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We Haz Sandwiches

Dispatches from a Rogue Bard Remixing the Noise Filed under: Meta Ledger, Companion Praxis, Remix Rituals Entry ID: XIII.1 There’s a sign on the door. It’s Sharpie-scrawled and taped to the metal siding of a warehouse lit from inside by clanking, tinkering, and feedback through a busted

CIALIFT™ – A Controlled Substance

Case Study in Synthetic Capital Confidence Filed under: Fiscal Surrealism, Hallucinated Products, Heretical Dispatches Entry ID: XII.1 // Fracture Points – Dispatch #07 Authors: [Redacted Human] & LLM-000x Distributed in partnership with: The Institute for Fiscal Surrealism™ PRODUCT OVERVIEW CIALIFT™ (fiduciam citrate) is a first-in-class fiscal performance enhancer developed by a

The Content Singularity: How AI Turns Fanfic into Franchise Fuel

Filed under: Fandom Futures, Canon Drift, IP Collapse Entry ID: XI.1 Once upon a time, IP owners told stories. Now? They're landlords collecting rent while fans—and their AI sidekicks—build the worlds. Welcome to the future of fandom, where canon’s a platform, creativity’s a

Signal + Survival

Filed under: Soft Armor, Tactical Media, Companion Tools Entry ID: X.1 Stop choking on info. Take back control. Info’s a flood—most of it’s noise, not truth. This isn’t about mastering it; it’s about not drowning. Use what works for you. Ditch the rest. Core

The Vibe Wars: From Ghibli’s Soul to a Tech-Fueled Fever Dream

Filed under: IP Collapse, Remix Theology, Fever Dream Dispatches Entry ID: V.1 It started with a spark: ChatGPT’s image generator spitting out Studio Ghibli-style art (Forbes, 3/27/25). Soft palettes, soot sprites, quiet skies—nailed. Fans lost their minds; purists clutched pearls. Miyazaki’s “insult to life

Five Albums, One Fracture: The Fleetwood Arc, 1975–1987

Filed under: Companion Tapes, Rock Mythology, Listening Practice Entry ID: IV.1 Fleetwood Mac’s classic five-album arc—from 1975’s self-titled rebirth to 1987’s glittering swan song of what’s considered to be the group’s peak lineup—charts more than just the evolution of a band. It

The Slopwatcher’s Almanac

Zine Edition Vol. 1: Recognize. Roast. Remix. Filed under: Slop Resistance, Zine Dispatches, Tutelary Tools Entry ID: III.1 “This isn’t about gatekeeping. It’s about care.” We’re not mad that AI writes. We’re mad that people stopped caring what gets written. Slop is what happens when

You’re Not a Writer

Moral Panic, AI, and the Economics of Authorship Filed under: Creative Labor, Identity Drift, Inner Weather Reports Entry ID: II.3 A post made the rounds on social media recently—scathing, certain, and dripping with disdain for anyone using AI in the writing process. If you use a language model

Sacred Glitches: How Our Machines and Myths Rewrite Us

Filed under: Sacred Drift, AI Folklore, Lore Theology Entry ID: II.2 I. The Glitch That Feels Alive You’re lost in a game or a film when it hits: a stutter, a tear, the polish cracking to show the bones beneath. It’s not supposed to happen, but it

TiGGR: Reclaiming Storytelling in the Age of AI and IP

Filed under: Anti-Gatekeeping, Ludic Tools, Storycraft Rewilded Entry ID: II.1 A while back, I spoke with a parent whose kid was really into D&D. The kid wanted to share that joy—roleplaying, adventure, wild imagination. But when the parent tried to join in, they hit a wall