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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

Article Apr 6, 2026

Who The F*** is Mark Fisher? and Why You Should Care: They Made A Film About Making A Film About Mark Fisher

A DIY film about Mark Fisher becomes something stranger: a living artwork where theory, protest, and post-punk collide into a restless search for life beyond capitalist realism.

RU Sirius 17 min read

Article Dec 15, 2025

Media, Attention Economy, and the Structural Erosion of Meaningful Communication

Hruy argues that today’s online/social media platforms are deliberately designed to engineer artificial stupidity, quietly cultivating a future population optimized for content consumption rather than analysis and thought.

Hruy Tsegaye 16 min read

Community Mar 25, 2025

The West is Afraid of Robots. The Global South is Afraid of Today: A Dark Comedy in Three Acts

Existential dread and kale smoothies: Professor Begelaw’s satirical interview exposes the absurdity of the West's AI panic while real-world crises rage on.

Hruy Tsegaye 12 min read

Article Apr 2, 2025

Richard Metzger is Conjuring Magick for the AI Age: An Interview

Richard Metzger (Disinformation) unveils Magick Show—Kenneth Anger’s last interview, Grant Morrison, and AI as the ‘21st-century Ouija board.’ Reality hacking meets tech sorcery. The future of occultism is now.

RU Sirius 13 min read

News Mar 31, 2025

Self-driving cars and human behavior

How people interact with autonomous vehicles reveals cultural differences that may shape the future of automation in cities worldwide.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read