K Haldane
@khaldane.bsky.social
Husband & father. Loves good writing & films (mostly SF & esp. dystopian) & good music (mostly mid 60’s - mid 80’s & esp. alternative / independent.
More Punk than Cyber: William Gibson's 'Sprawl' stories and the Counter Culture. (Part two). valisumbra.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/m...
More Punk than Cyber: William Gibson’s ‘Sprawl’ stories and the Counter Culture. (Part two).
Warning: contains spoilers. 3. Count Zero (1986). Count Zero, set seven years after the action of Neuromancer, follows three characters as their stories gradually converge. (i) First is Turne…
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February 13, 2026 at 9:08 AM
More Punk than Cyber: William Gibson's 'Sprawl' stories and the Counter Culture. (Part two). valisumbra.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/m...
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1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
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February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
The Empathy Test: 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?', 'Blade Runner' and 'Blade Runner 2049'. valisumbra.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/t...
The Empathy Test: ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’, ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Blade Runner 2049’.
(Warning: contains spoilers for the book and the films.) This is a tale of three unique visions which produced a great novel and two great films, each with it’s own take on a story that asks unusua…
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December 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The Empathy Test: 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?', 'Blade Runner' and 'Blade Runner 2049'. valisumbra.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/t...