R.U. Sirius

MONDO 2000 is a joke on the zeitgeist
— @rusirius.bsky.social misquoted in German Playboy 1990
#Cyberpunk
Accept Chaos. I’m not sure if chaos accepts me.
— Bob Dylan, 1966
#Mondo2000 issue 16 (1996)

Degens & Phriendz Song by R.U. Sirius & Phriendz composed for the upcoming film Degens: Down & Out In The Crypto Casino R.U. Sirius - PizzaT. Video by SatoriD Song from the album The Smarter Kings Of Deliria by R.U. Si...

too desperate to even get paranoid

Risk and Precarity Part 3: Possible Solutions. In Conversation with Vinay Gupta The finale of the 'Risk and Precarity' series features R.U. Sirius and Vinay Gupta exploring several possibilities as an insurer of last resort. Can blockchain offer relief for the precariat?

2023

RU: What I see with crypto is that average people see that wealthy people’s money makes money – and they want to do the same. They’re entering Casino Capitalism with high hopes and little data. Are you sympathetic to those who enter this arena purely to get some quick bucks?

Democrats Mullin' Votin' for Election-Denyin' DHS Nominee Despite folksy, Palinesque headline, this is not good

Democrats Mullin' Votin' for Election-Denyin' DHS Nominee
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Cinco mujeres que cambiaron el mundo por Clivia Ricle “Las mujeres y las minorías no deberían hacer toda la adaptación. Es tiempo de que la sociedad se mueva hacia las mujeres, no las mujeres hacia la sociedad”. Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Este domingo 8 de ma...

Milhon también fue una figura importante en la cultura cyberpunk y en los debates sobre libertad digital. En 1995 publicó Hacking the Wetware: The Nerd Girls Pillow-Book, un libro en el que reflexionaba sobre la cultura hacker y la participación de las mujeres en el mundo tecnológico.

Jello Biafra suffers hemorrhagic stroke all appearances canceled On Saturday, March 7th Jello Biafra suffered a hemorrhagic stroke caused by high blood pressure. Jello Biafra had this to say:”I hopped out of my bed because I needed to pee, and my left leg just coll...

Jello is recuperating. An important voice. He will continue

Investigating Reality with VR Maven Mark Pesce VR pioneer Mark Pesce reflects on cyberspace’s unrealised promise, shared virtual worlds, and the slippery nature of “reality”.

RU: Does it seem to you to be more of a shared space for creative interactions and collaborative world building or is it more of an entertainment medium that sticks people in a cool visual environment?

MP: I've always envisioned cyberspace/the metaverse as an inherently creative medium...

In 1995 I Blamed Cyberculture (Sort Of) From an interview with me on CTHEORY conducted by Jon Lebkowsky. People tell me it was prescient

1995
You’ve got the breakdown of nations.. simultaneous w the atomization of individuals or their balkanization into disconnected subgroups because digital technology conflates space while decentralizing communication & attention. The result is a clear playing field for mutating corporate oligarchy

Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next “The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this.”

Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next

OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us OpenAI says Americans shouldn’t worry about the ethics of its new Pentagon contract. You’ll have to take their word for it (and Pete Hegseth’s).

OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us by @sambiddle.com
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Posted by 2600 The Hacker Quarterly on fbook this morning

Trump’s war on Iran is taking place What's it like to re-read Baudrillard as bombs fall on Tehran?

It’s hard to imagine a more perfect simulacrum of a “war

After having some fun bombing fishermen, Trump got to post, with awe and delight, a picture of one of his enemies defeated and humiliated.

He wasn’t there, of course. But he got to watch it all. Even better, he got to post about what he was watching, too.

From the ClassicRock community on Reddit: Country Joe McDonald has passed Explore this post and more from the ClassicRock community

RIP Country Joe McDonald Gimme an F!

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Accelerating to Nowhere From The Vault (2023).

The 21st century is seeing a particular type of extreme acceleration.. out of physicality into nonphysical virtual space. & as the result of.. already distorted economic & political cultures — this appears 2 be an acceleration towards... a mass psychotic break w. reality substack.com/home/post/p-...

Party Dogs & R.U. Sirius Listen to music from Party Dogs & R.U. Sirius on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.

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I don't know why Youtube just told me about my own album that I might like, but I'm going with it. My voice at 29 in 1982 (doesn't have all the songs from "It's A Groove!" some reason)