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Coe Douglas
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Speculative Design. More-than-human design. Pataphysics. Futures, Fictions & Fabulations. I lead creative development and teach in a life-centered design & imagination grad program at UW-Madison (MD+I) 🌀🌱🇳🇴🧿 🧙🏻‍♂️🚀 — coedouglas.com MKE, WI
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID

Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?

For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
heatmap.news
So very good. EVIL is one of my favorite TV shows. It is weird and spooky, they portray demons so well, the main villain Leland Townsend is brilliant, the themes and social commentary always hit, and I love the three main characters.

I should rewatch it this winter.
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Feeling inspired by all the winning so far? runforwhat.net - it's not too late to get on the ballot for 2026.
Run for Something
Find offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
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You gotta think the first AI musical performance on tv is gonna be on Jimmy Fallon and he’s going to make The Roots just sit there and watch that bullshit
Watching and really liking—
The early Miles Davis electric turn is fun listening.
Look everyone we can all have an inept AI robot for just $20,000! Oh, it also needs a lot of human intervention behind the scenes and it’s spying on you with a little camera. Great.

The science fiction story we’re all being dragged into really sucks.
This entire series by @marthawells.com is so much fun. Love the books and love the TV series. Really happy to see a new Murderbot book coming out.
Platform Decay, the eighth entry in the Murderbot Diaries series by @marthawells.com , will arrive on May 5, 2026. 🔥

And if you haven't seen it, the first season of the TV adaptation, available since this summer on AppleTV, is very fresh.
Also, thanks for sharing the essay! His books are coming true. And now I return to PKD’s Exegesis to look for clues.
The Vintagia Oracle from @acidhorizon.bsky.social is a lot of fun. It hits different than other decks. I dig the different layers of meaning and symbolism - including the Hexagrams from the I Ching.
Makes me think we’re all living inside a PKD novel and he’s just recycling some of his old material, @jackprestonking.bsky.social. 😊
This. All the damn time.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
I mean, we’re already emphasizing the social media post over the actual experience of the world. Now we can just stay home and pretend the whole thing.
John Carpenter does cozy nostalgic spooky so well. #halloween #movies
Fantastic world building in this show/film. Amazing cast.
‘Serenity’ was released on this day 20 years ago! (September 30, 2005)

Directed by Joss Whedon.

Starring Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Ron Glass, Summer Glau, Sean Maher, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and more.

#OTD #OnThisDay #Serenity
Some beautiful and inspired reading from Rob Hopkins.
Future films will come with a disclaimer that reads, “Note: 5,000,000 gallons of water and the energy requirements of 5 states was used to make this film.*”

*No imagination was used in the making of this film.
It’s tiresome at this point, but again, their entire pitch is “wouldn’t it be great if there were no such things as talent, craft, and skill,” and what that means is a bland, slop-filled world. www.businessinsider.com/marc-andrees...
An important update to an impactful book and global project—
DOUGHNUT 3.0 IS HERE! 🎉

Today, DEAL is launching the latest update of the global Doughnut, now monitoring trends in social shortfall and ecological overshoot across the 21st century.

#DoughnutEconomics
Check out the link below to see all the resources and dive in:
Doughnut 3.0 is here | DEAL
The Doughnut, updated, now monitors global trends in social shortfall and ecological overshoot over the 21st century
doughnuteconomics.org
Completely agree. Both books are fantastic!
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“…this fall, Choi is encouraging students to close their laptops and spend time with Karen Hao’s book Empire of AI, about the evolution and tech behind AI.”
2 Professors Teach About AI Using Print Book
Faculty members help students practice close reading and analysis with a physical book, building life skills and social connection.
www.insidehighered.com
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Jane Goodall died on Wednesday at 91 after a life spent revolutionizing the study of primates and then bringing her global fame to the cause of conservation.

Here are snapshots from her life and career.
Jane Goodall: A Life in Pictures
The primatologist gained scientific acclaim for her work with chimpanzees and then later used her fame to champion conservation.
nyti.ms