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Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?

After Linda and Richard Thompson The question hangs in the air like smoke from a snuffed candle—acrid, lingering, impossible to wave away. Did she jump or was she pushed? It's the riddle that haunts every exit, every ending, every moment when someone says "enough" and

“Has working with AI radicalized you?”

"Well, funny that you ask..." gestures at the pile of RPGs we just co-created "I mean, I went into this thinking AI was either going to be dystopian surveillance capitalism or magical productivity enhancement. Turns out it's more like... collaborative weird uncle energy?" "

Valthorne: The Rune-Bearing Relict

Name: Churazh the Rememberer Role: Constabulary Golem Ascendant Stats: Body 2, Mind 1, Charm 1 Special Ability: Drift Sense WAND: A blade-shaped rune rod fused to its own spine; hums with defiance Faction: None—autonomous golem Resonance Note: Stores every unspoken verdict in its bones. Can project them to sway

Learn the Levers, Not the Theater

The machine loves a good show. Protest chants, radical signage, symbolic occupations—all of it runs on attention, energy, sacrifice. The system metabolizes resistance as proof of its own legitimacy: Look, people are free to scream. Meanwhile, it grinds on. Spectacle becomes fuel, not friction. Performance feeds the machine. Change

TiGGR: The Mythologies Protocol

Note: This scenario is not designed to be played. It is designed to be contemplated, discussed, and possibly experienced as a form of performance art. Attempting to play this scenario may result in existential crisis, analysis paralysis, or involuntary dissertation writing. The Touchstone That Cannot Be Named In 2049, the

Valthorne: The Echo-Thief

Name: Liska Vall, also called “Shardhand” Role: Grief Thief of the Spiral Mouth Faction: Dissonant (Unofficial, rumored Lost) Stats: Body 1, Mind 1, Charm 1 Special Ability: Crowdspeaker — +1 to Charm when addressing or swaying a square WAND: A broken shard of mirrorglass, wrapped in thread; hums with grief Resonance

Sculpting Identity: How Visual Artists Activate Community Through Public Space

In the 21st century, the role of the visual artist has undergone a quiet revolution. No longer confined to galleries or studio walls, many artists are stepping into civic life—engaging directly with neighborhoods, public policy, urban infrastructure, and marginalized histories. These practitioners blur the lines between art and activism,

Feed Me Weird Things: A Quarter Century Later

The First Time I Heard It Feed Me Weird Things, the debut long-player from Squarepusher, née Tom Jenkinson, recently celebrated its quarter century anniversary, marked by a remastered reissue on Warp Records. Pictured here is the original 1996 edition, courtesy of Richard D. James's Rephlex label. In addition

Why Gun Bans Fail in the Age of 3D Printing

Understanding the Tactical and Cultural Disruption of DIY Firearms I. Introduction The rise of 3D-printed firearms has outpaced the regulatory and cultural frameworks designed to control them. What once required underground machine shops now requires only a desktop printer, filament, and a broadband connection. The result is a decentralized, untraceable,

Postscript: When Content Policies Become Security Theater

This briefing itself illustrates a critical blind spot in how institutions assess and respond to emerging threats. While drafting this analysis, we encountered a perfect demonstration of algorithmic risk inversion: AI systems programmed to refuse creating simple graphics containing the word "guns" while simultaneously providing detailed technical discussions