greatness might be out of reach
June 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Ever since that episode where the Gyan showed up I've had this sinking feeling. There's a lot of fun things going on in the show but at this point greatness might be out of reach
Thank you! Means a lot!
June 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thank you! Means a lot!
"The Inside Face of the Sky", now in snazzy black-and-white!
June 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"The Inside Face of the Sky", now in snazzy black-and-white!
I saw this comic mural today! "Paul" is a local slice-of-life series
May 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I saw this comic mural today! "Paul" is a local slice-of-life series
It's funny, I'm actually more into their 3D mecha than when they draw them 2D! I meant more the very genre-ey action in ep.7, how they handled psycho, and the overall frenetic pacing
May 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It's funny, I'm actually more into their 3D mecha than when they draw them 2D! I meant more the very genre-ey action in ep.7, how they handled psycho, and the overall frenetic pacing
parts of the action were a bit too "studio khara" for me, but i'm a huge fan of the direction the story is taking
May 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
parts of the action were a bit too "studio khara" for me, but i'm a huge fan of the direction the story is taking