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Hugh Davies
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Artist, Curator, Media and Games Researcher President of Chinese Digital Games Research Association https://www.hughdavies.au/
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Jan 10
My 2024 paper interrogating the intersection of AI, future forecasting, and games is now freely available online. "this paper reveals and critiques the unannounced spiritual mysticism surrounding contemporary AI and its increasing embrace within late-capitalist future forecasting". bit.ly/4h9JLLH
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Sep 4
I am intensely proud of my wife Yoko who has just had her book published! Next Wednesday, Yoko will be book signing at Kinokuniya in Sydney. Please book a seat and come along if you are in town. tinyurl.com/bdfxrs9z
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LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · Aug 21
The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life.

Crank it! 😀 🎸
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · Aug 17
Bendigo Writers Fest confirms that 59% of speakers withdrew.
What an own goal.
I hope those responsible for trying to silence writers are feeling good about themselves. Wrecked an important cultural institution.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · Aug 17
Tel Aviv Anti-War Riots

Riot police - most without identification tags and some masked - violently attack protesters and beat them, while their colleagues shield the actions with their bodies and stand in a ready-to-attack position
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GiGi Angel @gigiangel.bsky.social · Aug 16
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · Aug 14
so so excited that we were able to excerpt Seth Harp's incredible new book, The Fort Bragg Cartel, which was one of the most jaw-dropping reading experiences I've had this year. www.wired.com/story/the-fo...
The Rise of the US Military’s Clandestine Foreign War Apparatus
Seth Harp’s new book, “The Fort Bragg Cartel,” goes deep into the forming of the Joint Special Operations Command and its origins in the aftermath of 9/11.
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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · Aug 14
If you have plans to attend the Bendigo writers festival as a speaker or participant, now would be a good time to loudly withdraw

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Writers festival requires ‘complete self-censorship’ over Gaza war, academic claims, as speakers withdraw in protest
Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah among those to boycott Bendigo writers festival, arguing she cannot appear ‘as a Palestinian’ due to speaker code
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · Aug 14
Yeah, here’s a piece by @alexmckinnon.bsky.social: www.deepcutnews.com/p/authors-wi...
Authors withdraw from Bendigo Writers Festival over anti-Palestinian 'censorship'
Festival organisers sought compliance with controversial definition of antisemitism that includes criticism of Israel
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Ren Wyld @wyld.bsky.social · Aug 14
Wow! Bendigo Writers Festival (15 - 17 Aug) is making guest speakers sign a last-minute agreement to not mention Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Writers who care about human rights are cancelling. Any writer/guest still thinking of appearing should seriously reconsider. Stand up! Refuse to comply
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Aug 14
This weekend as part of the IndieCade Festival, I will be discussing Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) in the Age of “Alternative Facts” with Michael Andersen and Celia Pearce. The event is online and in US/European time. www.indiecade.com/playablethea...
Playable Theatre Symposium – IndieCade
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Aug 7
Outstanding words by Ge Zhang on Sino-Sinopessimism madeinchinajournal.com/2025/08/05/o...
On Sinopessimism, or Junkies of Futility | Made in China Journal
This essay is written precisely so that it could be dismissed. —Paul Mann (1991: 141)   Gary Zhexi Zhang (2021) first coined the term ‘Sinopessimism’ as a speculative counterpart to Afropessimism, ima...
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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · Aug 4
Israel doesn’t want anyone to see this aerial photo.
Gaza.
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Aug 4
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Aug 3
Deadline extended! Following popular demand, we have extended the deadline for abstract submissions to the Video Games in Museums event in Shanghai this November. New deadline is August 12th. chinesedigra.org/934-2/
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Aug 1
See you there.
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Jul 31
Our Little Sister www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QYp...
Our Little Sister (海街diary) soundtrack + SCENE: 13 Sakura Tunnel/桜トンネル
YouTube video by LucianaVerace
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Jul 31
Portrait of a Lady on Fire. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkmz...
Portrait of a Lady on Fire OST - La Jeune Fille en Feu [Extended]
YouTube video by Drifting Transience
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Jul 31
Volver www.youtube.com/watch?v=yav6...
Penélope Cruz singing in movie Volver
YouTube video by 1979moviefan
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Frederik Vanhoutte - Winterbloed @winterbloed.be · Jul 31
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Inclusions

#GenerativeDice
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Jul 30
Absolutely agreed, so the NAZIs could live with their war crimes. So they could commit a genocide but also alleviate suffering - of the Jews, but ultimatly and primarily - of themselves. But to my original point, that's not what's happening in Gaza.
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Jul 30
Totally agree the NAZIs sought the eradication of all European Jews. Disagree the book is nonsense.
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Jul 30
Yes, and again, see the book chapter I posted. Its freely accessible, informative, well researched. It's by Dr. Nestar Russell, a trained criminologist, and titled is "The Nazi’s Pursuit for a “Humane” Method of Killing".
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Jul 30
I'm not talking about living conditions or scale. Im talking about death. Read the paper I posted.
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Jul 30
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
The Nazi’s Pursuit for a “Humane” Method of Killing
When Nazis of all ranks spoke of a “humane” method of killing other human beings, what exactly did they mean? One outcome of this book is a tentative outline of the key characteristics&#82...
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Hugh Davies @hughdavies.bsky.social · Jul 30
The difference is the NAZI's worked to produce a humane death in the holocaust. The Israeli's have worked to produce an inhumane death in the Gaza genocide.
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