#BruceSterling
@bruces.bsky.social
Author, journalist, editor and critic combining his time in Turin, Austin, Ibiza, Belgrade etc #BruceSterling
"Those who worship the Muses end up in the Museum."
February 15, 2026 at 8:40 AM
"Those who worship the Muses end up in the Museum."
*It's Stanfordketamine, but also, boy is this hackerly. I've seen some hacker-culture in my day and this is more hackerly than a 3DPrinted plastic doorknob
February 15, 2026 at 7:59 AM
*It's Stanfordketamine, but also, boy is this hackerly. I've seen some hacker-culture in my day and this is more hackerly than a 3DPrinted plastic doorknob
*Well, they're sure selling a lot of Mac Minis
*I wonder if there's some way to really hippie-this-up, Jobs-style. "The Desktop Shoggoth That Gandhi Would Use," something along that line
*I wonder if there's some way to really hippie-this-up, Jobs-style. "The Desktop Shoggoth That Gandhi Would Use," something along that line
February 15, 2026 at 7:29 AM
*Well, they're sure selling a lot of Mac Minis
*I wonder if there's some way to really hippie-this-up, Jobs-style. "The Desktop Shoggoth That Gandhi Would Use," something along that line
*I wonder if there's some way to really hippie-this-up, Jobs-style. "The Desktop Shoggoth That Gandhi Would Use," something along that line
*Instead of acting like one fake human, the thing acts like an entire fake demographic sector
February 13, 2026 at 12:36 PM
*Instead of acting like one fake human, the thing acts like an entire fake demographic sector
*Yeah, I uh, noticed those other ones, too
*What does 2029 look like
*What does 2029 look like
February 13, 2026 at 9:14 AM
*Yeah, I uh, noticed those other ones, too
*What does 2029 look like
*What does 2029 look like
*Everybody since the 1960s has always recited the "cure cancer" and "go to the moon" thing
*Absolutely standard "American Technological Sublime," it's a cultural shibboleth, has next-to-nothing to do with what happens
*Absolutely standard "American Technological Sublime," it's a cultural shibboleth, has next-to-nothing to do with what happens
February 13, 2026 at 7:11 AM
*Everybody since the 1960s has always recited the "cure cancer" and "go to the moon" thing
*Absolutely standard "American Technological Sublime," it's a cultural shibboleth, has next-to-nothing to do with what happens
*Absolutely standard "American Technological Sublime," it's a cultural shibboleth, has next-to-nothing to do with what happens
*Well, something like 60 million people (so far) have read this guy's focussed, extensive screech of alarm about AI reassembling the entire world top-top-bottom
*I hope that was gratifying; I don't think he was kidding, even if he's visibly guzzling his own bathwater
shumer.dev/something-bi...
*I hope that was gratifying; I don't think he was kidding, even if he's visibly guzzling his own bathwater
shumer.dev/something-bi...
February 13, 2026 at 6:07 AM
*Well, something like 60 million people (so far) have read this guy's focussed, extensive screech of alarm about AI reassembling the entire world top-top-bottom
*I hope that was gratifying; I don't think he was kidding, even if he's visibly guzzling his own bathwater
shumer.dev/something-bi...
*I hope that was gratifying; I don't think he was kidding, even if he's visibly guzzling his own bathwater
shumer.dev/something-bi...
*Well, in a lot of cases the answer is gonna be "yeah" and that's gonna be a big problem #sloptsunami
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February 10, 2026 at 7:44 AM
*Well, in a lot of cases the answer is gonna be "yeah" and that's gonna be a big problem #sloptsunami
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*He's Mr Self-Awareness, and so are all his best friends
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
*He's Mr Self-Awareness, and so are all his best friends
*Alarmed by the solemn worth and public dignity of the Bluesky users in the immediate @bruces vicinity here; where are the punks, crackpots, dropouts & sci-fi sleazebags
February 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM
*Alarmed by the solemn worth and public dignity of the Bluesky users in the immediate @bruces vicinity here; where are the punks, crackpots, dropouts & sci-fi sleazebags
*This isn't written in "Delvish," but it's an associated, contemporary slopmeister tech-jargon that might be called "Agentic"
February 9, 2026 at 10:29 AM
*This isn't written in "Delvish," but it's an associated, contemporary slopmeister tech-jargon that might be called "Agentic"
*Hmm. What's the most interesting thing that a vast Martian humanoid robot-army with unlimited circumsolar computation might get up to
*Digging canals so as to generate a slop Barsoom complete with oviparous princesses, maybe
*Digging canals so as to generate a slop Barsoom complete with oviparous princesses, maybe
February 9, 2026 at 6:52 AM
*Hmm. What's the most interesting thing that a vast Martian humanoid robot-army with unlimited circumsolar computation might get up to
*Digging canals so as to generate a slop Barsoom complete with oviparous princesses, maybe
*Digging canals so as to generate a slop Barsoom complete with oviparous princesses, maybe
*There is probably some arcane Bluesky reader who would fully appreciate this bizarre exchange and that guy would probably be me #deadmedia #postapocalypse #ancientweirdness #computation #archival
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 AM
*There is probably some arcane Bluesky reader who would fully appreciate this bizarre exchange and that guy would probably be me #deadmedia #postapocalypse #ancientweirdness #computation #archival
*The "Dead Media Notebook," to be technical
February 9, 2026 at 6:21 AM
*The "Dead Media Notebook," to be technical
*I get it that no machine can tell Serbs and Croats apart, but what gives with the "Beat Saber" videogame alignment
bluesky-map.theo.io
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 6:16 AM
*I get it that no machine can tell Serbs and Croats apart, but what gives with the "Beat Saber" videogame alignment
bluesky-map.theo.io
bluesky-map.theo.io
*I bet his investors are looking forward to that post-money economy
February 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
*I bet his investors are looking forward to that post-money economy
"Science advanced, but unfortunately everybody also went nuts," says calmly rational and well-informed futurist
February 6, 2026 at 9:10 AM
"Science advanced, but unfortunately everybody also went nuts," says calmly rational and well-informed futurist
¿Has oído hablar alguna vez de la actual amante de Pavel Durov, Yulia Vavilova?
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February 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
¿Has oído hablar alguna vez de la actual amante de Pavel Durov, Yulia Vavilova?
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*Well, that indicted child-porn AI doesn't shy away from the tough issues
February 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
*Well, that indicted child-porn AI doesn't shy away from the tough issues
*Well, that's true, but any fascist government taints practically everything; aftet they fall, even the movie stars disappear
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
*Well, that's true, but any fascist government taints practically everything; aftet they fall, even the movie stars disappear
February 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM