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R.U. Sirius

@rusirius.bsky.social

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Writer, Editor, Musician/Lyricist, Big DADA You remember MONDO 2000 so do I https://rusirius.bandcamp.com/ better still

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R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 6h

We thank George Soros for organizing 17 golf courses for Trump International in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Berkeley and Chicago. Hassan i Sirius is now traveling to Bunfuck, Kansas to sign the peace treaty. War torn Portland will soon be a land of peace, plenty and golf.

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 6h

= EMBODIED, FROM WIRED TO WIRELESS =

"I began performing in the very early 70s. And since then I have endoscopically filmed 3m of internal body space, did 28 body suspensions, and augmented/ performed with prosthetics and robotics."

RU talks w/ STELARC:
magazine.mindplex.ai/post/experim...

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 9h

Propel: Body on Robot Arm
DeMonstrable- Autronics, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth 2015
Photographer- Steven Aaron Hughes
Stelarc

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 9h

You seem to delight in allowing a crowd 2 occupy part of your body

STELARC: It's not so much about being occupied, rather the body becoming a host for remote others.. constructing extended & more interesting operational systems.This body w. other bodies remotely situated or w. machines elsewhere

Experimenting With Alternative Anatomical Architectures. An interview with STELARC

When art meets anatomy, STELARC turns the human body into a living laboratory — exploring flesh, machines, and the limits of being alive.

magazine.mindplex.ai

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

Credit: Courtesy of the Stelarc Collection (Photographer: Morten Schandorff. City Suspension Above the Royal Theatre. Copenhagen, 1985

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

"I’m more concerned with what a body is and how a body performs with its attachments and machines. I’m more concerned with the performance structure and the interactive relationships between the body, the technology and the computational system."

Experimenting With Alternative Anatomical Architectures. An interview with STELARC

When art meets anatomy, STELARC turns the human body into a living laboratory — exploring flesh, machines, and the limits of being alive.

magazine.mindplex.ai

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

A high-speed Don Jr is mad at Fox News

Part of the campaign to discredit any news source not his father, Donald Trump Jr, launched into a 200 mph critique of not-conservative-enough Fox News.

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

With over a million copies sold, Megabonk joins the ranks of surprise indie hits with its addictive formula

It's hard to predict what indie breakout the larger community will latch onto next, but Megabonk's success is self-evident.

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

"A job is a job" — inside the minds of ICE recruitment applicants

Border Patrol applicants traveled 12 hours for job interviews. One told NPR: "It hurts to see. They're human, but a job is a job."

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

TikToker jailed for fake needle attacks that left victims traumatized

TikToker Amine Mojito gets 12-month sentence for filming fake needle attacks on unsuspecting strangers

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

The neurons that let us see what isn’t there

A standard optical illusion triggers specific neurons in the visual system of mice.

arstechnica.com

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

Ars Live: Is the AI bubble about to pop? Ed Zitron is on with Ars at 3:30pm EDT today

Our discussion happens today, October 7, at 3:30pm US Eastern time.

arstechnica.com

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

Despite RFK Jr.’s shenanigans, COVID shot access will be a lot like last year

Most people can get vaccinated at their local pharmacy like normal.

arstechnica.com

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/...

Cherry Mondo

Art by Larry Welz in Mondo 2000, Fall 1989

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

seen on fbook

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

seen on fbook this morning

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

Matt Kindt, Oni Press Sign Publishing, Media Partnership for “Bigger, Bolder, Weirder” Comics (Exclusive)

The deal comes with two new titles out of the gate: a relaunch of the creator's acclaimed 'Mind MGMT' series and action comic 'Fort Psycho.'

www.hollywoodreporter.com

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 1d

‘An unkind film’: letters reveal rift between director and writer of The Wicker Man

Exclusive: Documents show ‘hostile’ director and ‘self-indulgent’ writer were at loggerheads during production of 1973 cult horror film

www.theguardian.com

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 2d

Legislators Revive Policy Reform in Massachusetts

After the failure of Question 4 in Massachusetts in 2024 there has been a resurgence of other more focused proposed legislation targeting reform of state laws regulating the use of psychedelics.

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 2d

My latest for Mindplex, an interview with STELARC

Experimenting With Alternative Anatomical Architectures. An interview with STELARC

When art meets anatomy, STELARC turns the human body into a living laboratory — exploring flesh, machines, and the limits of being alive.

magazine.mindplex.ai

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I also misfuckingspelled balloon

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 2d

I'm Against NFTs (with Blag Dahlia), by Mondo Vanilli

from the album IOU Babe

rusirius.bandcamp.com

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 2d

writing about"I'm Against NFTs' way back when... the question of why something... disappearingly abstract could be perceived as having a large capital valuation when captured by a buying individual... not even an upside down urinal or an exploded ballon animal necessary.

Simcerity: R.U. Against NFTs (period question mark or exclamation point) Join MONDO Vanilli & R.U. Sirius in VR on March 20 – Mondo 2000

image by Chad Essley Simcerity: I’m Against NFTs (It doesn’t matter much to me) 1: WE ARE DUCHAMPIAN OF THE WORLD When Marcel Duchamp — possibly at the suggesti

www.mondo2000.com

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 2d

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

3M Might Just Escape Its Toxic Chemical Legacy

Decades of selling PFAS left the iconic American manufacturer mired in legal liabilities. A new CEO is hoping to spark a turnaround.

www.bloomberg.com

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 2d

The Forever Wars Have Come Home

Donald Trump’s profligate spending on America’s domestic militarization, coupled with tax cuts for the rich and continued military adventures abroad, suggests that much in American conservatism today ...