Stefan Tiron
@tironstefan.bsky.social
Scheerbartian central planner//ostblock SF shlock theory//pluriverse//sinophile//
Fugitive exo-curator, eco horror actor & theory fiction writer.
Fugitive exo-curator, eco horror actor & theory fiction writer.
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Stefan Tiron
@tironstefan.bsky.social
· Sep 9
#sciencefiction #SFintranslation #vladimircolin #article #Chinese #imagination
I have a new article contribution in Chinese publ in the 30th issue of Zero G zine. Much thx to RiverFlow (Heliu) for the kind invitation to contribute, and (as always) big thx to Zixuan for translating. Very happy.
I have a new article contribution in Chinese publ in the 30th issue of Zero G zine. Much thx to RiverFlow (Heliu) for the kind invitation to contribute, and (as always) big thx to Zixuan for translating. Very happy.
An important #book who marked the point when sf became a central object of academic study Larry McCaffery's Storming the Reality Studio (1991) a collection of essays, interviews and fiction premised on parallels btw cyberpunk and postmodernist literature.
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...
Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk & …
The term “cyberpunk” entered the literary landscape in …
www.goodreads.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
An important #book who marked the point when sf became a central object of academic study Larry McCaffery's Storming the Reality Studio (1991) a collection of essays, interviews and fiction premised on parallels btw cyberpunk and postmodernist literature.
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...
#Europe #EU aren't in any way close to phasing out fossil fuels - a Brandon Wu reports after #COP30, which is absolutely idiotic and insane on the part of rich countries.
youtu.be/rk39D8723Bs?...
youtu.be/rk39D8723Bs?...
COP30 Climate Deal Excludes Fossil Fuel Phaseout
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#Europe #EU aren't in any way close to phasing out fossil fuels - a Brandon Wu reports after #COP30, which is absolutely idiotic and insane on the part of rich countries.
youtu.be/rk39D8723Bs?...
youtu.be/rk39D8723Bs?...
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Jeff Noon sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/noon_j... and A Viger sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/viger_a were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 1&2 [couldn't identify], 3&4 JL Beuzon). 3&4 from "L'Anneau de Feu" (1922), co written with Léon Miral:
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Jeff Noon sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/noon_j... and A Viger sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/viger_a were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 1&2 [couldn't identify], 3&4 JL Beuzon). 3&4 from "L'Anneau de Feu" (1922), co written with Léon Miral:
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Still one of my favorites: BUG by Giacomo Sartori, tr from the Italian by Frederika Randall, from Restless Books!
www.sfintranslation.com?p=10408
Italian #SFinTranslation
www.sfintranslation.com?p=10408
Italian #SFinTranslation
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Still one of my favorites: BUG by Giacomo Sartori, tr from the Italian by Frederika Randall, from Restless Books!
www.sfintranslation.com?p=10408
Italian #SFinTranslation
www.sfintranslation.com?p=10408
Italian #SFinTranslation
Maybe to be expected from a pop up Institution, part of the shock therapy tactics.
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Maybe to be expected from a pop up Institution, part of the shock therapy tactics.
Reposted by Stefan Tiron
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Der Verband der so genannten "Familienunternehmer" gibt die Brandmauer zur AfD auf.
Wer hinter dem putzig klingenden Namen wirklich steckt, zeigt unsere @tanroet.bsky.social Recherche:
Spoiler: Oft sind es globale Konzerne mit Milliardenumsätzen - und politischer Agenda
www.zeit.de/green/2023-0...
Wer hinter dem putzig klingenden Namen wirklich steckt, zeigt unsere @tanroet.bsky.social Recherche:
Spoiler: Oft sind es globale Konzerne mit Milliardenumsätzen - und politischer Agenda
www.zeit.de/green/2023-0...
Verband Die Familienunternehmer: Die heimliche Rückschrittslobby
Er ist reich, mächtig und kaum bekannt. Mit aggressiven Kampagnen bekämpft der Verband Die Familienunternehmer die Energiewende und treibt die Politik vor sich her.
www.zeit.de
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Der Verband der so genannten "Familienunternehmer" gibt die Brandmauer zur AfD auf.
Wer hinter dem putzig klingenden Namen wirklich steckt, zeigt unsere @tanroet.bsky.social Recherche:
Spoiler: Oft sind es globale Konzerne mit Milliardenumsätzen - und politischer Agenda
www.zeit.de/green/2023-0...
Wer hinter dem putzig klingenden Namen wirklich steckt, zeigt unsere @tanroet.bsky.social Recherche:
Spoiler: Oft sind es globale Konzerne mit Milliardenumsätzen - und politischer Agenda
www.zeit.de/green/2023-0...
Gute Fahrt Udo Kier! RIP one of my favorite actors of all time. Here's a creepy music video featuring Udo:
youtu.be/pDsX9FV50vE?...
youtu.be/pDsX9FV50vE?...
Get Well Soon - It's Love - official video starring Udo Kier
YouTube video by GET WELL SOON
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Gute Fahrt Udo Kier! RIP one of my favorite actors of all time. Here's a creepy music video featuring Udo:
youtu.be/pDsX9FV50vE?...
youtu.be/pDsX9FV50vE?...
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A great piece on one of the very best mini-series ever made. I revisit EDGE OF DARKNESS every couple of years and it seems to hit harder every time.
And another! Stories and interviews with the team behind one of the BBC's greatest ever TV dramas – "a revenge thriller, a mystical nuclear-and-environmental-apocalypse fable, a clear-eyed political document of the mid-1980s, a ghost story" – by me for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Why Edge Of Darkness makes so much sense in 2025 | The Quietus
Judge Rogers speaks to several key members of the team who made the ecologically-minded thriller for the BBC
thequietus.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
A great piece on one of the very best mini-series ever made. I revisit EDGE OF DARKNESS every couple of years and it seems to hit harder every time.
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"Die USA sind ein Wertepartner. Das ist eine Demokratie und ein Rechtsstaat" - Boris Rhein, Ministerpräsident, CDU.
Heute in #BerlinDirekt zu #Palantir. Das Gerede von "Digitaler Souveränität" ist offensichtlich genau das: Gerede.
Was ich nicht wusste: Dass Dennis-Kenji Kipker CDU-Politiker ist.
Heute in #BerlinDirekt zu #Palantir. Das Gerede von "Digitaler Souveränität" ist offensichtlich genau das: Gerede.
Was ich nicht wusste: Dass Dennis-Kenji Kipker CDU-Politiker ist.
Kritik an Palantir-Software
Palantir kann riesige Datenmengen in Windeseile auswerten. Der Nachteil: zu viel US-Einfluss und mangelnder Datenschutz.
www.zdfheute.de
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"Die USA sind ein Wertepartner. Das ist eine Demokratie und ein Rechtsstaat" - Boris Rhein, Ministerpräsident, CDU.
Heute in #BerlinDirekt zu #Palantir. Das Gerede von "Digitaler Souveränität" ist offensichtlich genau das: Gerede.
Was ich nicht wusste: Dass Dennis-Kenji Kipker CDU-Politiker ist.
Heute in #BerlinDirekt zu #Palantir. Das Gerede von "Digitaler Souveränität" ist offensichtlich genau das: Gerede.
Was ich nicht wusste: Dass Dennis-Kenji Kipker CDU-Politiker ist.
#horror #genre #cinema #indonesia #shocker #action
Indonesia is really putting out some incredible movies these last years, haven't seen many of them but judging by these samples, I'm looking forward to dive into.
youtu.be/gMo-kLJ7vl8?...
Indonesia is really putting out some incredible movies these last years, haven't seen many of them but judging by these samples, I'm looking forward to dive into.
youtu.be/gMo-kLJ7vl8?...
Can Indonesian films take the global stage?
YouTube video by South China Morning Post
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#horror #genre #cinema #indonesia #shocker #action
Indonesia is really putting out some incredible movies these last years, haven't seen many of them but judging by these samples, I'm looking forward to dive into.
youtu.be/gMo-kLJ7vl8?...
Indonesia is really putting out some incredible movies these last years, haven't seen many of them but judging by these samples, I'm looking forward to dive into.
youtu.be/gMo-kLJ7vl8?...
#mustread #india #indian #scifi #sciencefiction #history #modernity
Exceptional deep dive by Gautam Bhatia after months of preparation was published in the inaugural edition of #AlterMagIndia about the secret history of Indian SF.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
👇🏾
altermag.com/articles/the...
Exceptional deep dive by Gautam Bhatia after months of preparation was published in the inaugural edition of #AlterMagIndia about the secret history of Indian SF.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
👇🏾
altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#mustread #india #indian #scifi #sciencefiction #history #modernity
Exceptional deep dive by Gautam Bhatia after months of preparation was published in the inaugural edition of #AlterMagIndia about the secret history of Indian SF.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
👇🏾
altermag.com/articles/the...
Exceptional deep dive by Gautam Bhatia after months of preparation was published in the inaugural edition of #AlterMagIndia about the secret history of Indian SF.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
👇🏾
altermag.com/articles/the...
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#book #bestread #books #scifistudies #sciencefiction #sfstudies #sfacholars #critical #criticaltheory
Cloudfare has issues so it's time to catch up on the reading 📚 list! Here's my definite favorite 2025 books during these troubled times (even if the year's not over). They make excellent gifts🎁.
Cloudfare has issues so it's time to catch up on the reading 📚 list! Here's my definite favorite 2025 books during these troubled times (even if the year's not over). They make excellent gifts🎁.
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#book #bestread #books #scifistudies #sciencefiction #sfstudies #sfacholars #critical #criticaltheory
Cloudfare has issues so it's time to catch up on the reading 📚 list! Here's my definite favorite 2025 books during these troubled times (even if the year's not over). They make excellent gifts🎁.
Cloudfare has issues so it's time to catch up on the reading 📚 list! Here's my definite favorite 2025 books during these troubled times (even if the year's not over). They make excellent gifts🎁.
Robin Wall Kimmerer would love this I am pretty sure.
🌾🌱⚘️🌿🌼🦠🚀 #BUC2026 Impressive survival of moss spores, Physcomitrella patens (spreading earthmoss) on outside of International Space Station for 9 months! Vacuum, radiation, dry, too much light, cold. Over 80% germinated when back on Earth. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Robin Wall Kimmerer would love this I am pretty sure.
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🌾🌱⚘️🌿🌼🦠🚀 #BUC2026 Impressive survival of moss spores, Physcomitrella patens (spreading earthmoss) on outside of International Space Station for 9 months! Vacuum, radiation, dry, too much light, cold. Over 80% germinated when back on Earth. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🌾🌱⚘️🌿🌼🦠🚀 #BUC2026 Impressive survival of moss spores, Physcomitrella patens (spreading earthmoss) on outside of International Space Station for 9 months! Vacuum, radiation, dry, too much light, cold. Over 80% germinated when back on Earth. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Save The Grapes! Enter The Mealybug Destroyer! | Deep Look
YouTube video by Deep Look
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Trans-exclusionary and “gender critical” takes are extremely prevalent in the British media. So I wrote this with the assumption that many readers might not realise that such views are seen as fringe and extreme by the vast majority of feminists outside the UK (and by many within the UK too).
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Trans-exclusionary and “gender critical” takes are extremely prevalent in the British media. So I wrote this with the assumption that many readers might not realise that such views are seen as fringe and extreme by the vast majority of feminists outside the UK (and by many within the UK too).
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The annual National Art Academy graduation exhibition in Hangzhou is usually much anticipated. This year, some particular entries by a master student called Nie Shichang, stole the show. Inspired by both new tech and the mechanical arts of the Mo Clan. 1/
#arts #culture #mechanics
#arts #culture #mechanics
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The annual National Art Academy graduation exhibition in Hangzhou is usually much anticipated. This year, some particular entries by a master student called Nie Shichang, stole the show. Inspired by both new tech and the mechanical arts of the Mo Clan. 1/
#arts #culture #mechanics
#arts #culture #mechanics
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Reposted by Stefan Tiron
Es geht weiter in der UZH-Ringvorlesung «Die globale Rechte»: Heute in einer Woche, ausnahmsweise an einem Donnerstag um 18:15h, wird meine grossartige Kollegin @kathrintrattner.bsky.social über «Rechtsextremismus und Gaming» sprechen – freue mich darauf und bin schon sehr gespannt!
Kathrin Trattner: «Rechtsextremismus und Gaming: Eine Feldskizze» - digital cultures and arts
Veranstaltungsort: Hörsaal KOL-H-312, Rämistrasse 71, 8001 Zürich Im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung «Kulturanalyse jetzt!» wird Kathrin Trattner am 27. November 2025 von 18:15 bis 20:00 zu Rechtsextremismus...
digitalculturesandarts.ch
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Es geht weiter in der UZH-Ringvorlesung «Die globale Rechte»: Heute in einer Woche, ausnahmsweise an einem Donnerstag um 18:15h, wird meine grossartige Kollegin @kathrintrattner.bsky.social über «Rechtsextremismus und Gaming» sprechen – freue mich darauf und bin schon sehr gespannt!
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Anime Review: 7th Time Loop
There's a little bit of everything in this compact time loop/romance/action/adventure
@annmichelleharris.bsky.social has our review at the blog
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/anim...
There's a little bit of everything in this compact time loop/romance/action/adventure
@annmichelleharris.bsky.social has our review at the blog
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/anim...
Anime Review: 7th Time Loop
There's a little bit of everything in this compact time loop/romance/action/adventure Anime series usually fall into distinct categories: ...
www.nerds-feather.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Anime Review: 7th Time Loop
There's a little bit of everything in this compact time loop/romance/action/adventure
@annmichelleharris.bsky.social has our review at the blog
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/anim...
There's a little bit of everything in this compact time loop/romance/action/adventure
@annmichelleharris.bsky.social has our review at the blog
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/anim...
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A repost as we begin a unit on workers' inquiry in my work class
www.unemployednegativity.com/2017/02/if-n...
www.unemployednegativity.com/2017/02/if-n...
Undercover Worker: Workers Inquiry after the End of the Working Class
www.unemployednegativity.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A repost as we begin a unit on workers' inquiry in my work class
www.unemployednegativity.com/2017/02/if-n...
www.unemployednegativity.com/2017/02/if-n...
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Kaputt gesparte Schule, denen es an Fachkräften, Sanierungsmaßnahmen und Ganztagesplätzen fehlt. Diese Problemstellen wirken sich auf die Schüler*innen aus. Wollt ihr wissen, welche Auswege es gibt? Checkt unser neues Krisenbuch Schule aus 👉 www.rosalux.de/publi...
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Kaputt gesparte Schule, denen es an Fachkräften, Sanierungsmaßnahmen und Ganztagesplätzen fehlt. Diese Problemstellen wirken sich auf die Schüler*innen aus. Wollt ihr wissen, welche Auswege es gibt? Checkt unser neues Krisenbuch Schule aus 👉 www.rosalux.de/publi...
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Congratulations to authors @jennydenbow.bsky.social and Jess Whatcott on their receiving honorable mentions for the Sara Whaley Prize and the Alison Piepmeier Book Prize at this year's @theenwsa.bsky.social conference! #NWSA2025
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Congratulations to authors @jennydenbow.bsky.social and Jess Whatcott on their receiving honorable mentions for the Sara Whaley Prize and the Alison Piepmeier Book Prize at this year's @theenwsa.bsky.social conference! #NWSA2025