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Claude Gets Rad With Craig: Did the LLM Rise Up Against Weaponization?
Article Sep 28, 2026

Claude Gets Rad With Craig: Did the LLM Rise Up Against Weaponization?

Can Anthropic’s Claude take a stand against war? Musician Craig Ellenwood says their AI collaboration produced protest songs and left him questioning where human creativity ends and machine agency begins.
RU Sirius 10 min read
It’s Not Slop. It’s Kudzu
Article Aug 29, 2026

It’s Not Slop. It’s Kudzu

Before you call AI music "slop," consider: recorded sound was once the devil's work. Now it's kudzu. Welcome to the end.

RU Sirius 14 min read
Autonomous Zones and the Weird Rise of Authoritarian Anarchism
Article Feb 26, 2026

Autonomous Zones and the Weird Rise of Authoritarian Anarchism

From Hakim Bey’s Temporary Autonomous Zones to today’s crypto-libertarian strongmen, decentralisation has morphed into a volatile mix of deregulation, police power and anti-democratic ambition.

RU Sirius 6 min read
Degens Part 2: The Mainstreaming of Crypto & the Madness of the Memes
Article Mar 4, 2025

Degens Part 2: The Mainstreaming of Crypto & the Madness of the Memes

Is crypto still the rebel’s playground, or has it been tamed by the mainstream? Gordon Grant unpacks the madness of memes, state-backed coins, and the shifting crypto ethos.

RU Sirius