Lance Gharavi
@lancegharavi.bsky.social
Theatre Professor at ASU. Experimental theatre, art+science+technology, space & space exploration, robotics/AI, religion, theory/philosophy, narrative, disinformation, x-risk.
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“Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”
December 25, 2024 at 4:07 AM
“Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
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Historian Thomas Hughes argued that technologies are malleable when young, then harden. Right now we're still shaping AI, or at least it is being shaped by our institutions, norms & use cases
Eventually these systems build a momentum of their own. That is why choices now matter, things are fluid.
Eventually these systems build a momentum of their own. That is why choices now matter, things are fluid.
December 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Historian Thomas Hughes argued that technologies are malleable when young, then harden. Right now we're still shaping AI, or at least it is being shaped by our institutions, norms & use cases
Eventually these systems build a momentum of their own. That is why choices now matter, things are fluid.
Eventually these systems build a momentum of their own. That is why choices now matter, things are fluid.
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“Imagine if we truly understand complex whale communication & can extend our term ‘language’ to them. Such breakthroughs would not only rewrite biology textbooks but also fundamentally redefine what it means to be human & pave the way to instituting new protections for whales, the ocean & beyond”🧪
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“Imagine if we truly understand complex whale communication & can extend our term ‘language’ to them. Such breakthroughs would not only rewrite biology textbooks but also fundamentally redefine what it means to be human & pave the way to instituting new protections for whales, the ocean & beyond”🧪
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if renewable energy buildout isn't your only political issue it's likely it will be very soon
Two countries have to abandon their megacity capitals because they have too much (Jakarta) or too little (Tehran) water.
It feels like we've been fighting nature for some time - and we're starting to lose
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/a...
It feels like we've been fighting nature for some time - and we're starting to lose
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/a...
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
if renewable energy buildout isn't your only political issue it's likely it will be very soon
I snorted
if simply associating with depraved pedophiles is enough to get a professor fired how is anyone ever going to learn economics
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I snorted
Take my money
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Take my money
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text “STOP” just to feel something
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
text “STOP” just to feel something
IT: Welcome to Derry is some very goopy horror. @jordanshiveley.bsky.social you might appreciate it.
November 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
IT: Welcome to Derry is some very goopy horror. @jordanshiveley.bsky.social you might appreciate it.
Happy Halloween! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXtK...
Ministry - Every Day is Halloween | HD Remastered
YouTube video by Children of The Night
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October 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Happy Halloween! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXtK...
Happy Halloween! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXD9...
Mad Monster Party - Trailer
YouTube video by MovieTrailerMonkey
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October 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Happy Halloween! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXD9...
This is sobering
October 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is sobering
“The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.” - George Orwell
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.” - George Orwell
when someone asks how the writing's going
October 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
when someone asks how the writing's going
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Portland ICE facility now.
October 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Portland ICE facility now.
What if the Rapture actually DID occur, but the only person to clear the divine bar was some immigrant woman in, like, Nebraska, and all her friends just assumed ICE got her?
September 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
What if the Rapture actually DID occur, but the only person to clear the divine bar was some immigrant woman in, like, Nebraska, and all her friends just assumed ICE got her?
As of this date, around 40 faculty, staff, and students in colleges and universities across the country have been fired, suspended, expelled, or disciplined because of opinions they’ve expressed about Charlie Kirk.
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
As of this date, around 40 faculty, staff, and students in colleges and universities across the country have been fired, suspended, expelled, or disciplined because of opinions they’ve expressed about Charlie Kirk.
Can't wait for the Rapture to solve the housing crisis.
September 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Can't wait for the Rapture to solve the housing crisis.
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We're at the point where the Trump does something worse than Watergate daily, often multiple times a day. And none of it makes news; it's just normal now.
In a less insane time, if it was discovered that the President of the United States said this privately to their AG, it would’ve triggered an all-encompassing, impeachable corruption scandal.
Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.
Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.
September 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
We're at the point where the Trump does something worse than Watergate daily, often multiple times a day. And none of it makes news; it's just normal now.
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Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
September 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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disney adults showing up like the end of avengers endgame
September 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
disney adults showing up like the end of avengers endgame
I'm losing track. How many Reichstag fires is this?
September 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I'm losing track. How many Reichstag fires is this?
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This is by far my most popular piece on substack, with close to half a million views. You should read it katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...
The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein
It’s not what you think it is.
katemanne.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is by far my most popular piece on substack, with close to half a million views. You should read it katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...