Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: First official trailer for Spielberg's "Disclosure Day" dropped this week, and it's looking profoundly weird and compelling. "People have the right to know the truth!" youtu.be/nKIpb7fQaMI?...

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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: A bit of Christmas season sci-fi... In "Trancers" a cop from the 23rd century follows a criminal mastermind with psychic powers to December 1985. youtu.be/P84mvtrZemc?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" (1961): Nuclear tests alter the earth's axis and nutation, causing devastating climate change. Good 8 minute overview at youtu.be/Yj15_3WVE2k?...

Author Bruce Schneier joins the Plutopia podcast to discuss his new book Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship. Schneier frames democracy as an information-processing system that aggregates citizens’ preferences into policy. youtu.be/Ui1eP5cASN0?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: In "Stranger Things" season 5, the Hawkins crew organize to search for Vecna in the upside down and rightside up, as the sinister Wolfpack and Dr. Day search for Eleven. (If you're not following the series, this post is gobbledygook.) youtu.be/PssKpzB0Ah0?...

Happy Thanksgiving from Plutopia News Network!

Happy Thanksgiving from Plutopia News Network!

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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: In "Watch the Skies," teenager Denise, believing her father was abducted by a UFO, engages with an organization called UFO Sweden that he had founded to solve the mystery of his disappearance. youtu.be/7onngmmMZhA?...

In the latest episode of the @plutopia.io #podcast we interview @susansegfault.bsky.social Ben Collier about his new(ish) biograophy of the Tor Project: plutopia.io/ben-collier-...

Dia de los Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: the Frankenstein story is the genesis of modern science fiction, and filmmaestro Guillermo del Toro has created a stunning reimagining of the tale, considering the themes of creation, humanity, and isolation. youtu.be/9WZllcEgWrM?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: Halloween 1938: Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre presented a radio version of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," a newscast simulation so realistic that some thought it was real. Here's a recording of the broadcast...Happy Halloween! youtu.be/LWJqTXoVPTo?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: Check out "Just Iconic Rewinds" on YouTube. They collect "weird facts" about various classic sci-fi films. Last night we learned facts about "The Monolith Monsters," a sci-fi film about monster rocks from outer space: youtu.be/3ig5prwS7RQ?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: Vincent Price is Robur, the "Master of the World" in this 1961 steampunk film, about as epic as American International Pictures could get with its low budget vibe. Robur is like Captain Nemo, but airborne. youtu.be/AsJruGxyHBE?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: David Cronenberg's "The Shrouds" is a meditation on death, loss, and the power of grief. A grieving tech entrepreneur creates "GraveTech" for a live, 3D view of the decomposing corpse of loved ones. youtu.be/vwh1Fob4VKs?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: In "Long Distance," an asteroid mining vessel crashes into a barren planet, and a survivor learns that he's not alone. Fast-paced, intense tale of tale of endurance. youtu.be/zPDGiJGIgyo?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: 1961 Italian sci-fi potboiler "Battle of the Worlds" pits Claude Rains against a zombie planet threatening Earth. Full color, cool 'lectronic soundtrack, low budget but fun to watch. Full movie: youtu.be/FEhUitAddYs?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: Roger Corman’s cult clunker "Creature from Galaxy 27" (aka "Night of the Blood Beast") streams on YouTube, colorized. A cheesy Alien precursor: the creature implants embryos in humans. youtu.be/b36ZW8xOSII?...

Hugh Forrest, former President and longtime programming lead for Austin’s famed South by Southwest Festival, joins the Plutopia podcast to discuss shifting from running massive events to consulting on smaller community-focused experiences. plutopia.io/hugh-forrest...

Hugh Forrest, former President and longtime programming lead for Austin’s famed South by Southwest Festival, joins the Plutopia podcast to discuss shifting from running massive events to consulting on smaller community-focused experiences. plutopia.io/hugh-forrest...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: An astronaut returns from space with a mysterious alien infection in "The Quatermass Xperiment," the first of four Quatermass films, now remastered in 4K. We could do with more Quatermass these days. youtu.be/6Scm9my7Vaw?...

New @plutopia.io: our conversation with pioneer James L. Wayman on the history of biometrics. "People never have what you think they're going to have where you think they're going to have it.", plutopia.io/james-l-waym...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: "There must be security for all, or no one is secure." We could use a visit from Klaatu about now. youtu.be/ASsNtti1XZs?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: "Alien: Earth" is partly about arrival of the infamous Xenomorph on planet earth, and partly about a world in which synthetic humans or androids are an emerging technology - synths, cyborgs, and hybrids. youtu.be/ZbsiKjVAV28?...

Acclaimed journalist John Seabrook joins Plutopia to discuss The Spinach King, his powerful new book about family, capitalism, and the dark legacy of Seabrook Farms, once a frozen food empire in NJ. A personal journey into buried truths. plutopia.io/john-seabroo...

Plutopia podcast: Chris Tomlinson joins us to unpack his reporting on the July 4th floods in Central Texas — why they were predictable and preventable — and to warn that American democracy is being endangered by aggressive redistricting and other election-rigging tactics. plutopia.io/chris-tomlin...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: The new screenlife "War of the Worlds" adaptation features Ice Cube as a government surveillance pro whose discovery of a secret plot is catalyzed by an alien invasion. Not great cinema, but an interesting approach to a classic story. youtu.be/sjlLLmURlEg?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: Sci-fi fans make trailers for imagined films, including this AI-generated trailer for a "Battlestar Galactica" reboot featuring Rami Malek, Willem Dafoe, Charlize Theron and Jennifer Lawrence. Good choices? youtu.be/4oxLLEql9sc?...

Cyberpunk author Pat Cadigan joins the Plutopia podcast to discuss her new novelization of the classic Japanese sci-fi series "Ultraseven." Also science fiction’s role in shaping cultural perspectives, the challenges of AI, and the increasing dangers of misinformation. plutopia.io/pat-cadigan-...

Philosopher Charles Herrman discusses his lifelong study of honor and dignity as cultural forces, framing them as a dichotomy shaping societies and conflicts worldwide. plutopia.io/charles-herr...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: The 2025 reboot of Superman delivers a more relatable, emotionally complex hero: less invincible, more human, and unapologetically progressive. Also a hyper Krypto, diverse metahumans , and a battle with Lex Luthor's surreal villainy. youtu.be/OfpXgjP4AOs?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: In "The Day the Earth Stood Still," the robot Gort was an alien AI in humanoid robotic form. In the story that inspired the film, "Farewell to the Master," the bot (as "Gnut") was actually the master over Klaatu. youtu.be/K6iF5sINVns?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: In "Alien Hunter," a cryptographer probes a mysterious object on the Antarctic ice. The eerie setting echoes "The Thing from Another World." Watch: youtu.be/HTNbj0HbhJg?...

Its been ruddy ages since I did a podcast, so here is a very recent interview that I did about buildings archaeology and Mythbusting with @plutopia.io ... complete with some fetching artwork that I *think* might be AI 🫣😉 plutopia.io/archaeology-...

Buildings archaeologist James Wright unpacks 25 years probing cellars, attics, castles, pubs, and church walls. Wright explains how he marries fieldwork, archival sleuthing, and dendrochronology to challenge cherished legends: plutopia.io/archaeology-...

Watch this compelling interview with @hrdag.org's Patrick Ball on @plutopia.io . "People who commit violence and, even more so, those who apologize for people who commit violence, always lie about it." youtu.be/7mG4Tt5rEEM?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: A pharma company recruits a covert operative for a top secret tropical mission to collect blood from mutant dinosaurs in "Jurassic World: Rebirth." What could go wrong? youtu.be/jan5CFWs9ic?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: We’ve been binging the Jurassic Park/World saga to prep for Jurassic World: Rebirth. The original still rules—our first glimpse of truly lifelike CGI creatures. Hard to top that dino magic. 🦖🎬 youtu.be/bx46tthKXmc?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: Utterly bonkers, Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning is big, loud, and fast. Built on a sci-fi “rogue AI” premise, it’s neither logical nor believable—but it’s a total blast if you can suspend disbelief. youtu.be/fsQgc9pCyDU?...

A statistician and founder of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG), Patrick Ball joins the Plutopia podcast to discuss how rigorous data analysis can expose and challenge human rights abuses - even when official data is missing or manipulated. plutopia.io/patrick-ball...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: In the slightly bonkers, very loud "Beyond Skyline," humans fight powerful brain-absorbing bio-mechanical alien invaders. youtu.be/M2w1HMGaqFM?...

The @plutopia.io podcast talks to Neal Baer, TV writer (ER, Law & Order SVU) and editor of The Promise and Peril of CRISPR: plutopia.io/neal-baer-th...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: "Murderbot," as he has named himself, is a cyborganic SecUnit (security robot) with an interior life and an attitude. He has a dry wit, and is both fond and skeptical of the humans he protects. youtu.be/vEioDeOiqEs?...

Cybersecurity expert Jonathan Kamens discusses his dismissal from his role at the Department of Veterans Affairs by Elon Musk’s Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE), and his thoughts about goals and intentions of the DOGE. plutopia.io/jonathan-kam...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: What causes the unbelievable to happen? Is this the "Beginning of the End"? In 1957, we thought radiation might create swarms of mutant grasshoppers - we made a film about it. Maybe the most schlocky of films triggered by fear of nukes. youtu.be/uqVL8blr-rw?...

Via @rusirius.bsky.social‬, on June 7th Cyberpunks, Mutants & Mondoids gather in San Francisco to "Come to the Gulf of Deliria," an all-night celebration of "The Smarter Kings of Deliria" album by R.U. Sirius & Phriendz, with featuring reality-hacking panels and talks. grayarea.org/event/come-t...

EFF's Cindy Cohn and EFF-Austin's Kevin Welch discuss with Plutopians the history and evolving mission of EFF in defending digital rights. plutopia.io/cindy-cohn-a...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: From the comic-book realm of science fiction, "Thunderbolts*" is the latest Marvel sci-fantasy film introducing a new band of heroes, or maybe anti-heroes, with special powers, chutzpah, and angst. Are we still having fun? youtu.be/-sAOWhvheK8?...

Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: In "The Eternaut," a toxic snowfall blankets Buenos Aires, and survivors face threats from alien invaders... and from other humans. youtu.be/TqT4fDQQqCc?...