R.U. Sirius
@rusirius.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, Musician/Lyricist, Big DADA You remember MONDO 2000 so do I
https://rusirius.bandcamp.com/ better still
https://rusirius.bandcamp.com/ better still
You can find Land talking or being interviewed on YouTube. He's kind of boring actually. Where's Sadie Plant?
Silicon Valley’s Favorite Doomsaying Philosopher
Nick Land believes that digital superintelligence is going to kill us all. In San Francisco, his followers ask: What if, instead of trying to stop an A.I. takeover, you work to bring it on as fast as ...
www.newyorker.com
February 19, 2026 at 7:25 AM
You can find Land talking or being interviewed on YouTube. He's kind of boring actually. Where's Sadie Plant?
seen on fbook this morning
February 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
seen on fbook this morning
The Death of Publishing (and Birth of Not Giving a Fuck)
"That book is about a magazine, Mondo 2000, which predates Wired by about three years and (I argue) laid the seeds of cyberculture. And because I make poor life choices I’m writing that book with Mondo’s former editor-in-chief, R.U. Sirius"
"That book is about a magazine, Mondo 2000, which predates Wired by about three years and (I argue) laid the seeds of cyberculture. And because I make poor life choices I’m writing that book with Mondo’s former editor-in-chief, R.U. Sirius"
The Death of Publishing (and Birth of Not Giving a Fuck)
Notes on Writing a Book at the End of the World
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The Death of Publishing (and Birth of Not Giving a Fuck)
"That book is about a magazine, Mondo 2000, which predates Wired by about three years and (I argue) laid the seeds of cyberculture. And because I make poor life choices I’m writing that book with Mondo’s former editor-in-chief, R.U. Sirius"
"That book is about a magazine, Mondo 2000, which predates Wired by about three years and (I argue) laid the seeds of cyberculture. And because I make poor life choices I’m writing that book with Mondo’s former editor-in-chief, R.U. Sirius"
RU: You were influenced by the conversation between Jaron Lanier and John Perry Barlow that we shared in 1990 in Mondo 2000 in which Lanier said (I paraphrase) that VR isn’t the new television it’s the new telephone. How, in your opinion, is that going?
Mark Pesce: Slowly. Very, very slowly.
Mark Pesce: Slowly. Very, very slowly.
Investigating Reality with VR Maven Mark Pesce
VR pioneer Mark Pesce reflects on cyberspace’s unrealised promise, shared virtual worlds, and the slippery nature of “reality”.
magazine.mindplex.ai
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
RU: You were influenced by the conversation between Jaron Lanier and John Perry Barlow that we shared in 1990 in Mondo 2000 in which Lanier said (I paraphrase) that VR isn’t the new television it’s the new telephone. How, in your opinion, is that going?
Mark Pesce: Slowly. Very, very slowly.
Mark Pesce: Slowly. Very, very slowly.
Texas “Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes On Tough Questions About Guns at Protests Against ICE
theintercept.com/2026/02/11/p...
theintercept.com/2026/02/11/p...
Texas “Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes On Tough Questions About Guns at Protests Against ICE
Trump hit Prairieland ICE demonstrators with terrorism charges. Jurors will take on issues of guns at protests, criminalization of speech.
theintercept.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Texas “Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes On Tough Questions About Guns at Protests Against ICE
theintercept.com/2026/02/11/p...
theintercept.com/2026/02/11/p...
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
theintercept.com/2026/02/13/a...
theintercept.com/2026/02/13/a...
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
One of the women Alex Pretti was killed trying to defend is an EMT. Federal agents stopped her from giving him first aid.
theintercept.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
theintercept.com/2026/02/13/a...
theintercept.com/2026/02/13/a...
seen on fbook this moring posted by Dangerous Minds
February 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
seen on fbook this moring posted by Dangerous Minds
seen on fbook this morning
February 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM
seen on fbook this morning
seen on fbook this morning
February 17, 2026 at 6:14 PM
seen on fbook this morning
seen on fbook this morning
February 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
seen on fbook this morning
"I Should've Been A Guru" and other visual, audio and lyrical disturbances www.youtube.com/watch?v=_51a... for those among you who are not easily deterred. Lyrics, some vocals & co-production by R.U., videos by Pizza T & SatoriD music by R.U. Sirius & Phriends, SLT, MONDO Vanilli & more
I Should've Been A Guru
YouTube video by Ken Goffman aka R.U. Sirius
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
"I Should've Been A Guru" and other visual, audio and lyrical disturbances www.youtube.com/watch?v=_51a... for those among you who are not easily deterred. Lyrics, some vocals & co-production by R.U., videos by Pizza T & SatoriD music by R.U. Sirius & Phriends, SLT, MONDO Vanilli & more
Chess is already working on her next book: a study of the cyberculture magazine Mondo 2000, due to be published in 2027." yeah!
Meanwhile "Unseen Internet" is the book you need
grady.uga.edu/news/shira-c...
Meanwhile "Unseen Internet" is the book you need
grady.uga.edu/news/shira-c...
Shira Chess authors book about evolution of internet and belief systems - Grady
An examination of the rise of the internet and its connection to belief systems is the subject of “The Unseen Internet,” by Shira Chess.
grady.uga.edu
February 16, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Chess is already working on her next book: a study of the cyberculture magazine Mondo 2000, due to be published in 2027." yeah!
Meanwhile "Unseen Internet" is the book you need
grady.uga.edu/news/shira-c...
Meanwhile "Unseen Internet" is the book you need
grady.uga.edu/news/shira-c...
Of Internets, seen and unseen
open.substack.com/pub/josephma...
Joseph Matheny writes about the new book The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in Digital Discourse by my friend and coauthor (of a not yet published book) Shira Chess
@shirachess.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/josephma...
Joseph Matheny writes about the new book The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in Digital Discourse by my friend and coauthor (of a not yet published book) Shira Chess
@shirachess.bsky.social
Of Internets, seen and unseen
Listen now | The OG Darkweb
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Of Internets, seen and unseen
open.substack.com/pub/josephma...
Joseph Matheny writes about the new book The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in Digital Discourse by my friend and coauthor (of a not yet published book) Shira Chess
@shirachess.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/josephma...
Joseph Matheny writes about the new book The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in Digital Discourse by my friend and coauthor (of a not yet published book) Shira Chess
@shirachess.bsky.social