TBH there is nothing more cyberpunk than a world where actual politically-relevant cyberpunk literature is forgotten while shitty shallow corporatized versions with awful politics are blockbusters.
embots: like sexbots, but instead a superstimulus for empathy; often used on the streets as beggars or political activists (which is why sometimes, the cute animal rights girl in front of you explodes in a shower of sparks and broken parts as yet another victim of anthropol)
the political spectrum is a horseshoe crab: ancient, ugly, full of blue blood that contains poorly-understood enzymes that might cure some kinds of cancer, and frequently leaving its molted shells along the north atlantic shoreline of north america
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower fears Facebook data was shared with Russia - CNNPolitics https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/16/politics/cambridge-analytica-congress-wylie/index.html
A Political History of the Future: The City & The City - Lawyers, Guns & Money http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2018/05/political-history-future-city-city
200 years later, we can say that Marx was very often right â but in a much more literal way than he intended | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/karl-marx-200-years-uk-politics-elections-working-class-slavoj-zizek-a8335931.html
Goodbye, Cold War | Issue 30 | n+1 https://nplusonemag.com/issue-30/politics/goodbye-cold-war/
The junhu and the art of everyday politics in imperial China | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/the-junhu-and-the-art-of-everyday-politics-in-imperial-china
Cloak and Data: The Real Story Behind Cambridge Analytica’s Rise and Fall – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/cloak-and-data-cambridge-analytica-robert-mercer/
Invisible Algorithms, Invisible Politics | Public Books http://www.publicbooks.org/invisible-algorithms-invisible-politics/
Optimizing for anything other than human happiness seems like a recipe for misery. Of course, no existing political system really seriously attempts to optimize for human happiness.
We’re really bad at being dispassionate about non-social technologies, but even worse about social technologies (by which I mean: political systems, power relations).
People make the obvious comparison to Blade Runner, but seeing as how Blade Runner is a famously shallow & aesthetically-focused adaptation that strips the social & political elements from its source, Altered Carbon comes out the winner here
I feel like Netflix’s adaptation did a pretty good job of keeping that social & political focus, and even frontloading it a little bit by injecting backstory from the second and third books.
The second and third books are mostly about the political & social ramifications of resleeving technology over centuries. That is, after all, the point of the series.
Why a Radical 1970s Science Group Is M… https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/radical-1970s-group-relevant-science-for-the-people-politics
Band name of the day: math not politics
Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Myste… https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html
The Most Political ‘Star Trek’ Episode: ‘Past Tense,’ From ‘Deep Space Nine’ - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/10/star-trek-deep-space-nine-past-tense/542280/
The Conservative Revolution Killed Progressive Tax Reform - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/09/how-a-vision-of-progressive-tax-reform-died/541380/
You’re not asking who put it there. Both of you just enjoy talking to someone on Imaginary Earth, where the sun is weird and politics easy
How to Fake a Bank http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12785965/chasing-phil-excerpt/
The Political Awakening of Silicon Valley — The California Sunday Magazine https://story.californiasunday.com/silicon-valley-trump?curator=MediaREDEF
The Fake News Pipeline: How A Small-Time Clickbait Farmer Is Spreading the Gospel of Big Oil :: Politics :: Features :: Bayou Bridge Pipeline :: Paste https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/09/the-fake-news-pipeline-how-two-small-time-clickbai.html
The Politics of Productivity http://mailchi.mp/ribbonfarm/the-politics-of-productivity
p-zombie (short for “politics zombie”),
The Problems With Internet Platforms Policing Hate - The Ringer https://www.theringer.com/tech/2017/8/22/16180026/charlottesville-politics-hate-speech-internet?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email
Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/3/16084248/patreon-profile-jack-conte-crowdfunding-art-politics-culture
Practical Nootropics; Political Brainhacking https://www.sonyaellenmann.com/2017/07/nootropics-brainhacking.html
The Politics of Pie Cutting at West Point‘s Mess Hall - Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/west-point-mess-hall-pie?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c2839fb4bc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-c2839fb4bc-63252673&ct=t(Newsletter_6_29_2017)&mc_cid=c2839fb4bc&mc_eid=fb147c2f0d
How Liberal Portland Became America’s Most Politically Violent City - POLITICO Magazine http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/30/how-liberal-portland-became-americas-most-politically-violent-city-215322?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email
https://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21724115-observers-donald-trumps-presidency-who-hope-politics-will-eventually-return https://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21724115-observers-donald-trumps-presidency-who-hope-politics-will-eventually-return
Around ghosts, deadnaming is fine, even polite. Just be sure to never call it ‘dead’naming
Computational Propaganda Worldwide: Executive Summary | Political bots http://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/2017/06/19/computational-propaganda-worldwide-executive-summary/
Current Affairs | Culture & Politics https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/05/blight-at-the-museum
Watched #citizenfour yesterday, i can’t believe how much you can forget in four years even if you’re technical and political interested!
you may think this is wordplay but have you ever tried talking politics without being put in somebody’s camp
those who resolve to think only object level thoughts about stones, trees, flowing water, with politics at least two levels too meta
Unpresidential
Not presidential at all.
“President-elect Donald J. Trump’s aides often cite his appearances at professional wrestling matches as an inspiration for his outsize political speaking style, and his buoyantly belligerent news conference in New York on Wednesday proved he has no plans to betray his brawler’s roots in the service of seeming more presidential.”
a stock market for salvation where you buy shares in various afterlives and other religious services, often used as a political indicator
@kas@enotty.dk I’m at the tenth episode know and it just gets better and better. And it’s shockingly political acurate for television. #westwing
politics are not subject to newton’s laws
Apple on encryption
Apple mobile devices—iPhones, iPads, iPods—are used everywhere. The US smartphone subscriber market share highest percentage is dominated by them. As an American company, they are bound to comply with U.S. laws and regulations. So, when the U.S. Justice Department [requested](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/us/politics/apple-and-other-tech-companies-tangle-with-us-over-acce … ⌘ Read more
Disappointing
Pope Francis “thanked her for her courage” and told her to “stay strong”, Mr. Stavers said.
— BBC News
If this truly happened, it is disappointing. A person as charismatic as Pope Francis, who has been so politically careful, should have known better. She is a government employee, fulfilling an official task. She must abide the law, or simply le … ⌘ Read more
Upcoming presidential elections
I really need to get into politics—as much as I hate it—to prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. I have the feeling that it’s going to be nasty… as always. ⌘ Read more
September 11th
We will never forget.
Today, eight years ago, a group of humans, guided by a political agenda, a deep hatred towards the United States, and a mad religious fanaticism slammed airplanes into the World Trade Center, destroying the Twin Towers, damaging other buildings, and killing almost 3,000 people. A second airplane hit The Pentagon, and a … ⌘ Read more
Olympics for sports
Olympics Games relate to sport. The Olympic Games is where the World most accomplished athletes and teams compete for medals, for the win. Making the Olympics Games a political chess board goes against what Olympic Games are all about. And it is a nasty thing to do.
We—as in the U.S.A.—are not being fair with China. Our government and our politicians (including Presidential aspirants) are all playing politics with the Olympics for their own political advantage. And they are all wrong, … ⌘ Read more