"In Pynchon’s detective books, the form becomes a kind of laboratory for testing what is left to us when information has replaced knowledge and where the logic of detection, the very idea of a solvable mystery, has itself decayed." #Pynchon #booksky #literature #reading via @literaryhub.bsky.social

"Small-press publishers are the spirit that animates our literature. ... They are vital for the literary ecosystem in that they take risks on books that larger publishers would not..." #booksky #literature #reading #AI #smallpress via @thebookseller.com @lucymercer.bsky.social

"All this em-dash shaming has been upsetting. Because I, a professional writer, love—love—love—an em dash." #booksky #literature #reading #writing #artificialintelligence #AI via @wsj.com

"The idea that we’re low on male novelists (and indeed, that women writers are cruelly sucking the oxygen from the few male novelists we do have) started floating around at the start of the decade." #booksky #literature #reading #writing thx @literaryhub.bsky.social

"I think AI in general and police AI in specific really thrives in the shadows, and is most successful when people don't know that it's being used," says Matthew Guariglia of @eff.org #artificialintelligence #AI via @npr.org

There’s something for everyone in here, from installing Signal to filing a privacy request from a data broker. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

“Turn me out and I'll wander baby Stumblin' in the neon groves…” Mnemonic postcards ~ 4 from rainy LA #losangeles #hipstamatic #retinaflex

"What matters to tech companies financially is not that you want to be reading what you’re reading, or that you love what you listen to or what you’re looking at, only that you are unwilling or unable to pull yourself away." #artificialintelligence #AI #technology #cognition via @theguardian.com

"With scammy rewrites and digitally fabricated authors entering the market, [AI] has made searching for human-made content more difficult, causing independent authors to combat what some are calling an AI-generated 'witch hunt.'" #booksky #writing #artificialintelligence #AI via @wired.com

"He’s written things down that seemed unsayable, impossible, and in taking this freedom for himself, intentionally or not, passed the freedom down.” --Zadie Smith #booksky #literature #reading via @literaryhub.bsky.social

"The brothers’ persistent appeal for almost a century comes from their bewitching blend of rectitude and glamour." Long live the #HardyBoys #booksky #literature #reading via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social

“It will be a Mindfulness City, encompassing conscious and sustainable businesses, inspired by Buddhist spiritual heritage, and distinguished by the uniqueness of the Bhutanese identity." --King Khesar #buddhism #dharma #bhutan via @thediplomat.com

"...it appears that the real consensus coalescing around these machines is that they’ll end up reinforcing the feedback loop between an impotent civic culture and a tech-enhanced authoritarianism..." #artificialintelligence #AI and #democracy #authoritarianism via @thebaffler.com

"If we don’t want A.I. to become our unelected supreme leader, we must recognize that we have options and refuse to passively allow Big Tech to grow gargantuan and shape society without guardrails or consequences." Bravo @andibartz.bsky.social via @nytimes.com #booksky #artificialintelligence #AI

AUTECHRE 2025-10-01 @ Ogden Theater As is customary, Autechre performed in darkness. This shot is from evening’s end, when the lights came up. An incredible, mind-melting show. #livemusic #Denver #musicthatmoves #musicsky #retinaflex

Fight surveillance capitalism in style—and support EFF while you're at it. shop.eff.org/products/sc...

It really does not get more explicit than Trump telling top active-duty military generals that they will need to participate in occupations of large cities run by his political opponents as part of his "war from within"

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 2025-09-28 @ Summit Music Hall I fell in love with the sweet sensation I gave my heart to a simple chord I gave my soul to a new religion Whatever happened to our rock and roll? #livemusic #Denver #musicthatmoves #musicsky #retinaflex

Excellent episode from the esteemed @ttbook.bsky.social #podcast on #datatracking #privacy #digitalsurveillance featuring @lowrypressly.bsky.social and others "...privacy is more than just about protecting the personal information you generate; it’s also choosing what to generate at all."

I really dug the 1st season of Slow Learners, a #podcast about big books from @johnsemley3000.bsky.social & Asher Dark, which is devoted to Pynchon's inimitable Gravity's Rainbow. Looks like they're back with a new season. Wait, did y'all ever do Proust? #booksky #Pynchon #literature #books

Phish @phish.com 2025-09-21 @ Hampton Coliseum Conjurers of thunder #Phish #Hampton #RetinaFlex #musicsky #Hipstamatic

Phish @phish.com 2025-09-20 @ Hampton Coliseum Mothership ascending… #Phish #Hampton #RetinaFlex #musicsky

The Phish @phish.com 2025-09-19 @ Hampton Coliseum Virginia is for Lizards #Phish #Hanpton #RetinaFlex #musicsky

(Thee) OSEES 2025-09-10 @ Ogden Theatre “Skin like metal, fold like a river, bend like a reed, yeah” #livemusic #Denver #musicthatmoves #musicsky #retinaflex

FU MANCHU 2025-09-06 @ Bluebird Theater Kings of the Road 😎🤘⚡️ #livemusic #Denver #musicthatmoves #musicsky #retinaflex

Your #Denver area upcoming PSYCH (Rock) calendar~ 9/06 - Fu Manchu - Bluebird Theater 9/10 - OSEES with DMBQ - Ogden Theatre 9/28 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Summit 10/01 - Autechre - Ogden Theatre 10/15 - Earthless & Minami Deutsch - Marquis Theater #frontrange #livemusic let 'er rip 😎🤘⚡️

"People don’t like the idea of books being thrown away. We love books. And no one loves books more than librarians. It can be hard for them too." A tale of lowkey library intrigue from @99pi.org featuring novelist Nicholson Baker, and weeding (books). #booksky #literature #library #libraries

"Our work is for the adventurous and independent spirits who thirst for more..." ICYMI, two renowned independent presses have joined forces with the @sevenstories.bsky.social acquisition of @twodollarradio.bsky.social earlier this year. #booksky #literature new via @publisherswkly.bsky.social

Hope to see all you heads out this wkd for the Queen City's finest underground rawk festival.

"Well, the thing to understand is that enshittification is a modification of this idea that if you're not paying for the product, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵." --Cory Doctorow A great conversation from @onthemedia.bsky.social about the trend of how online products and services always get worse over time.

How about that? A victory for people who actually read.

ICYMI my latest #longreads in @kosmosjournal.bsky.social on #psychedelics and the #multiverse, including @julianwalker.bsky.social @robincarhartharris.bsky.social @meowwolf.com and more. Please enjoy! Head's up @atomseden.bsky.social @oshan.bsky.social @rushkoff.com @noemamag.com

www.kosmosjournal.org/2025-3/ From the subatomic to the cellular, resonance appears to be the thread that weaves order into matter. Long before the first cells emerged, quantum resonance guided particles into coherent structures—quarks, protons, atoms, molecules, and eventually, life itself.

The Voting Rights Act was signed thanks to the Civil Rights Movement’s work to give voters of color, especially Black voters, the political power we deserve. The Constitution promises us a government by and for the people — the Voting Rights Act brought us closer to this ideal.

Empire of AI ~ Highly recommend this extended @democracynow.org interview with @karenhao.bsky.social on the accruing political and economic power of AI companies, detrimental social and environmental impacts, and more. An excellent primer on #artificialintelligence #AI #AIalignment

This week, we look at why so many architects believe that a sci-fi utopia is possible if we can imagine it first.

This week, we tour an exhibit in New York celebrating the artwork of Syd Mead. He famously designed the dystopian worlds in Blade Runner, Tron, Aliens, Elysium and other sci-fi films. But his personal vision of the future was more utopian and egalitarian.

Sadly #Mozilla's dependable #read-it-later app #Pocket has shut down. Thx @techcrunch.com for this list! For me Pocket's essential feature was the #text-to-speech saved article reader. Seeking an alternative, #Matter maybe seems best, but $$... What do folks recommend? #designsky #journalism #apps

Your Friday playlist: THE ORIGINAL HEAVY "Some of the most notable early bands, songs and sounds that established the lineage of heavy psychedelic / stoner / space / sludge / doom / desert rock, curated in (roughly) chronological order." 🤟😎⚡️ #musicsky #fridayfeeling #musicthatmoves #playlist

ICYMI: @mike-gordon.com's in a new @rollingstone.com article: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The Phish @phish.com 07-05-2025 @ CU’s Folsom Field, Boulder, CO Fuego > MYFE > Xeyed 🔥🔪😵 Some sick, wiggy EVIL Phish for the ages last night 😎🤘⚡️ #Phish #Boulder #FolsomField #RetinaFlex #musicsky

The Phish @phish.com 07-04-2025 @ CU’s Folsom Field, Boulder, CO Tempestuous July 4 edition #Phish #Boulder #FolsomField #RetinaFlex #musicsky

The Phish @phish.com 07-03-2025 @ CU’s Folsom Field, Boulder, CO #Phish #Boulder #FolsomField #RetinaFlex #musicsky

Head's up, heads! Zendo Project is offering psychedelic peer support and compassionate care at Boulder's Folsom Field this weekend. For anyone in need of a calm space to land, find the sanctuary between gates 4 and 5, staffed by trained volunteers. 💕🙏⚡️ #Phish #HarmReduction #Boulder #FolsomField

"AI is a technology of averages ... the answers they produce tend toward consensus, both in the quality of the writing ... and in the calibre of the ideas." #artificialintelligence #ai via @newyorker.com "What’s actually happening is a reinforcing of cultural hegemony." [email protected]

"Imagine, as an extreme case, two individuals ... They would be quite different people. One would be a thinker, the other a consumer. One would have a mind shaped by learning; the other, a mind shaped by preferences." On #artificialintelligence #AI and #cognition & #learning via @newyorker.com

"It is an active and innovative amplifier of human values and intentions and of the conflicts existing among them. ... AI is holding up a wish-fulfilling mirror to humanity. What we see looking into it is not reassuring." On #artificialintelligence #AI & #buddhism #dharma via @futureoflife.org

"Kesariya Stupa is an ancient heritage site recognized as the largest known ancient Buddhist stupa in the world. It is believed to have been constructed by Emperor Ashoka (r. 268–232 BCE)." #buddhism #dharma #architecture via @buddhistdoor.bsky.social www.buddhistdoor.net/news/kesariy...

Discovered today in the garden—a bird or squirrel’s nest, fallen from its tree, partially constructed from a strand of Buddhist prayer flags that disappeared sometime ago. Blessings to all beings… taken literally by these crafty critters. #nature #wildlife #buddbism #dharma

"For all the deserved criticism of the American media, they remain one of the strongest pillars propping up what’s left of democracy in a time that’s been anything but good for the First Amendment." On #media and #democracy via @thenation.com