@Radio_Web_MACBA Legit alien inquiry: Is the mod synth wave/trend/explosion expanding the cublicle-izing human-machine relationships ( + alienation ) ? Expanding unsustainable microchip consumerism + e-waste ? And reducing collective creativity + meaningful communications between us ? ... While there are cool + complex compositions out there, most mod synth (solo) musik we've heard reminds us of Muzak - Sound Minus Content, i..e. not vry useful for our techno-fascist times! - #XLtRadar
A new #XLtRadar post is up.... do not despair… creatures + cultures of the rebellious nites here's a small upcoming list of #Btropolis events ... ( work-in-progress ) ... https://xlterrestrials.substack.com/p/the-xlt-lostfound-summer-radar
New on the #XLtRadar : Time To Stop Cuddling with The Technosphere Cannibalism !? - #Biosphere vs. #Technosphere vs. #Anthropocene .... https://xlterrestrials.substack.com/p/time-to-stop-cuddling-with-the-technosphere
New on the XLt subslack: "A Btropolis Potpourri in The Semi-Compostable Urban Un-Futuring !" ... And 2nite at @cbase : Book launch for "The Rise of the Network Commons" as part of the #Freifunk Wireless Community Weekend w/ @vortex @elektra_42 and many others ! #Medosch #XLtRadar #Btropolis https://xlterrestrials.substack.com/p/a-btropolis-potpourri-in-the-semi
The #XLtRadar analysis of the event at Volksbühne on tues. night called "Erde Ist Rot, So Oder So #1 Techno-faschismus: Von Elon Musk Zur AFD, Was Ist Die Alternative? " The first event of a series of public forums curated by Srećko Horvat & Sebastian Kaiser. ... hopefully constructive and expanding the discourse around #Technofascism #BigTech #Oligarchy + #Krapitalism ... Our title is a nod to #Benjamin essay from 1935, when that other #fascism was rising! https://xlterrestrials.substack.com/p/arts-and-activism-in-the-age-of-techno
Arts and Activism in the Age of Techno-Fascist Reproductions

Part 2: Why aren't we talking about Mass Exodus ?!

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We decided not to give alot of time to investigate #Transmediale #TM25 this year, b/c there's local orgs and urgencies that we felt were more important to support. But #XLTRadar put out a preview piece on thurs. after the opening nite, and perhaps it's still useful to embolden ppl to consider what challenges they can still make on the last day of the festival https://xlterrestrials.substack.com/p/more-band-aids-against-the-tech-oligarchy
More Band-Aids Against The Tech-Oligarchy Splatterfest ?!

Transmediale 2025 - Reject All Art Cookies ! - Part 1

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Aha cool, just found out there's a new? Rough Trade shop in #Neukoelln and Henryk Gericke from #Tapetopia label will be there to present stuff and do an in-store dj set ( 11.2 ) ! ... #XLtRadar #Btropolis https://www.roughtrade.com/de-de/stores/berlin
On the #XLtRadar, 2nite in #Btropolis at K19 in #Fhain ... Beritan, Kiez Manifesto, Flower + djs + Kufa, soli concert ! ... Tierras Arrasadas Tour
#NicholasCarr ( The Shallows ) is back on the #XLtRadar after seeing he started a substack a few weeks ago... And here's a great article from him in the New Atlantis called "The Tryanny of Now"... ( currently not paywalled ) #massmedia #communications #digitalculture #HaroldInnis The kind of critical analysis missing from #38C3 and many other technology conferences ! https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-tyranny-of-now
The Tyranny of Now

On the warning of forgotten media theorist Harold Innis: “Enormous improvements in communication have made understanding more difficult.”

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XLT are still considering all the dilemmas that become visible at a congress like #38c3 ... And we try to have a little odd-angled humor about it, though we are also deadly serious ! For anyone who wants to take the deep dive #psychomedia #analysis via #XLtRadar : How "we" conveniently choose to set the world ABLAZE ! ( Part 3 of 4? ) #Techcentrism #technofascism #techwars #WallaceandGromit #AI #Gnomes https://xlterrestrials.substack.com/p/how-conveniently-we-choose-to-set
How Conveniently "We" Choose To Set The World Ablaze !

A 38C3 Chaos Congress Analysis - Part 3 (of 4)

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