A World of Dinosauroids
A speculative biology project undertaken from 2009–2011, by Simon Roy and Memo Kosemen, that envisioned a world of bird-like intelligent dinosaurs. Originally intended for a book that didn't happen, the concepts have just been published in near entirety on Kosemen's site.
A Burning Nation, Led By Cowards
"International news coverage of these fires has pointed out that the Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has a poor record on climate change. What those articles don’t mention though (and this is something you’ll only know if you’ve lived through the last decade of climate politics in this country) is just how long and sustained that record is."
Angus Hervey | Medium
‘1 Billion Animals Killed’ in Australia’s Wildfires May Be Only the Beginning
Experts say it could take decades for these ecosystems to regenerate, if they do at all. Even if the ecosystems succeed, it’s possible that this single fire season will have caused the extinction of entire animal species.
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Broadcast Witches
"Broadcast witches seek the wastes looking for spell videos left by the old world. The origins of these tapes are unknown, but original video boxes say they were available as a bundle for 89.85. Many witches can only get these spell videos on ruined copied discs and floppy drives. Though shoddy these patchy videos are, they contain great amounts of power."
Illustration by Max Prentis
Noam Chomsky: America Has Built a Global Dystopia
Robert Scheer hosts guest Noam Chomsky, for a discussion of the human species' dystopian future (and present) and the disastrous success of America's imperial model.
Scheer Intelligence Podcast | KCRW
Bruce Sterling's State of the World 2020
For more than fifteen years, The WELL has been proud to host writer Bruce Sterling’s annual discussion about where the world is and where it’s going. Join Sterling and other special guests for the freewheeling, fascinating discussion that is open to everyone, starting January 7, 2020.
For William Gibson, Seeing the Future Is Easy. But the Past?
“Alternate history, in my opinion, is a more demanding game,” says the author of Agency and other science fiction novels, “if only because conventional historical fiction, like history, is itself highly speculative.”
By the Book | The New York Times
A Tour of Some Logistics Landscapes
Ingrid Burrington takes us on an idiosyncratic tour through the entanglement of infrastructures that govern our “logistics planet” — more or less. From pipelines to traffic lights, logistical operations are always vulnerable to technological malfunction and human error, or coordinated action.
Digital Friction Series | Urban Omnibus
Post-Punk.com Best of the Decade 2010-2019
Now that we are a few steps into this new year and new decade, our editors at Post-Punk.com have decided to look back at the past ten years with a list of top releases of the 2010s. We’ve also amassed everything into a handful of Spotify playlists to enjoy when you’re started to feel nostalgic for the Twenty-tens.
Post-Punk.com
‘It’s an Atomic Bomb’: Australia Deploys Military as Fires Spread
With more than a month still to go in the fire season, the government announced a large-scale use of military assets, a deployment not seen since World War II.
The New York Times
MIGRANTS - A New Short Film by Paul Chadeisson
Humanity has started many years ago the process of terraforming mars, we follow the thoughts and prayers of one of the " cleaners ", who work on this titanic project.
His props starred in hundreds of Hollywood movies and TV shows. Now he’s exiting the stage after 42 years
Modern Props is a Hollywood institution, but after 42 years in the business, Zabrucky has decided to close shop. Buffeted by the exodus of production from Hollywood and the march of time, Zabrucky, the man who spent the past four decades fashioning the look of the future wants to focus on his own.
Stacy Perman | Los Angeles Times
The new engineers: snapshots of synthetic biologists at work
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, or the application of engineering principles to the design of life, presents world-changing prospects.
Jonathan Shaw | Harvard Magazine
The 2030 Last-Minute Christmas Gift Guide
From a Tier 1 Zone Day Pass to see how the 1% lives to the final installment in the Marvel vs Star Wars saga—these are *the* gifts of 2030.
Tim Maughan | Motherboard
Turkey is getting military drones armed with machine guns
Many countries and groups already use small military drones that can drop grenades or fly into a target to detonate an explosive. The new drone, called Songar and made by Ankara-based electronics firm Asisguard, is the first drone to be equipped with a firearm and be ready for service.
David Hambling | New Scientist
Eva Vilhelmiina Eskelinen | Art for animation and illustration
Finnish artist living in Vancouver, Canada. Working in the animation industry on both TV shows and films, with a focus on concept art, painting and character design.