Derek Cressman
@derekcressman.bsky.social
Sci-Fi author and satirist probing the nexus of advertising, brain implants, Citizens United, and post-truth reality. Regenerative olive farmer. Climate hawk.
https://www.derekcressman.com/
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“Ready Player One meets Idiocracy meets 1984’s Oceania, this is a must-read for fans of thought-provoking science fiction—one with the potential to become a dystopian classic.”—BlueInk Review of Virtuality
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"If Black Mirror, Blade Runner, and Amazon Prime’s Upload had a literary lovechild, it would be Derek Cressman’s Virtuality . This is satirical dystopian sci-fi that feels less like fiction and more like a documentary from ten years in the future."
"If Black Mirror, Blade Runner, and Amazon Prime’s Upload had a literary lovechild, it would be Derek Cressman’s Virtuality . This is satirical dystopian sci-fi that feels less like fiction and more like a documentary from ten years in the future."
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I just stumbled upon this review:
"If Black Mirror, Blade Runner, and Amazon Prime’s Upload had a literary lovechild, it would be Derek Cressman’s Virtuality . This is satirical dystopian sci-fi that feels less like fiction and more like a documentary from ten years in the future."
"If Black Mirror, Blade Runner, and Amazon Prime’s Upload had a literary lovechild, it would be Derek Cressman’s Virtuality . This is satirical dystopian sci-fi that feels less like fiction and more like a documentary from ten years in the future."
Brain implant recipients in China have "used implanted BMI systems to steer power wheelchairs, command robotic dogs to collect deliveries, and operate a robotic arm to pick up a cup and drink water."
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China’s Brain Implant May Have Leapfrogged Elon Musk’s Neuralink
Chinese researchers say two paralyzed patients used brain implants to control a wheelchair, robotic dog, and arm, spotlighting China’s push in BCI tech.
www.eweek.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Brain implant recipients in China have "used implanted BMI systems to steer power wheelchairs, command robotic dogs to collect deliveries, and operate a robotic arm to pick up a cup and drink water."
www.eweek.com/news/china-b...
www.eweek.com/news/china-b...
Google is rolling out photorealistic “Likeness” avatars on Android XR, giving users a new way to appear in video calls – and putting Apple’s Vision Pro Personas firmly in its sights.
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www.uctoday.com/devices-work...
Google Unveils Photorealistic ‘Likeness’ Avatars for Android XR
Google is rolling out photorealistic Likeness avatars on Android XR, offering a new alternative to Apple’s Vision Pro Personas.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Google is rolling out photorealistic “Likeness” avatars on Android XR, giving users a new way to appear in video calls – and putting Apple’s Vision Pro Personas firmly in its sights.
www.uctoday.com/devices-work...
www.uctoday.com/devices-work...
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to minimize "revenue impact" caused by cracking down on the scams.
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Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to mini...
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to minimize "revenue impact" caused by cracking down on the scams.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Fossil fuels are bad for your health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
6 Injured and 2 Missing in Bay Area Neighborhood Explosion
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December 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Fossil fuels are bad for your health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
"the end of the brain-computer interface quest, I think, is actually conscious machines.”
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After Neuralink, Max Hodak is building something even wilder | TechCrunch
"You could really, in a very fundamental sense, talk about redrawing the border around a brain," Hodak says, "possibly to include four hemispheres, or a device, or a whole group of people."
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December 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"the end of the brain-computer interface quest, I think, is actually conscious machines.”
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“While Neuralink dominates the media cycle with its invasive approach, a distinct technological divide is forming as competitors pursue endovascular and non-surgical routes to achieve similar connectivity without the risks of open-brain surgery.”
www.webpronews.com/the-neural-l...
www.webpronews.com/the-neural-l...
The Neural Link: Inside the High-Stakes Race to Digitize the Human Mind
Neuralink's transition from sci-fi concept to clinical reality marks a pivotal shift in med-tech. With patients now controlling digital interfaces via thought, the industry faces critical challenges i...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“While Neuralink dominates the media cycle with its invasive approach, a distinct technological divide is forming as competitors pursue endovascular and non-surgical routes to achieve similar connectivity without the risks of open-brain surgery.”
www.webpronews.com/the-neural-l...
www.webpronews.com/the-neural-l...
“Ready Player One meets Idiocracy meets 1984’s Oceania, this is a must-read for fans of thought-provoking science fiction—one with the potential to become a dystopian classic.”—BlueInk Review of Virtuality
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“Ready Player One meets Idiocracy meets 1984’s Oceania, this is a must-read for fans of thought-provoking science fiction—one with the potential to become a dystopian classic.”—BlueInk Review of Virtuality
It’s exciting to be in NYC for the release of Virtuality, my post-Orwellian, pre-Matrix dystopian tale of a world where advertisements and infotainment stream directly into your brain implant.
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It’s exciting to be in NYC for the release of Virtuality, my post-Orwellian, pre-Matrix dystopian tale of a world where advertisements and infotainment stream directly into your brain implant.
“Paradromics’ BCI has an active area of roughly 7.5 millimetres in diameter of thin, stiff, platinum-iridium electrodes that penetrate the surface of the cerebral cortex to record from individual neurons around 1.5 mm deep.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A brain implant that could rival Neuralink's enters clinical trials
Neurotechnology company Paradromics will test its device in a trial aimed at safely restoring speech for people with severe motor impairments.
www.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“Paradromics’ BCI has an active area of roughly 7.5 millimetres in diameter of thin, stiff, platinum-iridium electrodes that penetrate the surface of the cerebral cortex to record from individual neurons around 1.5 mm deep.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
GOP Congressman Trolls Mike Johnson: “He Should Have No Problem Voting YEA Next Week”
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GOP Congressman Trolls Mike Johnson: “He Should Have No Problem Voting YEA Next Week”
U.S. Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) celebrated the success of his discharge petition to get the House to vote on the complete release of the Epstein Files on Friday. Newly elected Congresswoman Ade
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November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
GOP Congressman Trolls Mike Johnson: “He Should Have No Problem Voting YEA Next Week”
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“Musk, for example, has expressed a desire to ‘destroy the woke mind virus.’…it does not require a great logical leap to suspect that he sees Neuralink as part of a way to do so.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
The Next Privacy Battleground Is Inside Your Brain
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“Musk, for example, has expressed a desire to ‘destroy the woke mind virus.’…it does not require a great logical leap to suspect that he sees Neuralink as part of a way to do so.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
“Tech billionaire Elon Musk has suggested that within the next two decades, it may be possible for humans to upload their minds into robots, preserving their memories, consciousness, and identity in a digital form.”
caliber.az/en/post/elon...
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Elon Musk envisions future where humans can upload their minds into robots | Caliber.Az
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has suggested that within the next two decades, it may be possible for humans to upload their minds into robots, preserving their memories,...
caliber.az
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“Tech billionaire Elon Musk has suggested that within the next two decades, it may be possible for humans to upload their minds into robots, preserving their memories, consciousness, and identity in a digital form.”
caliber.az/en/post/elon...
caliber.az/en/post/elon...
"The main risk is invasion of privacy: our innermost thoughts are under threat,"
www.nbcrightnow.com/national/wer...
www.nbcrightnow.com/national/wer...
'We're already living in science fiction': The neurotech revolution
From translating thoughts into words to allowing paralysed people to walk, the field of neurotechnology has been quietly surging ahead, raising hopes of medical breakthroughs -- and profound ethical c...
www.nbcrightnow.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"The main risk is invasion of privacy: our innermost thoughts are under threat,"
www.nbcrightnow.com/national/wer...
www.nbcrightnow.com/national/wer...
Synchron, a Melbourne university spin out, has secured $308 million to accelerate brain-computer interfaces that utilize a catheter inserted mesh into blood vessels instead of a surgically implanted chip.
www.forbes.com.au/covers/innov...
www.forbes.com.au/covers/innov...
Synchron raises $308m to leapfrog Neuralink - with $54m from Australian taxpayer
Billion-dollar Melbourne university spin-out Synchron has secured $308m to accelerate brain-computer interface, and the taxpayer is bringing it home.
www.forbes.com.au
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Synchron, a Melbourne university spin out, has secured $308 million to accelerate brain-computer interfaces that utilize a catheter inserted mesh into blood vessels instead of a surgically implanted chip.
www.forbes.com.au/covers/innov...
www.forbes.com.au/covers/innov...
"It won’t be long before a Neuralink recipient can beat most humans and eventually all humans at fast reaction video games.”
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Elon Musk makes ‘Big’ Neuralink prediction: Recipients can ultimately beat all humans at… - The Times of India
Tech News News: Elon Musk predicts Neuralink recipients will soon excel at fast-reaction video games, potentially surpassing all humans. This follows the success of N
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"It won’t be long before a Neuralink recipient can beat most humans and eventually all humans at fast reaction video games.”
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/...
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“In five years, you’ll think your messages, summon your car, or stream movies directly from your mind, no screens needed.”
www.albawaba.com/business/mus...
www.albawaba.com/business/mus...
Musk says AI brain implant will replace smartphones by 2030 | Al Bawaba
ALBAWABA- Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, predicted that Neuralink’s brain-computer interface (BCI) will make smartphones obsolete within five
www.albawaba.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“In five years, you’ll think your messages, summon your car, or stream movies directly from your mind, no screens needed.”
www.albawaba.com/business/mus...
www.albawaba.com/business/mus...
Imagine controlling a humanoid robot with your mind.
www.teslarati.com/neuralink-he...
www.teslarati.com/neuralink-he...
Neuralink Head of Surgery teases exciting Tesla Optimus update
If successful, the test could result in Neuralink patients accomplishing impressive feats using Optimus.
www.teslarati.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Imagine controlling a humanoid robot with your mind.
www.teslarati.com/neuralink-he...
www.teslarati.com/neuralink-he...
Another tech bro is working on a brain computer interface that could use “non-invasive methods for neural imaging and control, particularly through the use of ultrasound to interact with the human brain without the need for open-skull surgery.”
indianexpress.com/article/tech...
indianexpress.com/article/tech...
Sam Altman’s Merge Labs may use ultrasound and magnetic field to read your mind
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly bringing biomolecular engineer Mikhail Shapiro into his brain-tech startup, Merge Labs, signaling a move toward non-invasive neural technology.
indianexpress.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Another tech bro is working on a brain computer interface that could use “non-invasive methods for neural imaging and control, particularly through the use of ultrasound to interact with the human brain without the need for open-skull surgery.”
indianexpress.com/article/tech...
indianexpress.com/article/tech...
“Scientists have developed the first ever retinal implant capable of restoring sight to people suffering from vision loss.”
westernmorning.news/2025/10/21/b...
westernmorning.news/2025/10/21/b...
Brain chip startup restores vision loss, overtaking Neuralink | Western Morning News
Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inboxSign up to our free IndyTech newsletterSign up to our free IndyTech newsletterScientists have developed the first ever re...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“Scientists have developed the first ever retinal implant capable of restoring sight to people suffering from vision loss.”
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Reposted by Derek Cressman
Asking earnestly, how is the ballroom project at all legal under the Anti Deficiency Act?
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October 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Asking earnestly, how is the ballroom project at all legal under the Anti Deficiency Act?
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“2.
So, they respected your right to free speech and are definitely not violent domestic terrorists? Is that what you’re saying?
— Derek Cressman (@DerekCressman) October 19, 2025”
So, they respected your right to free speech and are definitely not violent domestic terrorists? Is that what you’re saying?
— Derek Cressman (@DerekCressman) October 19, 2025”
A Maga claimed she savagely owned the libs by wearing her favourite hat to a ‘No Kings’ protest and it blew up spectacularly in her face – 14 magnificent takedowns
www.thepoke.com/2025/10/20/a...
www.thepoke.com/2025/10/20/a...
A Maga claimed she savagely owned the libs by wearing her favourite hat to a ‘No Kings’ protest and it blew up spectacularly in her face – 14 magnificent takedowns
To the historic ‘No Kings’ protests which took place all over America at the weekend in protest at the increasing and frankly terrifying authoritarianism of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. W...
www.thepoke.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“2.
So, they respected your right to free speech and are definitely not violent domestic terrorists? Is that what you’re saying?
— Derek Cressman (@DerekCressman) October 19, 2025”
So, they respected your right to free speech and are definitely not violent domestic terrorists? Is that what you’re saying?
— Derek Cressman (@DerekCressman) October 19, 2025”
A Maga claimed she savagely owned the libs by wearing her favourite hat to a ‘No Kings’ protest and it blew up spectacularly in her face – 14 magnificent takedowns
www.thepoke.com/2025/10/20/a...
www.thepoke.com/2025/10/20/a...
A Maga claimed she savagely owned the libs by wearing her favourite hat to a ‘No Kings’ protest and it blew up spectacularly in her face – 14 magnificent takedowns
To the historic ‘No Kings’ protests which took place all over America at the weekend in protest at the increasing and frankly terrifying authoritarianism of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. W...
www.thepoke.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A Maga claimed she savagely owned the libs by wearing her favourite hat to a ‘No Kings’ protest and it blew up spectacularly in her face – 14 magnificent takedowns
www.thepoke.com/2025/10/20/a...
www.thepoke.com/2025/10/20/a...
Reposted by Derek Cressman
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.