Mastodawn

structures, and real people.

This is speculative fiction doing what it does best: connecting the dots that are already in plain sight—and making them impossible to ignore.

And yes, it’s terrifying. Not because it’s precise, but because it’s plausible.

It also features voices like: @mariaressa.bsky.social
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
who bring clarity and credibility to what could otherwise feel abstract.

I just wish filmmaking like this were more common … 2/3

c.gerrish 4d ago

Shoq 🌿4d ago

Back in September 2024, most of us were focused on stopping “King Donald II,” so a lot of people missed the speculative fiction “documentary” 2073.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDE97KrYDuU

It’s brilliant—not because it predicts exactly how things collapse, but because it shows how today’s tech-bro authoritarianism is already laying the groundwork.

Some critics dismissed it as “alarmist” (we’ve heard that one before), but there’s nothing conspiratorial here. It’s grounded in real trends, real power … 1/3

2073 - Official Trailer

YouTube

c.gerrish Apr 6

Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Apr 6

Not an easy watch - part scifi, part historical documentary;

"2073 is a 2024 British scifi docudrama film directed by Asif Kapadia. Set in a dystopian future, the film is inspired by Chris Marker's 1962 featurette La Jetée. The film takes on the big subjects of climate change, corporate fascism, the global erosion of democracy through the rise of fascism and fictionally depicts a future where these forces are allowed to continue unchecked."

2073 (film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2073_(film)
#whatToWatch

2073 (film) - Wikipedia

c.gerrish Apr 2

Warner Crocker Apr 2

Collateral damage stings. #Politics #Amazon #Iran

c.gerrish Mar 30

The Public Domain Review Mar 30

Aby Warburg spent his life finding forms that could hold their own against the flow of time. All the while, as Kevin Dann explores, he was churning on the brink of madness with the sense that he himself was changing — into a terrifying animal: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/warburgs-werewolf-an-anamnesis/

c.gerrish Mar 19

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Cory Doctorow Mar 19

Workers who are good at spotting bullshit score high on open-mindedness metrics like "willingness to engage" and "willingness to reflect," both characteristic of the "fluid intelligence" that makes workers good at solving problems and doing a good job.

Meanwhile, workers who are taken in by bullshit are "open minded" in the sense that they are bad at analytical reasoning and thus easily convinced.

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c.gerrish Mar 11

Opera is more than you think it is…

The Menagerie: The Trial of Spock
An opera in progress at UCSC

https://news.ucsc.edu/2026/02/questions-that-matter-lessons-on-the-good-life-from-a-star-trek-opera-in-progress/

Questions that Matter: Lessons on the good life from a Star Trek opera-in-progress

For the past decade, an eclectic group of professors, staff members, and show-business professionals has been working hard to bring a Star Trek opera to vibrant life. Now, they are inviting the public to delve more deeply into the philosophical heart of their interstellar project. Their talk, “How to Live Long and Prosper: Lessons from a Star Trek Opera,” challenges the audience to consider a deceptively simple question: What do we need to lead a fulfilling life?

News

c.gerrish Mar 10

I feel like I’m living inside a Randy Newman song from 1972.

https://youtu.be/olOk5cK4lqQ?si=xyD9xt3rKPH-Vbgi

Political Science - Randy Newman | The Midnight Special

YouTube

c.gerrish Mar 2

Note the distance between a cable news discussion & the same talk unleashed on a podcast. Same host, same commentators. The relentless shaping of the discourse by the limitations of cable and broadcast news. Our national dialogue is a stunted shell of any real conversation.
https://youtu.be/ECDkck6hVT4?si=mCOTXzY9WnPBYmwV

“Trump is a feral beast”: Nicolle Wallace's panel on fixing what Trump's destroying

YouTube

c.gerrish Feb 9

Philosopher Scholar Feb 9

What’s the minimum viable philosophy? What are the minimum number of questions to answer to have a philosophy to live by? Find out in this review of @paul Musso, PhD ‘s Micro-Philosophy online course. He’s updating the course to be released at the end of this month with major upgrades. Now’s the time to check it out!

https://open.substack.com/pub/philosopherscholar/p/micro-philosophy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=92fjd

#philosophy #microphilosophy #ethics #metaphysics

Micro-Philosophy

My Experience with Dr. Musso's Online Course

Philosopher’s Substack

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