Latest thing which is Now up for everyone: some early thoughts on the techno-Calvinism of contemporary AI, the reactionary drive for the eradication of the political and the movement's Satanic theology of debt -- thehaunt.blog/2026/03/29/s...

Latest thing which is Now up for everyone: some early thoughts on the techno-Calvinism of contemporary AI, the reactionary drive for the eradication of the political and the movement's Satanic theology of debt -- thehaunt.blog/2026/03/29/s...

Super excited that my copy of @rufflejax.bsky.social's solo RPG "Bear Witness" has arrived! Extremely excited about playing this, based on Pascal Laugier's 2008 film Martyrs.

NEW WRITING: "What these people want (influenced by the anti-democratic reactionary philosophy of Thiel and others) is a world in which politics itself is no longer thinkable at all." On the political theology of AI www.patreon.com/posts/154185...

"...the apocalypticists like the ludicrous fanfic writer Eliezer Yudkowsky..." God bless.

Big thanks to both @laborkyle.bsky.social and @sanktmaxtci.bsky.social for talking about this with me in the process of writing this up!

NEW WRITING: "What these people want (influenced by the anti-democratic reactionary philosophy of Thiel and others) is a world in which politics itself is no longer thinkable at all." On the political theology of AI www.patreon.com/posts/154185...

this is really good ⬇️

"Folie à deux is a desecration of familiar form, reveling in this perverted American sensibility with greater aplomb than any of the films it imitates, and doing so by devouring itself."

I don’t know Greg. What do you think good sticker value on concentration camps should be

THIS GAME DOES (NOT) EXIST 💾 In this month's newsletter, I discuss digital horror, fake video games, art as a mode of participation, and finding new ways to show up for yourself through the art you make.

Alright, whose podcast can I go on to talk about 40k?

A compelling list of recommendations - there are several here i’m going to tee up on my reading list.

Things which are good about these novels: - weird political theology in space - giant men talking about their friends and realizing that politics exists - solving problems by reading old books Things which are less interesting - war is hell but also in space too.

New Episode! This Podcast Kills Fascists! We are joined by our amazing comrade and friend @thelitcritguy.bsky.social ! Enjoy! theleftpage.libsyn.com/wolfenstein-...

Can't believe they made video games political!!!

Oh shit! @thelitcritguy.bsky.social is on @leftpagemedia.bsky.social podcast talking fascism! 🤩 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

It appears that the news has broken that Caden Mark Gardner and I have programmed a series on Trans Filmmakers for the Criterion Channel. These films will be available in April www.criterion.com/current/post...

MICROFIC COMMISSIONS ARE BACK OPEN! We're collecting funds for a solar generator and that means it's time for me to write weird, horny, cozy, upsetting, and/or romantic microfiction in exchange for your donations! See below for details. Commissions are open until the end of March.

This is a fantastic reading list. I’ve read several of these, though not all yet. But I would trust all of Jon’s recommendations.

Gavriel Loken my beloved Stupidly, reading the early horus heresy novels was kind maybe a third of how I got back in to reading

One down, fifty-one to go!

Been on trains most of the day and delighted to find out this is far better than it has any need to be 🔥

Going to make some smart financial decisions with this and the folio edition of the book of the new sun available. www.foliosociety.com/uk/perdido-s...

So it begins.

"My little horror movie review was introduced to prove a conception of antifa that — like many of the monsters we scream at in horror flicks — isn’t quite real," @reproutopia.bsky.social writes.

How have I only just started reading this?? German Reformation/Peasant's War historical fiction written by operaismo-adjacent culture jammers. Cracking stuff.

Have very much enjoyed this ongoing series on haunted house cinema, and reading it back I think this is a really good piece on a wildly under-rated film thehaunt.substack.com/p/the-haunte...

I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out: www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

You all thought that Trump couldn't bring traditional masculinity back, but here he is creating the conditions for the most Dudes Rock movie of all time: William Friedkin's 1977 film Sorcerer.

Natalie, come on @horrorvanguard.bsky.social 👻👻👻

new video youtu.be/zv1SFurxwbE

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logging on to talk to the people who send me pdfs of academic books

Matt has been a mentor and a friend to half the critics coming up in the past few decades. He helped me get my very first gig. His bookstore is a treasure trove of gorgeous art and behind the scenes knowledge. I can't recommend it enough.

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

They should invent a way out that isn't through

"Writing is the visible sign of thought in motion, and the freedom to pursue thought is not one granted through centralised tech monopolies" thehaunt.substack.com/p/on-moral-r...

A really excellent piece on AI, and well the point of it all.

Only this morning I came across a Reddit post in which a bank employee complained that they were being disciplined for not using AI to write a short memo to their manager. That the actual memo was well written and made sense did not matter. They were *obliged* to use AI.

"The imperative to use AI to create is an attempt to frame a problem of politics as a problem of efficiency. I do not need to be more efficient, I need time and freedom to read and to think and to write and to fail as we all do."

“AI is less a technology for generating text and more a disciplinary mechanism for keeping employees on a short lease while inculcating in them a sense of their own inherent disposability.”

Jon is cooking. “The imperative to use AI to create is an attempt to frame a problem of politics as a problem of efficiency. I do not need to be more efficient, I need time and freedom to read and to think and to write and to fail as we all do.”

Heads up! I just got word from my contact at @uminnpress.bsky.social that actual copies of my book FAST AND FURIOUS FRANCHISING have arrived with their distributor, so early orders should start shipping pretty soon!! 🤗🎉 www.upress.umn.edu/978151792108...

"The imperative to use AI to create is an attempt to frame a problem of politics as a problem of efficiency. I do not need to be more efficient, I need time and freedom to read and to think and to write and to fail as we all do."

"So much of life, mediated as it is by the monopoly platforms of digital capitalism, seems to boil down to an inescapable feeling of always being behind, and of always apologizing that the thing I said I was really excited about doing months ago hasn’t yet appeared." Whew.

What a day, Emin and Rothko at the Tate Modern and getting to watch the London Symphony Orchestra perform my friend's opera of the work of Han Kang at the Barbican, truly sometimes we are forced to ask: is London actually.good?